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Finding out about the Finns
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Almost everyone in Finland owns one of these devices to keep in touch with others. Due to this there are almost no payphones in the entire country.
What is a cell phone?
100
Finland's capital city.
What is Helsinki?
100
Finland children have their first major tests at this age.
What is 16 years old?
100
Finland has the same amount of teachers as this US city that never sleeps, but far fewer students.
What is New York City?
100
This country is called 'the land of the thousand lakes', as inland lakes and rivers make up 10% of the country.
What is Finland?
200
Finns like to compete, even in unusual sports such as wife-carrying and this.
What is mosquito-killing?
200
Finland is the only country in the world which broadcasts news in this language.
What is Latin?
200
Finland's children start school at this age.
What is 7 years old?
200
In the USA students usually get a new teacher every year. In Finland, a teacher likely sticks with the same group of students for this many years.
What is 5 years?
200
68% of the country is covered by this.
What is a forest?
300
This traditional food is a part of every meal in Finland.
What is bread?
300
The two official languages of Finland.
What is Finnish and Swedish?
300
66 percent of students do this after school in Finland.
What is go to college? (The highest percentage for any European country).
300
All teachers in Finland must have one of these, which luckily is fully subsidized.
What is a masters degree?
300
The national animal of Finland
What is the brown bear?
400
The number of hours Teachers spend a day in the classroom. They also take 2 hours a week for "professional development".
What is 4 hours.
400
Comics featuring this animal cartoon character were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
Who is Donald Duck.
400
The extraordinarily high percentage of Finns that graduate from high school.
What is 93%.
400
These professionals are effectively given the same status as doctors and lawyers in a system that emphasizes education.
Who are Teachers?
400
The regions north of the Arctic Circle in Finland are characterized by 73 polar days (midnight sun), when this happens.
What is the sun does not set at all.
500
This mobile cell phone company was founded in Finland.
What is Nokia?
500
The language of the elves in a movie based on a book (about a ring) is based on Finnish.
What is Lord Of The Rings?
500
Elementary school students get this many minutes of recess a day in Finland versus an average of 27 minutes in the US.
What is 75 minutes?
500
Science classes are capped at this number of students so that they may perform practical experiments every class.
What is 16 students
500
Nature’s most beautiful light show that occurs in Finland each year.
What is The Aurora Borealis?