- 1. Which monastery in Pančevo is considered one of the oldest in Vojvodina?
A) Minorite monastery
B) Vojlovica monastery
C) Saint Charles Borromeo
D) Assumption of Holy Virgin
- 2. In what year was the Vojlovica monastery first mentioned in a Serbian almanac?
A) 1807
B) 1868
C) 1756
D) 1542
- 3. To whom is the church of the Vojlovica monastery dedicated?
A) Archangels Michael and Gabriel
B) Saint Charles Borromeo
C) Abraham and Isaac
D) Holy Virgin
- 4. What style was the Vojlovica monastery church transformed into at the end of the 18th century?
A) Gothic
B) Byzantine
C) Neoclassical
D) Baroque
- 5. Who was one of the Orthodox dignitaries imprisoned in Vojlovica monastery between 1942 and 1944?
A) Jeronomah Parfenije
B) Konstantin Danil
C) Gavrilo V
D) Božidar Vuković
- 6. Which organization observed the Vojlovica monastery complex during World War II?
A) Minorite order
B) Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments
C) Imperial Army
D) Deutsche Mannschaft
- 7. What is the oldest church located in the town of Pančevo?
A) Imperial Garrison chapel
B) Assumption of Holy Virgin
C) Vojlovica monastery
D) Roman Catholic Church Saint Charles Borromeo
- 8. In what year was the steeple of the Saint Charles Borromeo church equipped with a turret clock?
A) 1868
B) 1757
C) 1768
D) 1833
- 9. What statue is featured on the column in the square in front of the Saint Charles Borromeo church?
A) Abraham and Isaac
B) Saint Charles Borromeo
C) Holy Virgin
D) Archangels Michael and Gabriel
- 10. The Saint Charles Borromeo building was previously used as what?
A) A neoclassical palace
B) An Orthodox monastery
C) Provisional church of a Minorite monastery
D) A military prison
- 11. Which religious order provided military chaplains for the Imperial Army garrison in Pančevo?
A) Minorite
B) Neoclassical
C) Orthodox
D) Deutsche Mannschaft
- 12. When was the Serbian Orthodox Church Assumption of Holy Virgin built?
A) 1942 to 1944
B) 1828 to 1833
C) 1756 to 1757
D) 1807 to 1811
- 13. Who designed the iconostasis of the Church Assumption of Holy Virgin?
A) Konstantin Danil
B) Gavrilo V
C) Jeronomah Parfenije
D) Božidar Vuković
- 14. What is the role of the urban Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments in Pančevo?
A) Supports maintenance and restoration of cultural heritage
B) Imprisons Orthodox dignitaries
C) Reports to the Banater Staatswache
D) Designs iconostases
- 15. Pančevo is the economic center of which district?
A) South Banat District
B) Vojvodina District
C) Belgrade District
D) North Banat District
- 16. How far is Pančevo from Belgrade?
A) 14 kilometers
B) 5 kilometers
C) 40 kilometers
D) 25 kilometers
- 17. What is the largest oil refinery in Serbia located in Pančevo?
A) HIP refinery
B) NIS refinery
C) Vajfert refinery
D) Utva refinery
- 18. Which aircraft industry was a target during the 1999 NATO bombing?
A) Boeing
B) Airbus
C) Antonov
D) Utva
- 19. Which of the following is a protected natural resource in Pančevo?
A) Ivanov's island
B) Tara Mountain
C) Danube Delta
D) Fruska Gora
- 20. In what year was the Pančevo Gymnasium founded?
A) 1923
B) 1838
C) 1947
D) 1863
- 21. Who is a notable student of the Pančevo Gymnasium?
A) Ivo Andrić
B) Mileva Marić
C) Nikola Tesla
D) Mihajlo Pupin
- 22. Who conducted the Serbian Church Choral Society from 1863 to 1865?
A) Mihajlo Pupin
B) Abraham Kepiš
C) Davorin Jenko
D) Đorđe Vajfert
- 23. What event for young writers takes place at the House of Youth?
A) Bijenale umetnosti
B) Rukopisi
C) Vajfert Days
D) Ethno.com
- 24. Which comic series was published in a collected edition by the Cultural Center in 2012?
A) Zigomar
B) Dylan Dog
C) Alan Ford
D) Zagor
- 25. What is the most important event of its kind in Serbia held in Pančevo since 2004?
A) Vajfert Days
B) Pančevački Carnival
C) Ethno.com
D) Film festival PAFF
- 26. In what year was the National Museum in Pančevo founded?
A) 1838
B) 1956
C) 1923
D) 1947
- 27. Which of these movies was filmed in Pančevo?
A) Avatar
B) Gladiator
C) Balkan Express
D) Titanic
- 28. The Nature Park Ponjavica is located in the surroundings of which city?
A) Subotica
B) Novi Sad
C) Pančevo
D) Belgrade
- 29. What kind of museum was opened in the former brewery building in 2016?
A) Aircraft Museum
B) Đorđe Vajfert Brewery Museum
C) Modern Art Museum
D) Ethnographic Museum
- 30. What is the name of the music festival held in Pančevo?
A) Ethno.com
B) Rock in Pančevo
C) Classical Nights
D) Vajfert Jazz
- 31. What organization reported on soil and groundwater contamination in Pančevo?
A) UNESCO
B) UNEP
C) NATO
D) EU
- 32. What is the altitude of Pančevo above sea level?
A) 77 meters
B) 43 meters
C) 44 meters
D) 17 meters
- 33. Which climate classification does Pančevo have?
A) Csa
B) Dfa
C) Cfb
D) Cfa
- 34. How many species of birds can be found in the nature reserves near Pančevo?
A) Over 500
B) Over 100
C) Under 50
D) Exactly 63
- 35. How large is the City Forest in Pančevo?
A) 50 hectares
B) Almost 15 hectares
C) Exactly 100 hectares
D) Over 300 hectares
- 36. Which is the largest city park in Pančevo?
A) National Garden
B) Deliblato Sands
C) City Forest
D) Ponjavica Nature Park
- 37. In which year was the city district Vojlovica added to the town?
A) 1882
B) 1959
C) 1946
D) 1978
- 38. What was the population of Pančevo in 1809?
A) 5,800
B) 115,454
C) 13,408
D) 73,401
- 39. What is the population of the city proper according to the 2022 census?
A) 5,800
B) 73,401
C) 115,454
D) 13,408
- 40. Which of these is a river island located in the southernmost part of Pančevo's urban area?
A) Ponjavica
B) Vojlovica
C) Deliblato
D) Forkontumac
- 41. Which bird species found in Pančevo is on the list of endangered species?
A) Black stork
B) Bullfinch
C) Black-winged stilt
D) White-tailed eagle
- 42. How many local communities is the administration of the municipality of Pančevo structured into?
A) 15
B) 9
C) 8
D) 23
- 43. What is the distance from Pančevo to Smederevo?
A) 300 km
B) 17 km
C) 77 km
D) 43 km
- 44. Which river flows through the western quarters of Pančevo?
A) Tamiš
B) Ponjavica
C) Danube
D) Sava
- 45. What is the percentage difference between the total administrative population and the city proper population in 2022?
A) 15%
B) 77%
C) 57%
D) 30%
- 46. Who recommended the narrator to keep their eyes open and mouth shut in Pančevo?
A) Franz Theodor Csokor
B) Johann Hubert Steinmair
C) A Viennese acquaintance
D) Stevan Rikanović
- 47. Who led the Wehrmacht soldiers responsible for the massacre in Pančevo?
A) Svetozar Rupić
B) Johann Hubert Steinmair
C) Otto Vogenberger
D) Heinrich Knirr
- 48. How many Serbian people were murdered in the reprisal massacre of April 21-22, 1941?
A) 36
B) 58
C) 20
D) 9
- 49. What happened at the Catholic cemetery on April 6, 1941?
A) A large monument to Hitler was erected
B) Anti-semitic slogans were daubed on graves
C) The cemetery was closed to the public
D) The cemetery was bombed by the Yugoslav army
- 50. Which Nazi figure gave an incendiary speech at City Hall Square on April 17, 1941?
A) Svetozar Rupić
B) Otto Vogenberger
C) Heinrich Knirr
D) Johann Hubert Steinmair
- 51. What did the policemen of the Banatian State Guard wear on their collars?
A) A swastika ribbon
B) The insignia of the Royal Yugoslavian Army
C) A Totenkopf
D) A portrait of Hitler
- 52. What was the purpose of the 1943 Südostdeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft census note?
A) For recruitment into the Waffen-SS
B) For public propaganda
C) For official use only
D) To record the deaths of soldiers
- 53. When did the internment camps for the remaining German population finally dissolve?
A) 1944
B) 1948
C) 1941
D) 1945
- 54. Who commanded the KNOJ brigade tasked with denazifying the region in 1944?
A) Stevan Rikanović
B) Svetozar Rupić
C) Otto Vogenberger
D) Johann Hubert Steinmair
- 55. Which artist visited Pančevo on April 20, 1941, to gift a portrait of Hitler?
A) Franz Theodor Csokor
B) Heinrich Knirr
C) Svetozar Rupić
D) Johann Hubert Steinmair
- 56. What phrase was used in the 1943 census to describe collaborators of Romanian origin?
A) Banatian State Guard
B) Danube Swabian
C) Volksdeutsche
D) Orthodox Germans
- 57. What was the primary reason for the departure of the ethnic German population after 1948?
A) Economic reasons
B) Forced deportation by the Yugoslav government
C) Military conscription
D) Retreat with the German army
- 58. Which province is Pančevo located in?
A) Šumadija
B) Kosovo
C) Vojvodina
D) Zajecar
- 59. According to the 2022 census, what is the population of the Pančevo administrative area?
A) 105,200
B) 115,454
C) 125,600
D) 95,800
- 60. What is the ranking of Pančevo by population in Serbia?
A) Second
B) Sixth
C) Tenth
D) Third
- 61. In what year was Pančevo first mentioned?
A) 1253
B) 1153
C) 1053
D) 1353
- 62. When did Pančevo gain the status of a city?
A) 1852
B) 1794
C) 1873
D) 1929
- 63. What percentage of the population were Serbs in 2011?
A) 90%
B) 60%
C) 80%
D) 70%
- 64. Which geographer described the region as an important mercantile place in 1154?
A) Muhammad al-Idrisi
B) Claude Florimond de Mercy
C) Francis II
D) Evliya Çelebi
- 65. In which year did Pančevo become part of the Ottoman Empire?
A) 1521
B) 1660
C) 1716
D) 1453
- 66. Who conquered the fortification of Pančevo in 1716?
A) Evliya Çelebi
B) Claude Florimond de Mercy
C) Muhammad al-Idrisi
D) Francis II
- 67. In what year were the cadastral maps of the town recorded?
A) 1794
B) 1929
C) 1902
D) 1873
- 68. Since what year has an international and multi-cultural carnival been organized in Pančevo?
A) 2003
B) 1999
C) 1990
D) 2011
- 69. The economy of Pančevo is mostly tied to the economy of which city?
A) Novi Sad
B) Belgrade
C) Vienna
D) Budapest
- 70. Which factory is mentioned as being defunct?
A) HIP factory
B) Light bulb factory
C) UTVA
D) Chemical plant
- 71. Who signed the charter of borough rights of Pančevo in 1794?
A) Muhammad al-Idrisi
B) Claude Florimond de Mercy
C) Francis II
D) Evliya Çelebi
- 72. Who is currently described as the most successful athlete living in Pančevo?
A) Novak Đoković
B) Dušan Borković
C) Slobodan Bitević
D) Dragan Džajić
- 73. In which sport was Dušan Borković a two-time European champion?
A) Auto racing
B) Basketball
C) Handball
D) Football
- 74. What is the name of the Sports and Recreation Center in Pančevo?
A) Tamiš
B) Zelenilo
C) Mladost
D) Vojlovica
- 75. In what year was the weekly newspaper Pančevac founded?
A) 1945
B) 1992
C) 1948
D) 1869
- 76. Which newspaper is the most widely used print media of Romanians in Serbia?
A) Danas
B) Libertatea
C) Pančevac
D) RTV Pančevo
- 77. When did the TV station RTV Pančevo start broadcasting?
A) 1992
B) 1869
C) 1948
D) 1945
- 78. Which European route forms a bypass around Pančevo city center?
A) IB-14
B) E75
C) E70
D) IIA-130
- 79. How many passenger railway stations does Pančevo have?
A) Four
B) Six
C) One
D) Two
- 80. When was Pančevo connected to the European railways net?
A) 1945
B) 1947
C) 1869
D) 1894
- 81. On which river's bank is Pančevo located?
A) Tisa
B) Morava
C) Danube
D) Sava
- 82. What happens to the Tamiš river near Pančevo?
A) It flows into the Black Sea
B) It discharges into the Danube
C) It originates in the city center
D) It is a tributary of the Sava
- 83. What type of structures were built near the city during the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
A) Oil refineries
B) Public parks
C) Lighthouses
D) Railway stations
- 84. Which Spanish city has a partnership agreement with Pančevo?
A) Barcelona
B) Tarragona
C) Madrid
D) Valencia
- 85. Which professional athlete was a World and European basketball champion?
A) Stevan Bena
B) Igor Kokoškov
C) Milenko Topić
D) Nemanja Dangubić
- 86. Who was the creator of the Stratište Kod Pančeva Memorial?
A) Aleksandar Zograf
B) Milorad Bata Mihailović
C) Olja Ivanjicki
D) Nenad Trifunovski
- 87. What is the profession of Nađa Higl?
A) Swimmer
B) Basketball player
C) Football player
D) Astrophysicist
- 88. Which individual from the list is an NBA basketball coach?
A) Milenko Topić
B) Stevan Bena
C) Igor Kokoškov
D) Zoran Gajić
- 89. Who served as the President of the Circle of Serbian Sisters?
A) Olja Ivanjicki
B) Mirjana Pović
C) Marinika Tepić
D) Ljubica Luković
- 90. Which notable person was an ethnologist?
A) Ludwig von Graff
B) Milan Ćurčin
C) Jovan Erdeljanović
D) Zlatoje Martinov
- 91. Who is known as a World champion swimmer from Pančevo?
A) Anja Crevar
B) Nađa Higl
C) Stevan Bena
D) Marina Munćan
- 92. Which notable person was an astrophysicist?
A) Mirjana Pović
B) Ludwig von Graff
C) Srđan Nikolovski
D) Alexis Guedroitz
- 93. Who was the violinist mentioned in the list?
A) Slobodan Beštić
B) Dragomir Krančević
C) Milan Orlić
D) Milorad Bata Mihailović
- 94. Which notable person was a cartoonist?
A) Zlatoje Martinov
B) Nenad Trifunovski
C) Aleksandar Zograf
D) Milan Ćurčin
- 95. Which athlete is a two-time European champion in auto racing?
A) Dušan Borković
B) Bobby Despotovski
C) Stevan Bena
D) Milenko Topić
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