How much do you know about Switzerland? 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: Which is the biggest city in

A: Graubünden		1: Chur
B: Ticino		2: Freiburg
C: Valais		3: Lugano
		4: Martigny
		5: Pratteln
		6: Solothurn

Question  2: What are the Christian names of the following ski-racers?

A: Zurbriggen		1: Bernhard
B: Russi		2: Henry
C: Accola		3: Paul
		4: Bruno
		5: Pirmin
		6: Franz

Question  3: On which river are the following cities situated?

A: Berne		1: Saane
B: Basel		2: Rhine
C: Zurich		3: Thur
		4: Limmat
		5: Aare
		6: Emme

Question 4: Which of the following events matches the years?

A: 1315		1: Switzerland becomes a federal state
B: 1525		2: The battle at Morgarten against the Hapsburgs
C: 1864		3: Napoleon occupates Switzerland
		4: The Swiss Confederation is born
		5: The Red Cross is founded
		6: Reformation by Zwingli in Zurich

Question 5: Which three cantons founded the Swiss Confederation on the Rütli mountain?

	1: Aargau
	2: Graubünden
	3: Schwyz
	4: Unterwalden
	5: Uri
	6: Valais

Question 6: Which three alternatives do you connect with Wilhelm Tell?

		1: Apple
		2: Heiden
		3: Haller
		4: Gessler
		5: Melon
		6: Küssnacht

Question 7: Find the right author to each book.

A: Heidi		1: Max Frisch
B: A Village Romeo and Juliet		2: Johanna Spyri
C: The Judge and His Hangman		3: Gottfried Keller
		4: Jeremias Gotthelf
		5: Hugo Loetscher
		6: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Question 8: Which three of these cheeses are from Switzerland?

		1: Appenzeller
		2: Edamer
		3: Emmentaler
		4: Le Gruyère
		5: Langres
		6: Parmesan

Question 9: Combine the following terms with the right place.

A: The Lauberhorn race		1: Montreux
B: The Einstein-House		2: Verbier
C: The Golden Rose		3: Basel
		4: Wengen
		5: Davos
		6: Berne

Question 10: Swiss chocolate. But which company distributes the following brands?

A: Milka		1: Bedello
B: Frigor		2: Brändli
C: Goldina		3: Alprose
		4: Auer
		5: Cailler
		6: Suchard

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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