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