CroatiaPitanje 97 · Culture and customs

The Croatian knights' tournament held every year on the first Sunday of August in Sinj, on the anniversary of the victory over the Turkish invaders on 14 August 1715, is called:

In the exam (Croatian)

Hrvatska viteška igra koja se održava svake godine u prvoj nedjelji mjeseca kolovoza u Sinju, na godišnjicu pobjede nad turskim osvajačima 14. kolovoza 1715. godine, zove se:

Correct answer

  1. Sinjska alkaAlso accepted: Alka

Why?

The Sinjska alka (the Sinj Alka) is a knights' game in which riders on horseback aim a lance at an iron ring (the alka). It is held in memory of the victory over the Ottomans in 1715 and is on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage.

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Source of the questions: Pravilnik o načinu provjere poznavanja hrvatskog jezika i latiničnog pisma, hrvatske kulture i društvenog uređenja u postupcima stjecanja hrvatskog državljanstva, Annex 1 (Narodne novine 6/2021). No official answers are published: the answers, the explanations and the English translations are ours (made with AI). This site is not official and is not affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova). The exam itself is in Croatian.

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