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Exploring Albania: A Quiz on History, Culture, and Geography

Test your knowledge about Albania's history, culture, and geography with this engaging quiz. Explore various aspects of this fascinating country and see how much you know!

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1 Christianity was later overshadowed by ________, which kept the scepter of the major religion during the period of Ottoman Turkish rule from the 15th century until year 1912.

2 The population density of Albania: How many people are there per square mile?

3 The main meal of the ________ is lunch, and it is usually accompanied by a salad of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers and olives with olive oil, vinegar and salt.

4 What is the currency of Albania?

5 The first three of these rose to become rulers of principalities were vassals of ________, and Albania mostly neglected by their Greek masters at Constantinople.

6 What is the area of Albania in square km?

7 The Ottomans had urbanized the landscape creating new cities, Bazaars, garrisons and ________ throughout the Albanian regions.

8 Which of the following titles did Albania have?

9 What % of the area of Albania is water?

10 How many square miles is Albania in area?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus was a short-lived state founded in March 1914 by Greeks living in southern Albania.
  • the 2008 historical drama/black comedy film Time of the Comet set a new box office record in Albanian cinemas.
  • in addition to practising as a lawyer in Cairo, Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi wrote a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages.
  • the Corfu Channel Incident, involving the United Kingdom and Albania, is considered one of the early episodes of the Cold War.
  • the Lead Mosque of Shkodër, Albania, received its name from once having cupolas covered in lead.
  • the skeleton of a pregnant woman and her unborn child dating back to 3000 BC was found in the Kamenica Tumulus in Albania.
  • the current Foreign Minister of Albania, Lulzim Basha, used to work for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and helped prepare the file against Slobodan Milosevic.
  • the Museum of Apollonia, near Fier, Albania, is currently closed to the public after being looted in 1991.
  • in Albanian folklore, the zana, mountain fairies revered for their beauty and courage, are said to have watched approvingly over Albanian protests against the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano.
  • in 1926, author Helen Dore Boylston and Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, drove from Paris to Albania in a Model T Ford called "Zenobia".
  • Qeparo is home to one of the nine churches in Albania dedicated to Saint Demetrius.
  • Anton Santori's play Emira is considered to be the first original Albanian drama ever written.
  • French geography professor Henri Enjalbert theorized that Albania, the Ionian islands and southern Dalmatia were the only European regions with grapevines following the last Ice Age.
  • Queen Teuta of Issa, who briefly ruled Illyria in the 3rd century BC, is depicted on the Albanian 100 lekë coin.
  • Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, became Princess of Albania in March 1914 (arrival pictured), but had to leave the country just six months later because of nationalist turmoil.
  • during the Italian occupation Tefik Mborja was, as General Secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party, included in the Albanian cabinet as an ex-officio member.
  • Hylli i Dritës is regarded as one of the most important Albanian magazines of the early 20th century.
  • Sotir Peçi published the first Albanian-language newspaper in the United States.
  • Albania expects to accede to NATO this April after individual NATO member states ratify its accession protocol.
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