Any Takers For A Little Quiz?

[Buenchico]

If you're feeling bored (or just super-brainy) today, why not try my little quiz below? There are just 10 questions, with only 3 options to select your answer from in each case, so it's got to be really, really easy, hasn't it?

The quiz has an EU theme to it but both Europhiles and Europhobes should do equally well (or possibly badly), I think.

PLEASE DON'T POST ANSWERS ON THIS THREAD. Instead, simply check your answers from the link below and then post your score here to tell us all what a genius you are.

1. Which country is, in terms of both its area and its population, the smallest within the EU?
(a) Cyprus ;
(b) Luxembourg ;
(c) Malta.

2. The Latitude Festival is held in the UK. In which country is the Longitude Festival held?
(a) Belgium ;
(b) Ireland ;
(c) The Netherlands.

3. Which EU country lies directly to the north of Hungary?
(a) Croatia ;
(b) Czech Republic ;
(c) Slovakia.

4. Which of the following activities forms the basis of a popular competitive sport in the Czech Republic, with teams of both adults and children competing in league and cup competitions?
(a) Firefighting ;
(b) First aid ;
(c) Mental arithmetic.

5. Who said "We must build a kind of United States of Europe"?
(a) Winston Churchill ;
(b) Charles de Gaulle ;
(c) Franklin D Roosevelt.

6. Which EU country is, in terms of its area, the largest?
(a) France ;
(b) Spain ;
(c) Sweden.

7. British superstition says that the 13th of the month will bring bad luck if it falls on a Friday. On what day of the week does the 13th have to fall in order to bring bad luck under Greek superstition?
(a) Sunday ;
(b) Thursday ;
(c) Tuesday

8. How many EU countries are there in this list? Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
(a) 2 ;
(b) 3 ;
(c) 4.

9. If we read out an email address in English, we say "at" when we reach the '@'symbol. What do Polish people say (in Polish, of course!) when they encounter the '@' symbol?
(a) Hook ;
(b) Monkey ;
(c) Snake.

10. Who wrote "I am a raving Euro-federalist . . . a pro-European of the most violent, dyspeptic and incurable disposition"?
(a) Kenneth Clarke ;
(b) Boris Johnson ;
(c) Ken Livingstone.


The answers can be found here:
http://www.upl.co/uploads/EU-Answers1562599680.jpg


So how well did you do?

8, 9 or 10 = Eurofighter quality

5, 6 or 7 = Eurovision quality

2, 3 or 4 = Eurotrash quality

0 or 1 = Euravinalarf quality

[jno]

seven ... well, that's better than I do in the BBC quizzes.

[Buenchico]

>>> Combined effort, we got eight

Er, shouldn't I count that as just two scores of 4 then, Roopower? (Or possibly even less if the 'combined effort' involved more than two people?)

Well done, Anyway!

7 is a decent score, Jno. I doubt that I could have beaten it if someone else had set a similar quiz!

[jno]

and I actually knew them, they weren't just guesses. Feeling quite pleased with myself. I may have a celebratory sip of Tesco mineral water.

[Buenchico]

Is such sheer hedonistic behaviour allowable this early in the week though, Jno?

[jno]

it's hard to tell, since in this drab weather I can see neither sun nor yardarm. But I shall take the risk.

[haras2]

3, I'm ashamed to say

[Buenchico]

Thanks for having a go anyway, Haras2.

I'm sure that you're just saving up all of your quiz firepower ready for the BBC one on Friday really ;-)

[10ClarionSt]

I didn't know any of them, so didn't guess. So, a big fat zero from me! But then again, the Euro gubbins holds no interest for me whatsoever!