EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS
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Bergen is second most populated city, and former capital, of what country?
The industrial city of Lodz also goes by what nickname?
There is an old joke that nobody can name five famous people from this country: like Tintin, Hercule Poirot, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Paul Reubens and Rene Magritte. What is the country?
Named for two former Yugoslavian republics, what language uses the Cyrillic alphabet in one country, and the Roman alphabet in the other?
The Atomium is an iron crystal magnified 165,000,000,000 times. Where is it?
What is the only major European river to waltz its way from west to east?
Despite coming from a town called Hell, Mona Grudt became Miss Universe 1990, although the name of her hometown actually means "cliff overhang" in what language, in which the hell below is called "helvete"?
Yanito is a mix of English and Andalusian Spanish, with bit of Moroccan Arabic, Genoese Italian and Hebrew tossed in. Where is it spoken?
Made famous in the title of a Martin Cruz Smith thriller, Gorky Park was opened in 1928 as the first "Park of Culture and Rest" in what country?
What teeny-tiny Alpine principality slipped free of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and has been independent ever since?
After the lobbying of Konrad Adenauer, who was from nearby Cologne, what city was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990?
What 984-foot structure was nearly torn down in 1909, but was saved from demolition because it had a useful radio telegraphy antenna?
Karl-Marx-Hof spans four tram stations and is said to the longest single residential building in the world. Where is this public housing complex?
Still associated with ambassadors, the Court of St James is the popular name of the royal court of what country?
Named for one of the seven hills of Rome, this palace was once the summer home of popes, then the royal residence of Italian kings, and is today the official residence of the president of Italy. What palace is this?
What name is shared by Italy's largest lake, as well as by Ireland's police?
What country borders a Belgian province of the same name, which is nearly twice as big in area?
After being attacked by British ships during the Battle of River Plate, the Admiral Graf Spee withdrew to what neutral port in 1939, where the Germans scuttled it in the first major naval battle of WWII?
What country's Carpathian Mountains are home to nearly two-thirds of Europe's bears, as Nicolae Ceaucescu forbid the hunting of them?
In what country would you find Movile Cave, a rare example of an ecosystem based on chemosynthesis?
The flag of Chad is vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, which is identical to that of which European country, particularly once it dumped its communist coat of arms from the middle?
Some people mistakenly think that this nation is named for its patron saint, whose cross appears five times on its flag. What is it?
What peninsula was known as Morea in the Middle Ages, either because it sort of looks like a mulberry leaf, or because it was densely planted with mulberry trees used by the Byzantine silk industry?
What world capital is surrounded by, but not part of, a Flemish region called Brabant?
A stronghold for the local Swedish population, Turku is the oldest city in, and was once the capital and largest city of, what nation?
Built in 1897 to celebrate the golden jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef I, the Riesenrad is the most famous attraction in a Vienna park called the Prater, and has been featured in such movies as The Third Man and The Living Daylights. What is it?
The Rathaus-Glockenspiel consists of 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures, which tell the story of a post-plague dance and the story of the marriage of Duke Wilhelm V to Renata of Lothringen. Wilhelm also founded the Hofbrauhaus, which like the glockenspiel is in what city?
La Rambla is a kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall that connects Placa de Catalunya to the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell, and that has become the heart of what city?
Consuegra in La Mancha is famous for these items, which Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha, once tilted at. What are they?
On New Year's Eve, a central square called Puerto del Sol is what city's equivalent to Times Square?
Called "Europe's most beautiful balcony," the Chemin de la Corniche offers some spectacular views of what country?
The rarely rung Zygmunt bell in Wawel Cathedral tolled on the death of John Paul II, who had been archbishop there. Where?
Known for its red-light district and cannabis-selling cafes, what city's rather appropriate symbol is three crosses, or "xxx"?
What French city is known for its spa and its Nazi collaborators?
Also referred to as the "town between the bridges," Gamla stan is the old section of what city?
What country borders the Adriatic, Ionian, Ligurian, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian seas?
The world's most famous ice hotel is also the first, and was built at Jukkasjarvi in what country?
Starting in 2005, what name was shared by a prince of Monaco and a king of Belgium?
Today, I saw the astronomical clock in the Star Mesto, then crossed the Charles Bridge to see that castle where they defenestrated the nobles. Where am I?
What country is so small that the reigning prince has traditionally invited the whole country round to his castle for refreshments on the National Day every August 15?
The industrial city of Lodz also goes by what nickname?
There is an old joke that nobody can name five famous people from this country: like Tintin, Hercule Poirot, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Paul Reubens and Rene Magritte. What is the country?
Named for two former Yugoslavian republics, what language uses the Cyrillic alphabet in one country, and the Roman alphabet in the other?
The Atomium is an iron crystal magnified 165,000,000,000 times. Where is it?
What is the only major European river to waltz its way from west to east?
Despite coming from a town called Hell, Mona Grudt became Miss Universe 1990, although the name of her hometown actually means "cliff overhang" in what language, in which the hell below is called "helvete"?
Yanito is a mix of English and Andalusian Spanish, with bit of Moroccan Arabic, Genoese Italian and Hebrew tossed in. Where is it spoken?
Made famous in the title of a Martin Cruz Smith thriller, Gorky Park was opened in 1928 as the first "Park of Culture and Rest" in what country?
What teeny-tiny Alpine principality slipped free of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and has been independent ever since?
After the lobbying of Konrad Adenauer, who was from nearby Cologne, what city was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990?
What 984-foot structure was nearly torn down in 1909, but was saved from demolition because it had a useful radio telegraphy antenna?
Karl-Marx-Hof spans four tram stations and is said to the longest single residential building in the world. Where is this public housing complex?
Still associated with ambassadors, the Court of St James is the popular name of the royal court of what country?
Named for one of the seven hills of Rome, this palace was once the summer home of popes, then the royal residence of Italian kings, and is today the official residence of the president of Italy. What palace is this?
What name is shared by Italy's largest lake, as well as by Ireland's police?
What country borders a Belgian province of the same name, which is nearly twice as big in area?
After being attacked by British ships during the Battle of River Plate, the Admiral Graf Spee withdrew to what neutral port in 1939, where the Germans scuttled it in the first major naval battle of WWII?
What country's Carpathian Mountains are home to nearly two-thirds of Europe's bears, as Nicolae Ceaucescu forbid the hunting of them?
In what country would you find Movile Cave, a rare example of an ecosystem based on chemosynthesis?
The flag of Chad is vertical bands of blue, yellow and red, which is identical to that of which European country, particularly once it dumped its communist coat of arms from the middle?
Some people mistakenly think that this nation is named for its patron saint, whose cross appears five times on its flag. What is it?
What peninsula was known as Morea in the Middle Ages, either because it sort of looks like a mulberry leaf, or because it was densely planted with mulberry trees used by the Byzantine silk industry?
What world capital is surrounded by, but not part of, a Flemish region called Brabant?
A stronghold for the local Swedish population, Turku is the oldest city in, and was once the capital and largest city of, what nation?
Built in 1897 to celebrate the golden jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef I, the Riesenrad is the most famous attraction in a Vienna park called the Prater, and has been featured in such movies as The Third Man and The Living Daylights. What is it?
The Rathaus-Glockenspiel consists of 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures, which tell the story of a post-plague dance and the story of the marriage of Duke Wilhelm V to Renata of Lothringen. Wilhelm also founded the Hofbrauhaus, which like the glockenspiel is in what city?
La Rambla is a kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall that connects Placa de Catalunya to the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell, and that has become the heart of what city?
Consuegra in La Mancha is famous for these items, which Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha, once tilted at. What are they?
On New Year's Eve, a central square called Puerto del Sol is what city's equivalent to Times Square?
Called "Europe's most beautiful balcony," the Chemin de la Corniche offers some spectacular views of what country?
The rarely rung Zygmunt bell in Wawel Cathedral tolled on the death of John Paul II, who had been archbishop there. Where?
Known for its red-light district and cannabis-selling cafes, what city's rather appropriate symbol is three crosses, or "xxx"?
What French city is known for its spa and its Nazi collaborators?
Also referred to as the "town between the bridges," Gamla stan is the old section of what city?
What country borders the Adriatic, Ionian, Ligurian, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian seas?
The world's most famous ice hotel is also the first, and was built at Jukkasjarvi in what country?
Starting in 2005, what name was shared by a prince of Monaco and a king of Belgium?
Today, I saw the astronomical clock in the Star Mesto, then crossed the Charles Bridge to see that castle where they defenestrated the nobles. Where am I?
What country is so small that the reigning prince has traditionally invited the whole country round to his castle for refreshments on the National Day every August 15?