All About Romania Trivia Quiz

Answer: Predeal

Predeal is also a mountain resort, along with Sinaia, Busteni and Azuga. All four are in the Bucegi Mountains.

Answer: Paltinis

Paltinis is a summer/winter mountain resort and is located in Sibiu county, near the city of Sibiu. Although Predeal (which is a mountain resort itself) is the highest Romanian city, Paltinis is located at a higher altitude, but it's too small to be considered "a city".

Answer: Constanta

In 8 AD, Ovidius had been exiled to Tomis, a Greek colony on the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) shore. Legend says he never returned to Rome and died at Tomis. Tomis was later renamed Constanta, and became the largest Romanian city by the sea.

Answer: Olt and Mures

According to legend, once the two rivers were transformed, they parted to never be reunited again. The legend also says that Olt was the more impulsive brother, and so he took the harder path, deciding to work his way through the highest mountains in the Carpathian Range (Fagaras Mountains). Mures, being the calmer one, took the easier path, through the Western Carpathians.

Answer: Deva

Girls from all over the country go to Deva to train in gymnastics. The local sports club is called "Cetate Deva". Before Deva, the Romanian gymnastics team used to train in Onesti, Nadia Comaneci's hometown.

Answer: Transilvania

Transilvania University has both technical and humanities colleges. Courses of study include: engineering, wood industry engineering, construction engineering, literature, law, medicine, and sports.

Answer: Callatis

Tomis is known as Constanta, and Histria is Istria. Herculanum wasn't a Greek colony, but a Roman city. It later was renamed Baile Herculane, and became a resort known for its healing hot waters.

Answer: Campulung

Radu I established Curtea de Arges as capital city in the 14th century. Radu's son Mircea, known as Mircea the Elder during his reign (1386-1418), moved it to Targoviste.

Answer: Curtea de Arges

Manole was said to be the best monastery builder in the whole country, so Negru Voda hired him to build the most beautiful monastery ever. However, everything he built during the day collapsed every night. So Manole had a dream in which he was told that in order for the monastery to be built, he had to sacrifice the first person that he saw the next day. That person was his wife, Ana.

When the monastery was done, Negru Voda asked him if he could build a greater one, and he answered yes. Then Negru Voda ordered that Manole be left on top of the monastery roof with no ladder, to make sure he that he didn't live to build a greater monastery! Manole tried to build himself a pair of wings but they were too heavy and he fell.

There's a fountain with his name on the spot where he fell across the street from the monastery.

Answer: Vlad Tepes

Vlad Tepes (1431-1476) gained for himself the reputation of being a cruel man, who used impalement as punishment for enemies as well as Romanian boyars. He spent two to four years (exact length is unknown) in a prison in Buda and legend says that he used to impale rats while there. He died in battle (through beheading), but no one knows exactly where he is buried.

Vlad Dracul was Vlad Tepes's father, and he once won the Order of the Dragon, hence the name. In Romanian, "dracul" means "devil".