.png){kind=logo}
Switzerland, officially known as the Swiss Confederation, is a country located in Western Europe, bordered by Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein. With a population of over 8 million people, Switzerland is known for its stunning natural landscapes, picturesque mountain ranges, and crystal-clear lakes. Switzerland is also known for its rich culture, history and traditions.
The country is home to many famous landmarks such as Matterhorn, Rhine falls, and the Jungfraujoch. Switzerland is also famous for its chocolate, cheese, and watches, as well as for its banking and financial system. Switzerland is also known for its precision engineering and innovations in fields such as medical technology and engineering. The country is also known for its winter sports and tourism, and is a popular destination for skiing and snowboarding.
With so much to explore, Switzerland trivia questions are sure to be a fun and educational experience. Whether you're interested in natural beauty, culture, food, or technology, there is something for everyone to learn and discover about this fascinating country.
1. French, German, Italian, and Romansh are the official languages of what chocolatey Alpine nation?
Answer: Switzerland
2. What group, responsible for global medical well being, was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences? Headquartered in Geneva, their three-letter acronym looks like a question.
Answer: World Health Organization
3. Rwanda, Switzerland, and Cameroon all currently use currency that shares what name with currency that was used by pre-Euro Belgium, Luxembourg, and France?
Answer: Franc
4. The Alpine region of Europe includes Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, Monaco, Slovenia, and what neutral country?
Answer: Switzerland
5. As a result of moving production outside of Switzerland, which chocolate bar is no longer allowed to feature the mountain known as Matterhorn on its packaging?
Answer: Toblerone
6. If you’ve got $80,000 and would like to spend it all in one night, book a stay at the Hotel President Wilson’s Royal Penthouse Suite in what notably neutral European country?
Answer: Switzerland
7. The World Trade Organization is headquartered in what second-most populous Swiss city that also dishes up a pretty good set of war rules?
Answer: Geneva
8. A 2016 referendum in Switzerland rejected what would have been a first-of-its-kind UBI program for Swiss citizens. What do the letters "UBI" stand for?
Answer: Universal Basic Income
9. What Switzerland-based bank was taken over by UBS in March 2023 in an all-stock deal brokered by the Swiss government?
Answer: Credit Suisse
10. According to Money magazine, average home prices jumped 165.5% between 2010 and 2020 in what Alpine Euro country that's broken into cantons?
Answer: Switzerland
11. Emil Baumann and Theodor Tobler were the founders of what chocolate brand that gave its name to a line of defensive fortifications made in Switzerland during World War II?
Answer: Toblerone
12. Brillantmont, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, and Institut auf dem Rosenberg are pricey international boarding schools located in what non-EU European country?
Answer: Switzerland
13. What European country with a square red and white national flag is home to Daniel Peter, the man who invented milk chocolate in 1875 by using condensed milk as its crucial ingredient?
Answer: Switzerland
14. Which neutral country did the Allies bomb no fewer that 70 times during World War II, with one such incident in 1945 resulting in the court-martial of two U.S. airmen?
Answer: Switzerland
15. There is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Geneva that manages the "IB" educational program for students throughout the world. What does IB stand for?
Answer: International Baccalaureate
16. The parliament of what country is known as the Bundesversammlung (in German), the Assemblee federale (in French), the Assemblea federale (in Italian), and the Assamblea federala (in Romansh)?
Answer: Switzerland
17. If you know the English name of their famous product, the answer should be easy to work out. Victorinox, a company best known for producing "Offiziersmesser,” is based in the village of Ibach in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland
18. Maersk was the world’s largest shipping container company until 2021 when it was outdone by MSC, which was founded in Italy but is based in Switzerland today. “SC” stands for “Shipping Company,” but what does the “M” stand for?
Answer: Mediterranean
19. The acclaimed ski resort town of Zermatt, Switzerland lies in the shadow of Monte Cervino, an Alpine mountain known in English by what Disney rollercoaster name?
Answer: Matterhorn
20. What four-letter initialed organization headquartered in Geneva offers programming for, in its own words, "the empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries"? Hint: A similarly spelled, though officially unaffiliated, organization is the title of a 1978 hit by musical group Village People.
Answer: YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association)
21. Nike-sponsored men's tennis player Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles (tied for the all-time record). What is Federer's nationality?
Answer: Swiss
22. The Delaware museum Winterthur is named after a city in the canton of Zurich in what European country?
Answer: Switzerland
23. What investment bank and financial services firm is based in Zurich was founded by Alfred Escher in 1856? Its name is a direct reference to its existence as a Swiss company.
Answer: Credit Suisse
24. Campione d'Italia is a very small (less than 1 mile) Italian enclave that’s surrounded by which central European country?
Answer: Switzerland
25. According to the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), which European country is the most developed country in the world in 2021?
Answer: Switzerland
26. Switzerland has which kind of democracy that allows citizens to make comments on issues that parliament is considering, including things like suggesting changes to the constitution?
Answer: Direct
27. Although most of the country had universal suffrage earlier, the last country in Europe (ignoring the Vatican, which has no female citizens) to give nationwide equal rights to vote to citizens regardless of gender was which country, whose 11-letter name contains no repeated letters?
Answer: Switzerland
28. Although it is sometimes said the whole country has direct democracy, it is actually a semi-direct democracy (however, two of its cantons, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus, do have direct democracy). What European country are we talking about?
Answer: Switzerland
29. At 61%, which European country has the highest percentage of people renting, as opposed to owning, their home?
Answer: Switzerland
30. Abbreviated LHC, what is the three-word name of the world’s largest and highest-energy particle collider located on the France-Switzerland border that began its third run this summer after taking a four-year hiatus for improvement upgrades? No pressure but the first time around, it proved the existence of the God Particle!
Answer: Large Hadron Collider
31. Known for penning notable works including “A Study In Scarlet” and “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” what knighted British author and physician introduced skiing in Switzerland?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
32. What packaging item, also used for therapeutic purposes, was invented by Alfred Firld and Marc Chevannes in Switzerland in 1957?
Answer: Bubble wrap
33. In 1991, the World Wide Web was released for the first time outside of the research organization where it had been invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee. What is the name of that organization, more famous today for operating the Large Hadron Collider on the border between France and Switzerland?
Answer: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
34. I guess the flag is a big plus! Although she was born and raised in Quebec, Canada, Celine Dion represented what country in the 1988 Eurovision contest?
Answer: Switzerland
35. Lonza Group AG is a multinational chemical and biotechnology company headquartered in Basel, a city in what European country? It was established in the late 19th century.
Answer: Switzerland
36. Scientists in what nation known for its chocolate are trying to develop chocolate recipes that use the entire cacao fruit, not just the seeds?
Answer: Switzerland
37. As of February 2024, which European country had the highest score in the World on the Human Development Index, making it arguably the most developed country in the world?
Answer: Switzerland
38. According to ADV Ratings, in 2020 the two largest wealth management firms as measured by assets under management were both headquartered in what country?
Answer: Switzerland
39. Many insurers use value-based pricing for Kymriah, a pricey gene therapy for certain blood cancers that is made by what Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company?
Answer: Novartis
40. Hermann Rorschach, after whom the Rorschach test is named, was a psychoanalyst from which European country, whose other contributions to the world of psychology include Jean Piaget and Carl Jung?
Answer: Switzerland
41. If you draw a circle around yourself with a radius of 10,000 kilometers it will cover half the globe. This could be considered your "personal hemisphere." In what country would you be if your "personal hemisphere" had the highest population possible? Currently, it would include around 93% of mankind. As a hint, this country is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons.
Answer: Switzerland
42. In what modern-day country would you find Habsburg Castle, built in 1020, after which the dynasty was named?
Answer: Switzerland
43. In 1905, Albert Einstein defended his doctoral thesis, “A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions,” at which university in Switzerland?
Answer: University of Zurich
44. In 2018, it was estimated that there were about 60,000 speakers of what language that, along with French, German, and Italian, is a national language of Switzerland?
Answer: Romansh
45. What lake, which is actually three connected bodies of water, is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet, and is fed by the Rhine River? (You may give its German name or English name.)
Answer: Lake Constance
Water Cooler Trivia is well-equipped to provide you with exciting and engaging trivia quizzes.
So, how does it work?
Each week, our team will deliver original trivia quizzes straight to your inbox.
All you have to do is pick the categories.
You can leave the rest of the heavy lifting to us.
Take Water Cooler Trivia for a test run with our four-week free trial.
We do everything we can to ensure that Water Cooler Trivia's questions are appropriate, relevant, and accurate. Our database has tens of thousands of questions, so we don't always get it right. If you see a question that needs editing, we would love if you let us know here or email [email protected].
.png)