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European Languages Trivia Quiz

In this quiz, I'll give you the official language or languages of a country and you'll guess which country it is.

A multiple-choice quiz by B.U.. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
B.U.

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
314,387

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1413

Last 3 plays: Guest 66 (8/10), lolleyjay (10/10), Guest 109 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Finnish and Swedish are official languages in which country? Hint

Finland

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

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Question 2 of 10

2. Italian is the official language in this small country which is completely surrounded by Italy. This country isn't located in Rome. Which is it? Hint

Vatican City

Liechtenstein

Malta

San Marino

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Question 3 of 10

3. Catalan is the official language in this small landlocked country. Hint

France

Spain

Andorra

Portugal

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Question 4 of 10

4. French is the official language in this small Mediterranean country famous for its monarchs and gambling. Hint

France

Belgium

Luxembourg

Monaco

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Question 5 of 10

5. The official languages in this country bordered by the North Sea are Dutch, French and German. Hint

The Netherlands

Belgium

Germany

Luxembourg

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Question 6 of 10

6. The official languages in this country are Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. Which European country is it? Hint

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia

Croatia

FYR Macedonia

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Question 7 of 10

7. English, as well as Maltese is the official language in this country. Hint

Malta

France

Liechtenstein

Greece

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Question 8 of 10

8. In this country you can hear people speak French, German and Luxembourgish. Hint

France

The Netherlands

Switzerland

Luxembourg

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Question 9 of 10

9. Romansh, French, German and Italian are official languages in this European Country. Hint

Switzerland

Iceland

Germany

Finland

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Question 10 of 10

10. German is the official language in this mountainous landlocked country located between Austria and Switzerland. Hint

Sweden

Liechtenstein

San Marino

Estonia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Finnish and Swedish are official languages in which country?

Answer: Finland

Finland and Sweden are bordering countries so about 5.6% of Finnish population speaks Swedish. Those languages are different. Finnish belongs in the Uralic language family, together with Hungarian and Estonian, which is somewhat similar to it. Swedish is in the Indo-European language family.

2. Italian is the official language in this small country which is completely surrounded by Italy. This country isn't located in Rome. Which is it?

Answer: San Marino

Both San Marino and Vatican City are Italian speaking landlocked countries. San Marino was founded in 301, and it has the world's oldest constitution dating back to 1600.

3. Catalan is the official language in this small landlocked country.

Answer: Andorra

Andorra is a landlocked country between France and Spain. It is a tourist country in the Pyrenees. Catalan is also spoken in a part of Spain, which is bigger and bordered by both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

4. French is the official language in this small Mediterranean country famous for its monarchs and gambling.

Answer: Monaco

Monaco has only one official language and it is French, although a Monegasque dialect, which sounds like a mixture of French and Italian, is somewhat used. Actually, this country is the world's smallest French-speaking country.

5. The official languages in this country bordered by the North Sea are Dutch, French and German.

Answer: Belgium

The Flanders region on the north of Belgium is the home of the Dutch speaking people, whereas the Wallonia is in the south and there are mostly French speakers. Only about 1% of the population speaks German.

6. The official languages in this country are Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. Which European country is it?

Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina

There are three ethnic constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Bosniaks, the Serbs and the Croats. They have their languages which are very similar.

7. English, as well as Maltese is the official language in this country.

Answer: Malta

The majority in Malta are the native Maltese and the minority are British and they mostly retire there. Before it was replaced by English in 1934, Italian was the second language in Malta.

8. In this country you can hear people speak French, German and Luxembourgish.

Answer: Luxembourg

Luxembourgish is a language which is officially used in Luxembourgh since 1984. Today it has about 390.000 speakers. It is very similar to German with French expressions. German is taught in schools and spoken in the media and the church, whereas French is used in business.

9. Romansh, French, German and Italian are official languages in this European Country.

Answer: Switzerland

A bit more than 60% of Swiss population speaks German, about 20% French, 6% Italian and about 0,5% of Swiss people speak Romansh. The federal government in Switzerland is obliged to communicate in these official languages.

10. German is the official language in this mountainous landlocked country located between Austria and Switzerland.

Answer: Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein is surrounded by two German-speaking countries, Austria and Switzerland, and very close to Germany. One third of the population is foreign-born so no wonder German is the official language.

Source: Author B.U.

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