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Countries Flashcards

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Great Britain: Ballerina

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Dame Margot Fonteyn

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Hungary: Year of revolt against communist government

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1956

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France: Premier - 1906-1909 and 1917-1920

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Georges Clemenceau

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Brazil: Capital

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Brasilia

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France: Napoleon’s brother - King of Spain

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Joseph Bonaparte

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Great Britain: 13th century scholar and alchemist

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Roger Bacon

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7
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Greece: Last King

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Constantine II

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8
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Great Britain: National anthem

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God Save the King (Queen)

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Great Britain: Foreign ambasador’s residence

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St. James Court

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10
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France: Photography pioneer - 19th century

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Louis Deguarre

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11
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France: Prison stormed by French peasants

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Bastille

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Great Britain: Place where British fleet defeated Napoleon

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Trafalgar

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13
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France: Southern port

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Marseille

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14
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Germany: West German and German chancellor - 1982-1998

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Helmut Kohl

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15
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Australia: Color changing landmark

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Ayres Rock

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16
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Greece: Oracle site

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Delphi

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17
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Greece: Largest Island

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Crete

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18
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Greece: Mountain Pass

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Thermopylae

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19
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Cambodia: Ancient Empire

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Khmer Empire

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20
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Bahamas: Largest Island

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Andros

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21
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France: President - 1958-1969

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Charles de Gaulle

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22
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Bangladesh: Former name

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East Pakistan

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23
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India: Sitar player

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Ravi Shankar

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24
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Greece: Liquor

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Ouzo

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25
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Haiti: President - 1991-

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Jean Bertram Aristide (exiled for a time in the US)

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26
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India: Gandhi’s successor

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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27
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Greece: Second largest island

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Euboea

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28
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Germany: Emperor - 1890-1918

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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29
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Australia: Native People

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Aborigines

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30
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Great Britain: Tony Blair’s party

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Labour

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31
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France: Ruling house of France - 987-1328

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Capetians

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32
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Australia: Opera Singer

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Nellie Melba

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33
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Great Britain: 18th century furniture maker

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Thomas Chippendale

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34
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Botswana: Swamp

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Okavango

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35
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Austria: Mozart’s birthplace

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Salzburg

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36
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France: Middle age middle class

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Bourgeoisie

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37
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Great Britain: Engraver

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William Hogarth

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38
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France: Napoleon’s brother - King of Rome

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Napoleon II

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39
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Great Britain: Opponents in the War of the Roses

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Red Rose of Lancaster vs. White Rose of York

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40
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Germany: Port and second largest city

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Hamburg

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41
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Gabon: Capital

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Libreville

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42
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Australia: Reef

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Great Barrier Reef

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43
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France: Trendsetter and actress - 1890s

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Sarah Bernhardt

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44
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Brazil: Language

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Portuguese

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45
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Germany: Bauhaus architect

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Walter Gropius

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46
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France: Date of the storming of the Bastille

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July 14 1789

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47
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Great Britain: Prime minister - 1874-1880

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Benjamin Disraeli

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48
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Canada: Capital of New Brunswick

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Fredericton

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49
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Greece: Royalty

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George; Alexander

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50
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Germany: German chancellor - 1871-1890

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Otto Von Bismark

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51
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Great Britain: London museum with the Rosetta Stone

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British Museum

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52
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Germany: West German chancellor - 1974-1982

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Helmut Schmidt

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53
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Bulgaria: Capital

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Sofia

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54
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Armenia: Capital

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Yerevan

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55
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Algeria: Capital

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Algiers

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56
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Germany: 1930s actress

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Marlene Dietrich

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57
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France: Philosopher who developed analytical geometry

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Rene Descartes

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58
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Georgia (Country): Religion

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Eastern Orthodox

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59
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Angola: What country’s former colony?

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Portugal

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60
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Angola: Language

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Portuguese

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61
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India: Female prime minister - 1980-1984

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Indira Gandhi (Nehru’s daughter)

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62
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Georgia (Country): Mountains

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Caucasus

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63
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Great Britain: Man murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

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St. Thomas a Beckett

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64
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India: Capital

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New Dehli

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65
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Algeria: What country’s former colony?

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France

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66
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Germany: German for snout

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Snorkel

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67
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Bolivia: Lake

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Titicaca

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68
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Great Britain: Prime minister - 1937-1940

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Neville Chamberlain

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69
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Australia: Currency

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Dollar

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70
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Argentina: Tennis star

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Gabriela Sabatini

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71
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Germany: 18th century transcendental philosopher

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Immanuel Kant

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72
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Botswana: Capital

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Gabarone

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73
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France: Napoleon’s nephew - emperor of France - 1852-1870

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Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon)

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74
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Ethiopia: Emperor 1930-74

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Haile Selassie (aka Ras Tafari)

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75
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Haiti: Capital

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Port-au-Prince

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76
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Georgia (Country): President - 1995-

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Edvard Shevardnadze

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77
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Australia: Duckbilled mammal

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Platypus

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78
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Austria: UN Secretary-General

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Kurt Waldheim

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79
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France: Versailles’ hall

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The Hall of Mirrors

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80
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Finland: Finnish-American architect

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Eero Saarinen

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81
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Cambodia: Ancient Buddhist temple

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Angkor Wat

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82
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Argentina: President 1946-1955 and 1973-74

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Juan Peron

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83
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Ireland: Language

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Gaelic

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84
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Australia: Aboriginal rite

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Walkabout

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85
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Australia: Eastern Sea

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Tasman Sea

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86
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Argentina: Mountain

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Aconcagua (shared with Chile)

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87
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Great Britain: Prince and Princess of Wales home

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Kensington Palace

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88
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Canada: Capital of British Columbia

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Victoria (The Garden City)

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89
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Fiji: Largest Island

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Viti Levu

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90
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Argentina: Juan Peron’s second wife - died 1972

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Evita (Eva) Peron

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91
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France: Louis XVI’s Queen

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Marie Antoinette

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92
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Iceland: Major source of energy

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Geothermal

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93
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Ireland: Capital and largest city

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Dublin

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94
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France: leader deposed on 9 Thermidor - 1794

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Maximillian Robespierre

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95
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Great Britain: Admiral at Trafalgar

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Lord Horatio Nelson

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96
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Argentina: Strait

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Strait of Magellan

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97
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Great Britain: 18th century pottery maker

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Josiah Wedgewood

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98
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Germany: 16th century Reformation leader

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Martin Luther

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99
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Great Britain: Constable’s rival

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William Turner

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100
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Hungary: Patron Saint

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St. Stephen

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101
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France: Paris site of the tomb of the unknown soldier

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Arc de Triomphe

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102
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Great Britain: Commander defeated at Khartoum - 1884

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Charles (Chinese) Gordon

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103
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Ireland: patron saint

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St. Patrick

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104
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Belgium: Currency

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Franc

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105
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Germany: Home of Wagner music festival

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Bayreuth

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106
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Australia: Western City

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Perth

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107
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Finland: Runner known as the “Flying Finn”

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Paavo Nurmi

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108
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Iran: Persian prophet 6th century BC

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Zoroaster

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109
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Belgium: Other royalty

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Leopold I and II; Baudouin

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110
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Hungary: Language

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Magyar

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111
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Australia: Actor

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Paul Hogan

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112
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Bulgaria: Royalty

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King Boris III

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113
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France: Empire including France - 900 AD

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Carolingian

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114
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Azerbaijan: Mountains

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Caucasus

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115
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Austria: Newspaper

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Wiener Zuting

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116
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Afghanistan: Capital

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Kabul

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117
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Haiti: President - 1971-1986

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Jean Claude Duvalier (“Baby Doc”)

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118
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Ireland: second largest city

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Cork

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119
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Iraq: Northern minority group

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Kurds

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120
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Cambodia: Capital

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Phnom Penh

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121
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Greece: largest port

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Piraeus

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122
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Great Britain: London park known for its orators

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Hyde Park

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123
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Germany: German-American Physicist

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Albert Einstein

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124
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Azerbaijan: Capital

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Baku

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125
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Great Britain: Landscape painter

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John Constable

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126
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Albania: Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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Mother Teresa

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127
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India: Guitar

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Sitar

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128
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Iceland: 12th to 13th century literature

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Eddas

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129
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France: Island where Major Dreyfus was exiled

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Devil’s Island

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130
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Belgium: Largest port

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Antwerp (major diamond processing center)

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131
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Algeria: 16th century fortress

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Casbah

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132
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Guinea-Bissau: Capital

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Bisseau

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133
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Germany: West German chancellor - 1969-1974

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Willy Brandt

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134
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Indonesia: Capital and largest city

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Jakarta

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135
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Germany: President of German Republic - 1925-1934

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Paul von Hindenburg

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136
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Germany: Airship

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Zeppelin

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137
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Great Britain: Capital of British India

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Calcutta

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138
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Greece: Sappho’s island

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Lesbos

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139
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Indonesia: Volcanic island - erupted in 1883

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Krakatoa

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140
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Ireland: Accent

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Brogue

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141
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Germany: Oldest European university city

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Heidelberg

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142
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Great Britain: London Baroque cathedral (burned 1666)

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St. Paul’s Cathedral

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Botswana: Former Name

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Bechuanaland

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France: French leader - subject of a David painting

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Jean Marat

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Great Britain: Last Governor General of India - 1947

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Lord Mountbatten

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Germany: Chemist

A

Robert Bunsen

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Great Britain: King who signed the Magna Carta - 1215

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King John

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Indonesia: Other main islands

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Sumatra; Borneo; New Guinea

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Australia: States

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New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Tasmania

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Canada: The Prairie Provice

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Manitoba

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Greece: Tallest mountain

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Olympus

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Germany: German for Count

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Graf

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France: Paris river

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Seine

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Honduras: Language

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Spanish

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France: French Protestants

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Huguenots

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Belgium: Cheese

A

Limburger

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Great Britain: Lord chancellor - 1618-1626 and philosopher

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Francis Bacon

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Iran: Darius’ son - defeated by Athens - 480 BC

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Xerxes

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France: Palace built by Louis XIV

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Versailles

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160
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France: She killed Marat

A

Charlotte Corday

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France: Porcelain city

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Limoges

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France: Founder of modern chemistry

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Antoinne Lavosier

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Ireland: Glass works city

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Waterford

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Germany: Annual Bavarian party

A

Oktoberfest

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Australia: Eucalyptus eater

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Koala Bear

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Great Britain: British ambassador to Turkey - 1799-1803

A

Lord Thomas Elgin (Elgin Marbles)

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Cambodia: Royalty

A

King Norodom Sihanouk

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Great Britain: Prime minister - 1955-1957

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Earl Anthony Eden

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169
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France: Probability pioneer

A

Blaise Pascal

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170
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Germany: German for Substitute

A

Ersatz

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171
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Germany: German for Ghostly double

A

Doppelganger

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Germany: Capital of Bavaria

A

Munich

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France: Grand dictionary lexicographer

A

Pierre Larouse

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Germany: Weimar school of arts and crafts

A

Bauhaus

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France: Louis XIV’s imprisoned brother (if that’s true)

A

The Man in the Iron Mask

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Great Britain: Second largest city

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Birmingham

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Indonesia: Leader forced to resign - 1998

A

Suharto

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Argentina: Plains

A

The Pampas

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179
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India: Former Portuguese colony

A

Goa

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180
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Great Britain: London insane asylum

A

Bedlam

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181
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Germany: Capital

A

Berlin

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Australia: Gum Tree

A

Eucalyptus

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Brazil: Stadium

A

Maracana Stadium

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Australia: Longest River

A

Darling River

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185
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Great Britain: Ancient astronomical stone relic

A

Stonehenge

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186
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India: Taj Mahal builder

A

Sha Jihan

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187
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Austria: Winter Olympics site - 1964 and 1976

A

Innsbruck

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188
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France: Ballooning brothers - 1793

A

Montgolfier brothers

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189
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Germany: City known for its baths

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Baden Baden

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190
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Great Britain: Major river

A

Thames

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France: Hot summer month

A

Thermidor

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192
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Iceland: Capital

A

Reykjavik

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193
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Great Britain: Home of British monarchs

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Buckingham Palace

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Australia: Nickname

A

“The Land Down Under”

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195
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Great Britain: Battle ending the Norman Conquest

A

Battle of Hastings

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196
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Georgia (Country): Sea

A

Black Sea

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Brazil: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

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198
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Great Britain: Prime minister - 1945-1951

A

Clement Attlee

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Austria: Currency

A

Shilling

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200
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Germany: West German chancellor - 1949-1963

A

Konrad Adenauer (Der Alte)

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201
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France: Film festival city

A

Cannes

202
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Greece: Greek-American Opera singer

A

Maria Callas

203
Q

Brazil: Royalty

A

Pedro I and II

204
Q

Andorra: Mountains

A

Pyrenees

205
Q

Bolivia: Mineral held in large deposits

A

Tin

206
Q

Haiti: President - 1806-1820

A

Henri Christophe

207
Q

Germany: German for Child prodigy

A

Wunderkind

208
Q

Albania: Royalty

A

King Zog

209
Q

Armenia: Mountains

A

Caucasus

210
Q

Afghanistan: Ruling Party until US invasion

A

Taliban

211
Q

Australia: Largest Island

A

Tasmania

212
Q

Great Britain: Declaration calling for a Jewish homeland - 1917

A

Balfour Declaration

213
Q

Belgium: City of treaty that ended war of 1812

A

Ghent

214
Q

Great Britain: Private residence of British monarchs

A

Balmoral Castle

215
Q

Australia: Prime Minister - 1991-1996

A

Bob Hanke

216
Q

Iran: Currency

A

Rial

217
Q

Great Britain: Playwright

A

Harold Pinter

218
Q

France: Philosophical document of the revolution - 1789

A

Declaration of the Rights of Man

219
Q

Germany: German for Dumplings

A

Spaetzle

220
Q

Australia: Wild dog

A

Dingo

221
Q

Haiti: Island

A

Hispaniola

222
Q

France: Brigitte Bardot’s tourist city

A

St. Tropez

223
Q

Canada: Capital of Alberta

A

Edmonton

224
Q

Great Britain: Conquest of 1066

A

Norman Conquest

225
Q

Brazil: Religious statue overlooking Rio

A

Christ the Redeemer

226
Q

Indonesia: Island in South Pacific and resort

A

Bali

227
Q

Argentina: Language

A

Spanish

228
Q

Australia: Second largest city

A

Melbourne

229
Q

Belgium: Capital and largest city

A

Brussels (NATO hq)

230
Q

Belgium: Ethnic groups

A

Flemings; Walloons

231
Q

Belgium: Flemish cartographer

A

Mercator

232
Q

India: Clarified butter

A

Ghee

233
Q

Great Britain: Oxford’s rival

A

Cambridge

234
Q

Great Britain: Man who found David Livingstone

A

Henry Morton Stanley

235
Q

Belgium: Language

A

Flemish

236
Q

Andorra: Principal language

A

Catalan

237
Q

Great Britain: Mau Mau rebellion country

A

Kenya

238
Q

Australia: Stagnant water

A

Billabong

239
Q

Great Britain: Boys prep school - founded 1440

A

Eton

240
Q

France: Current Government

A

The Fifth Republic

241
Q

Ethiopia: Country newly independent from Ethiopia

A

Eritrea

242
Q

Finland: Currency

A

Markka

243
Q

Great Britain: Capital and largest city

A

London

244
Q

Afghanistan: Mountain pass

A

Khyber Pass

245
Q

Andorra: Capital

A

Andorra la Vella

246
Q

Great Britain: London square with Lord Nelson’s statue

A

Trafalgar Square

247
Q

Ethiopia: Capital

A

Addis Ababa

248
Q

Iraq: Capital

A

Baghdad

249
Q

Greece: Ancient King of Crete

A

Minos

250
Q

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Author of teen diary

A

Zlata (Frankovich)

251
Q

France: Mustard region

A

Dijon

252
Q

India: Spice

A

Curry

253
Q

Africa’s smallest mainland country

A

Gambia

254
Q

France: Philosopher and Armine Bejart’s lover

A

Moliere

255
Q

Hungary: 19th century composer and piano virtuoso

A

Franz Liszt

256
Q

Bolivia: Legal Capital

A

Sucre

257
Q

Bolivia: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

258
Q

Ireland: Lakes

A

Lakes of Killarney

259
Q

Great Britain: Encyclopedia - debuting in 1768

A

Encyclopedia Britannica

260
Q

Burkina Faso: Former name

A

Upper Volta

261
Q

Argentina: Southern island shared with Chile

A

Tierra del Fuego

262
Q

France: President - 1995 -

A

Jacques Chirac

263
Q

Great Britain: London church where monarchs are crowned

A

Westminster Abby

264
Q

Bolivia: Language

A

Spanish

265
Q

Bahamas: Columbus’ original landing point

A

San Salvador

266
Q

Great Britain: Battle ending the War of the Roses

A

Battle of Bosworth Field

267
Q

Great Britain: Romance Novelist

A

Barbara Cartland

268
Q

Cambodia: Religion

A

Buddhism

269
Q

Angola: Indigenous People

A

Bantu

270
Q

Botswana: Desert

A

Kalahari

271
Q

Great Britain: Prime minister - 1940-45 and 1951-1955

A

Sir Winston Churchill

272
Q

Ireland: Dublin college

A

Trinity

273
Q

Great Britain: London wax museum

A

Madame Tussaud’s

274
Q

Greece: Ancient Crete capital

A

Knossos

275
Q

Georgia (Country): Capital

A

Tbilisi

276
Q

Greece: second largest city

A

Thessalonika

277
Q

France: Louis XV’s lover

A

Madame Pompadour

278
Q

Ireland: third largest city

A

limerick

279
Q

Belarus: Capital

A

Minsk

280
Q

Germany: Airship that set Atlantic crossing record - 1929

A

Graf Zeppelin

281
Q

Guatemala: Capital

A

Guatemala City

282
Q

Belgium: Fictional Detective

A

Hercule Poirot

283
Q

Ghana: UN Secretary-General

A

Kofi Annon

284
Q

Greece: Shipping magnate

A

Aristotle Onassis

285
Q

India: Largest City

A

Bombay

286
Q

France: Spa city and World War II capital

A

Vichy

287
Q

Belgium: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

288
Q

Bahamas: Nassau island

A

New Providence

289
Q

Great Britain: African explorer who discovered lake Victoria

A

John Speke

290
Q

France: Napoleon’s third wife

A

Eugenie

291
Q

Germany: Physicist

A

Max Plank

292
Q

Argentina: Cowboys

A

Gauchos

293
Q

Argentina: Gaucho Weapon

A

Bola

294
Q

India: Currency

A

Rupee

295
Q

France: He defeated Napoleon at Waterloo

A

Duke of Wellington

296
Q

France: Marie Antoinette’s mother

A

Maria Teresa (of the Hapsburgs)

297
Q

Cambodia: Communist organization

A

Khmer Rouge

298
Q

Albania: Capital

A

Tirana

299
Q

Germany: Industrial region

A

Ruhr

300
Q

France: Capital and largest city

A

Paris

301
Q

Australia: Harbor Bridge location

A

Sydney

302
Q

Germany: Airship that blew up at Lakehurst - NJ - 1937

A

Hindenburg

303
Q

Argentina: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

304
Q

Germany: Hamburg river

A

Elbe

305
Q

Great Britain: Rhodes scholars attend this university

A

Oxford

306
Q

France: Largest auto company

A

Renault

307
Q

Germany: Playwright

A

Bertolt Brecht

308
Q

Brazil: River

A

Amazon

309
Q

Great Britain: 17th century diarist

A

Samuel Pepys

310
Q

Germany: West German Capital

A

Bonn

311
Q

Hungary: 20th century composer

A

Bela Bartok

312
Q

Brazil: Actress who wore fruit on her head

A

Carmen Miranda

313
Q

Finland: Gulf

A

Gulf of Bothnia

314
Q

Great Britain: British calvary troops of India

A

Bengal Lancers

315
Q

Australia: Singer

A

Olivia Newton John

316
Q

Belgium: Flemish painter

A

Sir Anthony Van Dyck

317
Q

Greece: Plain

A

Marathon

318
Q

Great Britain: Prime minister 1990-1997

A

John Major

319
Q

Australia: Sydney Harbor Landmark

A

The Opera House

320
Q

Great Britain: Prime minister 1979-1990

A

Margaret Thatcher

321
Q

Great Britain: 1381 John Bull and Watt Tyler tax revolt

A

Peasant’s revolt

322
Q

Great Britain: Prime minister - 1997-

A

Tony Blair

323
Q

France: socialist president - 1981-1995

A

Francois Mitterand

324
Q

Australia: Lake

A

Lake Eyre

325
Q

Great Britain: London area with stature of Eros

A

Piccadilly Circus

326
Q

Germany: German Chancellor 1998-

A

Gerhard Schroeder

327
Q

Germany: Astronomer

A

Johannes Kepler

328
Q

Great Britain: Stonehenge plain

A

Salisbury

329
Q

Iceland: Currency

A

Krona

330
Q

Brunei: Island

A

Borneo

331
Q

France: Cardinal who opposed the Huguenots - 1629

A

Cardinal Richielieu

332
Q

Australia: Bay

A

Botany Bay

333
Q

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Capital

A

Sarajevo

334
Q

Ghana: US ambassador

A

Shirley Temple Black

335
Q

Austria: Composer

A

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

336
Q

Great Britain: Late 19th century Prime Minister four times

A

William Gladstone

337
Q

Belgium: WW I cemetary

A

Flanders field

338
Q

France: Tourist coast

A

Cote d’Azur

339
Q

Antigua and Barbuda: Capital

A

St. John’s

340
Q

Argentina: Currency

A

Peso

341
Q

Great Britain: Palace that burned - 1997

A

Windsor Castle

342
Q

France: Stained glass cathedral city

A

Chartres

343
Q

Ghana: Capital

A

Accra

344
Q

Hungary: Hungarian-American actress sisters

A

Magda - Zsa Zsa - and Eva Gabor

345
Q

Great Britain: Nanny’s formal name

A

Governess

346
Q

India: Vivian Leigh’s birthplace and tea center

A

Darjeeling

347
Q

Bangladesh: Capital

A

Dhaka

348
Q

Australia: Olympic sites

A

Summer 1956 in Melbourne - Summer 2000 in Sydney

349
Q

Iran: Revolutionary government head - 1979-1989

A

Ayatollah Khomeini

350
Q

Brazil: Rio beaches

A

Copacabana and Ipanima

351
Q

India: Prime minister - 1984-1988

A

Rajiv Gandhi (Indira’s son)

352
Q

Gambia: Capital

A

Banjul

353
Q

Grenada: Capital

A

St. George’s

354
Q

Great Britain: Westminster Abby cemetery

A

Poet’s Corner

355
Q

Austria: Vienna psychoanaysis pioneer

A

Sigmund Freud

356
Q

Indonesia: Island fighting for independence

A

East Timor

357
Q

Great Britain: British dungeon in India

A

Black hole of Calcutta

358
Q

Great Britain: Hot springs city

A

Bath

359
Q

Great Britain: News Service

A

Reuters

360
Q

India: Agra Shrine

A

Taj Mahal

361
Q

France: Paris’ oldest bridge

A

Pont Neuf

362
Q

France: Former seat of the Papacy

A

Avignon

363
Q

France: Day the Huguenots were massacred

A

St. Bartholomew’s Day

364
Q

Estonia: Capital

A

Tallinn

365
Q

France: Ruling family - 14th to 19th century

A

Bourbons

366
Q

Germany: J.S. Bach’s composer son

A

C.P.E. Bach

367
Q

France: The Sun King

A

Louis XIV

368
Q

Angola: Capital

A

Luanda

369
Q

France: Robespierre’s supporters

A

Jacobins

370
Q

Iran: Persian empire founder - 548 BC

A

Cyrus the Great

371
Q

Germany: Won Nobel Peace Prize in 1971

A

Willy Brandt

372
Q

Bangladesh: Bay

A

Bey of Bengal

373
Q

Burkina Faso: Capital

A

Ouagadougou

374
Q

Belize: Capital

A

Belmopan

375
Q

Haiti: President - 1957-1971

A

Francois Duvalier (“Papa Doc”)

376
Q

Iraq: Currency

A

Dinar

377
Q

Greece: Acropolis’ landmark

A

Parthenon

378
Q

Bahamas: second largest city

A

Freeport

379
Q

Germany: Steel making family

A

Krupp

380
Q

Great Britain: Explorer who spoke 29 languages and translated Arabian Nights

A

Sir Richard Burton

381
Q

Great Britain: Place where Magna Carta was signed

A

Runnymede

382
Q

Great Britain: Wall hanging depicting the Norman Conquest

A

Bayeux Tapestry

383
Q

Afghanistan: Freedom Fighters

A

Mudjaheddin

384
Q

Belgium: Surrealist

A

Rene Magritte

385
Q

Iran: Persian defeated at Marathon - 490 BC

A

Darius I

386
Q

Finland: Capital

A

Helsinki

387
Q

France: Floral symbol

A

Fleur-de-lis

388
Q

Australia: Largest City

A

Sydney

389
Q

France: Baby doctor

A

Ferdinand Lamaze

390
Q

Indonesia: President 1999-

A

Abdurrahman Wahid

391
Q

France: President - 1969-1974

A

Georges Pompidou

392
Q

Honduras: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

393
Q

Iraq: President - 1979-2003

A

Saddam Hussein

394
Q

Argentina: Juan Peron’s third wife and president 1974-76

A

Isabelle Peron

395
Q

Australia: Female Author

A

Colleen McCullough

396
Q

Cambodia: Former name

A

Kampuchea

397
Q

Germany: Currency

A

Mark

398
Q

India: Divisional system of society

A

Caste system

399
Q

Germany: Baroque composer

A

Johann Sebastian Bach

400
Q

Australia: Prime Minister after 1996

A

John Howard

401
Q

Brazil: Largest City

A

Sao Paulo

402
Q

Great Britain: Prime minister - 1916-1922

A

David Lloyd-George

403
Q

Largest of Caribbean Leeward Islands

A

Antigua and Barbuda

404
Q

Belize: Former Name

A

British Honduras

405
Q

Austria: Holy Roman Empress

A

Maria Theresa

406
Q

Brazil: Currency

A

Cruzeiro

407
Q

Great Britain: Royal seaside resort

A

Brighton

408
Q

India: Indian-American conductor

A

Zubin Mehta

409
Q

Brazil: Former Capital

A

Rio de Janeiro

410
Q

Hungary: Capital

A

Budapest

411
Q

Greece: Capital and largest city

A

Athens

412
Q

France: Napoleon’s second wife

A

Josephine

413
Q

Ghana: Former name

A

Gold Coast

414
Q

France: Paris gardens

A

Tulleries

415
Q

Great Britain: British West Point

A

Sandhurst

416
Q

Germany: 19th century publisher

A

Baedeker

417
Q

Great Britain: Travel agency founder - 1828

A

Thomas Cook

418
Q

France: Army officer stripped of honor - 1895

A

Major Alfred Dreyfus

419
Q

Argentina: Desert

A

Atacama

420
Q

Greece: Peninsula

A

Peloponnesus

421
Q

Great Britain: Lord Nelson’s Lover

A

Emma Hamilton

422
Q

Argentina: Falkland Islands Argentine name

A

Malvinas

423
Q

Azerbaijan: World Chess champion - 1985-2000

A

Garry Kasparov

424
Q

Great Britain: Jockey and mystery writer

A

Dick Francis

425
Q

Great Britain: British envoy held hostage in Lebanon

A

Terry Waite

426
Q

Great Britain: Lord Protector - 1653-1658

A

Oliver Cromwell

427
Q

Indonesia: Suharto’s predecessor

A

Sukarno

428
Q

Belgium: Current King

A

Albert II

429
Q

India: Gandhi’s “Children of God”

A

The Untouchables

430
Q

Iran: Police

A

Savak

431
Q

France: He defended Major Dreyfus with J’Accuse

A

Emile Zola

432
Q

Greece: Religion

A

Greek Orthodox

433
Q

Austria: Actor

A

Arnold Schwarzeneggar

434
Q

Hungary: Tennis player

A

Ilia Nastase

435
Q

Belgium: Artist who taught van Dyck

A

Peter Paul Rubens

436
Q

Germany: city destroyed in allied firestorm

A

Dresden

437
Q

Australia: Tennis grand slam winner

A

Margaret Court

438
Q

Guatemala: Currency

A

Quetzal

439
Q

Great Britain: Conqueror of India - 1755-1756

A

Robert Clive (of Plassey)

440
Q

Azerbaijan: Lake

A

Caspian Sea

441
Q

Belarus: Currency

A

Ruble

442
Q

Argentina: Capital

A

Buenos Aires

443
Q

Argentina: Southern Plateau

A

Patagonia

444
Q

Canada: Capital of Nova Scotia

A

Halifax

445
Q

Bermuda: Capital

A

Hamilton

446
Q

Great Britain: 17th century philosopher

A

John Locke

447
Q

Honduras: Capital

A

Tegucigalpa

448
Q

Greece: Currency

A

Drachma

449
Q

India: Wheel of Law

A

Dharma Chakra

450
Q

Cambodia: Khmer Rouge leader - died in 1998

A

Pol Pot

451
Q

Canada: Capital of Manitoba

A

Winnipeg

452
Q

France: 12th century minstrels

A

Troubadours

453
Q

Great Britain: Surveyor General of India - 1830-1841

A

Sir George Everest

454
Q

Great Britain: 19th century anatomist

A

Henry Grey

455
Q

Iran: Capital

A

Teheran

456
Q

Hungary: Leader of 1956 revolt

A

Imre Nagy

457
Q

Great Britain: Historian

A

Kenneth Clark

458
Q

Finland: composer

A

Jean Sebelius

459
Q

France: President - 1974-1981

A

Valery Giscard d’Estaing

460
Q

Germany: Aspirin manufacturer

A

Bayer

461
Q

India: Site of 1984 Union Carbide disaster

A

Bophal

462
Q

Brunei: Ruler (by decree)

A

The Sultan of Brunei

463
Q

Argentina: Juan Peron’s presidency

A

1946-1955 and 1973-74

464
Q

Greece: Greek-American Tennis player

A

Pete Sampras

465
Q

Australia: Super Model

A

Elle McPherson

466
Q

Indonesia: Jakarta’s Island

A

Java

467
Q

France: National Anthem

A

Les Marseilles

468
Q

Germany: Noble family

A

Hohenzollern

469
Q

Iran: President - 1989-

A

Rafsanjani

470
Q

Iran: Persian poet

A

Omar Khayyam

471
Q

Australia: Media Magnate

A

Rupert Murdoch

472
Q

Honduras: Coastal Indians

A

Mesquita

473
Q

Bolivia: Administrative capital

A

La Paz

474
Q

India: Prophet of nonviolence - assassinated in 1948

A

Mahatma Gandhi

475
Q

Austria: Dynasty - 1247-1918

A

Habsburg

476
Q

Fiji: Capital

A

Suva

477
Q

Great Britain: Port where the Beatles originated

A

Liverpool

478
Q

Great Britain: Female in parliament - 1919-1945

A

Lady Nancy Astor

479
Q

Canada: Canada’s newest province

A

Newfoundland

480
Q

Iceland: Major Religion

A

Lutheranism

481
Q

Bangladesh: Language

A

Bengali

482
Q

Australia: North coast city

A

Darwin

483
Q

Australia: Capital

A

Canberra

484
Q

Great Britain: Major and Thatcher’s party

A

Conservative

485
Q

Great Britain: Insurance Agency

A

Lloyd’s of London

486
Q

Honduras: Northern Indians and Pyramid builders

A

Mayans

487
Q

Guatemala: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

488
Q

Great Britain: 17th century poet and dramatist

A

John Dryden

489
Q

Iran: Shah of Iran - 1941-1979

A

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

490
Q

Germany: German for Pipe

A

Meerschaum

491
Q

Belgium: Colony

A

The Belgian Congo

492
Q

Finland: Northern herdsmen

A

Lapps

493
Q

Germany: Twin tower cathedral city

A

Cologne

494
Q

Great Britain: 1455-1485 war

A

War of the Roses

495
Q

Austria: Capital and largest city

A

Vienna (The Waltz City)

496
Q

Argentina: River

A

Rio de la Plata

497
Q

Bahamas: Capital and largest city

A

Nassau

498
Q

Great Britain: Barrister

A

Lawyer

499
Q

France: Jacques Chirac’s position before president

A

Mayor of Paris

500
Q

Belarus: Religion

A

Eastern Orthodox

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