The ministry of the interior has published a rule-book with the 100-question supplement for the procedure of acquiring Croatian citizenship, and citizenship applicants will be expected to answer correctly at least 10 questions out of 15 questions, which will be randomly picked up from the supplement, to prove their knowledge of Croatia's society, history, culture, customs, arts, literature, sports, economy, tourism and geographic position.
For instance, those who want to become Croatian citizens will be asked questions about what town lies on four rivers, what sport Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc and Dino Radja played, the name of the world-famous Croatian female skier, what Croatia observes on 5 August, where the biggest amphitheatre is in Croatia and when the Mohac Battle was fought.
Some of those 100 questions are about the inventor and researcher, who was born in Smiljan in 1856 (Nikola Tesla), who was the leader of the Croatian peasant revolt of 1573 (Matija Gubec) and applicants may be asked to name Croatian politicians killed in the parliament in Belgrade in 1928, or to name the monument, that is the tablet which is one of the first monuments containing an inscription in the Croatian language, dating from the year 1100, or to name the Catholic Archbishop of Zagreb during WW II (Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac) who was later persecuted by the Communist regime, or who is the author of the first Croatian novel "Planine." ("Mountains") written in 1536 (Petar Zoranic).
They may be asked who was Slava Raskaj, or to name the medieval tournament still held in Sinj every summer, or to name the most popular Croatian food condiment, which is a mixture of spices and various vegetables.
The questionnaire will offer either a few answers to a question with applicants being requested to circle the correct one or they will be requested to fill in the answer.
The rule-boke also regulates the examination of the proficiency of the Croatian language and the Latin alphabet.
The rule-book was published in the Official Gazette on 26 October and is to go into effect eight days later. It was adopted by the interior minister with the approval from the ministers of science, education and culture.
