- 1. What is the capital city of Austria?
A) Salzburg
B) Vienna
C) Innsbruck
D) Graz
- 2. What is the currency of Austria?
A) Swiss Franc
B) Pound Sterling
C) Euro
D) Dollar
- 3. Which Austrian composer is known for his waltzes and polkas?
A) Anton Bruckner
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Franz Schubert
D) Johann Strauss II
- 4. What is the name of the famous Austrian crystal company?
A) Rolex
B) Cartier
C) Tiffany & Co.
D) Swarovski
- 5. In which river does the city of Vienna lie?
A) Thames
B) Rhine
C) Seine
D) Danube
- 6. What is the traditional Austrian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake and chocolate glaze?
A) Linzer Torte
B) Strudel
C) Black Forest Cake
D) Sachertorte
- 7. Which Austrian physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1938 for his discovery of the transuranium elements?
A) Wolfgang Pauli
B) Erwin Schrödinger
C) Lise Meitner
D) Otto Hahn
- 8. What is the traditional Austrian clothing for women, featuring a full skirt, blouse, bodice, and apron?
A) Lederhosen
B) Trachten
C) Dirndl
D) Kilt
- 9. Who was the first woman to ever win a Nobel Prize in 1905 from Austria?
A) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
B) Marie Curie
C) Mother Teresa
D) Bertha von Suttner
- 10. What type of pastry is a popular dessert in Austrian cuisine, filled with fruit and often topped with powdered sugar?
A) Strudel
B) Éclair
C) Napoleon
D) Cannoli
- 11. What is the name of the famous Vienna Boys' Choir in Austria?
A) Oslo Children's Choir
B) Chico Boys' Choir
C) Wiener Sängerknaben
D) Prague Boys' Choir
- 12. Which Austrian conductor is known for his interpretations of the works of Richard Wagner?
A) Daniel Barenboim
B) Simon Rattle
C) Herbert von Karajan
D) Gustavo Dudamel
- 13. What is the name of the Austrian dish made of veal pounded thin, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried?
A) Wiener Schnitzel
B) Goulash
C) Beef Stroganoff
D) Rouladen
- 14. Which Austrian filmmaker won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film 'Amadeus'?
A) Milos Forman
B) Michael Haneke
C) Ulrich Seidl
D) Jessica Hausner
- 15. Which Austrian author and playwright wrote the play 'The Firebugs'?
A) Arthur Schnitzler
B) Max Frisch
C) Thomas Bernhard
D) Elfriede Jelinek
- 16. What is the name of the Austrian ski resort known for its annual Hahnenkamm downhill race?
A) St. Anton
B) Kitzbühel
C) Zell am See
D) Ischgl
- 17. Which Austrian architect designed the iconic Hundertwasser House in Vienna?
A) Gottfried Semper
B) Otto Wagner
C) Friedensreich Hundertwasser
D) Adolf Loos
- 18. What is the name of the mountain that straddles the border between Austria and Germany?
A) Zugspitze
B) Dachstein
C) Mont Blanc
D) Matterhorn
- 19. Which Austrian tennis player has won multiple Grand Slam singles titles?
A) Stefan Koubek
B) Thomas Muster
C) Jürgen Melzer
D) Dominic Thiem
- 20. What is the name of the famous Austrian drinks company known for its energy drinks?
A) Coca-Cola
B) Pepsi
C) Red Bull
D) Monster
- 21. Which Austrian architect designed the iconic Vienna Secession building?
A) Adolf Loos
B) Gustav Klimt
C) Joseph Maria Olbrich
D) Otto Wagner
- 22. Which famous music composer was born in Salzburg, Austria?
A) Johannes Brahms
B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
- 23. What is the famous palace complex located in Vienna, Austria?
A) Versailles Palace
B) Taj Mahal
C) Schönbrunn Palace
D) Palace of Westminster
- 24. Which sport is popular in Austria and has the Hahnenkamm race as one of its renowned events?
A) Golf
B) Soccer
C) Tennis
D) Skiing
- 25. In which year did Austria join the European Union?
A) 1995
B) 2004
C) 2010
D) 1981
- 26. What language do the majority of Austrians speak?
A) Spanish
B) Russian
C) French
D) German
- 27. Which dish is a staple of Austrian cuisine and consists of boiled beef with root vegetables and horseradish?
A) Pizza
B) Tafelspitz
C) Sushi
D) Burger
- 28. Which famous Austrian is known for his work in the field of psychology and founded psychoanalysis?
A) B. F. Skinner
B) Carl Jung
C) Ivan Pavlov
D) Sigmund Freud
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