How much do you know about Sweden? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: On which day is the following celebrated?

A: National Day		1: April 30th
B: Award of the Nobel Prize		2: June 6th
C: Lucia		3: July 7th
		4: July 25th
		5: December 10th
		6: December 13th

Question  2: Which city do you find in the following regions?

A: Lapland		1: Boden
B: Uppland		2: Karlstad
C: Värmland		3: Kiruna
		4: Malmö
		5: Örebro
		6: Uppsala

Question  3: To which political party belong the following politicians?

A: Carl Bildt		1: Centerpartiet (Farmer's party)
B: Gunnar Hedlund		2: Miljöpartiet (Green party)
C: Olof Palme		3: Social Democrats
		4: Christian Democrats
		5: Vänsterpartiet (Left wing)
		6: Moderaterna (Right wing)

Question 4: In which cities can you find the following sights?

A: Globen (for multi-performance use)		1: Eskilstuna
B: Liseberg (entertainment park)		2: Gävle
C: Parken Zoo (zoo)		3: Göteborg
		4: Malmö
		5: Stockholm
		6: Uppsala

Question 5: What are the names of the King's three children

	1: Carl Philipp
	2: Fredrik
	3: Håkan
	4: Madeleine
	5: Veronica
	6: Victoria

Question 6: Who is known for the following?

A: Expert of Asia		1: Anders Celsius
B: Invention of dynamite		2: Sven Hedin
C: Categorizing of the flora		3: Carl von Linné
		4: Alfred Nobel
		5: Nathan Söderblom
		6: Raoul Wallenberg

Question 7: In which year did this happen?

A: The Union with Norway starts		1: 1632
B: Change of traffic to the right side of the road		2: 1764
C: Gustav II Adolf dies at Lützen		3: 1814
		4: 1887
		5: 1935
		6: 1967

Question 8: Which three of these sportsmen were tennis-players?

		1: Frank Andersson
		2: Björn Borg
		3: Stefan Edberg
		4: Börje Salming
		5: Ingemar Stenmark
		6: Mats Wilander

Question 9: Akvavit is a typical brandy of Scandinavia, almost always containing caraway, aniseed and fennel. Which sort has furthermore the flavour of the following?

A: Dill		1: OP Anderssons akvavit
B: Sherry		2: Herrgårds akvavit
C: Whisky		3: Läckö akvavit
		4: Norrlands akvavit
		5: Skåne akvavit
		6: Stockholms akvavit

Question 10: With which writer do you connect the following heroes?

A: Kurt Wallander		1: Marianne Fredriksson
B: Nils Holgersson		2: Selma Lagerlöf
C: Miss Julie		3: Astrid Lindgren
		4: Henning Mankell
		5: Håkan Nesser
		6: August Strindberg

® Bernhard Kauntz, 2005

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