Balkan Thursday Trivia - Week Five

(Source: whatson.co.za)

       QUESTIONS (1 point):

1. Last Saturday (Dec 22), thousands of people rallied in Zenica against ongoing local air pollution. The demonstrators marched on the local offices of which multinational steel company, blaming them for much of the city's pollution?
2. At an October match in Krusevac, fans of Serbia's national under-21 side were accused of racist chanting against opponents from which nation?
3. Ban Jelacic Square is the central square of which Balkan city?
4. TRUE OR FALSE?: The city of Metkovic is located within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
5. The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was made up of six socialist republics. If 5 of those republics were: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina; then which was the sixth member?
6. Former footballer Mark Viduka joined Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb -- then known as 'Croatia Zagreb' -- in 1995 from which ex-National Soccer League club in Australia?
7. What does 'Volim te' translate to in English?
8. Mevlid Jasarevic was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment earlier this month for an October 2011 machine-gun attack on which nation's embassy in Sarajevo?
9. Former Serbian basket-baller Vlade Divac was drafted to which National Basketball Association (NBA) side in 1989?
10. What is the name of the Sea shared between Croatia, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina and others?

       BONUS (3 points):

1. Who is this?

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ANSWERS:

1. ArcelorMittal. 2. England. 3. Zagreb. 4. FALSE. It is located in Croatia. 5. Macedonia. 6. Melbourne Knights (formerly Melbourne Croatia). 7. 'I love you'. 8. The United States embassy. 9. Los Angeles Lakers. 10. Adriatic Sea. BONUS: 1. Josip Broz Tito.

Tally your results, and match it up with this similar table used from last week:

0-3 (points): 'ajde, open some books (or the Internet) and start reading and learning! You need to do better next week!
4-7: Not too bad. You could hold a conversation with a Balkan person for a few hours, at least, simply by discussing random stuff you know about the area.
8-13: Cestitam! You may as well label yourself a native of the Balkans, if you are not one already. Call up one of the municipal offices, citizenship for whichever Balkan nation of your choice is waiting for you.