Q 01/05

What does the name Yugoslavia literally mean?

A) United Kingdoms

B) Land of the South Slavs

C) Land of the Mountains

D) Land of Six Peoples

Answer · why

B) Land of the South Slavs

It combines the Slavic words jug, meaning south, and Slaveni, the Slavs.

Q 02/05

Under what name was the country founded in 1918?

A) Kingdom of Yugoslavia

B) The South Slavic Union

C) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

D) The Illyrian Federation

Answer · why

C) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

It was commonly called a "Versailles state" and was later renamed by King Alexander.

Q 03/05

In which year was the kingdom officially renamed Yugoslavia?

A) 1929

B) 1931

C) 1934

D) 1939

Answer · why

A) 1929

King Alexander I did it on 3 October, months after suspending the constitution in his 6 January Dictatorship.

Q 04/05

Which royal dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Yugoslavia?

A) Obrenović

B) Petrović-Njegoš

C) Habsburg

D) Karađorđević

Answer · why

D) Karađorđević

Peter I, previously King of Serbia, was the first sovereign; his son Alexander I was the longest-reigning of the three monarchs.

Q 05/05

King Alexander I was assassinated in 1934 during an official visit to which city?

A) Vienna

B) Marseille

C) Sofia

D) Paris

Answer · why

B) Marseille

The gunman, Vlado Chernozemski of the IMRO, acted with the cooperation of the Croatian Ustaše.