European knowledge test

LONDON, England -- A survey has shown that citizens in many European countries are unable to answer basic questions on their shared history, geography and popular culture.

Of the 3,800 people in 19 European countries, Portugal came last with an average of 9.6 marks while EU hopeful Poland came top with an average of 15.4.

Here are the questions. How well will you do? (Answers at the bottom of the test)

1. Which country is the home of the Nokia phone company?

a) Sweden

b) Denmark

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c) Finland

2. Who is the president of the European Commission?

a) Jacques Delors

b) Romano Prodi

c) Jacques Santer

3. What is the highest mountain in Western Europe?

a) Matterhorn

b) Eiger

c) Mont Blanc

4. Who said: "I think, therefore I am"?

a) Voltaire

b) Kant

c) Descartes

5. Where is Anne Frank's House?

a) Berlin

b) Vienna

c) Amsterdam

6. What is the most populous country in the European Union?

a) France

b) United Kingdom

c) Germany

7. What is the capital of Romania?

a) Budapest

b) Bratislava

c) Bucharest

8. Who first formulated the theory of gravity?

a) Kepler

b) Copernicus

c) Newton

9. Which one of these countries is not a member of the European Union?

a) Sweden

b) Norway

c) Portugal

10. Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

a) Leonardo da Vinci

b) Michaelangelo

c) Raphael

11. Where is pop star and actress Bjork from?

a) Sweden

b) Germany

c) Iceland

12. How many countries are there in the European Union?

a) 15

b) 13

c) 12

13. Who first came up with the theory that infectious diseases are caused by germs?

a) Marie Curie

b) Louis Pasteur

c) Alexander Fleming

14. When did the Berlin Wall fall?

a) 1989

b) 1990

c) 1991

15. What was St Petersburg called in 1985?

a) Petrograd

b) Stalingrad

c) Leningrad

16. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles marked the end of which conflict?

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Napoleonic Wars

17. Which city will stage the Olympic Games in 2004

a) Berlin

b) Athens

c) Paris

18. Who composed Ode to Joy, the European anthem?

a) Beethoven

b) Mozart

c) Puccini

19. Aphrodite was the goddess of?

a) Harvest

b) Love

c) Hunting

20. Who wrote the story Hansel and Gretel?

a) Hans Christian Andersen

b) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

c) The Brothers Grimm

Answers: 1) C; 2) B; 3) C; 4) C; 5) C; 6) C; 7) C; 8) C; 9) B; 10) B; 11) C; 12) A; 13) B; 14) A; 15) C; 16) A; 17) B; 18) A; 19) B; 20) C