Baltic States

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1. Which of the Baltic States has the largest territory? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

2. Which of the three Baltic states has greatest number (in percentage)of Russian-speaking? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

3. Lake Peipsi is the largest lake of which country? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

4. Which capital is not situated near the sea? Answer: (Riga, Tallinn or Vilnius)

5. Which of the Baltic capitals was founded in 1201 by Bishop Albert? Answer: (Riga, Tallinn or Vilnius)

6. Which Baltic State has the highest point? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

7. Which language does not belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European languages? Estonian Lithuanian Latvian Old Prussian

8. 'Narrow cobblestone streets and an orgy of the Baroque, almost like a Jesuit city somewhere in the middle of Latin America.' Which of the Baltic capitals was described by Polish writer, Noble Laureate Czeslaw Milosz? Answer: (Riga, Tallinn or Vilnius)

9. Which of the Baltic nations has the last pagans in Europe? Answer: (One Word)

10. Religion is one thing that Baltic nations do not have in common. Only one nation is Roman Catholic. Which? Answer: (One Word)

11. 'Terviseks!' means 'Cheers!' in which language? Answer: (Estonian, Latvian or Lithuanian)

12. Which Baltic country had the first elected woman president in the former Soviet bloc? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

13. By 1430 which Baltic State extends from the Baltic to the Black Sea? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

14. Which Baltic State won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

15. August 23, 1989 - Two million people joined hands along the 600km road between Tallinn and Vilnius to mark the anniversary of the which event? Declaration of independance in 1918 The fall of USSR Soviet Occupation Molotov-Ribbentrop pact

16. Sydney Olympics. Basketball semifinals. After dramatic fight USA dream team wins with the result 85:83. Just two points hindered which nation to become the first team in the world to overcome NBA professionals? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

17. When do Latvians celebrate their Day of Independance? February 24 August 20 March 11 November 18

18. Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare independence? Armenia Estonia Lithuania Latvia

19. Kalevipoeg (Son of Kalev) is the national epic of which country? Answer: (Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania)

20. According to the legends, a castle was under siege for two weeks. Residents decided to break the enemy lines. They sacrificed a ram, soaked a white shirt in its blood and attacked enemies waving that shirt as a flag. Ever since it has been a flag of: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Denmark

21. Which nation gave the name for the Estonian capital Tallinn? Latvia Sweden Denmark Russia

22. In which Baltic capital is there a monument for American composer Frank Zappa? Vilnius Tallinn Riga In none of these

23. The largest Estonian Island is: Saarema Muhu Hiiumaa Haapsalu

24. Who was so amazed by gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, that he wanted to bring this church back to his country in the palm of his hand? Napoleon Bonaparte Adolf Hitler Peter the Great Thomas Mann

25. Which is NOT an Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian word for 'Hello'? Privet Labdien Tere Sveikas