Bulgaria questions This is a list of recently added questions about Bulgaria. What was the name of the Roman province which existed on the area of modern Bulgaria? Hispania Baetica 291 Pannonia 679 Thracia 2264 Dalmatia 789 Thracia or Thrace is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. globalquiz.org Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → Thracia 0 Very interesting! Antiquity questions Rila Monastery is a symbol of which state? Moldova 439 Romania 382 Bulgaria 1098 Armenia 417 Rila Monastery was founded in the 10th century by St John of Rila, a hermit canonized by the Orthodox Church. His ascetic dwelling and tomb became a holy site and were transformed into a monastic complex which played an important role in the spiritual and social life of medieval Bulgaria. It was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. Ts Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → Rila Monastery 2 Very interesting! Tourism questions What is the second largest city in Bulgaria, after Sofia (its capital)? Plovdiv 770 Ruse 61 Burgas 463 Varna 763 According to the 2011 census: Plovdiv (338,153 inhabitants), Varna (334,870 inhabitants), Burgas (200,271 inhabitants) and Ruse (149,642 inhabitants) kioufe Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → List of cities and towns in Bulgaria 1 Very interesting! Cities questions What is the name of the Bulgarian fire ritual? Anastenaria 663 Nestinarstvo 1591 Transcendence 578 Firewalking 1059 Nestinarstvo is a fire ritual performed in the Strandzha Mountains close to the Black Sea coast in the very southeast of Bulgaria. In 2009, the ritual was entered in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. Ninjai Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → Nestinarstvo 5 Very interesting! Balkans questions Where was the Cyrillic script created? in Russia 2892 in Greece 1374 in Bulgaria 6303 in the Byzantine Empire 4785 The Cyrillic script was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary School. Tradition holds that it was formalized by Saints Cyril and Methodius, who brought Christianity to the southern Slavs (and so the name is derived from Saint Cyril). Bob Stanley Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → Tsar 3 Very interesting! History of Russia questions Which country was ruled by Basil II the Bulgar-slayer? Bulgaria 3481 Russia 831 Byzantine Empire 8068 Turkey 2183 At the start of the second millennium, Basil attacked Bulgarians in order to restore territories the Empire had lost long before. He was said to have captured 15,000 prisoners and blinded 99 of every 100 men, leaving one one-eyed man in each cohort to lead the rest back home. Samuel, the ruler of Bulgaria was so shocked seeing his blinded army, that he died two days later. Madman Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question wikipedia → Basil II 5 Very interesting! Kings of Europe questions In which European city was this photo taken? It depicts eight meter tall statue of the city's patron. Valencia 4104 Vienna 2568 Venice 3479 Sofia 14337 The Saint Sofia statue is located at the intersection of Maria Louisa Boulevard and Todor Alexandrov Boulevard. It was erected in 2000 replacing Lenin’s monument, which was removed from the same spot in 1991. The crown symbolizes the power, the wreath the fame and the owl the wisdom. Lynn Desmond Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question 4 Very interesting! Statues questions From which country did Bulgaria achieve independence in 1908? Russia 1263 Austria-Hungary 3470 Ottoman Empire 11115 Greece 621 Several Bulgarian revolts erupted throughout the nearly five centuries of Ottoman rule, including some Habsburg-backed ones. Bulgaria had been widely autonomous since 1878, after the Russo-Turkish War. It finally proclaimed independence following the Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire in 1908. globalquiz.org Share and bring new players to the game! 0 Very uninteresting Too difficult Poorly written Incorrect or questionable Correct this question 3 Very interesting! History of Turkey questions --> Play and see more questions Europe quiz
