Where are many original statues kept today?

In a museum, with replicas on the bridge

Charles Bridge Quiz: Statues, Nepomuk and Prague's Towers

This Charles Bridge quiz crosses the Vltava on Prague's most famous bridge. Play 10 interactive questions on its 1357 start under Charles IV, the palindrome date legend, architect Peter Parler, the Old Town Bridge Tower, 30 Baroque statues, replicas and the Lapidarium, St John of Nepomuk thrown from the bridge, touching the plaque for luck and the egg yolk legend.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is the Charles Bridge in?
Begun
When did construction begin?
King
Which ruler is the bridge named after?
Date
What is special about the founding time in legend?
Architect
Which architect led the work?
Statues
About how many statues line the bridge?
Copies
Where are many original statues kept today?
Saint
Which saint was thrown from the bridge in 1393?
Luck
What do visitors touch for luck?
Mortar
What legend says was mixed into the mortar?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is the Charles Bridge in?
Answer: Prague
It crosses the Vltava.
Q2: When did construction begin?
Answer: 1357
It took decades to finish.
Q3: Which ruler is the bridge named after?
Answer: Charles IV
He was Holy Roman Emperor.
Q4: What is special about the founding time in legend?
Answer: It forms a numeric palindrome
1357, 9, 7, 5:31 reads the same backward.
Q5: Which architect led the work?
Answer: Peter Parler
He also worked on St Vitus Cathedral.
Q6: About how many statues line the bridge?
Answer: 30
Most were added around 1700.
Q7: Where are many original statues kept today?
Answer: In a museum, with replicas on the bridge
Weather damaged the originals.
Q8: Which saint was thrown from the bridge in 1393?
Answer: St John of Nepomuk
His statue was the first placed there.
Q9: What do visitors touch for luck?
Answer: Plaques on the Nepomuk statue
The bronze is polished bright.
Q10: What legend says was mixed into the mortar?
Answer: Egg yolks
Villages supposedly sent eggs.

Saints, Towers and Legends on the Vltava

The Charles Bridge in Prague crosses the Vltava River between the Old Town and the Lesser Town. Construction began in 1357 under Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, and legend says the foundation stone was laid at a palindromic moment: 1357, 9, 7, 5:31.

Architect Peter Parler, who also worked on St Vitus Cathedral, led the work, and the Gothic Old Town Bridge Tower guards one end. A legend claims egg yolks were mixed into the mortar to strengthen it. For centuries this was the only bridge across the river in Prague.

About 30 Baroque statues were added mostly around 1700, though many on the bridge today are replicas, with originals kept in a museum. The first was St John of Nepomuk, who was thrown from the bridge in 1393. Visitors touch the bronze plaques beneath his statue for luck, polishing them bright.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

When the bridge was built
Who built it
Which statues line it
Which saints are linked to it
Which legends surround it

Did You Know?

The bridge is open only to pedestrians.
Early morning is the quietest time to cross.
Artists and musicians perform on the bridge.
It has 16 arches.
Prague Castle rises above the Lesser Town end.