Sadly only one person brave enough to stake their reputation by giving written answers. Take a bow Stephen Glenn. Here are the questions again but with the answers this time:
Q1. How many members states are there in the European Union? A: 27
Q2. How many official languages does the EU have? A: 23
Q3. Which is the biggest country in the EU by land mass? A: France
Q4. To the nearest full percentage, what percentage of EU citizens live in cities? 80%
Q5. According to reports in the press, about 98% of all Spanish people participate in what every Christmas? (1st begun in 1812) A: The national lottery
Q6. Which country has most public holidays in the EU and which country has least? A: Finland 14 (most) UK 8 (least)
Q7. Which country has won the Eurovision song contest most times? A: Ireland - 7 times. (Luxembourg, France & UK - 5 times)
Q8. Europe is the continent visited by most tourists: in fact, six EU countries were in the world's top ten destinations in 2006. Name them? A: France, Spain, Italy, UK, Germany, Austria
Q9. To the nearest thousand, how many staff are employed by the European Commission? A: circa 30 000
Q10. Which EU countries have the greatest and least population density? A: Netherlands (474 inhabitants per km2) & Finland (17 inhabitants per km2)
As promised, I shall try to post a longer, more general, euro-quiz on Europe Day May 9th and offer some form of European prize to the winning entry, should there be more than one entrant.
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Ouch I'm tagged as spealing mistaik
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