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Quiz about Do You Know Sweden 2
Quiz about Do You Know Sweden 2

Do You Know Sweden? [2] Trivia Quiz


What do you know about Sweden? Here is another batch of questions about Sweden and the Swedes, that I hope you might find interesting.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nissecat. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Nissecat
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
318,063
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
596
Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (4/10), Guest 104 (4/10), Guest 172 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which is the largest island in Sweden?
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Question 2 of 10
2. All of these rivers can be found on the west coast of southern Sweden.
Lagan, Nissan, Ätran, Viskan.


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the southernmost point in Scandinavia?



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Question 4 of 10
4. Which is the Swedish royal family´s official summer residence? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of these towns with rather similar names is the largest(by population)?


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Question 6 of 10
6. How do you say "What time is it?" in Swedish?
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Question 7 of 10
7. The Nobel prize is a well-known Swedish phenomenon, but what invention was the basis for Alfred Nobel/s wealth and thus also the prize?


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Question 8 of 10
8. In the twentieth century, how many Miss Universes were from Sweden? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Everyone knows that Volvo is a Swedish car. But which of these other things does Volvo NOT make?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Which is Sweden´s highest mountain?



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1. Which is the largest island in Sweden?

Answer: Gotland

Öland is the second largest and just like Gotland situated in the Gulf of Bothnia. Visingsö can be found in Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, and
Åland is not an island, but an entire archipelago in the Gulf of Bothnia and belongs to Finland.
2. All of these rivers can be found on the west coast of southern Sweden. Lagan, Nissan, Ätran, Viskan.

Answer: True

Yes, even though most of Sweden's large rivers can be found in the north, there are also some in the south.
3. What is the southernmost point in Scandinavia?

Answer: Smygehuk

Smygehuk is a fishing village and also a lighthouse. It´s the southernmost point of Sweden and also of the whole Scandinavian peninsula. The other three are towns in the far south of Sweden.
4. Which is the Swedish royal family´s official summer residence?

Answer: Solliden Palace

Yes, the Swedish Royal family spends a large part of their summer at Solliden Palace, which is situated on the island of Öland in southern Sweden.
Drottningholm Palace is the official residence of the Royal family since 1982, when they moved from the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
The Royal Palace still functions as the day-to-day workplace for the King and Queen and also for official entertaining. Sofiero Palace near the town of Helsingborg in the far south of Sweden was the summer residence of the former King Gustav VI Adolf and has famously beautiful gardens.
5. Which of these towns with rather similar names is the largest(by population)?

Answer: Linköping

All four are towns in the southern half of Sweden. Linköping, with about 145,000 inhabitants, is an important industrial center with large companies like the car and airplane manufacturer SAAB as well as a university. Jönköping has some 126,000, Nyköping 50,000 and Norrköping 129,000 inhabitants.
6. How do you say "What time is it?" in Swedish?

Answer: Hur mycket är klockan?

Swedish is a Germanic language and is closely related to both Danish and Norwegian and is also the second language of Finland. Finnish on the other hand is a Finno-ugrian language and not at all related to the other Scandinavian languages.
"Hur gammal är du?" means "How old are you?"
"Var kommer du ifrån?" means "Where do you come from?"
"Vad heter du?" means "What´s your name?"
7. The Nobel prize is a well-known Swedish phenomenon, but what invention was the basis for Alfred Nobel/s wealth and thus also the prize?

Answer: Dynamite

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866. This then replaced previously used pure Nitroglycerine in rock blasting as it was far less volatile.
8. In the twentieth century, how many Miss Universes were from Sweden?

Answer: Three

Yes, there were three. The first was Hillevi Rombin in 1955, the second was Margareta Arvidsson in 1966 and the last was Yvonne Ryding in 1984.
9. Everyone knows that Volvo is a Swedish car. But which of these other things does Volvo NOT make?

Answer: Speed boats

Yes, even if they are not as well known as the cars, Volvo also makes many types of dump-tucks up to 40 tons in their plant in Växjö, a large range of wheel-loaders in their Eskilstuna plant and a range of excavators in Eslöv.
10. Which is Sweden´s highest mountain?

Answer: Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise, 2,104 m above sea level in Lapland, some 150km north of the Arctic Circle is the highest mountain in Sweden. It actually has two peaks, of which the south is the highest. It is part of the Scandinavian Mountains, which runs along the length of most of the Scandinavian peninsula both in Sweden and Norway.
Sulitelma, also in Lapland, is the second highest with 1,869 m, Omberg in southern Sweden is a mere 262 m and Galdhöpiggen is actually 2,469 m, but lies in Norway.
Source: Author Nissecat

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