  We present five X-ray quasars behind the Small Magellanic Cloud, increasing
the number of known quasars behind the SMC by ca. 40%. They were identified via
follow-up spectroscopy of serendipitous sources from the Chandra X-ray
Observatory matched with objects from the OGLE database. All quasars lie behind
dense parts of the SMC, and could be very useful for proper motion studies. We
analyze X-ray spectral and timing properties of the quasars. We discuss
applications of those and other recently discovered quasars behind the SMC to
the studies of absorption properties of the Cloud, its proper motion, and for
establishing the geometrical distance to the SMC.
