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Christmas quiz. How many questions can you answer? As Christmas Eve is only 10 days away, The Foreigner team has come up with a quiz. One lucky winner will be picked at 12:00 on 24.12.09 from amongst those who can get all 10 right. This year's prize is Odd Borretzen's book “How to Understand and Use a Norwegian”, and the winner will be notified by email.

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Christmas quiz

Published on Monday, 14th December, 2009 at 12:23 under the entertainment category, by Michael Sandelson.

How many questions can you answer?

Adolph Tidemand, Norsk Juleskikk
Adolph Tidemand, Norsk Juleskikk
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As Christmas Eve is only 10 days away, The Foreigner team has come up with a quiz. One lucky winner will be picked at 12:00 on 24.12.09 from amongst those who can get all 10 right.

This year's prize is Odd Borretzen's book “How to Understand and Use a Norwegian”, and the winner will be notified by email.

To enter all you have to do is send your answers to Speaker’s Corner using the contact form with your name and postal address, and the book will be sent some time during 27.12-31-12.09.

Good luck!

1. What’s the name of the densely populated area in Nord-Trøndelag that could get quite warm to live in?
2. How much is the fine for using your mobile phone without a headset whilst driving?
3. Where was slalom invented?
4. How many times has Norway won the Eurovision Song Contest, and when?
5. What was the name of the German ship sunk in the Oslo fjord in 1940?
6. How many government wine shops (vinmonopolet) are there in Norway?
7.  Which is the correct word for “astern” in Norwegian?
a)  Før
b)  Akterut
c)  Tilbake
8. Where is the narrowest part of Norway?
a)  Between Jar fjord and the Russian border?
b)  Between Hellemo fjord and the Swedish border?
c)  Between Bøk fjord and the Russian border?
9.  Who invented/constructed “nynorsk”?
10. Where is the largest Christmas house in Norway?

Ed.


Published on Monday, 14th December, 2009 at 12:23 under the entertainment category, by Michael Sandelson.

This post has the following tags: norwegian, norway, christmas, quiz, prize, questions, winner.

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