Country trivia: Finland

Saliha

Well-known member
Let´s see how much others know about my country. :wink:

1. What are the two official languages of Finland?

a) Finnish and Russian
b) Finnish and Italian
c) Finnish and English
d) Finnish and Swedish

[SIZE=+1]2. [/SIZE]What does the Finnish flag look like?

a) Three sections, two red, one white
b) Union Jack
c) All blue
[SIZE=+1]d) A blue gross on a white background
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3. What is considered to be Finland´s national instrument?

a) kantele
b) harpsichord
c) sousaphone
d) pipe organ

4. What is Finland´s largest lake?

a) Saimaa
b) Oulun
c) Alanda
d) Etela

5. From the 12th to the 19th centuries Finland belonged to a different country. Which country was it?

a) England
b) Sweden
c) Russia
d) Spain

6) What is the capital of Finland?

a) Turku
b) Vaasa
c) Helsinki
d) Kainuu

7) What day is the Finnish Independent Day?

a) June 6
b) December 6
c) May 6
d) August 6

8. In what year did Finland´s capital hold the Olympics?

a) 1988
b) 1968
c) 1952
d) 1944

9. What is the currency of Finland?

a) markka
b) krone
c) euro
d) rupla

10. Over 70% of Finland is covered by forests and woodland areas.

a) true
b) false





















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1. d) Finnish and Swedish (Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language, and is definitely spoken by many more people than Swedish is, with Finnish at 93% and Swedish at 6%. The other 1% is made up of other languages such as Lapp and Russian.)

2. d) A blue gross on a white background (In 1870, a poet described the flag as "The blue of our lakes and the white snow of our winters." Well put!)

3. a) kantele (The kantele is classified as a cordophone, and has been found to be the oldest Finnish instrument. In the story of the epic hero Vainamoinen, the kantele is made up of the jawbone of a pike. However, the instrument was originally made of the hollow trunk of a spruce, pine or alder, and usually had 5 strings. Today, you can get a kantele with 30 or 40 strings, a large difference from the small hand-held instruments.)

4. a) Saimaa (The Saimaa lake flows from the north by its outflow channel the Vuoski into Europe's largest lake, Lake Ladoga. Lake Saimaa is very large, with almost 15,000 km of shoreline.)

5. b) Sweden (In 1809 it came under the power of Russia, and, with the Russian revolution in 1917, it finally attained its own independence.)

6. c) Helsinki

7. b) December 6 (This is to mark their independence from Russia in 1917 on December 6.)

8. c) 1952 (Finland held the 25th Olympics at its capital, Helsinki.)

9. c) euro (Finland adopted the euro in 1999 (notes and coins came along in 2002). The previous currency was the markka.)

10. a) true (Unlike a lot of countries who have trouble with their natural resources running out, for the past 40 years, there have in fact been 20% more trees planted than cut down. The precise figure for forestation in Finland varies slightly year to year but it is consistently over 70%.)
 

Doc

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Interesting. I got 3, 1 by lucky guess. The 52 Olympics. :D
Helsinki & 70% Forrest I knew. :D
 

QSis

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I got 4 - like Doc, lucky guesses.

Thanks, Saliha!

Lee
 
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