Country Quizzes

Quiz questions about Switzerland

56 questions in the archive are about Switzerland or mention it. Here are 20 of them; New mix gives another lot.

  • 56 questions
  • Europe

1. How many countries border Switzerland?

2. Which breed of dog was named after the monks of a Swiss hospice, who kept them for finding lost travellers in the Alps?

3. Which synonym for luxury and elegance is named after a Swiss hotel tycoon?

4. The 2008 Championships, in Austria and Switzerland was the second time that two nations played host. In which year and which two countries did that happen for the first time?

5. Name the Swiss architect responsible for the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp?

6. In which European city is the headquarters of the Red Cross?

7. The Deep Purple song 'Smoke on the Water' is about a concert in which Swiss city?

8. Which vegetable is also known as the spinach beet or seakale beet?

9. Name the two countries in the world that have a square flag. One point for each correct answer.

10. What nationality was Marie Tussaud who founded the famous wax work exhibitions?

11. In what year did Uwe Barschel, prime minister of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, die mysteriously in a bathtub in the Beau-Rivage hotel in Geneva? (+/- 5 years)

12. Which fashionable ski resort is on the river Landquart in East Switzerland?

13. If a plane crashes on the Italian/Swiss border, where do you bury the survivors?

14. The first ever FIFA World Cup football match played indoors took place in which country?

15. Which fictional character died at the Reichenbach falls in Switzerland?

16. In which country was James Bond's mother born?

17. Named after a city, what is the largest lake in France?

18. Which army only kills on average 24 people per year?

19. What was the nationality of the founder of the Red Cross?

20. Which tennis superstar was given the nickname 'can't miss Swiss'?

ANSWERS

1. Five: France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Liechtenstein

2. St. Bernard

3. Ritz

4. Belgium and the Netherlands in 2000

5. Le Corbusier

6. Geneva

7. Montreux

8. Swiss Chard

9. Switzerland and The Vatican State

10. She was Swiss.

11. 1987

12. Klosters

13. You don't bury the survivors

14. USA (1994 FIFA World Cup. Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit between USA and Switzerland)

15. Sherlock Holmes

16. Switzerland (Monique Bond, nee Delacroix)

17. Lake Geneva

18. The Swiss army

19. Swiss

20. Martina Hingis

Where these questions come from
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  10. People and Places Quiz 1
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  13. Lateral Thinking Quiz 2
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  18. Billys Fun Quiz 1
  19. Health and Beauty Quiz 1
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Questions are chosen because they name the country, its people, its language or its capital.

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