Know your Nordic culture

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Lagom is a Swedish word that means – what?

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  • A.
    Cosy
  • B.
    Not too little, not too much, but just enough
  • C.
    The perfect Lutheran work ethos
• 2.
  The perfect ‘fika’ includes which of the following beverages?

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  • A.
    Julmust
  • B.
    A glass of milk
  • C.
    Coffee
• 3.
  Finish the Scandinavian proverb, “There’s no bad weather…”

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  • A.
    … but plenty of warmth inside.
  • B.
    … when you’re with the people you love.
  • C.
    … only bad clothes.
• 4.
  What is Copenhagen’s well-known hippie freetown commune called?

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  • A.
    Freetown Christiania
  • B.
    Freetown Nørrebro
  • C.
    Freetown Jylland
• 5.
  Which Scandinavian author wrote the Millennium Trilogy, the screen adaptations of which were huge global successes?

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  • A.
    Jo Nesbø
  • B.
    Astrid Lindgren
  • C.
    Stieg Larsson
• 6.
  What is the traditional Norwegian dish with a sheep’s head on a plate called?

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  • A.
    Smalahove
  • B.
    Smørrebrød
  • C.
    Pinnekjøtt
• 7.
  What is the name of the Scandinavian – and especially Swedish – tradition involving a procession with songs and a woman at the front wearing a crown with candles on her head, celebrated on 13 December?

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  • A.
    Advent
  • B.
    Sankta Lucia
  • C.
    Julebrud
• 8.
  Which Nordic nation boasts the world’s greatest per-capita coffee consumption?

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  • A.
    Finland
  • B.
    Norway 
  • C.
    Sweden
• 9.
  Which of the following would the Nordic Law of Jante frown upon?

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  • A.
    Conforming
  • B.
    Boasting
  • C.
    Group think
• 10.
  Which Nordic nation lights more candles per capita than any other nation in the world?

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  • A.
    Sweden
  • B.
    Denmark
  • C.
    Norway
• 11.
  Which Scandinavian neighbourhood was listed in Time Out among the 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world this year? 

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  • A.
    Stockholm’s Midsommarkransen 
  • B.
    Oslo’s Grünerløkka
  • C.
    Copenhagen’s Vesterbro
• 12.
  What is Sápmi?

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  • A.
    A Finnish delicacy 
  • B.
    The land of the Sami 
  • C.
    The northernmost point in Norway

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• 1.
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