General Knowledge

Question 1

When year was Switzerland founded

Answer 1

1848

Question 2

What is Switzerland’s year of birth?

Answer 2

1291

Question 3

What is the national symbol of Switzerland?

Answer 3

Helvetia

Question 4

What is the surface area of Switzerland?

Answer 4

41,248 km²

Question 5

What is the population of Switzerland?

Answer 5

8 million

Question 6

What are the official languages of Switzerland?

Answer 6

German, French, Italian, Romanisch

Question 7

What are the four distinct regions of Switzerland?

Answer 7

German speaking part, French speaking part, Italian speaking part, and the Grisons

Question 8

Which countries neighbor Switzerland?

Answer 8

Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein

Question 9

What are the three geographical regions of Switzerland?

Answer 9

The Alps, central plateau, Jura

Question 10

Name the five main rivers in Switzerland

Answer 10

The Rhine, the Aare, the Rhône, the Reuß, Limmatquai

Question 11

What are the four primary lakes of Switzerland?

Answer 11

Lake Geneva, Lake Constance, Neuchatel, Lucerne

Question 12

What are the five primary cities of Switzerland?

Answer 12

Geneva, Zürich, Basel, Bern, Lausanne

Question 13

In what year was the Swiss Civil War and for what reason?

Answer 13

1847 because the liberal cantons wanted a central government and the conservative cantons did not

Question 14

In what year did women achieve the right to vote and the right to be voted into public office?

Answer 14

1971

Question 15

Name all of the Swiss cantons

Answer 15

Geneva *
Neuenberg / Neuchatel
Jura / Delemont
Vaud / Lausanne 
Vallais / Sion
Fribourg *
Bern *
Solothurn *
Basel Land / Liestal
Basel Stadt *
Argau *
Luzern *
Zug *
Obwalden / Sarnen
Nidwalden / Stans
Uri / Altdorf
Schwyz *
Glarus *
Graubünden / Chur
Ticino / Bellinzona
St Gallen *
Appenzell Innerrhoden / Appenzell 
Appenzell Ausserrhoden / Herisau
Thurgau / Frauenfeld
Schaffhausen *
Zürich *