Quiz Czech Republic

Quiz CZ
1. The Czech Republic (CR) is an inland country in Central Europe. Which countries are its neighbours?:

a)Slovakia, Poland, Romania
b)Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria
c)Slovenia, Poland, Germany, Austria








2. The Czech history dates back to the long past. Though the Czech Republic (CR) belongs to the youngest countries of Europe. When did CR come into existence?:
a)1989
b)1918
c)1993


3. The Czech Republic is situated on three historical territories: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. The area of the Czech Republic is:
a)120 000 km2
b)50 000 km2
c)79 000 km2


4. Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic.It is often called:
a)Prague, everlasting city
b)Prague, city of a hundred spires
c)Prague, white city











5. Who is the prezident of CR?:
a)T. G. Masaryk
b)Vaclav Klaus
c)Vaclav Havel













6. The CR has two coats of arms: a big one and a small one. What does the small one show?:
a)Double - tailed lion
b)violet cow
c)White horse


7. When did the CR become a member of NATO?:
a)12.3.1999
b)21.3.2000
c)1.1.2001


8. When did CR become a member of the EU?:
a)1.5.2004
b)1.1.1993
c)28.10.2000


9. What is the name of the Czech highest mountain?:
a)Praded
b)Snezka
c)Plechy










10. The biggest Czech river is:
a)Vltava
b)Labe
c)Luznice


11. CR is a big exporter of beer. Its brand is:
a)Smadny Mnich
b)Budvar
c)Beck


12. Our ice-hockey team won a gold medal in the Olympic games in Nagano. The team is also the champion of the world. The most famous ice-hockey player is:
a)Wayne Gretzky
b)Jaromir Jagr
c)Vladislav Hana


13. Our region - Southern Bohemia has the lowest density. Most people live in Ceske Budejovice - the centre of our region. How many people live in Tabor?:
a)100 000
b)37 000
c)20 000


14. When was Tabor founded?:
a)1420
b)1019
c)1219


15. The largest man-made dam in our region is:
a)Vranov Dam
b)Jordan Dam
c)Lipno Dam









16. The typical architectural style of the countryside in our region is so called "Rustic Baroco". The most significant village was enlisted on the UNESCO Wourld List in 1998. What´s the name of the village?:
a)Makov
b)Holasovice
c)Drazice







17. The construct of the "Horse-drawn railroad line" led by F. A. Gerstner started in 1825. Which cities did it connect?:
a)Prague - Ceske Budejovice
b)Ceske Budejovice - Linz
c)Plzen - Praha - Linz


18. The best known Czech university is:
a)Charles University
b)Peter´s University
c)Ottokar´s University











19. In 1935 the family of Schonburg-Hartenstein inherited Cervena Lhota Castle. In 1900 Jan S.-H. became the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in:
a)Roma
b)Vatican
c)Vienna









20. There are a lot of spas in CR. The best known South Bohemian spa town is:
a)Strakonice
b)Pisek
c)Trebon

WHO WE ARE CZECH REPUBLIC

Who we are CZ


The Czech Republic is a small country in the middle of Europe and it consists of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. It borders on Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Our country has ten million inhabitants. The capital city of the Czech Republic is Prague. There is the Prague Castle, where president lives.
Every Czech is different from another, but with we have a lot of same characteristics. A typical Czech is social, kind, talkative, solidary and very helpful, however someone is invidious, unfair and doesn’t work too hard. What are the most common stereotypes about us? We like going to the pub, having a rest, not working very much or going to shops all the time. On the other hand there are worcoholics, successful people who started their businesses after the Velvet Revolution 1989. They are hardworking, willing to risk, brave and many of them rich. Not many Czech people are religious believers, but old people go to church every Sunday. They like going to nature or seeing sights, because the Czech Republic has them
a lot.
And now something about typical Czech family (Petr and Jana Novak with children Anna and Jakub). It is usually a mother, father and mostly two or three children. When parents leave to work, children go to school and they arrive home in the afternoon at about two o’clock. Then they go out or they must learn. Parents arrive at home in the evening. They are tired and sleepy. But some parents have much energy and hence the go to pub or visit heir friends.
We have different hobbies, but a lot of Czechs have a cottage, especially if they live in a town flat. There they grill sausages with friends or they devote time to gardening. Every weekend there are traffic jams on the way to the country and back.
The Czech Republic doesn’t have a sea that is why our people travel to the seaside with beaches, sun and hot weather. In the sea they like swimming, water-skiing and diving and they like sunbathing too. Czechs travel to Italy, Spain, Greece and Croatia. The Austrian Alps are popular with skiers in winter.
In our country most popular sports are: football (Petr Cech, goalkeeper) and ice hockey (Jaromir Jagr, forward). Czechs enjoy cycling, canoeing in summer on rivers, playing different games. But many people are just passionate TV sports fans which is a pity.
Who are Czech celebrities in our opinion? We like film and music, so they are from this area. Marketa Irglova - she is twenty years old. She plays in the film- Once with Glen Hansard. She got an Oscar for the song Falling Slowly this year. Karel Gott -the most popular singer in the Czech Republic. Jan Sverak – a film director, he produced the film Kolja. This film won an Oscar too.
Typical Czech cuisine describes the country as well. Well-known Czech meals are: sirloin, sauerkraut, dumplings and pork, goulash, soups, sweet dumplings; they are not very healthy, but delicious. Here they also make unique drinks. And these are: Becherovka, slivovice and non alcoholic Kofola. We mustn´t forget about the beer. Czechs drink out very much beer. There are a lot of breweries, which are worldwide known, such as Pilsner or Budweiser.
Foreigners who visit our republic can buy nice souvenirs. Cut glass, Carlsbad wafers, Becherovka, dolls in folk costume and many others.
We have two big festivals Christmas and Easter. Christmas is the celebration of Jesus´s birth. At Christmas all Czechs buy Xmas tree and carp. We decorated the Xmas tree with many sweets and fairy lights. Today is a habit to decorate it to only one colour. On the Xmas Eve, which is 24th December, we fry the carp and do potato salad. After this dinner we wait for Baby Jesus who brings presents and unpack them under the Xmas tree and spend a nice evening with a family. Easter it the time, when we evoke the death of Jesus. All girls paint and decorate boiled or blown out eggs and the boys must prepare plaited willow cane. It is a thing made of fresh willow sticks. On Monday morning the boys start chasing the girls because they want to whip them and they want eggs, sweets or money. It is believed that it keeps them healthy. Traditions are strong in the country, modern things spread faster in towns.
We like our country, its variety of landscape and people. We like it because we were born here and friends or close people are with us.