- 1. Which monastery in Pančevo is considered one of the oldest in Vojvodina?
A) Saint Charles Borromeo
B) Minorite monastery
C) Vojlovica monastery
D) Assumption of Holy Virgin
- 2. In what year was the Vojlovica monastery first mentioned in a Serbian almanac?
A) 1756
B) 1542
C) 1807
D) 1868
- 3. To whom is the church of the Vojlovica monastery dedicated?
A) Abraham and Isaac
B) Archangels Michael and Gabriel
C) Saint Charles Borromeo
D) Holy Virgin
- 4. What style was the Vojlovica monastery church transformed into at the end of the 18th century?
A) Baroque
B) Gothic
C) Byzantine
D) Neoclassical
- 5. Who was one of the Orthodox dignitaries imprisoned in Vojlovica monastery between 1942 and 1944?
A) Gavrilo V
B) Jeronomah Parfenije
C) Božidar Vuković
D) Konstantin Danil
- 6. Which organization observed the Vojlovica monastery complex during World War II?
A) Imperial Army
B) Deutsche Mannschaft
C) Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments
D) Minorite order
- 7. What is the oldest church located in the town of Pančevo?
A) Imperial Garrison chapel
B) Roman Catholic Church Saint Charles Borromeo
C) Vojlovica monastery
D) Assumption of Holy Virgin
- 8. In what year was the steeple of the Saint Charles Borromeo church equipped with a turret clock?
A) 1757
B) 1868
C) 1833
D) 1768
- 9. What statue is featured on the column in the square in front of the Saint Charles Borromeo church?
A) Abraham and Isaac
B) Archangels Michael and Gabriel
C) Holy Virgin
D) Saint Charles Borromeo
- 10. The Saint Charles Borromeo building was previously used as what?
A) A neoclassical palace
B) Provisional church of a Minorite monastery
C) A military prison
D) An Orthodox monastery
- 11. Which religious order provided military chaplains for the Imperial Army garrison in Pančevo?
A) Neoclassical
B) Deutsche Mannschaft
C) Orthodox
D) Minorite
- 12. When was the Serbian Orthodox Church Assumption of Holy Virgin built?
A) 1756 to 1757
B) 1942 to 1944
C) 1828 to 1833
D) 1807 to 1811
- 13. Who designed the iconostasis of the Church Assumption of Holy Virgin?
A) Konstantin Danil
B) Gavrilo V
C) Božidar Vuković
D) Jeronomah Parfenije
- 14. What is the role of the urban Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Pančevo?
A) Reports to the Banater Staatswache
B) Imprisons Orthodox dignitaries
C) Supports maintenance and restoration of cultural heritage
D) Designs iconostases
- 15. Pančevo is the economic center of which district?
A) Vojvodina District
B) South Banat District
C) Belgrade District
D) North Banat District
- 16. How far is Pančevo from Belgrade?
A) 40 kilometers
B) 14 kilometers
C) 25 kilometers
D) 5 kilometers
- 17. What is the largest oil refinery in Serbia located in Pančevo?
A) Vajfert refinery
B) NIS refinery
C) HIP refinery
D) Utva refinery
- 18. Which aircraft industry was a target during the 1999 NATO bombing?
A) Antonov
B) Airbus
C) Utva
D) Boeing
- 19. Which of the following is a protected natural resource in Pančevo?
A) Tara Mountain
B) Fruska Gora
C) Danube Delta
D) Ivanov's island
- 20. In what year was the Pančevo Gymnasium founded?
A) 1947
B) 1923
C) 1863
D) 1838
- 21. Who is a notable student of the Pančevo Gymnasium?
A) Mihajlo Pupin
B) Mileva Marić
C) Ivo Andrić
D) Nikola Tesla
- 22. Who conducted the Serbian Church Choral Society from 1863 to 1865?
A) Mihajlo Pupin
B) Đorđe Vajfert
C) Abraham Kepiš
D) Davorin Jenko
- 23. What event for young writers takes place at the House of Youth?
A) Bijenale umetnosti
B) Vajfert Days
C) Ethno.com
D) Rukopisi
- 24. Which comic series was published in a collected edition by the Cultural Center in 2012?
A) Alan Ford
B) Dylan Dog
C) Zagor
D) Zigomar
- 25. What is the most important event of its kind in Serbia held in Pančevo since 2004?
A) Ethno.com
B) Pančevački Carnival
C) Film festival PAFF
D) Vajfert Days
- 26. In what year was the National Museum in Pančevo founded?
A) 1838
B) 1923
C) 1947
D) 1956
- 27. Which of these movies was filmed in Pančevo?
A) Balkan Express
B) Titanic
C) Gladiator
D) Avatar
- 28. The Nature Park Ponjavica is located in the surroundings of which city?
A) Belgrade
B) Subotica
C) Pančevo
D) Novi Sad
- 29. What kind of museum was opened in the former brewery building in 2016?
A) Aircraft Museum
B) Đorđe Vajfert Brewery Museum
C) Modern Art Museum
D) Ethnographic Museum
- 30. What is the name of the music festival held in Pančevo?
A) Classical Nights
B) Rock in Pančevo
C) Ethno.com
D) Vajfert Jazz
- 31. What organization reported on soil and groundwater contamination in Pančevo?
A) EU
B) UNEP
C) NATO
D) UNESCO
- 32. What is the altitude of Pančevo above sea level?
A) 44 meters
B) 43 meters
C) 77 meters
D) 17 meters
- 33. Which climate classification does Pančevo have?
A) Csa
B) Cfb
C) Dfa
D) Cfa
- 34. How many species of birds can be found in the nature reserves near Pančevo?
A) Exactly 63
B) Under 50
C) Over 500
D) Over 100
- 35. How large is the City Forest in Pančevo?
A) Almost 15 hectares
B) Exactly 100 hectares
C) Over 300 hectares
D) 50 hectares
- 36. Which is the largest city park in Pančevo?
A) Ponjavica Nature Park
B) National Garden
C) Deliblato Sands
D) City Forest
- 37. In which year was the city district Vojlovica added to the town?
A) 1959
B) 1882
C) 1946
D) 1978
- 38. What was the population of Pančevo in 1809?
A) 13,408
B) 5,800
C) 115,454
D) 73,401
- 39. What is the population of the city proper according to the 2022 census?
A) 13,408
B) 115,454
C) 73,401
D) 5,800
- 40. Which of these is a river island located in the southernmost part of Pančevo's urban area?
A) Vojlovica
B) Deliblato
C) Forkontumac
D) Ponjavica
- 41. Which bird species found in Pančevo is on the list of endangered species?
A) Bullfinch
B) White-tailed eagle
C) Black stork
D) Black-winged stilt
- 42. How many local communities is the administration of the municipality of Pančevo structured into?
A) 15
B) 8
C) 9
D) 23
- 43. What is the distance from Pančevo to Smederevo?
A) 77 km
B) 43 km
C) 17 km
D) 300 km
- 44. Which river flows through the western quarters of Pančevo?
A) Tamiš
B) Ponjavica
C) Sava
D) Danube
- 45. What is the percentage difference between the total administrative population and the city proper population in 2022?
A) 77%
B) 57%
C) 15%
D) 30%
- 46. Who recommended the narrator to keep their eyes open and mouth shut in Pančevo?
A) Stevan Rikanović
B) A Viennese acquaintance
C) Franz Theodor Csokor
D) Johann Hubert Steinmair
- 47. Who led the Wehrmacht soldiers responsible for the massacre in Pančevo?
A) Johann Hubert Steinmair
B) Heinrich Knirr
C) Otto Vogenberger
D) Svetozar Rupić
- 48. How many Serbian people were murdered in the reprisal massacre of April 21-22, 1941?
A) 58
B) 9
C) 36
D) 20
- 49. What happened at the Catholic cemetery on April 6, 1941?
A) The cemetery was bombed by the Yugoslav army
B) The cemetery was closed to the public
C) Anti-semitic slogans were daubed on graves
D) A large monument to Hitler was erected
- 50. Which Nazi figure gave an incendiary speech at City Hall Square on April 17, 1941?
A) Svetozar Rupić
B) Otto Vogenberger
C) Heinrich Knirr
D) Johann Hubert Steinmair
- 51. What did the policemen of the Banatian State Guard wear on their collars?
A) A swastika ribbon
B) A Totenkopf
C) The insignia of the Royal Yugoslavian Army
D) A portrait of Hitler
- 52. What was the purpose of the 1943 Südostdeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft census note?
A) For official use only
B) For public propaganda
C) To record the deaths of soldiers
D) For recruitment into the Waffen-SS
- 53. When did the internment camps for the remaining German population finally dissolve?
A) 1944
B) 1941
C) 1945
D) 1948
- 54. Who commanded the KNOJ brigade tasked with denazifying the region in 1944?
A) Stevan Rikanović
B) Otto Vogenberger
C) Johann Hubert Steinmair
D) Svetozar Rupić
- 55. Which artist visited Pančevo on April 20, 1941, to gift a portrait of Hitler?
A) Svetozar Rupić
B) Johann Hubert Steinmair
C) Heinrich Knirr
D) Franz Theodor Csokor
- 56. What phrase was used in the 1943 census to describe collaborators of Romanian origin?
A) Danube Swabian
B) Banatian State Guard
C) Volksdeutsche
D) Orthodox Germans
- 57. What was the primary reason for the departure of the ethnic German population after 1948?
A) Forced deportation by the Yugoslav government
B) Economic reasons
C) Retreat with the German army
D) Military conscription
- 58. Which province is Pančevo located in?
A) Zajecar
B) Šumadija
C) Kosovo
D) Vojvodina
- 59. According to the 2022 census, what is the population of the Pančevo administrative area?
A) 105,200
B) 95,800
C) 125,600
D) 115,454
- 60. What is the ranking of Pančevo by population in Serbia?
A) Tenth
B) Second
C) Third
D) Sixth
- 61. In what year was Pančevo first mentioned?
A) 1153
B) 1053
C) 1253
D) 1353
- 62. When did Pančevo gain the status of a city?
A) 1794
B) 1873
C) 1929
D) 1852
- 63. What percentage of the population were Serbs in 2011?
A) 80%
B) 60%
C) 70%
D) 90%
- 64. Which geographer described the region as an important mercantile place in 1154?
A) Muhammad al-Idrisi
B) Francis II
C) Claude Florimond de Mercy
D) Evliya Çelebi
- 65. In which year did Pančevo become part of the Ottoman Empire?
A) 1521
B) 1716
C) 1453
D) 1660
- 66. Who conquered the fortification of Pančevo in 1716?
A) Muhammad al-Idrisi
B) Evliya Çelebi
C) Francis II
D) Claude Florimond de Mercy
- 67. In what year were the cadastral maps of the town recorded?
A) 1902
B) 1929
C) 1873
D) 1794
- 68. Since what year has an international and multi-cultural carnival been organized in Pančevo?
A) 2003
B) 1999
C) 1990
D) 2011
- 69. The economy of Pančevo is mostly tied to the economy of which city?
A) Belgrade
B) Novi Sad
C) Vienna
D) Budapest
- 70. Which factory is mentioned as being defunct?
A) Chemical plant
B) Light bulb factory
C) HIP factory
D) UTVA
- 71. Who signed the charter of borough rights of Pančevo in 1794?
A) Evliya Çelebi
B) Claude Florimond de Mercy
C) Francis II
D) Muhammad al-Idrisi
- 72. Who is currently described as the most successful athlete living in Pančevo?
A) Novak Đoković
B) Dušan Borković
C) Dragan Džajić
D) Slobodan Bitević
- 73. In which sport was Dušan Borković a two-time European champion?
A) Basketball
B) Handball
C) Auto racing
D) Football
- 74. What is the name of the Sports and Recreation Center in Pančevo?
A) Zelenilo
B) Vojlovica
C) Mladost
D) Tamiš
- 75. In what year was the weekly newspaper Pančevac founded?
A) 1948
B) 1945
C) 1869
D) 1992
- 76. Which newspaper is the most widely used print media of Romanians in Serbia?
A) Libertatea
B) Danas
C) RTV Pančevo
D) Pančevac
- 77. When did the TV station RTV Pančevo start broadcasting?
A) 1992
B) 1945
C) 1948
D) 1869
- 78. Which European route forms a bypass around Pančevo city center?
A) IB-14
B) E75
C) E70
D) IIA-130
- 79. How many passenger railway stations does Pančevo have?
A) Six
B) Four
C) One
D) Two
- 80. When was Pančevo connected to the European railways net?
A) 1945
B) 1869
C) 1947
D) 1894
- 81. On which river's bank is Pančevo located?
A) Morava
B) Danube
C) Sava
D) Tisa
- 82. What happens to the Tamiš river near Pančevo?
A) It discharges into the Danube
B) It flows into the Black Sea
C) It originates in the city center
D) It is a tributary of the Sava
- 83. What type of structures were built near the city during the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
A) Public parks
B) Oil refineries
C) Lighthouses
D) Railway stations
- 84. Which Spanish city has a partnership agreement with Pančevo?
A) Tarragona
B) Barcelona
C) Valencia
D) Madrid
- 85. Which professional athlete was a World and European basketball champion?
A) Nemanja Dangubić
B) Milenko Topić
C) Stevan Bena
D) Igor Kokoškov
- 86. Who was the creator of the Stratište Kod Pančeva Memorial?
A) Aleksandar Zograf
B) Olja Ivanjicki
C) Nenad Trifunovski
D) Milorad Bata Mihailović
- 87. What is the profession of Nađa Higl?
A) Football player
B) Swimmer
C) Astrophysicist
D) Basketball player
- 88. Which individual from the list is an NBA basketball coach?
A) Zoran Gajić
B) Igor Kokoškov
C) Milenko Topić
D) Stevan Bena
- 89. Who served as the President of the Circle of Serbian Sisters?
A) Ljubica Luković
B) Mirjana Pović
C) Olja Ivanjicki
D) Marinika Tepić
- 90. Which notable person was an ethnologist?
A) Ludwig von Graff
B) Zlatoje Martinov
C) Milan Ćurčin
D) Jovan Erdeljanović
- 91. Who is known as a World champion swimmer from Pančevo?
A) Marina Munćan
B) Stevan Bena
C) Nađa Higl
D) Anja Crevar
- 92. Which notable person was an astrophysicist?
A) Mirjana Pović
B) Alexis Guedroitz
C) Ludwig von Graff
D) Srđan Nikolovski
- 93. Who was the violinist mentioned in the list?
A) Milorad Bata Mihailović
B) Dragomir Krančević
C) Slobodan Beštić
D) Milan Orlić
- 94. Which notable person was a cartoonist?
A) Zlatoje Martinov
B) Aleksandar Zograf
C) Milan Ćurčin
D) Nenad Trifunovski
- 95. Which athlete is a two-time European champion in auto racing?
A) Stevan Bena
B) Dušan Borković
C) Bobby Despotovski
D) Milenko Topić
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