IF YOU TRAVEL DOWNSTREAM ON THE DANUBE, THE FIRST BULGARIAN TOWN YOU ENCOUNTER WILL BE…


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Vidin

1. Mountains take how much of Bulgaria's area?
A. About 30%
B. About 50%
C. About 5%

2. If you travel downstream on the Danube, the first Bulgarian town you encounter will be…
A. Vidin
B. Ruse
C. Silistra

3. Which of these is a spa resort?
A. Velingrad
B. Momchilgrad
C. Ivaylovgrad

4. Which significant event in Bulgarian history did not take place in September?
A. Unification in 1885
B. Liberation in 1878
C. Communist coup in 1944

5. You cannot make lyutenitsa without…
A. Potatoes
B. Tomatoes
C. Cucumbers

6. Who is a mythical hero who frees esnlaved Bulgarians?
A. Todor Zhivkov
B. Krali Marko
C. King Simeon II

7. Bulgaria's largest cathedral is...?
A. Dormition of the Mother of God, Varna
B. St Marina, Plovdiv
C. St Aleksandr Nevskiy, Sofia

8. Which cave is famed for its prehistoric art?
A. Devetashka Cave
B. Yagodinska Cave
C. Magura Cave

9. The Maritsa Highway will take you to...?
A. Romania
B. Serbia
C. Turkey

The correct answers:

1. – A; 2. – A; 3. – A; 4. – B; 5. – B; 6. – B; 7. – C; 8. – C; 9. – C.

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