Hello, Here is the Letter "Z" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Croatia

Zagreb is the capital and largest city in Croatia. It stands on the banks of the river Sava and at the foot of Mount Medvednica, on the way between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea. It is a city with many attractions, with countless museums, art galleries and theaters. Its population is around 700 thousand inhabitants.

Since the 11th century there have been two communities in the Gradec and Kaptol region that competed politically and economically. In the 17th century the two communities were merged to form the community of Zagreb.

Answer: Tanzania

The writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, located on the east coast of the African continent in the Indian Ocean. The islands of Zanzibar and Pemba form the Zanzibar Archipelago separated from the mainland by the Zanzibar Channel.

In January 1964 the last Sultan of Zanzibar was deposed and the area joined the newly constituted Republic of Tanganyika, the country located on the shores of the Indian Ocean, forming the United Republic of Tanzania on April 26, 1964. The name Tanzania is formed by the first three letters of the words Tanganyika and Zanzibar plus the suffix -ia.

Answer: A soccer ball

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (1972 -) was born in France into a family that came from Algeria. He started his soccer career in 1981 and ended it in 2006 playing for Real Madrid and for the French national team. After his retirement as a player he began a successful coaching career with Real Madrid, Spain.

Zidane is considered by soccer experts to be one of the best players of his generation.

Answer: A fish

The "zander", also called pikeperch, is the largest fish in the Percidae family, which includes some other types of fish such as perches. The zander is native to Eurasia but has been introduced to various parts of the world, including Europe. They are found in freshwater bodies, especially large rivers, and brackish water; they are carnivores and feed on smaller fish and sometimes practice cannibalism by eating smaller zanders.

The zander is considered a valuable dish, and its meat is appreciated for being firm but tender and having a delicate flavor. It can be served as a fillet or whole, roasted, cooked or smoked. Thanks to its acceptance, there are already aquaculture projects for its commercial production.

Answer: Eagle

The flags of Zambia, Mexico, Moldova and Egypt have an eagle portrayed. The national flag of Zambia was adopted after the country's independence in 1964 and underwent some minor changes in 1996.

The flag has a green background representing natural resources and the country's thriving vegetation. On the right side of the flag is a rectangular block with three stripes in red, black and orange that represent the desire for freedom, the Zambian people and the mineral wealth (mostly copper), respectively. Also to the right, above the striped blocks, there is an orange flying African eagle, which represents the ability of the people of Zambia to rise above their problems.

Answer: Stefan Zweig

"The Grand Budapest Hotel", released in 2014, tells the adventures of Gustave H., the concierge of a famous hotel, and his friend Zero the lobby boy, in the period between the two world wars. Ralph Fiennes, William Dafoe, Tilda Swinton and Jude Law all starred in the film. American Wes Anderson (1969 -) directed and authored the screenplay.

When Anderson wrote the screenplay he said that he had known Stefan Zweig's work for some time and that the movie had elements based on the books "Beware of Pity" and "The Post Office Boy" and that two of the characters (the concierge and the author) have traits of Stefan Zweig himself.

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian novelist and journalist who enjoyed great success in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1934, with the expansion of the Nazi Party, Zweig decided to go to England; in 1940 he moved to Petrópolis in Brazil. In despair with the expansion of Nazism and the worsening of the European situation, he and his wife committed suicide in February 1942.

Answer: True

A Google Doodle is a modification made to the Google homepage logo, with the aim of celebrating events, discoveries and famous people. On April 24, 2012 the Google Doodle paid tribute to Swedish/American inventor Gideon Sundback (1880-1954), to commemorate his 132nd birthday. He is not very well known although we all benefited from one of his main inventions, the "zipper".

Many people have tried and created different types of fasteners. Sundback, while working for the Universal Fastener Company in New Jersey, created the zipper we use today, which was patented in 1914. The zipper was initially used in boots, but it ended up revolutionizing the clothing industry.

Answer: John Steinbeck

"Viva Zapata!" 1952 is a novel about the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919), which was directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando in the lead role, with Jean Peters and Antony Quinn.

The script for the film was written by John Steinbeck (1902-1968) who used as a guide the book "Zapata the Unconquerable", 1942 by Edgcumb Pinchon. John Steinbeck wrote 31 books of which about 20 have been made into movies. The 1940 Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Grapes of Wrath" is considered his masterpiece. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Answer: True

The "Roaring Twenties", "Golden Twenties", "Flapper Era" comprises the period of prosperity after the end of World War I and lasted until the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It was a period of great economic, social, artistic and cultural dynamism in the Western society. Jazz, the popularization of automobiles, telephones, electrical appliances were characteristic of this period.

It was the time when "flappers" emerged, a generation of women who wore short skirts (knee height), excessive makeup, smoked and drank in public, danced Jazz and Charleston, drove cars and treated sex casually. They were unconventional women. Among the famous flappers are Zelda Fitzgerald, Clara Bow and Coco Chanel.

Answer: Zadar

Zadar is the oldest constantly inhabited city of Croatia, dating back to the 4th century BC. It was linked to different kingdoms and subject to different cultures and had a strategic position as it was located across the Adriatic from mighty Venice. From 1947-1991 Croatia was part of Yugoslavia and since 1991 it is an independent country named Republic of Croatia.

Zadar is the commercial, educational, industrial center of Dalmatia and due to its rich heritage it is an important tourist center of Croatia. In the Old Town, visitors can observe a mix of Roman, Byzantine and Venetian architecture. In the city, the works of the Croatian architect Nikola Basić who created the "Sea Organ" and the "Monument to the Sun" are also noteworthy. The "Sea Organ", located on the shores of Zadar, consists of sub nautical pipes connected to holes in the promenade that, with the movement of water and air, create relaxing melodies. It is the first musical pipe organ that is played by the sea.

It's worth sitting by the sea in Zadar to listen to the music produced by the "Sea Organ", see the magnificent sunset and then have fun with the lights at the "Monument to the Sun".