How much do you know about the region of Western Europe? Test your knowledge with these tidbits from CultureGrams: World Edition:
- What’s the only country with Catalan as its official language?
- In which country do all Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic clergy have official recognition from the government and receive their salaries from the state?
- Which country is hexagonal in shape and is sometimes referred to as Hexagone?
- In Portugal, what does it mean to make a “V” sign or “rabbit ears” behind someone’s head?
- Which Western European country doesn’t have a written constitution?
- “The land of fire and ice” is which country’s unofficial nickname?
- Which country has four official languages?
- Beginning in the 1500s and ending in 1648, the Netherlands was ruled by which country?
- Despite its central location, which country is part of neither NATO nor the EU?
- Until 1995, which country’s constitution prohibited divorce?