Statistics for Finnish History A-Z

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This quiz has been taken 102 times
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The average score is 18 of 26

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Letter	Hint	Answer	% Correct
H	City that became Finland's capital in 1812	Helsinki	96%
E	Organization that Finland joined in 1995	European Union	93%
R	Country that took control of Finland in 1809 after winning the Finnish War	Russia	92%
O	Event hosted in H in 1952	Olympics	89%
L	In 1944-45, Finland fought a war against Germany in this northern region	Lapland	88%
M	Currency introduced in 1860	Markka	86%
C	War that killed over 36,000 Finns in 1918	Civil War	85%
T	Finland's biggest and most important city during the Swedish rule	Turku	85%
W	War fought against the Soviet Union in 1940	Winter War	84%
A	The League of Nations granted Finland ownership of this island chain	Åland	82%
D	When part of the Kalmar Union, several kings from this country ruled Finland	Denmark	82%
I	In 1995, Finland won their first ever championship in this sport	Ice hockey	82%
S	Indigenous people that arrived in Finland over 3500 years ago	Sámi	81%
K	Cold War-era president who ruled for 26 years	Urho Kekkonen	77%
V	Once the fourth-biggest city in Finland, lost after W	Vyborg	65%
Y	Common name for Finland's broadcasting company, founded in 1926	Yle	64%
U	Finland's oldest type of this institute was established in 1640	University	61%
X	Finnish studies showed that this chemical reduces cavities in teeth	Xylitol	61%
F	Event which killed one third of Finland's population in the late 17th century	Great {Famine}	59%
N	War in which the Swedish empire lost territory, including parts of Finland	Great {Northern} War	55%
P	Finnish Guards took part in suppressing the November Uprising in this country, earning the Order of St. George	Poland	46%
Q	This mineral was used to make tools during the stone age in Finland	Quartz	45%
J	Swedish king who assumed himself the title of Grand Duke of Finland	John III	39%
B	Jarl who launched the Second Swedish Crusade against the Tavastians	{Birger} Jarl	27%
G	Chemical element named after Johan Gadolin	Gadolinium	27%
Z	1972 event in which secret papers were leaked to the press	{Zavidovo} Leak	7%