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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