Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz

Petřín tower, photo: Ondřej Tomšů

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 April

Czechs like to bake a traditional sweet cake during Easter. It resembles a domesticated animal, but which one?

Question for March

One of the characteristic buildings in Prague is Petřín tower, which has been towering over Prague for 130 years. The tower was built for the General Land Centennial exhibition in 1891. How many stairs does the tower have?

The correct answer for March:

299 steps

At 65.5 m, the Petřín tower is a fifth of the size of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Winners:

  • Benoit Jamet, Czech Republic
  • Olina Grison, France
  • Jonas Dorr, Germany
  • Muralidhar M., India
  • Irina Osharova, Russia
  • Johnny Antonio Ramírez López, Peru
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