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Exploring Iceland: A Quiz on Geography, Culture, and Government

Test your knowledge about Iceland's geography, culture, and government with this engaging quiz.

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1 Property rights are strong and Iceland is one of the few countries where they are applied to ________.

2 Who played Sverdrup Svenssen in the movie Iceland?

3 Designated name for the ________ (commonly known as Taiwan)

4 What time offset in UTC is Iceland in during daylight savings?

5 What type of government does Iceland have?

6 Which of the following titles did Iceland have?

7 What timezone is Iceland in during daylight savings?

8 What is the currency of Iceland?

9 This combined location means that the island is highly geologically active and has many volcanoes, notably Hekla, Eldgjá, Herðubreið and ________.

10 ________, skuas, and kittiwakes nest on its sea cliffs.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1715, Grigory Dmitriyevich Stroganov, the largest Russian landowner after the tsar, owned territories larger than modern Bulgaria or Iceland.
  • somewhere between a quarter and a third of Icelanders living in Iceland died due to the 1783 eruption of Laki, and the subsequent famine.
  • at the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe in Andorra, Iceland won 34 medals in swimming alone.
  • after calling for a polar bear, Disneyland and palm trees to be brought to Reykjavik in Iceland, The Best Party won the most seats in the 2010 Reykjavik City Council election.
  • Surtshellir, named for the fire giant Surtr, is the longest lava cave in Iceland.
  • tenth-century Icelandic chieftain Olaf the Peacock was known for his extravagant clothes.
  • the Althing of Iceland confirmed Thorlac Thornalli as a saint over 700 years before the Catholic Church did.
  • the first complete map of Iceland (pictured), based on Björn Gunnlaugsson's 1831–43 survey, is mentioned in Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.
  • the initial arctic convoys of World War II set sail from Iceland.
  • the Stöðulög laws of 1871 declared Iceland an inseparable part of Denmark.
  • the Iceland hotspot is partly responsible for the frequent volcanic eruptions and geothermal activity experienced in Iceland.
  • the Fire Nation, from the Universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender, was inspired by photos of volcanic islands of Iceland and the Pacific Ocean.
  • SS Rajputana, a P&O liner traveling between Plymouth, England and Lahore, British India, was converted into a cruiser and eventually sunk by a German U-boat west of Iceland.
  • Nói Síríus is Iceland's largest candy manufacturer and now owns English chocolate company Elizabeth Shaw.
  • Icelandic operatic soprano Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, better known as Diddú, began her singing career in the 1970s with a folk and pop group.
  • Icelandic tenor Garðar Thór Cortes was voted sexiest man in Iceland twice in one year in separate polls.
  • Iceland was the first country to recognize Lithuania's re-established independence in 1991.
  • Iceland leads the world in renewable energy and is the first country to supply all electricity from renewable sources.
  • Iceland and India established diplomatic relations in 1972.
  • Labour Party politician Hugh Brown was a British negotiator with Iceland during the third Cod War in the 1970s.
  • Árni Magnússon, who assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, would do whatever it took to acquire an Icelandic book or manuscript.
  • international reaction to 2008 Tibetan unrest has included police protecting the Chinese embassy in Reykjavík, Iceland, from a peaceful demonstration.
  • Keflavík International Airport is the largest airport in Iceland.
  • Indriði Indriðason, an Icelandic medium, was once claimed to levitate at chest-height in front of a window and seem in danger of being thrown through it.
  • Iceland–Norway relations date back to Norwegian colonization of Iceland in the ninth century.
  • Beer Day in Iceland celebrates the end of prohibition of beer on 1 March 1989, though wine and other spirits had been legal since 1935.
  • Iceland's entry in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, "Minn Hinsti Dans", was performed by a former drag queen.
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