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49 free Liechtenstein trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Liechtenstein is a country you can walk across in a day, doubly landlocked, ruled by a prince who can veto laws, using another country's currency and another country's diplomats. It abolished its army after 80 men marched off to a war and 81 came back, discovered at the 1936 Olympics that its flag was Haiti's, gave women the vote in 1984, and has won more Olympic medals per head than anyone, all of them on skis. This Liechtenstein trivia quiz covers all of it. Forty-three questions run from geography (Vaduz, Schaan, the Rhine, Grauspitz, the eleven municipalities, Malbun) through history (Roman Raetia, the Walsers, the purchase of Schellenberg and Vaduz, 1719, the Confederation of the Rhine, 1866, the army of 1868, the Swiss customs treaty of 1923, the Anschluss scare, the Beneš decrees, the 2003 referendum, the 2008 tax affair) to politics and culture (Hans-Adam II and Alois, the Landtag, the flag and crown, the anthem, German dialects, Catholicism, Hilti, LGT, FC Vaduz, the Wenzels). Roughly a third are easy, a third medium, and the rest are for people who really know the Alps. Every answer has been checked against encyclopaedia and official pages, so the dates, numbers and names are ones you can rely on.
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Q 01What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz
Vaduz, a town of about 5,800 people, is the capital and seat of parliament and of the prince's castle; neighbouring Schaan is the larger municipality.
Q 02Liechtenstein lies between which two countries?
Switzerland and Austria
Liechtenstein is wedged between Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east; at 160 km² it is the smallest country in the world that borders two others.
Q 03Liechtenstein and which other country are the world's only two doubly landlocked states?
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is the other doubly landlocked state: all five of its neighbours, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, are themselves landlocked, just as Switzerland and Austria are.
Q 04Which river forms Liechtenstein's entire western border?
Rhine
The Rhine forms the whole roughly 27-km western border with Switzerland, and the country's flat farmland lies on its former floodplain; a dike break near Schaan in September 1927 flooded much of the lowland.
Q 05What is Liechtenstein's highest point, at 2,599 m?
Grauspitz
Grauspitz (Vorder Grauspitz), 2,599 m, is the highest summit, in the Rätikon range on the Swiss border; the lowest point, the Ruggeller Riet wetland, lies at about 430 m.
Q 06Liechtenstein covers just over 160 km2, making it what in Europe?
The fourth-smallest country
At about 160 km², Liechtenstein is the fourth-smallest country in Europe, behind only Vatican City, Monaco and San Marino; worldwide it ranks sixth-smallest, with Nauru and Tuvalu also smaller.
Q 07Into how many municipalities is Liechtenstein divided?
11
Liechtenstein has 11 municipalities: five in the Unterland, including Eschen and Mauren, and six in the Oberland, including Vaduz, Schaan and Balzers.
Q 08The Principality of Liechtenstein was created in 1719 by decree of which Holy Roman Emperor?
Charles VI
Emperor Charles VI united the lordship of Schellenberg, bought in 1699, and the county of Vaduz, bought in 1712, into the Principality of Liechtenstein on 23 January 1719.
Q 09The Liechtenstein family takes its name from a castle south of which city?
Vienna
The family took its name from Liechtenstein Castle at Maria Enzersdorf, just south of Vienna in Lower Austria, first recorded in the 12th century; they later acquired great estates in Moravia, Silesia and Styria.
Q 10Liechtenstein became fully independent in 1866 upon the dissolution of what?
The German Confederation
The German Confederation, which Liechtenstein had joined at its founding in 1815, dissolved after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, leaving the principality a fully sovereign state.
Q 11How many soldiers did Liechtenstein send to the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, its last military campaign?
80
Liechtenstein sent 80 men to guard the Tyrolean border against Italy in 1866; they saw no fighting and, by popular legend, marched home 81 strong after picking up a friend on the way.
Q 12Liechtenstein's army was disbanded on 12 February of which year?
1868
The Landtag abolished the army on 12 February 1868 as an unaffordable expense after the German Confederation's collapse; Andreas Kieber, the last man to have served in it, died in 1939 aged 94.
Q 13In which year did Liechtenstein sign its customs union treaty with Switzerland?
1923
The customs treaty with Switzerland was signed in 1923 and took effect in 1924; economic ruin after World War I had forced the switch away from Austria, whose crown had collapsed in hyperinflation.
Q 21What is the official language of Liechtenstein?
German
German is the sole official language under the constitution; everyday speech is an Alemannic dialect close to that of neighbouring eastern Switzerland and Austria's Vorarlberg.
Q 22Which mountain village keeps a distinctive Walser dialect, brought by settlers from Valais around 1300?
Triesenberg
Triesenberg, the only mountain municipality, was settled by Walser migrants from the Valais around 1300; its dialect differs audibly from the valley's Alemannic speech, and the village keeps a Walser museum.
Q 23What is Liechtenstein's most recognisable company and largest employer, based in Schaan?
Hilti
Q 14What is the currency of Liechtenstein?
Swiss franc
The country is also in a customs union with Switzerland and one of the few nations with no public debt.
Q 15Who became Prince of Liechtenstein in 1989?
Hans-Adam II
Hans-Adam II succeeded his father on 13 November 1989, having run the government as his father's deputy since August 1984; he had been born in Zurich in 1945.
Q 16A 2003 referendum gave Liechtenstein's prince which powers, making it Europe's 'only absolute monarchy'?
To dismiss the government, veto laws and rule by decree
Voters reaffirmed the powers in 2012, when 76% rejected limiting the princely veto.
Q 17How many members sit in Liechtenstein's parliament, the Landtag?
25
The Landtag has 25 members, elected for four-year terms by proportional representation: 15 from the Oberland constituency and 10 from the Unterland.
Q 18In which year did Liechtenstein become the last country in Europe to grant women the vote?
1984
Men-only referendums had rejected it in 1968, 1971 and 1973; the 1984 vote passed with just 51%.
Q 19Liechtenstein added a crown to its flag in 1937 after finding at the 1936 Olympics it matched which country's?
Haiti
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics Liechtenstein discovered its blue-and-red bicolour was identical to Haiti's civil flag; a gold crown was added in 1937 to distinguish it and to mark the country's status as a principality.
Q 20Liechtenstein's national anthem, "Oben am jungen Rhein", shares its melody with which other anthem?
God Save the King
Oben am jungen Rhein is sung to the tune of God Save the King, as Switzerland's old anthem was until 1961; the text dates from the 1850s and was revised in 1963.
Founded in 1941 by brothers Martin and Eugen Hilti, it makes anchoring systems and high-end power tools.
Q 24Which princely-owned Liechtenstein bank was at the centre of a 2008 German tax-fraud scandal?
LGT Bank
Germany had paid a former employee for stolen client data, prompting Crown Prince Alois to accuse Berlin of trafficking in stolen goods.
Q 25What were the Liechtenstein entities used to hide ownership of foreigners' assets called?
Stiftungen
Stiftungen, private foundations under Liechtenstein law, let foreigners park assets anonymously and made the country a favourite tax haven; the OECD listed it with Andorra and Monaco as uncooperative until reforms after 2008.
Q 26By the 2018 Winter Games, Liechtenstein had won ten Olympic medals, all in which sport?
Alpine skiing
That gave it more medals per capita than any nation, and through 2018 it was the only country with Winter but no Summer medals.
Q 27Which skier won Liechtenstein's first two Olympic gold medals, at Lake Placid in 1980?
Hanni Wenzel
Hanni Wenzel won the slalom and giant slalom at Lake Placid and took silver in the downhill; her brother Andreas won giant slalom silver at the same Games, and her daughter Tina Weirather won super-G bronze in 2018.
Q 28What is Liechtenstein's only ski area?
Malbun
Malbun, a resort at about 1,600 m in the Triesenberg municipality, is the country's only alpine ski area, served by a handful of lifts; Gaflei and Sücka are hamlets on the mountain roads above the valley.
Q 29In which competition did FC Vaduz, Liechtenstein's most successful club, play in 2024–25?
The Swiss Challenge League
FC Vaduz, the most successful cup winner, played in the Swiss Challenge League and represents the country in Europe.
Q 30Liechtenstein's national football team beat which country 4–0 away in a 2006 World Cup qualifier?
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein won 4–0 in Luxembourg on 13 October 2004, its biggest competitive victory; it also beat Iceland 3–0 in 2007, and Charlie Connelly's Stamping Grounds chronicled its failed 2002 qualifying campaign.