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Norway Multiple Choice

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about Norway?
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1. What is the capital of Norway?
Bergen ✓
Oslo ✓
Trondheim ✓
Tromsø ✓
2. How many countries border Norway?
1 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✓
4 ✓
Excluding the Antarctic Queen Maud Land, Norway borders Sweden, Finland and Russia.
3. Who is the current monarch of Norway?
Magnus V ✓
Haakon V ✓
Olav V ✓
Harald V ✓
4. Which of these terms has nothing to do with the sea?
Rorbu ✓
Lutefisk ✓
Fjord ✓
Lemming ✓
a lemming is a small rodent
5. True or false: "Norge" is Norwegian and means "Norway"
True ✓
False ✓
6. Which organization isn't Norway part of?
European Union ✓
NATO ✓
European Economic Area ✓
OSCE ✓
the Norwegians opposed a EU membership in 1994
7. Which one of these Nordic artist is Norwegian?
Jean Sibelius ✓
Hans Christian Andersen ✓
Edvard Munch ✓
Björn Ulvaeus ✓
8. Which of these extreme points was first reached by a Norwegian?
the South Pole ✓
Mount Everest ✓
the Mariana Trench ✓
Cape of Good Hope ✓
reached by Roald Amundsen in 1911
9. True or false: North Cape is Norway's northernmost point
True ✓
False ✓
Svalbard is located way more north
10. Which U.S. state has the most Norwegian Americans?
Alaska ✓
California ✓
Minnesota ✓
Wisconsin ✓
approx. 900,000 of them live in Minnesota
11. What country did modern-day Norway belong to in 1500?
Denmark ✓
Swedish Empire ✓
Kalmar Union ✓
to Norway itself ✓
12. What are Bokmål and Nynorsk?
cities ✓
Norway's former overseas territories ✓
specialities of the Nordic cuisine ✓
forms of the Norwegian language ✓
13. What/who are Trøndelag, Telemark and Akershus?
counties (fylker) ✓
former Prime Ministers ✓
the three longest rivers ✓
the biggest companies of Norway ✓
14. What's the northernmost town in Norway?
Hammerfest ✓
Alta ✓
Longyearbyen ✓
Honningsvåg ✓
15. True or false: No U.S. president has visited Norway
True ✓
False ✓
Bill Clinton did in 1999 and Barack Obama in 2009
16. True or false: The most successful biathlete of all time hails from Norway
True ✓
False ✓
His name is Ole Einar Bjørndalen and he has won 13 Winter Olympic medals
17. What did Norway consider concerning Finland's 100th anniversary?
baking a cake for every Finnish citizen ✓
change their border ✓
change their constitution ✓
create a direct train connection between Oslo and Helsinki ✓
the plan was to give Mount Halti, Finland's highest peak, completely to the Finns but plans were cancelled due to administrative challenges
18. What's the largest fjord in Norway?
Sognefjord ✓
Geirangerfjord ✓
Porsangerfjord ✓
Oslofjord ✓
19. What inglorious activity is Norway sadly famous for?
stealing trees from Sweden ✓
hunting of whales ✓
suppressing the Sami people ✓
banning Muslim immigration ✓
20. Where would one find the Norwegian island of Bouvet?
inside the city of Oslo ✓
off the coast of Canada ✓
in the Southern Atlantic ✓
east of Australia ✓
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Feb 13, 2019
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