Quiz: Can You Recognise Key 20th-Century Figures from Latvia?
The Latvian newspaper Latvijas Avīze has published a ten-question quiz on people who left a mark on Latvian history, culture and sport in the 20th century. Naming at least eight of the ten counts as a win.
Latvijas Avīze, a Latvian newspaper, has published a themed quiz on its website that invites readers to test how well they know the people who left a distinct mark on Latvian history, culture and sporting achievements in the 20th century. The quiz has ten questions and is meant to let anyone check their knowledge of Latvia's past.
How the quiz works
In each of the ten questions, the participant has to name a specific person whose image is shown in the material. The first question offers three answer options: Eduards Smiļģis, Andrejs Upīts and Vilhelms Purvītis.
The publication says that anyone who correctly names at least eight of the ten figures can consider themselves a winner. The people included span three fields: Latvian history, culture and sport.
Image sources
The visual material comes from several sources. It uses a screenshot from a video, photographs from a private archive and an image from the Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum. The website kokteilis.lv is also named among the sources.
The quiz is available in the quiz section of the Latvijas Avīze website, and anyone who wants to test their general knowledge of 20th-century Latvian figures can take it.
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