1. In August, Bulgarians traditionally...
A. Roast pumpkin
B. Roast lamb
C. Roast peppers
2. Bachkovo Monastery is in which mountain?
A. The Strandzha
B. The Rhodope
C. The Stara Planina
3. On which day do Bulgarians believe that the sea changes and kills people?
A. 6 August, Transfiguration
B. 8 August, St Emilian Confessor
1. Which river passes by Sofia?
A. The Iskar
B. The Danube
C. The Maritsa
2. Which Bulgarian tradition takes place on the morning of 1 July?
A. Slaughtering of home-bred pigs
B. Greeting the rising sun
C. Dancing barefoot in live coal
3. Which was the last project of Bulgaria-born artist Christo?
A. The Floating Piers
1. What are the colours of the Bulgarian national flag?
A. White, green, red
B. Yellow, blue, red
C. White, blue, red
2. Bulgarians believed that on St John's Day, 24 June...
A. Stars fall from the sky
B. Vampires roam
C. Healing herbs become stronger
3. Which Bulgarian city was dubbed Little Vienna for its architecture?
1. In Bulgarian tradition, St George, whose high day is 6 May, is the patron of...
A. Soldiers and shepherds
B. Bankers and fishermen
C. Winemakers and publicans
2. The Bulgarian language belongs to which group?
A. Ilirian
B. Daco-Thracian
C. Slavic
3. Bulgaria organised its first presidential elections in...
A. 1879
1. In 1876 Bulgarians rebelled against...
A. The Ottoman Empire
B. The Russian Empire
C. The British Empire
2. Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova's world record in women high jump is still unchallenged. She jumped 2.09 m in...
A. 1997
B. 1987
C. 2007
3. Where in Bulgaria can you see a fully-preserved fortress?
1. Bulgarians celebrate their national day on...
A. 1 March
B. 3 March
C. 8 March
2. Who was the last Bulgarian king before the Ottomans invaded?
A. Ivan Asen II
B. Ivan Aleksandar
C. Ivan Shishman
3. Where in Bulgaria you can see a steppe landscape and ecosystem?
A. On the northern Black Sea coast
1. What is panelka?
A. A prefabricated apartment block from the times of Communism
B. A failed politician
C. A fake taxi driver
2. Etara traditional architecture openair museum is near which city?
A. Varna
B. Gabrovo
C. Burgas
3. Which of these rivers does not flow into the Aegean Sea?
A. The Mesta
1. Which major river flows by Sofia?
A. The Danube
B. The Struma
C. The Iskar
2. What is the Bulgarian traditional food for Christmas Eve?
A. Beans
B. Roast lamb
C. Stuffed carp
3. Where is the Buzludzha House and Memorial of the Bulgarian Communist Party?
A. In Central Plovdiv
1. What happened in Bulgaria on 10 November 1989?
A. Bulgaria seceded from the USSR
B. Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov was deposed
C. Building of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant started
2. Bulgaria was founded in which year?
A. 618
B. 893
C. 681
3. Which of these towns is a spa resort?
A. Tryavna
1. Women bearing which name celebrate their name day on 15 August, the Dormition of the Mother of God?
A. Maria
B. Stefka
C. Margarita
2. In late summer and early autumn Bulgarians start grilling...
A. Pumpkin
B. Octopus
C. Red peppers
3. Which of these is not a cape in the Black Sea?
A. Kaliakra
1. Which of these rivers flows into the Danube?
A.The Maritsa
B. The Yantra
C. The Struma
2. Which salad contains tomatoes, cucumbers and white cheese?
A. Shopska
B. Snezhanka
C. Ovcharska
3. Where is Bulgaria's only dolphinarium?
A. Burgas
B. Stara Zagora
C. Varna
1. Which is Bulgaria's oldest functioning church?
A. The Boyana Church
B. St Demetrius Cathedral, Vidin
C. St Sophia Church, Sofia
2. The Nestinari firewalking takes place on 3 June, in...
A. Balgari village in the Strandzha
B. The centre of Sunny Beach
C. In front of Parliament
3. Which city doesn't have remains of a fortress?
1. What is the relation between Cyril and Methodius, the creators of the Slavonic alphabet?
A. Father and son
B. Brothers
C. Cousins
2. In which Bulgarian river is there sturgeon?
A. The Danube
B. The Iskar
C. The Maritsa
3. King Liberator Boulevard in Sofia is named after...
A. King Ferdinand I
1. In Bulgaria, St George is the patron saint of...
A. Seamen
B. Shepherds
C. Accountants
2. In how many wars did Bulgaria participate between 1878 and 1945?
A. Five
B. Two
C. Four
3. Where is the Petrified Wedding natural phenomenon?
A. Near Vratsa
B. In the Rhodope
C. In Melnik
1. The red and white threads that Bulgarians put on 1 March is called...
A. Martenitsa
B. Survaknitsa
C. Banitsa
2. Bachkovo Monastery is in which mountain?
A. The Stara Planina
B. The Rhodope
C. The Strandzha
3. What is not used as a Banitsa stuffing?
A. Spinach
B. Pumpkin
1. On which winter holiday do Bulgarians jump into rivers and the open sea?
A. Epiphany
B. St Anthony's day
C. Christmas
2. Which foreign expression have Bulgarians adopted for "Goodbye"?
A. Au revoir
B. Αντιο σας
C. Ciao
3. Which is Bulgaria's easternmost town on the Danube?
A. Vidin
1. Where is Bulgaria in terms of social inequality within the EU, according to the National Statistical Institute?
A. 19th
B. 10th
C. 1st
2. In Bulgaria, who celebrates on 6 December, the Feast of St Nicholas?
A. Sailors
B. Winemakers
C. Midwives
3. What is Bulgaria's area?
A. 222,000 sq.km
B. 111,000 sq.km
1. Which plant grows in Bulgaria's southwest?
A. Olive
B. Mango
C. Kiwi
2. Which Bulgarian city claims to be located by rocks that look blue from the distance?
A. Stara Zagora
B. Haskovo
C. Sliven
3. Who was Khan Asparuh?
A. The founder of Bulgaria
B. Bulgaria's first patriarch
C. Bulgaria's liberator from the Ottomans
1. What happened in Bulgaria on 9 September 1944?
A. The Communists took power
B. Bulgaria became independent
C. The Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia united
2. Which city is famed for its fin-de-siècle architecture?
A. Tryavna
B. Aytos
C. Ruse
1. Where is Sozopol?
A. On the southern Black Sea coast
B. On the northern Black Sea coast
C. In the Stara Planina
2. The salad known in Bulgaria as Ruska, or Russian, contains...
A. Asparagus
B. Lobster
C. Mayonnaise
