Question 1

True or false: Dubrovnik was never bombed during the Croatian War of Independence in the 1990s.

Accepted Answer

False. The city was heavily shelled by the Yugoslav People's Army in 1991, damaging many historic buildings.

Question 2

True or false: The famous 'Game of Thrones' show filmed King's Landing entirely in Dubrovnik.

Accepted Answer

False. While Dubrovnik was the primary location, Season 1 King's Landing scenes were filmed in Malta, and some interiors were shot in studios.

Question 3

True or false: Dubrovnik's city walls are over 2,000 years old and were built by the ancient Greeks.

Accepted Answer

False. The walls were mainly built between the 12th and 17th centuries, not by Greeks. They date to the medieval Republic of Ragusa.

Question 4

True or false: Cable cars in Dubrovnik were first installed in the 1920s to transport tourists.

Accepted Answer

False. The first cable car was built in 1969, not the 1920s. It was destroyed in the war and rebuilt in 2010.

Question 5

True or false: Dubrovnik was once an independent republic that rivaled Venice in maritime trade.

Accepted Answer

True. The Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) was a powerful maritime state from 1358 to 1808, often competing with Venice.

Question 6

True or false: Dubrovnik's famous Stradun street was once a canal filled with water.

Accepted Answer

True. Before the 13th century, the Stradun was a marshy channel separating the island from the mainland, later drained and paved.

Question 7

True or false: Dubrovnik passed one of the world's first quarantine laws in 1377.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1377, the Republic of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) mandated a 30-day isolation for incoming ships and travelers to prevent plague, later extended to 40 days, giving rise to the term 'quarantine'.

Question 8

True or false: Dubrovnik's Old Town is built entirely on a small island that was later connected to the mainland.

Accepted Answer

False. Dubrovnik's Old Town began as two settlements: one on the island of Laus and another on the mainland slope. The channel between them was later filled, creating the Stradun, so it was never built entirely on an island.

Dubrovnik Trivia Questions