Danish Food Staples
A flaky, typically fruit-filled breakfast pastry
What is a "Danish"?
The King of Denmark
Who is Frederik X?
These are the colors of the Danish flag
What is red and white?
The Danish alphabet contains all 26 letters used in English, plus these three unique vowels added at the very end
What are Æ, Ø, and Å (æ, ø, å)?
Oklahoma is more than four times larger than the entire country of Denmark, which covers approximately this many square miles
What is 16,500 square miles?
A type of bread packed with whole grains and seeds. It is the absolute backbone of the Danish diet
What is "Rugbrød"
This singer sings "Mama said" and "7 Years"
Who is Lukas Graham?
The famous statue based on the fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen
What is the little mermaid?
The Danish language famously has no direct translation for this polite, 6-letter English word used when asking for something.
What is please?
While the USA is famous for inventing McDonald's, Denmark is the birthplace of this iconic multi-colored plastic brick company whose name means "play well."
What is LEGO (leg godt)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
The traditional comfort food "frikadeller" is Denmark's take on this popular pan-fried meat dish
What is meatballs?
This Danish singer has recorded music with Justin Bieber and Major Lazer
Who is Mø?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
This is the place of the colorful houses in the center of Copenhagen near the water
What is Nyhavn?
To say hello to a friend in Denmark, you say this word once, to say goodbye to someone you simply say this word twice
What is a "Hej" or "Hej hej"?
In the USA, 85% of workers commute by car; in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, over 60% of people commute to work or school using this method
What is by bicycle?
Although the name of this round Danish Christmas "cake" translates to "apple slices," today it almost never contains any fruit and is served with powdered sugar and this sweet topping
What is jam ("syltetøj")?
A famous Danish professional tennis player and former world No. 1
Who is Caroline Wozniacki?
This core untranslatable Danish concept captures a cozy athmosphere
What is "hygge"?
Due to a massive overlap in their languages, speakers of these three specific languages can often understand and hold fluent cross-border conversations, forming the continental Scandinavian group
What is Danish, Swedish, & Norwegian?
The highest point in the USA is Alaska's Denali at over 20,000 feet, while Denmark’s highest natural point, Møllehøj, stands at a towering height of roughly this many feet.
What is 580 feet (anything between 500-600 is good!)?
The official national dish of Denmark, "Stegt Flæsk med persillesovs", translates to this
What is roasted pork with parsley gravy (and potatoes)?
Best known for playing the knight Jaime Lannister on Game of Thrones, this Danish actor also co-wrote and starred in the survival film Against the Ice
Who is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau?
Danes pay some of the highest rates of this in the world, which completely funds their universal welfare state including free healthcare and free higher education
What are taxes?
Meaning "red porridge with cream," this classic berry dessert is the ultimate Danish tongue-twister used to test if foreigners can pronounce the language's difficult soft "d" and "r" sounds
What is "rødgrød med fløde"?
One is a small, rainy group of islands in the North Atlantic, and the other is a huge, icy place Donald Trump tried to buy; Denmark owns these two territories
What is the Faroe Islands & Greenland?