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 October

600 years ago, Jan Žižka of Trocnov and Kalich, the Czech Hussite general, considered to be the father of Hussite military doctrine, and the author of a defensive combat technique, the so-called wagon wall, died. In 2022, a film directed by Petr Jákl about this famous warrior premiered. Which actor played him?

Question for September

September marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest Czech writers of all time, Josef Škvorecký. He spent almost half of his life in exile, where he went after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops. Write down the name of the most important publishing house of the Czechoslovak exile, which he founded in Toronto together with his wife Zdena Salivarová.

‘68 Publishers (By 1993, it had published over 227 titles, most of which could not be published in communist Czechoslovakia)

Winners:

• Claudia Lux – Germany

• Roland Keil – Slovakia

• Nesrine Bahri – Tunisia

• Tamara Rudaja – Ukraine

• Ivo Slezáček – Australia

• Yves Trottier – Canada