WorksheetsEesti Viktoriin
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
In which year, on February 24th, was Estonia declared an independent country for the first time?
(hint: Estonia turns CV this year)
1908
1918
1928
1938
Talvine Pööripäev or Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year in Estonia, taking place on 21 December. How many hours of daylight are there on the solstice?
(a)
What is the % of land covered in forests for Estonia?
32%
42%
52%
62%
Estonia has won 44 medals in the Olympics - has it won more medals in the summer or winter olympics though?
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
In 2005, Estonia became the first country in the world to allow people to do what:
shop online with a credit card
report taxes online
file online complaints for public services
vote online for elections
What's the world record result of the swing shaft in the Estonian invented sport Kiiking?
5.38 meters
6.38 meters
7.38 meters
8.38 meters
Anagram - can you figure out which Estonian city is this?
LAHAPUSA
(a)
Around 2 million Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians formed a long human chain called the Baltic Chain on 23. August 1989, peacefully demanding the independence of their countries from the Soviet Union as part of the Singing Revolution. How long was the chain?
475 km
575 km
675 km
775 km
Estonia is home to around 900 bears, 200 grey wolves, 200 lynx, and 12.000 moose. One of those is also the national animal of Estonia, which one?
A bear
A grey wolf
A lynx
A moose
Suvine Pööripäev or Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year in Estonia, taking place on 21 June. How many hours of daylight are there on the solstice?
(a)
Next to its political capital Tallinn, Estonia has four seasonal capitals. Otepää is known as the winter capital, Türi as the spring capital, Pärnu the summer capital and this city as the autumn capital
(hint: one of the larger cities of Estonia)
(a)
Almost everyone in Estonia has heard of Bolt but do you recall the name of the company before they re-branded?
(a)
Tallinn can be regarded as an Olympic city as when the summer Olympics took place in Moscow, the Olympic regatta was held in Tallinn. Which year was that?
(a)
Did you know that the man who discovered Antarctica was Estonian? Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen, born in Saaremaa, discovered the continent in 1820. Who were there to greet him?
Polar bears
Penguings
Polar bears and penguings both
True of False
Estonia has a longer land border with Russia than with Latvia
True
False
Before the use of Euro in 2011, what was the currency of Estonia?
Mark
Ruble
Kroon
Ett
What is the average temperate of the year in Estonia?
-2
+2
+5
+8
Which of these has been voted as "the most Estonian word ever"?
sõnajalaõis
(fern blossom)
öö
(night)
kullakallis
(dear)
