Did you visit Reykjavik back in the nineties and now feel you're the authority on the subject? Or maybe you worked there for a few years and have been living off the cool points this earned you ever since? If you love Iceland, or even if you're a genuine Icelander with nothing better to do, take this quiz and find out: How much do you really know about Iceland?
What do Icelanders like to do on Sunday afternoons?
A) Go walking in the nature
B) Hang out in downtown Reykjavik with their friends
C) Watch DVDs with the curtains closed
Why does Coca-Cola taste better in Iceland than other countries?
A) It's made with pure Icelandic water
B) It has more sugar in it
C) It doesn't
What is the Icelandic word for 'Please'?
A) Vinsamlegast
B) Takk
C) There isn't one
What do Icelanders like to eat?
A) Lots of seafood — Iceland is an island, after all
B) Fresh vegetables homegrown in geothermal greenhouses
C) French fries with "cocktail" sauce
Why are Icelanders more attractive than most other people?
A) They are all blonde and blue-eyed
B) They breathe fresh air and drink clean water
C) They are in-bred
How do Icelanders greet each other?
A) With a kiss on both cheeks
B) They smile and say hello
C) They don't
How many Icelanders can you fit in a Mini?
A) Two in the front, three in the back
B) The entire population, it's only small
C) None — Icelanders will only be seen in Jeeps
CLUE: The answer to everything is (C).
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oh boo! not (c) for everything? are we that terrible? well, there must be a reason i am quite happy not living there for the time being. the last point in particular. thanks for your fun-tastic blonk. h.
ReplyDeleteI had a stop-over/plane change in Reykjavik back in the 90's, does that count?
ReplyDeleteI remember browsing through the duty-free shop and seeing a lot of sweaters.
It was dark, cold and icy.
I met Magnus Magnusson once. Does that count?
ReplyDeleteI love the think about 'Please'. Thais didn't have a word for 'hello' until about 70 years ago. Instead, they said 'have you eaten yet?'.
Oh come on, Coca-Cola does taste better in Iceland! Especially when it comes along with blue cheese burger in Vitabarinn...
ReplyDeleteMy credentials: I got hammered with an Icelandic farmer (who claimed to be the country's biggest landowner) and his machinery supplier during the Agritechnica trade show in Frankfurt one night.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion: Yes, probably (C) in all cases. But why no mention of sideways-rain? The farmer talked all night about sideways-rain. The machinery guy talked about hookers, but we'll leave that alone.
Ha ha - there were a few incidences where I really wanted to remark b or a but after pondering had to be honest with myself and go for c. Then I saw the footnote.
ReplyDeleteI pine for Iceland. I loved it there. I made great friends and felt really at home. I was filming there so I saw a lot and was very privileged in that respect. The only bad thing I encountered was that I had to attend a 'puffin banquet' which involved having to politely eat puffin which had been cooked and served in lots of different and weird ways. Puffin Sushi. Puffin Tartlets. Roast/Dried puffin pieces with a smoked dressing and a sort of marinated puffin stew thing. I don't think we had Puffin Curry though which was a welcome relief. The only reason why they did it was because there was a reference in the script to 'wind-dried puffin'. The production company took this as their cue to 'treat us to everything puffin'. I was so polite and ate everything. I had to drink a lot too to overcome the puffin excess.
Having also posted this on Facebook, I love the way nobody gives a shit about my cheap jab about inbreeding but everybody is UP IN ARMS over the Coca-Cola comment — even the foreigners.
ReplyDeleteHæ H og velkominn ;)
The only food I don't like is puffin, and I'm not a fussy eater, in the slightest.
Oooh puffin curry. Any chance of a recipe? x
ReplyDeletehaha, so true :D
ReplyDeleteHey - I've never been to Iceland in my life, or even (to my knowledge) met an Icelander, and yet I got most of those right by guesswork! LOL!
ReplyDeleteIs it true there are no dogs in Reykjavic?
Well, see we are all to aware that we are pretty inbred. Despite valiant effort by our gals to make good use of the NATO navy to expand the genepool- we're still all related one way or another.
ReplyDeleteNow coka cola on the other hand... dems fightin' words
We may have to start a feud even.
Fact: I couldn't spell Iceland properly until I was about 15.
ReplyDeleteThe first question about Sunday afternoons; it always makes me laugh when foreigners say they're going walking in 'the nature'm it just sounds odd - but I can't actually think of the right word to use in English.
The nearest I've got to Iceland is reading the Iceland Weather Report blog.
ReplyDeleteCurly: Um, how did you spell it then?
ReplyDeleteJay: Is it true there are no dogs in Reykjavik? No, I think there used to be some kind of law about it but not anymore. You're not supposed to walk them down the main street though, I think. I once saw a beagle on Laugavegur though. It must have been an illegal beagle.
Also, the bar formerly known as 22 serves "toasted beagle" with smoked salmon and cream cheese.
You might not think this funny but I do...I had never (sorry) heard of that place in Iceland until I read it on your blog then I just watched a silly little movie, The Very Thought of You and they ended up in that place in Iceland. oooo weird.
ReplyDeletePop over to my blog and see what Suzanne Broughton has to say about you. I'd love to spotlight YOU if you ever have the time or desire. Have a great day!
Freaky AGAIN...you just commented on my blog as I was posting my last comment. Are we syncing or what?!
ReplyDeleteFunny funny! Oh and thanks for the quips on my site...remember, Iceland loves you baby!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I really like these sort of down to earth posts. You are making me miss the country though....
ReplyDeleteI'm making myself miss the country.
ReplyDeleteI once did a little research on "Íslendingabók" and checked whether/how I was related to everyone in my mobile phone book. As it happens I was somehow related to every single Icelandic person in it! So we are fully aware of the in-breed thing :)
ReplyDeleteMy personal favorite though is: How do Icelanders greet each other? How often have I not dodged a glare in Laugarvegur or been furious when someone's done the same to me!
Icelandsocks was hilarious by the way, thank you for the link. Even though it comes from the axes of evil that are holding me hostage on the rock :)
Excellent stuff. I saw a documentary about Iceland a couple of months ago and it looked quite the most beautiful place I had ever seen. In some respects. And I would do anything to try puffin. Do they do puffin pastry? Can you get it in London?
ReplyDeleteThat's quite spooky - I had a discussion about going to Iceland this afternoon. Always fancied it, now, not so much...
ReplyDeletePuss
It always seemed an eccentric place and I enjoyed my two days there see http://www.geraldengland.co.uk/cr/crj007.htm
ReplyDeleteclear something up for me will you. Why do Icelanders eat rotten sharks heads? Can't they get fresh ones? ;)
ReplyDeleteemmak, well, sharks heads? we eat burnt sheeps heads and rotten shark :D
ReplyDeleteactually fresh shark tastes horrible and might even be a bit poisonous. Then again, the rotten version doesn't taste any good either.
The sheeps heads, however, mmm! :þ
Toasted beagle - seen some pretty weird English translations on menus here, but this one's among the best!
hmm, btw, what's the English equivalent for: Takk fyrir matinn? ;)
ReplyDeleteI spelt it 'Iecland'. Dyslexia's a pain sometimes.
ReplyDeleteVisited the ol' block of ice a few years ago - Jaezuz those people like to drink! - especially the girls! - No mention in your quiz about the smelly dried fish that's hanging on clothes line all over the place - they eat it like cornflakes!
ReplyDeleteAnnie elskan, you forgot to include the following questions:
ReplyDeleteWhen attempting to get in shape by swimming laps at an Iceland pool, you will be:
a. Pleasantly suprised by how cheap and effective a workout plan it is.
b. Meet lots of new people and expand your social circle whilst building muscle and loosing fat.
c. Nearly drowned when run down by 80 year old Icelandic grandmothers who circle the pool like sharks and swim at roughly the same velocity as a WWII torpedo.
And
If you take part in any form of peaceful civil disobediance in Iceland you will be:
a. Looked at with bemused confusion
b. Laughed at and called a hippy by people too busy making money to do anything about it.
c. GAS! GAS! GAS!
what the heck is cocktail sauce?
ReplyDeleteJohn; cocktail sauce (kokteil sósa) is a sauce made of mayonnaise, icelandic mustard and tomato sauce. It is delicious with french fries :D !
ReplyDeleteAnd what a bunch of crap ! I am icelandic, and this island is a paradise. The landscape is so raw and beautiful. The waterfalls, the rivers, the mountains, the Blue Lagoon, Gullfoss, Geysir, everything is beautiful !
PS. Gay people can get married here...