Kainuu - Quiz
Kainuu
  • 1. How often are municipal elections held in Kainuu?
A) Annually
B) Every 4 years
C) Every 5 years
D) Every 2 years
  • 2. Which political party has traditionally been the largest entity in both the Oulu electoral district and Kainuu?
A) Social Democratic Party
B) National Coalition Party
C) Finns Party
D) Centre Party
  • 3. How many regional councils are there in Finland?
A) 19
B) 15
C) 17
D) 21
  • 4. What is one of the main tasks of the Regional Councils in Finland?
A) National defense
B) Healthcare management
C) Development of the region
D) Education policy
  • 5. Who governs the Regional Council of Kainuu?
A) The European Union
B) The Finnish government
C) The regional assembly, decisions carried out by the regional board and assisted by the Regional council's office.
D) A single mayor
  • 6. How many members are in the Regional Assembly of Kainuu?
A) 35
B) 25
C) 40
D) 30
  • 7. What is required for regional land use plans to be validated by the Ministry of Environment as of 2016?
A) Mandatory
B) Required only in specific cases
C) No longer necessary
D) Optional
  • 8. What is one responsibility of the Regional Development unit in Kainuu?
A) Leading, planning and implementing both national and EU level regional- and cohesion policymaking.
B) Managing healthcare services
C) Handling municipal waste management
D) Overseeing local law enforcement
  • 9. What is the role of cooperation and communication according to the establishing treaty of the Regional Council of Kainuu?
A) Upholding the positive image of the region both inside and outside.
B) Controlling municipal budgets
C) Managing local schools
D) Reducing regional taxes
  • 10. What is one goal of improving the living- and business environment in Kainuu?
A) Improving the wellbeing of the region's population.
B) Reducing regional employment
C) Increasing tourism only
D) Decreasing local investments
  • 11. Which EU program offers funding to Kainuu during 2014–2020?
A) Mediterranean Partnership Program
B) Danube Strategy
C) Baltic Sea Region Programme
D) Central European Initiative
  • 12. What does the Europe Direct office in Kainuu offer?
A) General information about Europe, EU functions and actions, and funding possibilities.
B) Legal advice for businesses
C) Healthcare services
D) Tourist guides for Finland
  • 13. Which festival in Kainuu focuses on chamber music?
A) Ethno Music Festival Sommelo
B) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
C) Kajaani Poetry Week
D) Lanka Fest
  • 14. What is the name of the popular newspaper in Kainuu with 50,000 daily readers?
A) Koti-Kajaani
B) Kainuun Sanomat
C) Väylä
D) Kuhmolainen
  • 15. Which museum in Kainuu is dedicated to the Winter War?
A) Kajaani Art Museum
B) The Raatteen Portti Winter War Museum
C) Eino Leino House
D) Kainuu museum
  • 16. What type of cheese is traditionally served with cloudberry jam in Kainuu?
A) Smoked meat soup
B) Rönttönen
C) Bread cheese / squeaky cheese
D) Rye bread
  • 17. Which radio station in Kainuu broadcasts pop music and news?
A) Kuhmolainen
B) Radio Kajaus
C) Ylä-Kainuu
D) YLE Kainuun Radio
  • 18. What is the name of the event that involves orienteering in Kainuu?
A) Swamp Soccer
B) Lost in Kajaani
C) Kajaani International Dog Show
D) Kainuu Orienteering Week
  • 19. Which cultural event is associated with poetry in Kajaani?
A) Kajaani Poetry Week
B) Swamp Rock
C) Ethno Music Festival Sommelo
D) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
  • 20. Which traditional Kainuu soup is made from vendace?
A) Rönttönen
B) Sweetened lingonberry porridge
C) Smoked meat soup
D) Traditional vendace soup
  • 21. Which historical site in Kainuu is a castle?
A) Kajaani Castle
B) Kainuu museum
C) The Kalevala Village
D) Eino Leino House
  • 22. Which event features dance in Kajaani?
A) Swamp Soccer
B) Kajaani International Dog Show
C) Kajaani Dance
D) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
  • 23. What is the name of the traditional sweet delicacy in Kainuu?
A) Smoked meat soup
B) Rönttönen
C) Lingonberry porridge
D) Cloudberry jam
  • 24. Which museum is dedicated to the Finnish poet Eino Leino?
A) Eino Leino House
B) The Kalevala Village
C) Kajaani Art Museum
D) Winter War Museum
  • 25. Which event in Kainuu is related to rock music?
A) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
B) Kajaani Poetry Week
C) Ethno Music Festival Sommelo
D) Suomussalmi Rock
  • 26. Which newspaper has a circulation of 30,276 to 38,369 copies on weekdays?
A) Koti-Kajaani
B) Kainuun Sanomat
C) Väylä
D) Sotkamo-lehti
  • 27. Which event in Kainuu involves dogs?
A) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
B) Swamp Soccer
C) Kajaani International Dog Show
D) Lost in Kajaani
  • 28. Which museum in Kainuu focuses on art?
A) The Kalevala Village
B) Kajaani Art Museum
C) Eino Leino House
D) The Raatteen Portti Winter War Museum
  • 29. Which event in Kainuu is associated with music festivals?
A) Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival
B) Kainuun Musiikki juhlat
C) Swamp Soccer
D) Kajaani Poetry Week
  • 30. Which traditional Kainuu dish is made with lingonberries?
A) Smoked meat soup
B) Traditional vendace soup
C) Rönttönen
D) Sweetened lingonberry porridge
  • 31. What is the most common biome in Kainuu?
A) Boreal rainforest
B) Taiga
C) Deciduous forest
D) Tundra
  • 32. What is the largest lake in Kainuu?
A) Saimaa
B) Päijänne
C) Oulujärvi
D) Inarijärvi
  • 33. What is the highest point in Kainuu?
A) Kiilopää (524 m)
B) Iso Tuomivaara (385 m)
C) Pallas Oyvatunturi (469 m)
D) Haltitunturi (375 m)
  • 34. What was the population of Kajaani town center as of December 31, 2017?
A) 45,500
B) 15,000
C) 22,100
D) 30,028
  • 35. Which culture spread to Kainuu from the south around 6800–6000 BCE?
A) Karelian Stone Age culture
B) Suomusjärvi culture
C) Boreal Forest culture
D) Finnish Neolithic culture
  • 36. What type of pollen suggests the cultivation of flax in Paltamo around 1500 BCE?
A) Rye pollen
B) Wheat pollen
C) Flax pollen
D) Barley pollen
  • 37. What language is thought to have been spoken by people in Kainuu during the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age?
A) Uralic language
B) Finnic language
C) Proto-Sámic language
D) Norse language
  • 38. Which culture's spread in northern Fennoscandia is linked to the area turning Sámi?
A) Karelian Stone Age culture
B) Boreal Forest culture
C) Comb Ceramic culture
D) Asbestos-ceramic culture
  • 39. What was the population density estimate for pre-historic Kainuu based on 1600 CE data?
A) Around 200 individuals
B) Around 350 individuals
C) Around 1000 individuals
D) Around 500 individuals
  • 40. Which municipality was merged with Kajaani in 1977?
A) Vuolijoki
B) Vaala
C) Säräisniemi
D) Kajaanin maalaiskunta
  • 41. Which municipality moved to the North Ostrobothnia region in 2016?
A) Hyrynsalmi
B) Kajaani
C) Vaala
D) Sotkamo
  • 42. How many municipalities does Kainuu consist of?
A) Six
B) Ten
C) Twelve
D) Eight
  • 43. What was the largest sector in Kainuu's employment market in 2012?
A) The service sector
B) Miscellaneous jobs
C) The industrial and construction sector
D) The forest industry and agriculture
  • 44. What percentage of Kainuu's workforce was employed in the service sector in 2012?
A) 1.2%
B) 17.6%
C) 73.7%
D) 7.5%
  • 45. Which sector had the smallest workforce percentage in Kainuu's economy according to 2012 data?
A) Service sector
B) Miscellaneous jobs
C) Industrial and construction sector
D) Forest industry and agriculture
  • 46. What was the total number of firms in Kainuu's economy by each sector?
A) 3429
B) 29722
C) 4301
D) 6001
  • 47. Which sector had the largest percentage of workforce in Kainuu's employment market?
A) State sector
B) Private sector
C) Education sector
D) Municipal sector
  • 48. What was the percentage of Kainuu's workforce employed in the private sector?
A) 7%
B) 29%
C) 51%
D) 58%
  • 49. How many students are there at the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK)?
A) 235
B) 2600
C) 4301
D) 2000
  • 50. What is one field of activity offered by the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences?
A) Tourism
B) Education
C) Information technology
D) Mining
  • 51. Which organization offers joint adult and continuing education services in partnership with the University of Oulu?
A) KAMK
B) AIKOPA
C) KAO
D) Sotkamo College
  • 52. How does the educational qualification level of Kainuu compare to the nationwide average?
A) It is lower
B) There is no available data
C) It is higher
D) It is equal
  • 53. What was the total unemployment in Kainuu in 2014?
A) 29822
B) 684
C) 772
D) 6001
  • 54. Which sector had the least amount of unemployment in 2014?
A) Kuhmo town
B) Sotkamo municipality
C) Ristijärvi municipality
D) Kajaani town
  • 55. What is the number of companies in Kainuu?
A) 6001
B) 4301
C) 3429
D) 29722
  • 56. What is the average number of private cars per 1000 inhabitants in Kainuu?
A) 505
B) 450
C) 700
D) 600
  • 57. How many cumulative passengers did Kainuu's air traffic have in the reported year?
A) 90,000
B) 75,000
C) 81,854
D) 85,500
  • 58. How many of the cumulative passengers were international travelers?
A) 10,000
B) 7,500
C) 5,000
D) 3,873
  • 59. What is Kainuu marketed as?
A) The Arctic Lakeland
B) Lapland's Edge
C) The Northern Lakes
D) The Finnish Highlands
  • 60. In which month do the most overnight stays occur in Kainuu?
A) July
B) December
C) August
D) January
  • 61. How many nights were spent in Kainuu in 2014?
A) 800,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 900,000
D) 970,953
  • 62. Name one of the major ski resorts in Kainuu.
A) Neva
B) Paljakka
C) Ruka
D) Koli
  • 63. Who compiled the Finnish national epic Kalevala?
A) Aleksis Kivi
B) Elias Lönnrot
C) Frans Eemil Sillanpää
D) Johan Ludvig Runeberg
  • 64. Which film production company in Kainuu is known as 'Finnish Hollywood'?
A) Kajawood
B) Nordic Films
C) Arctic Studios
D) Lapland Productions
  • 65. Who was the Chairman of the Regional Assembly from 2013 to 2016?
A) Timo Korhonen.
B) Pentti Kettunen.
C) Eero Suutari.
D) Kati Nykänen.
  • 66. How many representatives does Kajaani have in the Regional Assembly?
A) 15 representatives in total.
B) 10 representatives.
C) 4 representatives.
D) 2 representatives.
  • 67. In what year was the Regional Youth Council of Kainuu formed?
A) 2008
B) 2010
C) 2006
D) 2012
  • 68. How many members are selected from each municipality and town for the Regional Youth Council of Kainuu?
A) Two
B) Four
C) One
D) Three
  • 69. Which higher education institutions contribute members to the Regional Youth Council of Kainuu?
A) Aalto University & LUT University
B) University of Helsinki & University of Lapland
C) Tampere University & Turku University
D) KAO & AMK
  • 70. Who appoints the members of the Regional Youth Council of Kainuu?
A) Regional Assembly
B) Kainuus Social and Welfare Council
C) The Finnish government
D) Local municipal councils or their institutions student council
  • 71. How many fields of education does KAO have?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Six
  • 72. Which country has been the single largest customer group for Kainuu's international tourism?
A) Sweden
B) Norway
C) Russia
D) Finland
  • 73. Which Finnish national epic was compiled by Elias Lönnrot?
A) Kanteletar
B) Lemminkäinen
C) Kalevala
D) Sampo
  • 74. What is Kajawood known as in Finland?
A) The 'Baltic Film Studio'
B) The 'Finnish Hollywood'
C) The 'Nordic Dream Factory'
D) The 'Arctic Cinema'
  • 75. What type of event is 'Swamp Soccer'?
A) Sports event
B) Dance competition
C) Poetry reading
D) Music festival
  • 76. What is served with bread cheese in Kainuu?
A) Cloudberry jam
B) Lingonberry porridge
C) Vendace soup
D) Smoked meat soup
  • 77. What type of meat is part of the local food culture in Kainuu?
A) Chicken
B) Pork
C) Game meat
D) Beef
  • 78. Which electoral district does Kainuu belong to for parliamentary elections?
A) Turku electoral district
B) Oulu electoral district
C) Espoo electoral district
D) Helsinki electoral district
  • 79. What is one way the Europe Direct office in Kainuu distributes information?
A) Printed newspapers
B) Television broadcasts
C) Social media
D) Radio announcements
  • 80. When did the examination for the current Regional Land Use Plan start?
A) 2014
B) 2016
C) 2017
D) 2013
  • 81. What is the main intent of the Regional Programme 2014 - 2017?
A) To bring up ways to accomplish long-term strategic goals.
B) To reduce regional taxes.
C) To establish new municipalities.
D) To increase tourism in Kainuu.
  • 82. Who was the 1st Vice Chairman of the Regional Board from 2015-2016?
A) Kati Nykänen
B) Pentti Kettunen
C) Eija Hakkarainen
D) Marisanna Jarva
  • 83. What percentage of Kainuu's workforce was employed by the municipal sector?
A) 58%
B) 29%
C) 51%
D) 7%
  • 84. How many people were unemployed in Kuhmo in 2014?
A) 3,429
B) 6,001
C) 771
D) 684
  • 85. Which writer is associated with the description of poor people in Kainuu?
A) Aleksis Kivi
B) Matti Kurjensaari
C) Ilmari Kianto
D) Eino Leino
  • 86. Which food product is NOT traditionally part of Kainuu's local cuisine?
A) Vendace soup
B) Smoked meat soup
C) Lingonberry porridge
D) Clam chowder
  • 87. Who was the Chairman of the Regional Board from 2015-2016?
A) Eero Suutari.
B) Pentti Kettunen.
C) Kati Nykänen.
D) Timo Korhonen.
  • 88. Who was the 1st Vice Chairman of the Regional Assembly from 2013-2016?
A) Timo Korhonen.
B) Marisanna Jarva.
C) Eero Suutari.
D) Pentti Kettunen.
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