History of Denmark - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
Which of the Shakespearean plays is about a Danish prince? Hamlet
92%
What toy company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund in 1932? Lego
89%
What country did Denmark have a union with from 1537–1814? Norway
88%
What country gained independence from Denmark in 1944? Iceland
84%
What Norse god had one eye and a long beard? Odin
84%
What king introduced Christianity to Denmark? (hint: technology used in wireless headsets) Harald {Bluetooth}
80%
What person was the first to discover Greenland? Erik the Red
70%
What group of Vikings settled France and went on to conquer England in 1066? Normans
70%
What H.C. Andersen fairy tale was adapted into an animated movie by Disney in 1989? The Little Mermaid
69%
What U.S. state was Vitus Bering the first European to visit? Alaska
66%
In which modern-day African country was the Danish colony of Gold Coast founded? Ghana
59%
What historical figure did the newspaper Jyllands-Posten publish cartoons of in 2005? Muhammad
57%
What theme park was opened in 1843 in Copenhagen? Tivoli Gardens
57%
Who was crowned Queen of Denmark in 1972? Margrethe II
50%
What Danish quantum theorist won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics? Niels Bohr
48%
What novel was published by Karen Blixen in 1937? Out of {Africa}
47%
Which of its territories did the U.S. purchase from Denmark in 1917? U.S. Virgin Islands
41%
Who is considered history's first existentialist philosopher? Søren Kierkegaard
40%
What king ruled over Norway, Denmark, and England in the early 11th century? {Cnut} the Great
37%
What filmmaking movement was created by directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in 1995? {Dogme} 95
14%
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