| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which city used to be the capital city of Hungary for more than 200 years, when Buda and Pest were occupied by the Ottoman Empire?(Hint: it is currently the capital city of another sovereign state) | Bratislava (Pozsony) | 82%
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| What is the largest lake in Hungary (and Central Europe)? | Lake Balaton | 82%
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| What is the national dish of Hungary? | Gulyás / Goulash soup | 76%
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| Who is the - rather controversial - Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010? | Viktor Orbán | 76%
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| When did Hungary join the EU? | 2004 | 71%
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| What is the official currency of Hungary? | Hungarian Forint (HUF) | 71%
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| Which neighbouring country has more than 1 million ethnic Hungarians (as of 2024)? | Romania | 71%
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| Who was Hungary's leader during WW2? | Miklós Horthy | 65%
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| Which treaty ended hostilities between Hungary and the Entente after WW1, taking away 72% of Hungary's territory? | Treaty of Trianon | 65%
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| When did Hungary join NATO? | 1999 | 59%
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| Who was the leader of the Magyar tribes in the 9th century AD, when Hungarians started migrating to the Pannonian Basin? | Árpád | 59%
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| Which lake is situated on the border between Austria and Hungary? | Lake Neusiedl / Fertő / Neusiedler See | 59%
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| What is the name of Hungary in the Hungarian language? | Magyarország | 59%
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| Which is the longest river in Hungary? | Tisza | 59%
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| What language family does the Hungarian language belong to? | Uralic | 59%
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| Which country was Hungary in a personal union with for over 800 years? | Croatia | 53%
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| Name a Jewish-Hungarian scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project! | Edward Teller / Leo Szilard / Eugene Wigner / John von Neumann | 53%
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| What is the name of the ethnic Hungarian community living in Eastern Transylvania/Central Romania? | Székely / Szekler | 53%
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| What is the national animal of Hungary?(Hint: it's a fictional animal) | Turul bird | 47%
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| Who was the first Hungarian king who converted to Christianity and spread the religion to the people? | St. Stephen I | 35%
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| Which Hungarian publisher was an award for journalism named after? | Joseph Pulitzer | 29%
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| Which Hungarian noblewoman was rumoured to be a serial killer, killing dozens of women and girls and bathing in their blood? | Elizabeth Báthory | 24%
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| Which former French President has direct Hungarian ancestry? | Nicholas Sarkozy | 24%
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| In which year did Buda, Óbuda and Pest unite, to form the modern capital city of Hungary; Budapest? | 1871 | 18%
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| Who was one of the most powerful Hungarian kings during the Middle Ages, who conquered Vienna and Silesia? | Matthias Corvinus | 18%
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| What religion did the Magyar tribes follow before Christianity? | Shamanism | 6%
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