Coffee morning Quiz of finland

What is the name of the capital city of Finland?

• Tampere

• Helsinki

• Turku

• Seinäjoki

Which country is known as the land of happiness?

• Island

• Norway

• Sweden

• Finland

What is “The poor man’s pharmacy”?

• Fast cars

• Sauna

• Rye field

• Rye bread

Answer explanation

There are around 3 million Saunas in Finland. Even Burger King in the capital Helsinki has one. 

Which European country was the first to give women the right to vote?

• Sweden

• Norway

• Finland

• Island

Finland is bilingual - Which ​​are official languages in Finland?

• Finnish

• English

• Swedish

• Norwegian

Answer explanation

Finnish and Swedish are the main official languages of Finland. It's mandatory for Finnish students to learn Swedish in school. In addition to these two languages, there are also a few minority languages: Sami, Karelian, Romani, Russian, Tatar, and Yiddish. 

Finland is known as the land of a thousand _ _ _ _ _ ,

yet there are actually more than 180,000 lakes in Finland.

More than 10% of Finland's total area is covered by water.

• thousand lakes
• thousand cakes

• thousand candies

• thousand chocolates

Which is the national dish of Finland?

• Karelian pasty / Karelian pies

• Mämmi

• Rye bread

• sautéed reindeer with lingonberry jam

Answer explanation

In 2016, a big poll was done to name the national dish of Finland. A clear majority of the voting Finns voted on Rye bread as the Finnish national dish.

What was the former Finnish currency called before the Euro was introduced?

• Finnish Crowns

• Finnish Rubel

• Finnish Mark

• Finnish Pounds

What's the national animal of Finland?

• Great grey owl

• Brown bear

• Reindeer

• Fox

Answer explanation

Bear is the national animal of Finland, more precisely the Finnish brown bear that stroll around in the Finnish forests. There are around 2000 wild brown bears in Finland.