Countries 2 Flashcards
1
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Romania: Sculptor
A
Constantin Brancusi
2
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Poland: port
A
Gdansk (aka Danzig)
3
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Scotland: Ancient name
A
Caledonia
4
Q
South Africa: Executive Capital
A
Pretoria
5
Q
Australia: Sydney airport
A
Kingsford Smith Airport
6
Q
Turkey: President - 1923-1938
A
Kemal Ataturk
7
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Uganda: Capital
A
Kampala
8
Q
Chile: Poet
A
Pablo Neruda
9
Q
Canada: Capital of Saskatchewan
A
Regina
10
Q
Russia: “Great” Tsarina - 1762-1796
A
Catherine the Great
11
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Ecuador: Capital
A
Quito
12
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South Korea: Capital
A
Seoul
13
Q
China: Industrial objective - 1956
A
Great Leap Forward
14
Q
Sudan: Capital
A
Khartoum
15
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Sri Lanka: Main export
A
Tea
16
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Canada: NW Territory lake
A
Great Slave lake
17
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Singapore: Capital
A
Singapore
18
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Canada: Capital of Prince Edward Island
A
Charlottetown
19
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Tanzania: National Park
A
Serengeti National Park
20
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Columbia: Author
A
Gabriel Marquez
21
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The only christian majority asian country
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The Philippines
22
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Canada: Second Largest City
A
Montreal
23
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South Africa: Farmer
A
Boer
24
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Russia: Soviet dictator - 1918-1924
A
Vladimir Lenin
25
China: longest river
Yangtze
26
China: Art of Furniture arranging
Feng Shui
27
Russia: News agency
Tass
28
South Africa: Heart transplant doctor
Dr. Christian Barnard
29
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.): Capital
Abu Dhabi
30
Egypt: Christian sect
Coptic
31
Thailand: Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
32
Switzerland: Capital
Bern
33
Taiwan: Capital
Taipei
34
Chile: Mineral held in large deposits
Copper
35
Poland: Pianist and Prime Minister - 1919
Ignace Paderewski
36
China: Counting table
Abacus
37
Sweden: Buxom actress
Anita Ekberg
38
Surinam: Capital
Paramaribo
39
World's largest Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
40
Sweden: Swedish nightingale
Jenny Lind
41
Canada: Largest City
Toronto
42
Russia: Soviet premier - 1984-1985
Constantine Chernyenko
43
Thailand: Northern City
Chang Mai
44
Ecuador: Islands
Galapagos Islands
45
Canada: Number of provinces
Ten
46
Egypt: Pharoh who fathered 160 children
Ramses II
47
Cuba: Castro's revolutionary aide
Che Guevera
48
Taiwan: Island
Formosa
49
South Africa: Provinces
Natal; Orang Free State; Transvaal; Cape
50
Turkey: Empires
Byzantine; Ottoman
51
China: Capital
Beijing (formerly Peking)
52
Denmark: Royalty
Queen Margarethe II
53
Vietnam: Southern capital
Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)
54
The Philippines: Marcos' wife - known for thousands of shoes
Imelda
55
South Africa: Female author
Nadine Gordimer
56
Canada: Capital of Quebec
Quebec City
57
The Philippines: Exiled and assassinated activist
Benigno Aquino
58
The Philippines: second largest religious group
Islam
59
Scotland: Jacobites supported him
Bonnie Prince Charlie
60
Turkey: Currency
Lira
61
The Vatican: Basilica
St. Peter's
62
Czech Republic: _The Bartered Bride_ composer
Bedrich Smetana
63
Switzerland: Male Psychiatrist
Carl Jung
64
Russia: Royal family
Romanov
65
Sweden: Capital
Stockholm
66
Saudi Arabia: Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
67
Canada: Liberal prime minster after 1993
Jean Chretien
68
South Korea: Major city in the southeast
Pusan
69
Egypt: River
Nile
70
Tanzania: Mountain
Kilimanjaro
71
Canada: French-Canadian prime minister 1968-1979 and 1980-1984
Pierre Trudeau
72
Spain: Capital
Madrid
73
China: Chinese-American architect
I.M. Pei
74
Denmark: Copenhagen harbor figure
The Little Mermaid
75
Canada: Montreal University
Mcgill
76
Czech Republic: _New World Symphony_ or Bohemian composer
Antonin Dvorak
77
Egypt: Akhenaton's wife
Nefertiti
78
China: Head of government - 1976-1992
Deng Xiaoping
79
Canada: Largest Island
Baffin Island
80
Ukraine: Sea
Black Sea
81
Romania: Capital
Bucharest
82
Canada: Longest River
Mackenzie
83
Russia: Currency
Ruble
84
Egypt: Man who overthrew King Farouk - 1952
Abdul Nasser
85
Ecuador: Language
Spanish
86
Scotland: Steel Magnate and Philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
87
Egypt: Pharoh who died at age 18 - c. 1350 BC
Tutankhamen
88
Scotland: Islands
Inner and Outer Hebrides; Orkney
89
Russia: Soviet premier - 1982-1984
Yuri Andropov
90
Columbia: Currency
Peso
91
Egypt: Canal
Suez
92
Saudi Arabia: King - 1964-1975
King Faisal
93
Portugal: Wine
Port
94
Scotland: Author who died in Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
95
South Africa: Female barefoot runner
Zola Budd
96
Chad: Capital
N'djamena
97
South Africa: Actress and dancer
Juliet Prowse
98
Zambia: former name
Northern Rhodesia
99
Turkey: Istanbul strait
Bosporus
100
Switzerland: Currency
Franc
101
South Africa: Indian Ocean port
Durban
102
Spain: Guitarist
Andres Segovia
103
Denmark: Peninsula
Jutland
104
South Africa: President 1984-1989
Pieter Botha
105
Denmark: Flag
Dannenbrog (world's oldest flag)
106
South Korea: President assassinated in 1979
Park Chung-Hee
107
Columbia: Drug cartels
Cali; Medellin
108
Ukraine: Mountains
Carpathians
109
Switzerland: Largest City
Zurich
110
Vietnam: Bay
Cam Ranh
111
Scotland: Hills
Lammermoors
112
South Korea: Symbol on flag
Yin and Yang
113
Spain: King Ferdinand's region of northeast Spain
Aragon
114
South Africa: Judicial Capital
Bloemfontein
115
Canada: National Anthem
O Canada
116
Venezuela: Currency
Bolivar
117
Sudan: Rivers
Nile; White Nile; Blue Nile
118
Uganda: Israeli raid city
Entebbe
119
Yugoslavia: Breakaway province
Kosovo
120
Surinam: Currency
Guilder
121
Chile: Revolutionary leader - 1817-23
Bernardo O'Higgins
122
China: Ancient philosopher
Confucius
123
Scotland: Robert I royal house
Bruce
124
China: Beijing temple
Temple of Heaven
125
Spain: Windmill region
La Mancha
126
Spain: Royalty names
Alfonso XIII; Phillip II
127
El Salvador: President 1980-82 and 1984-89
Jose Napolean Duarte
128
Sri Lanka: Language
Singhalese
129
Thailand: Religion
Buddhism
130
Vietnam: North Vietnam leader - 1945-1969
Ho Chi Minh
131
Portugal: Capital
Lisbon
132
Canada: Yukon gold rush area
Klondike
133
Switzerland: former name
Helvetia
134
Ukraine: Capital
Kiev
135
Switzerland: Philosopher
Jean Jacques Rousseau
136
Russia: Lenin's majority
Bolshevik
137
Chile: Capital
Santiago
138
Saudi Arabia: Islamic holy cities
Mecca; Medina
139
Russia: Russian president - 1999-
Vladimir Putin
140
Spain: _The Uprising of the 2nd of May_ painter
Francisco Goya
141
China: premier under Mao Tse-Tung
Chou Enlai
142
China: last emperor
Pu-Yi
143
Largest island in the Caribbean
Cuba
144
Thailand: Resort Island
Phuket
145
Sweden: Feast
Smorgasbord
146
Chile: Man who overthrew Allende
Augusto Pinochet
147
Sri Lanka: Former name
Ceylon
148
Senegal: Capital
Dakar
149
Romania: Mad King
Ludwig II
150
Sri Lanka: Author
Arthur C. Clarke
151
Spain: 16th century military adventurers
Conquistadores
152
China: site of world's largest McDonald's
Beijing
153
Denmark: Explorer
Vitus Bering
154
Scotland: City and breed of cattle
Aberdeen
155
Russia: Confederation
Commonwealth of Independent States
156
Egypt: Amenhotep III's son - 17th century BC
Akhenaton
157
South Africa: Martyred leader
Steven Biko
158
Russia: Dramatist
Nikolai Golgol
159
Wales: Welsh for William
Liam
160
Slovakia: Capital
Bratislava
161
Egypt: second largest city
Alexandria
162
China: Chinese-Amerian Sleuth
Charlie Chan
163
Costa Rica: Nobel Peace Prize - 1987
Oscar Arias Sanchez
164
Russia: built the Hermitage
Catherine the Great
165
Vietnam: South Vietnam leader - Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1973
Le Duc Tho
166
Sweden: Actor
Max Von Sydow
167
Vietnam: Gulf
Tonkin
168
Tanzania: Capital
Dodoma
169
South Africa: Nonviolence advocate and Nobel peace Price winner - 1984
Desmond Tutu
170
Thailand: Capital
Bangkok
171
Canada: "The Maple Syrup" province
Quebec
172
South Korea: President - 1948-1960
Syngman Rhee
173
The Philippines: Territorial governor - 1901
William Howard Taft
174
Poland: river
Vistula
175
Chile: Desert
Atacama
176
Spain: Indigenous people of Northern Spain
Basque
177
Russia: Soviet premier - 1964-1982
Leonid Brezhnev
178
Uganda: former dictator
Idi Amin
179
Russia: Breakaway republic
Chechnya
180
The Philippines: President - 1998 -
Joseph Estrada
181
Ireland: Kissing Stone
Blarney Stone
182
Poland: union
Solidarity
183
Turkey: Mountain
Mt. Ararat
184
Canada: Largest Province
Quebec
185
Switzerland: Rivers
Rhine; Rhone
186
Wales: Mineral found in large deposits
Slate
187
Spain: Southern port
Cadiz
188
Sweden: Prize fighter
Ingemar Johyansson
189
Switzerland: Long wooden horn
Alpinhorn
190
Spain: Last Moorish kingdom
Granada
191
South Africa: Mandela's former wife
Winnie Mandela
192
Cuba: Capital
Havana
193
Scotland: Cabinet maker
Duncan Fife
194
Russia: St. Petersburg river
Neva
195
Syria: President - 1971-2000
Hafez al-Assad
196
Egypt: Currency
Pound
197
Rwanda: Minority tribe
Tutsi
198
Spain: Islamic sect
Moors
199
Columbia: Capital
Bogota
200
Republic of the Congo: River
Congo
201
Rwanda: Capital
Kigali
202
Zimbabwe: Head of government - 1987-
Robert Mugabe
203
Scotland: Missionary in Africa and explorer
David Livingstone
204
Czech Republic: Capital
Prague
205
Romania: Gymnast
Nadia Comaneci
206
Poland: Composer and pianist
Frederic Chopin
207
South Korea: Allied invasion site
Inchon
208
Russia: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1975
Andrei Sakharov
209
Poland: currency
Zloty
210
Scotland: Poet and songwriter
Robert Burns (Caledonia's poet)
211
Uzbekistan: Capital
Tashkent
212
China: second longest river
Yellow
213
Portugal: Atlantic island group
Azores
214
Saudi Arabia: Currency
Riyal
215
Rwanda: Majority tribe
Hutu
216
Sweden: Director
Ingmar Bergman
217
Ecuador: Second most widely spoken language
Quechuan
218
Turkey: Port and largest city
Istanbul (former Constantinople)
219
Romania: Mountains
Transylvanian Alps (Carpathians)
220
Largest country in Africa - 10th largest in world
Sudan
221
Thailand: Currency
Baht
222
Poland: Dance
Polonaise
223
Poland: Former capital
Krakow
224
second largest island in the Caribbean
Hispaniola
225
Yugoslavia: Capital
Belgrade
226
China: Beijing square
Tiananmen Square
227
Russia: Exiled author
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
228
The Philippines: Volcano
Mt. Pinitubo
229
Scotland: Largest City
Glasgow
230
Uruguay: Currency
Peso
231
Turkey: "Magnificent" Ottoman ruler - 1520-1566
Suleiman the Magnificent
232
Tibet: Spiritual Leader
Dalai Lama (Nobel Peace Prize)
233
Tibet: Capital
Lhasa
234
Canada: Northern most island
Ellesmere Island
235
Cuba: Site of failed invasion - 1961
Bay of Pigs
236
Russia: Mad monk
Grigori Rasputin
237
Portugal: Currency
Escudo
238
Switzerland: Tennis player
Martina Hingis
239
Turkey: Peninsula
Gallipoli
240
Switzerland: Lakes
Lake Geneva; Lake Zurich
241
Ukraine: Peninsula
Crimea
242
Scotland: Royal house
Stuart
243
Canada: Alberta rodeo
Calgary Stampede
244
The Vatican: Capital
Vatican City
245
Croatia: Capital
Zagreb
246
Czech Republic: Region
Bohemia
247
China: Violent uprising - 1900
Boxer rebellion
248
Wales: Poet
Dylan Thomas
249
Costa Rica: President 1986-
Oscar Arias Sanchez
250
Vietnam: Capital
Hanoi
251
Sweden: Auto maker
Volvo
252
Tanzania: Language
Swahili
253
Canada: Capital of Newfoundland
St. John's
254
Russia: longest river
Volga (longest in europe)
255
Uzbekistan: Sea
Aral Sea
256
Sri Lanka: Capital
Columbo
257
Romania: Dictator deposed in 1989
Nikolae Ceausescu
258
South Africa: Cape Colony prime minister - 1898
Cecil Rhodes
259
Sweden: University
Uppsala
260
Switzerland: Zurich airport
Lugano
261
Sweden: Port and ship building center
Goteborg
262
Saudi Arabia: Capital
Riyadh
263
Romania: Royalty
Carol I; Carol II
264
Turkey: Byzantine Empire ruler - 527-565
Justinian I
265
Cuba: US Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)
266
South Korea: Currency
Won
267
Dominican Republic: Capital
Santo Domingo
268
Denmark: Short story writer
Hans Christian Anderson
269
Denmark: Physicist
Niels Bohr
270
Scotland: Philosopher and historian
David Hume
271
Canada: Newfoundland air traffic control center
Gander
272
Sweden: Turnip
Rutabaga
273
Czech Republic: Prague Cathedral
St. Vitus
274
Denmark: Currency
Krone
275
Spain: Mediterranean islands
Balearic islands (Ibiza; Majorca)
276
Egypt: Capital and largest city
Cairo
277
largest city in Africa
Cairo
278
Scotland: Scottish "Robin Hood"
Rob Roy
279
Egypt: King 1932-1952
King Farouk
280
South Africa: Gold coin
Krugerrand
281
Russia: World's longest railroad
Trans Siberian Railroad
282
South Africa: Southern Cape
Cape of Good Hope
283
Chile: Currency
Peso
284
South Korea: Korean War armistice site - 1953
Panmunjom
285
Denmark: Astronomer
Tycho Brahe
286
Turkey: Istanbul shrine
Hagia Sophia
287
Surinam: Well known city
New Amsterdam
288
Chile: Salvador Allende's neice and author
Isabel Allende
289
Russia: Interim prime minister - ousted in 1917
Alexander Kerensky
290
Switzerland: Geographical districts
Cantons (23 total)
291
Spain: Fortified wine
Sherry
292
Ukraine: Chicken dish
Chicken Kiev
293
Turkey: River
Meander
294
Russia: Trans Siberian Railroad terminals
Moscow to Vladivostok
295
Canada: Capital of Ontario
Toronto
296
Sweden: Currency
Krona
297
Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter
Catherine of Aragon
298
Scotland: Naturalist
John Muir
299
Spain: Tourist coast
Costa del Sol
300
Spain: _Toledo_ artist
El Greco
301
Canada: Capital
Ottawa
302
Yugoslavia: President - 1998-2000
Slobodan Milosevic
303
China: Beijing central area
Forbidden city
304
Czech Republic: Leader during Prague Spring - 1968
Alexander Dubcek
305
Cuba: Former dictator - overthrown by Castro
Fulgencio Batista
306
Scotland: Pole tossing game
Caber tossing
307
Sierra Leone: Capital
Freetown
308
Poland: Astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus
309
Ireland: Province with cycle of stories
Ulster
310
South Africa: Prime minister - 1993- and Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1993
Nelson Mandela
311
Russia: "Terrible Tsar" - 1547-1564
Ivan the Terrible
312
Scotland: River
Tay
313
Syria: Southern high ground - held by Israel
Golan Heights
314
Venezuela: River
Orinoco
315
Canada: Capital of Yukon Territory
Whitehorse
316
Canada: Alberta national park
Banff
317
Denmark: Ruling house
Orange
318
East Germany: Figure skater
Katarina Witt
319
Turkey: Lake
Lake Van
320
Scotland: Samuel Johnson's mentor
James Boswell
321
Portugal: Royal names
Alfonso; Pedro
322
Denmark: Overseas regions
Greenland and Faroe Islands
323
The Philippines: Female President - 1986-1992
Corazon Aquino (Benigno's wife)
324
Chad: Desert
Sahara
325
Ukraine: Nuclear power plant
Chernobyl
326
China: Chinese self defense
Kung fu
327
Spain: Conqueror of Moorish Valencia in 1091
El Cid
328
Spain: General
Francisco Franco
329
China: root
Ginseng
330
Spain: Cubist
Pablo Picasso
331
South Africa: Playwright
Athol Fugard
332
Russia: Triangular guitar
Balalaika
333
Canada: "The Cradle of the Waves" province
Prince Edward Island
334
Cuba: Head of government after 1959
Fidel Castro
335
Scotland: Inventors
James Watt and Alexander Graham Bell
336
Denmark: Philosopher
Soren Kierkegaard
337
Switzerland: Female Psychiatrist
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
338
Canada: Game show host
Alex Trebek
339
Poland: Capital and largest city
Warsaw
340
The Philippines: Manila Bay Island
Corregidor
341
Denmark: Piano comic
Victor Borge
342
East Germany: Berlin Wall crossing point
Brandenburg Gate
343
China: major language dialects
cantonese and mandarin
344
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia founder and king - 1925-1953
Ibn Saud
345
Egypt: largest pyramid
Khufu (aka Cheops)
346
Portugal: Dictator - 1933-1968
Antonio Salazar
347
Canada: Conservative prime minister 1984-1993
Brian Mulroney
348
Wales: Capital
Cardiff
349
Costa Rica: Capital and largest city
San Jose
350
Scotland: Botanist
David Douglas (Douglas Fir)
351
Cyprus: First president
Archbishop Makarios
352
Romania: Gymnastics coach
Bela Karolyi
353
Cuba: Brothers pitching major league baseball
Livan and Orlando Hernandez
354
China: largest city
Shanghai
355
South Korea: Female golfer
Se Ri Pak
356
Spain: Granada citadel
Alhambra
357
Canada: Capital of Northwest Territory
Yellowknife
358
Scotland: Highest mountain
Ben Nevis
359
Scotland: Robert Burns' love
Mary Campbell
360
Russia: Poet
Aleksandr Pushkin
361
Portugal: Wine valley
Douro
362
Portugal: River
Tagus
363
Canada: Banff lake
Lake Louise
364
South Africa: Legislative Capital
Cape Town
365
Poland: Union leader and president - 1990-1995
Lech Walesa (won Nobel Peace Prize)
366
South Korea: President - 1993-
Kim Dae Jung (Nobel Peace Prize)
367
South Africa: River
Orange
368
Saudi Arabia: King - 1975-1982
King Khalid
369
South Africa: Former segregation policy
Apartheid
370
South Africa: 19th century Boer leader
Paul Kruger
371
The Philippines: Former US naval base
Subic Bay
372
South Africa: Currency
Rand
373
Poland: Gdansk shipyard
Lenin Shipyard
374
"City of 1000 Spires"
Prague
375
Canada: Nova Scotia island
Cape Breton
376
Egypt: Dam
Aswan High Dam
377
Cuba: Castro's brother
Raul
378
Egypt: President after 1981
Hosni Mubarak
379
Egypt: 15th to 18th century AD dynasty
Mamluk
380
China: Egalitarian movement - 1966
Cultural Revolution
381
Uruguay: Capital
Montevideo
382
Tanzania: Former capital
Dar es Salaam
383
Russia: largest port
St. Petersburg
384
Zimbabwe: Capital
Harare (former Salisbury)
385
Spain: King
Juan Carlos
386
The Philippines: President - 1992-1998
Fidel Ramos
387
The Philippines: Deposed President
Ferdinand Marcos
388
Spain: Grand Inquisitor
Torquemada
389
The Philippines: Former US airbase
Clark
390
China: currency
Yuan
391
Somalia: Capital
Mogadishu
392
Canada: Female prime minister - 1993
Kim Campbell
393
China: youth military
Red Guard
394
Canada: Toronto Tower
CN (Canadian National) Tower
395
Russia: Soviet premier - 1953-1964
Nikita Kruschev
396
Sweden: Playwright
August Strindberg
397
Russia: Siberian lake
Lake Baikal (world's deepest)
398
Spain: French border mountains
Pyrenees
399
Vietnam: Site of French defeat - 1954
Dien Bien Phu
400
Egypt: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1979
Anwar Sadat
401
Chile: Mountain
Aconcagua (with Argentina)
402
Russia: Soviet dictator - 1929-1953
Josef Stalin
403
Canada: British Columbian island
Vancouver Island
404
Columbia: Religion
Roman Catholic
405
Egypt: King Farouk's regin
1932-1952
406
Trinidad and Tobago: Capital
Port-of-Spain
407
Russia: Labor camp
Gulag
408
Scotland: Protestant leader
John Knox
409
Russia: "Great Tsar" - 1682-1725
Peter the Great
410
Switzerland: Protestant Reformer
John Calvin
411
Republic of the Congo: Capital
Kinshasa
412
Thailand: Royalty
King Bhumibol
413
Czech Republic: Male Tennis star
Ivan Lendl
414
China: ancient northern china
Cathay
415
Zimbabwe: former name
Rhodesia (after Cecil Rhodes)
416
China: Communist revolutionary leader
Mao Tse-tung
417
Wales: Actor
Richard Burton
418
Singapore: Famous hotel
Raffles (where Singapore Sling invented)
419
Vietnam: Central port
Da Nang
420
Spain: Islamic art
Moorish
421
Canada: Comedian and actor
Jim Carrey
422
East Germany: Capital
East Berlin
423
Turkey: Istanbul inlet
Golden Horn
424
Russia: Jewelled egg maker
Faberge
425
Dominican Republic: Island
Hispaniola
426
Vietnam: Rivers
Mekong; Red River
427
Zambia: Capital
Lusaka
428
Singapore: Currency
Dollar
429
China: Current Premier
Jiang Zamin
430
Russia: Father of soviet H bomb
Andrei Sakharov
431
Ukraine: Plains
Steppes
432
The Vatican: chapel
Sistine chapel
433
Russia: Capital and largest City
Moscow
434
Wales: Welsh for James
Iago
435
Switzerland: The "Gnomes of Zurich"
Bankers
436
Scotland: Capital
Edinburgh
437
Egypt: President - 1970-1981
Anwar Sadat
438
East Germany: Dividing wall
Berlin Wall
439
Cyprus: Mythical King
Pygmalion
440
Tanzania: Union of these former countries
Tanganyika and Zanzibar
441
Denmark: Copenhagen amusement park
Tivoli Gardens
442
Cuba: World high jump record holder
Javier Satomayer
443
Sweden: Royal names
Christina; Oscar; Carl Gustav
444
Scotland: Dance
Highland Fling
445
South Korea: Dividing parallel to the north
38th parallel
446
Sweden: Assassinated leader
Olaf Palm
447
Syria: Capital
Damascus
448
Sweden: Diplomat who saved 100 thousand during holocaust
Raoul Wallenberg
449
The Philippines: Luzon peninsula (WWII battle site)
Bataan
450
Denmark: Author
Isak Dineson (Karen Blixen)
451
Romania: Nomadic people
Gypsies
452
China: Desert
Gobi
453
Spain: Cellist
Pablo Casals
454
Chile: Marxist president - 1970-73
Salvador Allende
455
Scotland: Tea Magnate
Sir Thomas Lipton
456
Spain: National sport
Bull fighting
457
Surinam: Former name
Dutch Guyana
458
El Salvador: Capital
San Salvador
459
Portugal: Instructor to future explorers
Prince Henry the Navigator
460
Canada: Nova Scotia ship builder
Cunard - founded 1787
461
Chile: Pacific island
Easter Island (Papa Nui)
462
Spain: Queen Isabella's region of central Spain
Castile
463
Spain: Mediterranean port - capital of Catalonia
Barcelona
464
Surinam: Mountains
Wilhelmina Mountains
465
Sweden: Botanist
Carolus Linnaeus (taught at Uppsala)
466
Spain: Central mountains
Sierra Nevada
467
Thailand: Former name
Siam
468
Russia: Last Romanov Tsar - 1894-1918
Nicholas II
469
Spain: Spanish fleet - 1588
Spanish Armada
470
Russia: Flag colors
Red white and blue
471
Canada: Snowbird singer
Anne Murray
472
Turkey: Capital
Ankara
473
Canada: Currency
Dollar
474
Sri Lanka: Minority separatists
Tamils
475
Russia: Russian president - 1991-1999
Boris Yeltsin
476
Spain: Currency
Peseta
477
South Africa: Prime minister 1989-1993 and Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1993
F.W. DeKlerk
478
Cyprus: Capital
Nicosia
479
Chile: Southern island
Tierra del Fuego
480
Russia: Soviet premier - 1985-1991
Mikhail Gorbachev (Nobel Peace Prize - 1990)
481
Saudi Arabia: King - 1982-
King Fahd
482
Spain: Dialect of northern Spain
Catalan
483
Yugoslavia: Republics
Serbia; Montenegro
484
Canada: Nova Scotia French area
Acadia
485
Venezuela: Capital
Caracas
486
Turkey: Istanbul Mosque
The Blue Mosque
487
China: Dynasty 1368-1644
Ming Dynasty
488
Ukraine: Horse soldier
Cossack
489
Spain: Peninsula
Iberia
490
Ecuador: Currency
Sucre
491
Russia: former newspaper
Pravda (truth)
492
Scotland: "Brave Hearted" leader
William Wallace
493
Switzerland: Mountain
Matterhorn
494
Sweden: 1970s singing group
ABBA
495
Czech Republic: Female Tennis star
Martina Navratilova
496
Czech Republic: President 1992-93 - 1993-
Vaclav Haval
497
South Africa: National park
Kruger National park
498
Spain: 13th to 15th century tribunal
Inquisition
499
Denmark: Capital and Largest City
Copenhagen
500
Canada: Capitals named for Queen Victoria
Victoria and Regina
