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Quiz: Slovenia and Slovakia – Can you tell them apart?

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This is a fun quiz all about the common confusion between the two central European countries of Slovenia and Slovakia. Although their histories are somewhat similar, they aren’t even neighbours!  Let’s hear how you do 🙂

[PS: Trick question alert – Don’t say you weren’t warned!]

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  • Question of

    Which country’s Prime Minister resigned in March 2018?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
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    Which is called Slovensko by its inhabitants?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which used to be part of Yugoslavia?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which has a flag containing three horizontal stripes of (top to bottom) white, blue and red?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which has a capital called Bratislava?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which has a Slavic tongue as its official language?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which has a land border with Italy?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Both gained independence in the 1990s. Which country became independent first?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which is a member of the European Union?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
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    In 1993, Czechoslovakia broke up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This process is often referred to as the…

    • Iron Revolution
    • Iron Curtain
    • Velvet Divorce
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    During the 1940s, which country found itself ruled by Jozef Tiso?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
  • Question of

    Which country is landlocked?

    • Slovenia
    • Slovakia
    • Both
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    In their native tongues, the two countries’ languages are known as slovenčina and slovenščina, meaning, respectively…

    • Slovenian and Slovakian
    • Slovakian and Slovenian

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  2. I got 10 correct. Once upon a time Slovenia and my country, Serbia were republics of the same country named Yugoslavia. I never mix those two countries, but now I made few mistakes where right answers were “both” because I don’t know much about Slovakia. 🙂

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    • Zaklina, I remember that time well. I was there several times, and of course never knew when I was passing from Slovenia to Croatia, from Serbia to Macedonia. Great memories!

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      • I’m glad you had an opportunity to see the country I was born in, before it was teared apart. And now, there are boundaries everywhere both on the ground and people’s hearts and minds. I was so happy to see many of former Yugoslavia’s residents here, on Virily and to correlate with them. 🙂

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      • Maybe when something feels close and familiar, we are not that tempted to learn about it or we think that we already know enough. Also, the more powerful countries take a bigger place in our education (at least for my generation). Both Slovenia and Slovakia are interesting countries, though.

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        • Yes that make sense. Ellie, especially the “thinking we know enough” bit! I drove through Slovenia on a bus a couple of times (when it was still Yugoslavia), but I have never been to Slovakia – although right now I am having a short break in Prague – so very close 🙂

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