Vienna City Facts Quiz【Questions – Answers】

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Question 1: Vienna lies on which famous river?

(A) The Inn

(B) The Danube

(C) The Rhine

(D) The Drava

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(B) The Danube

Question 2: A very important congress took place here from September 1814 until June 1815.Why was it arranged?
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(A) To re-establish territories in Asia after Napoleon’s defeat

(B) To re-establish territories in Australia after Napoleon’s defeat

(C) To re-establish territories in Africa after Napoleon’s defeat

(D) To re-establish territories in Europe after Napoleon’s defeat

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(D) To re-establish territories in Europe after Napoleon’s defeat

Question 3: What date was the University founded?

(A) 1365

(B) 1385

(C) 1375

(D) 1355

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(A) 1365

Question 4: In 1278 it passed into the possession of which family?

(A) The Halmanns

(B) The Bohemia and Hungary

(C) The Hapsburgs

(D) The Duczmal

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(C) The Hapsburgs

Question 5: Until about the first century BC,Vienna was a Celtic settlement.What was its name at that time?

(A) Wien

(B) Vindobona

(C) Vienna

(D) Vina

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(B) Vindobona

Question 6: What is the National Opera House called?

(A) Vienna State Opera

(B) Palais Garnier

(C) Teatro Colón

(D) Staatsoper

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(D) Staatsoper

Question 7: And where is the Prater situated?

(A) On an island between the River Danube and the Danube Canal

(B) On an island between the River Loire and the Canal du Midi

(C) On an island between the River Garonne and the Aisne Canal

(D) On an island between the River Danube and the Rhine Canal

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(A) On an island between the River Danube and the Danube Canal

Question 8: What is the name of the Gothic Cathedral at the centre of the inner city?

(A) St Stephens

(B) St Francis

(C) St Louis

(D) St Alfred

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(A) St Stephens

Question 9: Vienna has a strong musical heritage and gives its name to a particular form of music.Which?

(A) Viennese Traditional

(B) Viennese Operetta

(C) Viennese Contemporary Music Genres

(D) Viennese Folk

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(B) Viennese Operetta

Question 10: Which Viennese born composer brought this form to its highest romantic level?

(A) Mikhail Glinka

(B) Ludwig van Beethoven

(C) Johann Strauss the Younger

(D) Antonín Dvořák

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(C) Johann Strauss the Younger

Question 11: West of Vienna lies the famous forest of …?

(A) Wienerwald

(B) Tronçais

(C) Broceliande

(D) Grande Chartreuse

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(A) Wienerwald

Question 12: It also lies between two ranges of mountains.Which ones?

(A) The Mount Blac and The Puy De Sancy

(B) The Grande Casse and The Vignemale

(C) The Alps and the Carpathians

(D) The Alps and The Puy De Sancy

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(C) The Alps and the Carpathians

Question 13: What is the name of the broad boulevard which in 1857 replaced the walls encircling the inner city?

(A) The Carinthia

(B) The Styria

(C) The Vorarlberg

(D) The Ringstrasse

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(D) The Ringstrasse

Question 14: What is the principal public park called?

(A) The Prater

(B) The Owner

(C) The Care Taker

(D) The Public

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(A) The Prater

Question 15:  The summer palace of the Austria-Hungarian Emperors is called …what?

(A) Hofburg

(B) Schonbrunn

(C) Schloss Hof

(D) Schloss Niederweiden

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(B) Schonbrunn