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Lake Bled - Quiz
  • 1. What is the origin of Lake Bled?
A) Mixed glacial and tectonic
B) Limestone karst
C) Artificial reservoir
D) Volcanic and sedimentary
  • 2. How long is Lake Bled?
A) 2,120 meters (6,960 feet)
B) 5 kilometers (3.1 miles)
C) 3,000 meters (9,843 feet)
D) 1,380 meters (4,530 feet)
  • 3. What is the maximum depth of Lake Bled?
A) 29.5 meters (97 feet)
B) 10 meters (33 feet)
C) 50 meters (164 feet)
D) 15 meters (49 feet)
  • 4. Which castle stands above Lake Bled?
A) Ljubljana Castle
B) Bled Castle
C) Lesce Castle
D) Triglav Castle
  • 5. In which year did Emperor Henry II build Bled Castle?
A) 1004
B) 1304
C) 1100
D) 1204
  • 6. What is the main building on Bled Island?
A) Lesce Church
B) Ljubljana Cathedral
C) Pilgrimage church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary
D) Bled Castle
  • 7. When was the current form of the pilgrimage church on Bled Island built?
A) In the mid-18th century
B) Near the end of the 17th century
C) In the late 19th century
D) In the early 15th century
  • 8. How many steps are there in the Baroque stairway leading to Bled Island?
A) 75 iron steps
B) 150 marble steps
C) 99 stone steps
D) 50 wooden steps
  • 9. What is the traditional transportation to Bled Island called?
A) Gondola
B) Canoe
C) Pletna
D) Rowboat
  • 10. When were pletnas first used in Lake Bled according to most historians?
A) AD 1800
B) AD 1590
C) AD 1150
D) AD 1700
  • 11. How many passengers can a pletna seat?
A) 10 passengers
B) 40 passengers
C) 20 passengers
D) 30 passengers
  • 12. What technique do pletna oarsmen use to navigate the boats?
A) Kayaking
B) Stehruder (standing rowing)
C) Paddling
D) Sitting rowing
  • 13. Who granted exclusive rights to ferry religious pilgrims across Lake Bled in 1740?
A) Leopold II
B) Maria Theresa of Austria
C) Emperor Henry II
D) Franz Joseph I
  • 14. What is the name of the cream pastry that is a culinary specialty in Bled?
A) Apple strudel
B) Sachertorte
C) Kremna rezina or kremšnita (Cremeschnitte)
D) Apfelküchlein
  • 15. In which year was the cream pastry designated as a protected dish of origin?
A) 2000
B) 2016
C) 1995
D) 1980
  • 16. Who created the current 'official' recipe for the cream pastry in 1953?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Franz Kafka
C) Ištvan Lukačević
D) Karel Čapek
  • 17. How many cream pastries have been prepared at the Hotel Park's patisserie over the last 60 years?
A) 20 million
B) 12 million
C) 8 million
D) 5 million
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