Alcohol companies
This Riga-based company, now known as ___________, produces the iconic Riga Black Balsam and is the largest alcoholic beverage producer in the Baltic states.
Amber Latvijas balzams
This sport is passionately followed in Latvia, especially after the national team won a historic bronze medal at the 2023 World Championship?
Ice hockey
A square on Ķīpsala, between Āzenes iela, Ķīpsalas iela and Valdemāra iela, is named after this country to honor its 1991 recognition of Latvia’s restored independence.
What is Iceland square?
Latvia has borders with ___.
Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Belarus
The author of the Latvian hymn is ___.
Kārlis Baumanis
This historic Riga brewery, founded in 1865, is part of the Carlsberg Group and produces popular brands like Aldaris Zelta and Mežpils.
Aldaris
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, this Latvian gymnast won the country's first Olympic gold medal as an independent nation.
Igors Vihrovs
This historic dam and street runs 1730 meters across Ķīpsala.
What is Balasta dambis?
The Latvian overland border is __ km long .
1368km
The poet Rainis was actually named ___.
Jānis Pliekšāns
The ______ brewery in a Vidzeme town traces its history to 1590 and is one of the oldest in the Baltics.
Cēsu alus
This Latvian athlete made history by becoming the first-ever Olympic champion in BMX cycling, and then successfully defended that title at the next Olympics.
Māris Štrombergs
This arts, education and culture building was designed by UPB’s Uldis Pīlēns and finished in 2022.
What is the Ola Foundation?
Latvia's governement consists of _ regional municipalities.
35
There are __ pieces of folklore in the LU archive.
~3 million
The inventor of Rigas Balzams is ___.
Abraham Kunze
In 2014, Oskars Melbārdis and his team achieved a historic first for Latvia by winning a Winter Olympic gold medal in ___.
Four-man bobsleigh
Opened in 2012, this dark wooden museum on Ķīpsala looks like an overturned boat or a shed.
What is the Žanis Lipke Memorial?
The oldest city in Latvia is ___, being first mentioned in 1177
Ludza
The first publication of Rūdolfs Blaumanis in Christmas of 1882 was ___.
"Wiedergefunden" or Atkalatrastā
This sparkling wine made by ______ has been produced since 1937.
Rīgas Šampanietis
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Latvia won the inaugural Olympic gold medal in this newly introduced team sport.
3x3 basketball
In 1919, the army that Latvian soldiers pushed back from Ķīpsala and Pārdaugava was led by this commander, which gave the fighting its name, the Bermontiāde.
Who is Pavel Bermondt-Avalov?
A total of __ % of Latvian land area is covered by forest (2023)
55% (growing)
The author of the epic Lāčplēsis is ___.
Andrejs Pumpurs