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Norway Trivia: 31 Knighted Penguins, Flaming Brown Cheese & Arctic Wonders

Go beyond Oslo and Vikings—explore 31 surprising Norwegian oddities spanning knighted penguins, mountain sun-mirrors, and Friday night taco mania.

Which Nobel Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, rather than Stockholm, Sweden?

Question 1 of 31Medium

1.Which Nobel Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, rather than Stockholm, Sweden?

How high above Lysefjord does Norway's wedged Kjeragbolten boulder hang suspended?

Question 2 of 31Hard

2.How high above Lysefjord does Norway's wedged Kjeragbolten boulder hang suspended?

Why did Norwegians secretly wear paperclips on their jacket lapels during World War II?

Question 3 of 31Medium

3.Why did Norwegians secretly wear paperclips on their jacket lapels during World War II?

What geological surprise rises atop Norway's remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen?

Question 4 of 31Hard

4.What geological surprise rises atop Norway's remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen?

What renewable source generates over ninety percent of Norway's domestic electricity?

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5.What renewable source generates over ninety percent of Norway's domestic electricity?

What soil preserved Norway's ninth-century Oseberg Viking ship almost intact underground?

Question 6 of 31Medium

6.What soil preserved Norway's ninth-century Oseberg Viking ship almost intact underground?

What world record does Norway's 472-meter concrete Troll A offshore platform hold?

Question 7 of 31Hard

7.What world record does Norway's 472-meter concrete Troll A offshore platform hold?

Why has Oslo gifted London a giant spruce tree every December since 1947?

Question 8 of 31Medium

8.Why has Oslo gifted London a giant spruce tree every December since 1947?

What natural force creates ten-meter-wide whirlpools every six hours at Norway's Saltstraumen?

Question 9 of 31Hard

9.What natural force creates ten-meter-wide whirlpools every six hours at Norway's Saltstraumen?

For roughly how long does the sun never set in Tromsø's summer?

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10.For roughly how long does the sun never set in Tromsø's summer?

What ancient treasures have glacial archaeologists uncovered melting out near Norway's highest peak?

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11.What ancient treasures have glacial archaeologists uncovered melting out near Norway's highest peak?

What surprising amenity do inmates use inside Norway's ultra-rehabilitative Halden Prison?

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12.What surprising amenity do inmates use inside Norway's ultra-rehabilitative Halden Prison?

When do Norwegian high school seniors hold their month-long Russ bus celebrations?

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13.When do Norwegian high school seniors hold their month-long Russ bus celebrations?

What distant volcanic eruption turned Oslo's sky blood-red before Munch painted The Scream?

Question 14 of 31Easy

14.What distant volcanic eruption turned Oslo's sky blood-red before Munch painted The Scream?

Which country convinced Japan in the 1980s to eat raw salmon sushi?

Question 15 of 31Hard

15.Which country convinced Japan in the 1980s to eat raw salmon sushi?

How deep does Norway's mighty Sognefjord plunge below sea level?

Question 16 of 31Medium

16.How deep does Norway's mighty Sognefjord plunge below sea level?

What dish has become Norway's beloved unofficial national Friday night ritual?

Question 17 of 31Hard

17.What dish has become Norway's beloved unofficial national Friday night ritual?

How were Norway's medieval wooden stave churches constructed to survive eight centuries?

Question 18 of 31Medium

18.How were Norway's medieval wooden stave churches constructed to survive eight centuries?

What secret weapon helped Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole?

Question 19 of 31Easy

19.What secret weapon helped Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole?

How did Norwegian commandos infiltrate Vemork in 1943 to sabotage Nazi heavy water?

Question 20 of 31Hard

20.How did Norwegian commandos infiltrate Vemork in 1943 to sabotage Nazi heavy water?

How did the shadowed valley town of Rjukan bring winter sunshine downtown?

Question 21 of 31Medium

21.How did the shadowed valley town of Rjukan bring winter sunshine downtown?

Roughly what share of all publicly listed global stocks does Norway's Oil Fund own?

Question 22 of 31Hard

22.Roughly what share of all publicly listed global stocks does Norway's Oil Fund own?

Which woodworking tool inspired Norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund's 1925 cheese slicer?

Question 23 of 31Easy

23.Which woodworking tool inspired Norwegian carpenter Thor Bjørklund's 1925 cheese slicer?

What vessel did Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sail across the Pacific?

Question 24 of 31Medium

24.What vessel did Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sail across the Pacific?

How did tiny Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic become Norwegian territory?

Question 25 of 31Hard

25.How did tiny Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic become Norwegian territory?

What happens every winter to the Norwegian railway village literally named Hell?

Question 26 of 31Medium

26.What happens every winter to the Norwegian railway village literally named Hell?

What unusual television genre did Norwegian broadcaster NRK turn into ratings gold?

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27.What unusual television genre did Norwegian broadcaster NRK turn into ratings gold?

What precious cargo sleeps inside Svalbard's permafrost-chilled Doomsday Vault?

Question 28 of 31Hard

28.What precious cargo sleeps inside Svalbard's permafrost-chilled Doomsday Vault?

How does Norway's twenty-four-kilometer Lærdal Tunnel stop drivers from falling asleep underground?

Question 29 of 31Medium

29.How does Norway's twenty-four-kilometer Lærdal Tunnel stop drivers from falling asleep underground?

What sweet Norwegian grocery item fueled a five-day highway tunnel fire in 2013?

Question 30 of 31Medium

30.What sweet Norwegian grocery item fueled a five-day highway tunnel fire in 2013?

Which flightless bird holds the rank of Major General in Norway's army?

Question 31 of 31Easy

31.Which flightless bird holds the rank of Major General in Norway's army?