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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who did the Swiss Guard start protecting since 1506?	The Pope	90%
Switzerland was the last Western country to grant the right to vote to what group in 1971 at federal level?	Women	90%
What humanitarian organization was founded in Geneva in 1863?	Red Cross	89%
What annual musical competition was did Switzerland both host and win in 1956?	Eurovision	78%
What Swiss tennis player has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles — the most in history by a male player?	Roger Federer	78%
What event did Switzerland host in 1954?	FIFA World Cup	72%
Which Swiss confectioner founded the largest food company in the world in 1866?	Henri {Nestlé}	59%
What ski resort plays host to the World Economic Forum since its foundation in 1971?	Davos	58%
What group of Swiss religious nonconformists moved to Pennsylvania in the 1700s?	Amish	55%
What famous Irish novelist died in Zurich in 1941?	James Joyce	54%
What international body was Geneva the headquarters of between 1920—1946	League of Nations	54%
What expert marksman with the crossbow assassinated Albrecht Gessler?	William Tell	54%
What French theologian lived most of his life in Geneva during the 16th century?	John {Calvin}	49%
What famous philosopher had the greatest influence in the French Revolution?	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	47%
What Swiss resort town hosted the Winter Olympics first in 1928 and then in 1948?	St. Moritz	44%
At the congress in what city was the neutrality of Switzerland finally respected and guaranteed by the Great Powers of Europe in 1814?	Vienna	44%
What novel did Johanna Spyri publish in 1881?	Heidi	37%
What Swiss investment bank was founded in 1862 as the Bank in Winterthur alongside the advent of the Swiss banking industry?	UBS	33%
Which Swiss mathematician discovered infinitesimal calculus and graph theory?	Leonhard Euler	30%
Who was the founder of the above?	Henri {Dunant}	25%