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Denmark True or False?

Can you guess whether these statements about the country of Denmark are true or false?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: January 27, 2021
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First submittedJanuary 27, 2021
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1. Greenland belongs to Denmark
True
False
2. Denmark uses Euro as its currency
It uses the Danish Krone
True
False
3. Copenhagen is spelt the same way in Danish, as it does in English
"København" is the Danish spelling
True
False
4. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" was set in Denmark
True
False
5. New Zealand was named after the Danish island Zealand
It was named after the Dutch province of Zeeland
True
False
6. Carlsberg is a globally popular brand of beer
True
False
7. Denmark once conquered England
True
False
8. About half of Denmark's electricity comes from wind power
True
False
9. More than half of the Danes live on the Jutland peninsula
True
False
10. Denmark is led by a President
Prime minister is the head of government and the monarch is the head of state
True
False
11. Ö is not a letter in the Danish alphabet
True
False
12. The United States illegally occupied the Danish Virgin Islands in 1917
The U.S. bought them for 25 million dollars
True
False
13. Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish scientist who discovered Hydrogen
He was an existential philosopher
True
False
14. Iceland gained its independence from Denmark in 1944
True
False
15. According to the Danish Constitution, no one is allowed to permanently live in the Faroe Islands
True
False
4 Comments
+3
Level 71
Jan 27, 2021
In the gold rush that is True-or-False country quizzes, your quizzes are continually well thought-out and have interesting trivia. I cheers my Carlsberg to this quiz, and look forward to more to come!
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Level 77
Jan 27, 2021
The correct answer for 11. is false, the Danes use ø, not ö.
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Level 75
Jan 27, 2021
Fixed.
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Level 32
Feb 26, 2021
Wow, I didn't know Iceland and England were once under Danish rule!