{"id":1290,"date":"2015-09-21T14:10:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2015-09-21T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T14:10:07","slug":"a-danish-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/09\/21\/a-danish-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"A Danish Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Queen\u2019s guards marching at Amalienborg in Copenhagen. (Photo by Tuala Hjarn\u00f8 at Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

How much do you know about Danish culture? Here\u2019s a quick quiz to speed up your brain\u2026<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Danes are said to talk with a \u2026 in their mouth.
\n\u00c6. fr\u00f8<\/b> (frog)
\n\u00d8. kartoffel<\/b> (potato)
\n\u00c5. rugbr\u00f8d<\/b> (rye bread)<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> LEGO is short for
\n\u00c6. leg godt <\/b>(play well)
\n\u00d8. lev godt <\/b>(live well)
\n\u00c5. lille egoist<\/b> (little egoist)<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> When Danes have eaten, they often say
\n\u00c6. sk\u00e5l <\/b>(cheers)
\n\u00d8. tak for mad<\/b> (thanks for the food)
\n\u00c5. (nothing \u2013 they just leave the table)<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Denmark was the first country to legalize
\n\u00c6. slavery
\n\u00d8. marijuana
\n\u00c5. pornography<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Dannebrog<\/b>, the Danish flag, is said to have fallen from the sky in
\n\u00c6. Estonia
\n\u00d8. Poland
\n\u00c5. Atlantis<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> The Queen of Denmark is called
\n\u00c6. Margrethe I
\n\u00d8. Margrethe III
\n\u00c5. Margrethe II<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> The famous tongue-twister r\u00f8dgr\u00f8d med fl\u00f8de<\/b> actually means
\n\u00c6. Rotten bread with butter
\n\u00d8. Red porridge with cream
\n\u00c5. Leftover porridge with cream<\/p>\n

8.<\/strong> Danish is spoken natively in
\n\u00c6. Denmark and Poland
\n\u00d8. Denmark and parts of Germany
\n\u00c5. Denmark and parts of Sweden<\/p>\n

9.<\/strong> In which film can you hear Viggo Mortensen speaking Danish
\n\u00c6. Jauja
\n\u00d8. Eastern Promises
\n\u00c5. The Fellowship of the Ring<\/p>\n

10.<\/strong> How did former PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt get the world\u2019s attention
\n\u00c6. She signed a famous deal with the EU
\n\u00d8. She made Vladimir Putin burst into laughter at a funeral
\n\u00c5. She took a selfie with Barack Obama<\/p>\n

11.<\/strong> The Danish language is difficult because it has got so many finely tuned
\n\u00c6. hiccups
\n\u00d8. burps
\n\u00c5. vowels<\/p>\n

12.<\/strong> The national bird of Denmark is the
\n\u00c6. svale <\/b>(swallow)
\n\u00d8. svane <\/b>(swan)
\n\u00c5. spurv <\/b>(sparrow)<\/p>\n

13.<\/strong> Danes still love to talk about the year 1992 when
\n\u00c6. De danske fodbolddrenge <\/b>(the Danish football \u201dboys\u201d) beat Germany and became European Champions
\n\u00d8. De danske h\u00e5ndboldpiger<\/b> (the Danish handball \u201dgirls\u201d) beat Croacia and became European Champions
\n\u00c5. The Danish language got a new vowel<\/p>\n

14.<\/strong> In 2014, Danes voted that their national dish should be
\n\u00c6. B\u00f8f med l\u00f8g<\/b> (hamburger steak with onion)
\n\u00d8. Stegt r\u00f8dsp\u00e6tte<\/b> (fried plaice [a very flat kind of fish])
\n\u00c5. Stegt fl\u00e6sk med persillesovs<\/b> (fried pork with parsley sauce)<\/p>\n

15.<\/strong> In September 2015, the first Danish astronaut landed at the International Space Station. His name is
\n\u00c6. Andreas Mogensen
\n\u00d8. Wulff Morgenthaler
\n\u00c5. Benny Andersen<\/p>\n

The answers are\u2026 1\u00f8 2\u00e6 3\u00f8 4\u00e5 5\u00e6 6\u00e5 7\u00f8 8\u00f8 9\u00e6 10\u00e5 11\u00e5 12\u00f8 13\u00e6 14\u00e5 15\u00e6<\/p>\n

So, how many did you get right? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

How much do you know about Danish culture? Here\u2019s a quick quiz to speed up your brain\u2026 1. Danes are said to talk with a \u2026 in their mouth. \u00c6. fr\u00f8 (frog) \u00d8. kartoffel (potato) \u00c5. rugbr\u00f8d (rye bread) 2. LEGO is short for \u00c6. leg godt (play well) \u00d8. lev godt (live well) \u00c5…<\/p>\n

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