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History of Denmark - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 2,783 times
2,415 since last reset
- The average score is 12 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which of the Shakespearean plays is about a Danish prince? | Hamlet | 92%
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| What toy company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund in 1932? | Lego | 90%
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| What country did Denmark have a union with from 1537–1814? | Norway | 88%
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| What Norse god had one eye and a long beard? | Odin | 84%
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| What country gained independence from Denmark in 1944? | Iceland | 83%
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| What king introduced Christianity to Denmark? (hint: technology used in wireless headsets) | Harald {Bluetooth} | 80%
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| What person was the first to discover Greenland? | Erik the Red | 70%
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| What group of Vikings settled France and went on to conquer England in 1066? | Normans | 69%
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| What H.C. Andersen fairy tale was adapted into an animated movie by Disney in 1989? | The Little Mermaid | 69%
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| What U.S. state was Vitus Bering the first European to visit? | Alaska | 65%
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| In which modern-day African country was the Danish colony of Gold Coast founded? | Ghana | 60%
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| What theme park was opened in 1843 in Copenhagen? | Tivoli Gardens | 58%
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| What historical figure did the newspaper Jyllands-Posten publish cartoons of in 2005? | Muhammad | 56%
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| Who was crowned Queen of Denmark in 1972? | Margrethe II | 50%
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| What Danish quantum theorist won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics? | Niels Bohr | 50%
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| What novel was published by Karen Blixen in 1937? | Out of {Africa} | 46%
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| Which of its territories did the U.S. purchase from Denmark in 1917? | U.S. Virgin Islands | 41%
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| Who is considered history's first existentialist philosopher? | Søren Kierkegaard | 40%
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| What king ruled over Norway, Denmark, and England in the early 11th century? | {Cnut} the Great | 37%
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| What filmmaking movement was created by directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in 1995? | {Dogme} 95 | 14%
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