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What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb, on the river Sava.
2
What currency does Croatia use?
The euro, since 1 January 2023 (the kuna before).
3
What is the national anthem?
'Lijepa naša domovino'.
4
Which pattern is on the coat of arms?
A red and white chequerboard (šahovnica), with the first field red.
5
What is the name of the parliament?
Hrvatski sabor, a single chamber.
6
How is the president chosen?
By direct election, for five years.
7
When is Statehood Day?
30 May (first multiparty Sabor session, 1990).
8
When is Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day?
5 August.
9
How many neighbours share a land border?
Five: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro.
10
What is the highest mountain?
Dinara (Sinjal, about 1,831 m).
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Which sea lies along the coast?
The Adriatic Sea.
12
Which river forms the border with Serbia?
The Danube.
13
Which river flows through Zagreb?
The Sava.
14
Which park has terraced lakes (UNESCO 1979)?
Plitvice Lakes National Park.
15
Which two islands are the largest?
Krk and Cres.
16
What is the bura?
A cold, strong north-easterly wind on the Adriatic coast.
17
What is the olm?
A blind cave salamander of the Dinaric karst.
18
Who was born in Smiljan in 1856?
Nikola Tesla.
19
Who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018?
Luka Modrić.
20
How did Croatia do at the 2018 World Cup?
Finalist, losing 4-2 to France.
21
What is klapa?
Unaccompanied multi-part singing from Dalmatia (UNESCO).
22
What is the Sinjska alka?
A knights' tournament held in Sinj (UNESCO).
23
Who built the Sea Organ in Zadar?
Architect Nikola Bašić, in 2005.
24
Who invented the mechanical pencil in Zagreb?
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala.
25
Which Croatian-born chemists won Nobel Prizes?
Lavoslav Ružička (1939) and Vladimir Prelog (1975).

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