Citizen
You know the main thread of Estonian history and most of the dates that go with it.
This page describes one possible result of the quiz Estonian history quiz: 12 questions
What this means
Five to nine correct means you have the main thread: the ancient fight for freedom, Swedish and Russian rule, independence in 1918, the Treaty of Tartu in 1920, occupation in 1940 and the way back through the Singing Revolution.
What you missed were probably the questions designed to catch people who know the story but not the details. Serfdom was abolished in Estonia in 1816 but in Livonia only in 1819. The first holder of the title President of the Republic was Konstantin Päts in 1938, not Lennart Meri. The independence manifesto was first read out in Pärnu, not in Tallinn.
One or two facts like these are the gap between this level and the next. Try again: each game draws a fresh 12.
About the quiz: Estonian history quiz: 12 questions
Twelve questions on Estonian history, from the Pulli settlement and the ancient fight for freedom to the Singing Revolution and restored independence. They are drawn at random from more than 320, so every game is different. You have 10 seconds per question.
Most are school level. A few are trick questions for people who know the story but not the exact year or place. You see right away whether you were correct, and a summary at the end.
How this quiz works
The questions were written by the KahurQuiz editors, and every date and name was checked against the Estonian Encyclopaedia, the Estonian Institute's Estonica and official sources such as the Government, the Riigikogu and the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory. Questions on which historians disagree are not in the bank. Where sources use different calendars, the quiz follows the date taught in Estonian schools and used in the national calendar, for example 24 February 1918 for the declaration of independence and 25 March 1949 for the start of the March deportation.
Each game draws 12 questions at random and each correct answer scores one point: 0–4 Pupil, 5–9 Citizen and 10–12 Historian. The quiz tests knowledge of dates, places and names, not how well you understand why events happened.