Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz

Test your knowledge of things Czech!

On the first day of the month Radio Prague will announce the month’s quiz question on this site. At the end of every month we will draw six winners from the correct answers received. Join our contest and win a Radio Prague prize! Answers should be sent to [email protected] by the end of the month.

The winners will be featured on this site.

Question for June

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 triggered the outbreak of World War I. The archduke’s wife, Sophie, was also shot and killed alongside him. Her father was a Bohemian aristocrat – which Czech noble family was he a member of?

Question for May

50 years ago, on 9 May 1974, the first section of the new Prague metro started running. What were the names of the two end stations at that time?

Kačerov – Sokolovská (after the Velvet Revolution, Sokolovská was renamed Florenc)

Winners:

• Isabelle Dequier, France

• Julen Erostegi, Spain

• Ludmila Pawelczyk, Germany

• Rabiul Hasan, USA

• Tan Hee, Malaysia

• Dmitrij Uchitel, Ukraine