INQUIZITION QUIZ NO. 31 SCANDINAVIAN
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:22 pm1 What species of parrot featured in the Monty Python dead parrot sketch?
NORWEGIAN BLUE
2 In which tennis tournament did Sweden defeat Britain in Birmingham in 2002?
DAVIS CUP
3 What colour is the cross on the flag of Finland?
BLUE
4 What was Abba’s only chart topping single in the USA?
DANCING QUEEN
5 Which Scandinavian composer’s life story was recounted in the film Song of Norway?
EDVARDGRIEG
6 Does the football team FC Jazz hail from Sweden, Finland or Norway?
FINLAND
7 Who was the first player to defeat Bjorn Borg in a Wimbledon singles final?
JOHN MCENROE
8 The name of which car manufacturer derives from the Latin for “I roll”?
VOLVO
9 “Scandinavian for value” is the motto of which supermarket chain?
IKEA
10 What did the Euro replace in Finland?
MARKKA
11 What is the second most highly populated city in Norway?
BERGEN
12 What was the most northerly city in the world to host the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?
HELSINKI
13 Which Finnish composer, who died in 1957, composed the choral symphony Kullervo?
JEAN SIBELIUS
14 Which Minister President of Norway was executed for high treason after World War II?
VIDKUN QUISLING
15 Which Swedish club did Nottingham Forest defeat in the final of the European Cup in 1979?
MALMO
NORWEGIAN BLUE
2 In which tennis tournament did Sweden defeat Britain in Birmingham in 2002?
DAVIS CUP
3 What colour is the cross on the flag of Finland?
BLUE
4 What was Abba’s only chart topping single in the USA?
DANCING QUEEN
5 Which Scandinavian composer’s life story was recounted in the film Song of Norway?
EDVARDGRIEG
6 Does the football team FC Jazz hail from Sweden, Finland or Norway?
FINLAND
7 Who was the first player to defeat Bjorn Borg in a Wimbledon singles final?
JOHN MCENROE
8 The name of which car manufacturer derives from the Latin for “I roll”?
VOLVO
9 “Scandinavian for value” is the motto of which supermarket chain?
IKEA
10 What did the Euro replace in Finland?
MARKKA
11 What is the second most highly populated city in Norway?
BERGEN
12 What was the most northerly city in the world to host the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?
HELSINKI
13 Which Finnish composer, who died in 1957, composed the choral symphony Kullervo?
JEAN SIBELIUS
14 Which Minister President of Norway was executed for high treason after World War II?
VIDKUN QUISLING
15 Which Swedish club did Nottingham Forest defeat in the final of the European Cup in 1979?
MALMO
