1. Sofia is located near which mountain?
A. The Rila
B. The Vitosha
C. The Pirin
2. What is not a traditional autumn food in Bulgaria?
A. Baked pumpkin
B. Baked chestnuts
C. Roasted lamb
3. Which writer is considered "The Patriarch" of Bulgarian literature?
A. Ivan Vazov
B. Hristo Botev
C. Elin Pelin
1. At the 1988 Olympics, considered the most successful for Bulgarian sports, how many gold medals did the Bulgarian athletes win?
A. 3
B. 20
C. 10
2. The climate in Bulgaria is...
A. Temperate continental
B. Mediterranean
C. Subarctic
3. What do the Bulgarians add to chips?
A. Ketchup
B. Grated white cheese
C. Honey
1. Where did Bulgaria rank in Euro 2016?
A. 4th
B. Champion
C. It had not qualified
2. In the past, Sofia has been called...
A. Preslav
B. Augusta Traiana
C. Sredets
1. Which place does Bulgaria take in terms of police per capita, according to the Bloomberg Agency international list?
A. 34
B. 8
C. 100
2. In the Middle Ages, Bulgaria bordered on which sea?
A. The Adriatic Sea
B. The Baltic Sea
C. The Caspian Sea
3. What is boza?
1. Which major Bulgarian river flows by Sofia?
A. The Struma
B. The Danube
C. The Iskar
2. Where in Bulgaria was the world's oldest gold treasure discovered?
A. Varna
B. Svishtov
C. Plovdiv
3. When did Communism collapse in Bulgaria?
A. In 1989
B. In 1944
C. In 2007
1. Bulgaria ranks where in life expectancy in the EU?
A. 1st
B. Last
C. 15th
2. Which of these doesn't grow in Bulgaria?
A. Tobacco
B. Kiwi
C. Olive
3. Which people is considered a constituent element of the Bulgarian nation?
A. Tartars
B. Slavs
C. Greeks
1. Bulgarian currency, the lev, is named after which animal?
A. Lion
B. Panther
C. Eagle
2. Which Bulgarian poet was killed in 1876 while trying to start a rebellion against the Ottomans?
A. Peyo Yavorov
B. Ivan Vazov
C. Hristo Botev
3. Bulgarians drink rakiya with...?
A. Salad
B. Grilled meat
C. Fried fish
1. Bulgaria adopted Christianity in...
A. The 9th Century
B. The 7th Century
C. The 11th Century
2. In which mountain is Vihren Peak?
A. In the Stara Planina
B. In the Pirin
C. In the Strandzha
3. Which city bears the name of a Bulgarian poet?
A. Botevgrad
B. Ivaylovgrad
C. Dimitrovgrad
1. The name of which Bulgarian peak means "Closer to God"?
A. Cherni Vrah, in the Vitosha
B. Musala, in the Rila
C. Vihren, in the Pirin
2. Sts Cyril and Methodius, the creators of the first Slavic alphabet, were…
A. Brothers
B. Father and son
C. Uncle and nephew
1. In the Bulgarian national anthem, Bulgaria is compared to...
A. A blossoming garden
B. A heaven on earth
C. Hell
2. Which mountain divides Bulgaria north to south?
A. The Stara Planina
B. The Vitosha
C. The Rila
1. Which Bulgarian ruler was mummified after his death?
A. Todor Zhivkov
B. Georgi Dimitrov
C. King Boris III
2. The traditional food for St Nicholas Feast, on 6 December, is...
A. Carp
B. Lamb
C. Beans
1. Which of these cities is named after a Bulgarian ruler?
A. Omurtag
B. Shumen
C. Razgrad
2. What is the denomination of the new coin which goes into circulation on 2 December?
A. 5 leva
B. 2 leva
C. 3 leva
3. Baykusheva Mura, Bulgaria's oldest tree, is in which mountain?
A. The Rila
B. The Rhodope
C. The Pirin
1. Due to the migrants’ crisis, Bulgaria dispatched troops to which of its borders?
A. With Serbia
B. With Romania
C. With the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia
2. What is Muzeiko?
A. Bulgarian hip-hop band
B. The first Children’s Museum in Bulgaria
C. Festival of youth culture
1. Which Bulgarian fortress is named after a legendary woman?
A. Baba Vida in Vidin
B. Perperikon
C. Kaliakra
2. Bulgarians don't use which foreign nicety?
A. Ciao
B. Merci
C. Dosvidaniya
1. Which Sofia church was built in the 6th Century?
A. St Alеxandr Nevskiy
B. St Sofia
C. St Nedelya
2. In which Bulgarian river, with some luck, can you catch sturgeon?
A. The Danube
B. The Iskar
C. The Maritsa
1. Bulgaria was the first nation to...
A. Adopt Christianity as a state religion
B. Send a North Pole expedition
C. Adopt the Slavic alphabet in the church and administration
2. Where in Bulgaria can you visit a dolphinarium?
A. Varna
B. Burgas
C. Pleven
1. Which world museum is holding a temporary exhibition of Thracian treasures from Bulgaria?
A. The British Museum
B. The Louvre
C. MoMA
2. Which of these cities is not on the Danube?
A. Plovdiv
B. Ruse
C. Silistra
3. Which Bulgarian city is famed for its cherries?
A. Bansko
B. Razgrad
C. Kyustendil
1. Which Bulgarian city is vying to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with the biggest martenitsa in the world?
A. Silistra
B. Vidin
C. Haskovo
2. What percentage of top managers in Bulgaria are women?
A. 30 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 5 percent
1. Which of these Sofia churches doesn’t have gold-plated domes?
A. St Sofia
B. St Aleksandr Nevskiy
C. The Russian Church
2. Bulgaria's first cookbook was published in…
A. 870
B. 1870
C. 1970
1. The period after the fall of Communism in 1989 in Bulgaria is known as...
A. The Golden Age
B. The Silver Age
C. The Transition
2. When did the Bulgarians switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar?
A. In 1916
B. In 1900
C. In 1878