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Countries 2 Flashcards

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Romania: Sculptor

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Constantin Brancusi

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Poland: port

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Gdansk (aka Danzig)

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Scotland: Ancient name

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Caledonia

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South Africa: Executive Capital

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Pretoria

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Australia: Sydney airport

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Kingsford Smith Airport

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Turkey: President - 1923-1938

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Kemal Ataturk

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Uganda: Capital

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Kampala

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Chile: Poet

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Pablo Neruda

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Canada: Capital of Saskatchewan

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Regina

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Russia: “Great” Tsarina - 1762-1796

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Catherine the Great

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Ecuador: Capital

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Quito

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South Korea: Capital

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Seoul

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China: Industrial objective - 1956

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Great Leap Forward

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Sudan: Capital

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Khartoum

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Sri Lanka: Main export

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Tea

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Canada: NW Territory lake

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Great Slave lake

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Singapore: Capital

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Singapore

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Canada: Capital of Prince Edward Island

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Charlottetown

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Tanzania: National Park

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Serengeti National Park

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20
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Columbia: Author

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Gabriel Marquez

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21
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The only christian majority asian country

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The Philippines

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22
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Canada: Second Largest City

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Montreal

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South Africa: Farmer

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Boer

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Russia: Soviet dictator - 1918-1924

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Vladimir Lenin

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China: longest river

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Yangtze

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China: Art of Furniture arranging

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Feng Shui

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Russia: News agency

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Tass

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28
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South Africa: Heart transplant doctor

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Dr. Christian Barnard

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United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.): Capital

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Abu Dhabi

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Egypt: Christian sect

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Coptic

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31
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Thailand: Peninsula

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Malay Peninsula

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32
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Switzerland: Capital

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Bern

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33
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Taiwan: Capital

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Taipei

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34
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Chile: Mineral held in large deposits

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Copper

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Poland: Pianist and Prime Minister - 1919

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Ignace Paderewski

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36
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China: Counting table

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Abacus

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37
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Sweden: Buxom actress

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Anita Ekberg

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38
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Surinam: Capital

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Paramaribo

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39
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World’s largest Peninsula

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Arabian Peninsula

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40
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Sweden: Swedish nightingale

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Jenny Lind

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41
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Canada: Largest City

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Toronto

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42
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Russia: Soviet premier - 1984-1985

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Constantine Chernyenko

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43
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Thailand: Northern City

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Chang Mai

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44
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Ecuador: Islands

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Galapagos Islands

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45
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Canada: Number of provinces

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Ten

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46
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Egypt: Pharoh who fathered 160 children

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Ramses II

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47
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Cuba: Castro’s revolutionary aide

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Che Guevera

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48
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Taiwan: Island

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Formosa

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49
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South Africa: Provinces

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Natal; Orang Free State; Transvaal; Cape

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50
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Turkey: Empires

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Byzantine; Ottoman

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51
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China: Capital

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Beijing (formerly Peking)

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52
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Denmark: Royalty

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Queen Margarethe II

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53
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Vietnam: Southern capital

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Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon)

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54
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The Philippines: Marcos’ wife - known for thousands of shoes

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Imelda

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55
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South Africa: Female author

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Nadine Gordimer

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56
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Canada: Capital of Quebec

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Quebec City

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57
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The Philippines: Exiled and assassinated activist

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Benigno Aquino

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58
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The Philippines: second largest religious group

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Islam

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59
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Scotland: Jacobites supported him

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Bonnie Prince Charlie

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60
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Turkey: Currency

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Lira

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61
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The Vatican: Basilica

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St. Peter’s

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62
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Czech Republic: The Bartered Bride composer

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Bedrich Smetana

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63
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Switzerland: Male Psychiatrist

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Carl Jung

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64
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Russia: Royal family

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Romanov

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65
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Sweden: Capital

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Stockholm

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66
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Saudi Arabia: Peninsula

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Arabian Peninsula

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67
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Canada: Liberal prime minster after 1993

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Jean Chretien

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68
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South Korea: Major city in the southeast

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Pusan

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69
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Egypt: River

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Nile

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70
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Tanzania: Mountain

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Kilimanjaro

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71
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Canada: French-Canadian prime minister 1968-1979 and 1980-1984

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Pierre Trudeau

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72
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Spain: Capital

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Madrid

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73
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China: Chinese-American architect

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I.M. Pei

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74
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Denmark: Copenhagen harbor figure

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The Little Mermaid

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75
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Canada: Montreal University

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Mcgill

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76
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Czech Republic: New World Symphony or Bohemian composer

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Antonin Dvorak

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77
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Egypt: Akhenaton’s wife

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Nefertiti

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78
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China: Head of government - 1976-1992

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Deng Xiaoping

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79
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Canada: Largest Island

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Baffin Island

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80
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Ukraine: Sea

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Black Sea

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81
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Romania: Capital

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Bucharest

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82
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Canada: Longest River

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Mackenzie

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83
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Russia: Currency

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Ruble

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84
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Egypt: Man who overthrew King Farouk - 1952

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Abdul Nasser

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85
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Ecuador: Language

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Spanish

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86
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Scotland: Steel Magnate and Philanthropist

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Andrew Carnegie

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Egypt: Pharoh who died at age 18 - c. 1350 BC

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Tutankhamen

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88
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Scotland: Islands

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Inner and Outer Hebrides; Orkney

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89
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Russia: Soviet premier - 1982-1984

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Yuri Andropov

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90
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Columbia: Currency

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Peso

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91
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Egypt: Canal

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Suez

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92
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Saudi Arabia: King - 1964-1975

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King Faisal

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93
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Portugal: Wine

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Port

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94
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Scotland: Author who died in Samoa

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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95
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South Africa: Female barefoot runner

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Zola Budd

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96
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Chad: Capital

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N’djamena

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97
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South Africa: Actress and dancer

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Juliet Prowse

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98
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Zambia: former name

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Northern Rhodesia

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99
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Turkey: Istanbul strait

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Bosporus

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100
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Switzerland: Currency

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Franc

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101
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South Africa: Indian Ocean port

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Durban

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102
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Spain: Guitarist

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Andres Segovia

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103
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Denmark: Peninsula

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Jutland

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104
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South Africa: President 1984-1989

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Pieter Botha

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105
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Denmark: Flag

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Dannenbrog (world’s oldest flag)

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106
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South Korea: President assassinated in 1979

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Park Chung-Hee

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107
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Columbia: Drug cartels

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Cali; Medellin

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108
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Ukraine: Mountains

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Carpathians

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109
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Switzerland: Largest City

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Zurich

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110
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Vietnam: Bay

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Cam Ranh

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111
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Scotland: Hills

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Lammermoors

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112
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South Korea: Symbol on flag

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Yin and Yang

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113
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Spain: King Ferdinand’s region of northeast Spain

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Aragon

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114
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South Africa: Judicial Capital

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Bloemfontein

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115
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Canada: National Anthem

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O Canada

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116
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Venezuela: Currency

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Bolivar

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117
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Sudan: Rivers

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Nile; White Nile; Blue Nile

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118
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Uganda: Israeli raid city

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Entebbe

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119
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Yugoslavia: Breakaway province

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Kosovo

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120
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Surinam: Currency

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Guilder

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121
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Chile: Revolutionary leader - 1817-23

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Bernardo O’Higgins

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122
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China: Ancient philosopher

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Confucius

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123
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Scotland: Robert I royal house

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Bruce

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124
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China: Beijing temple

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Temple of Heaven

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125
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Spain: Windmill region

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La Mancha

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126
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Spain: Royalty names

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Alfonso XIII; Phillip II

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127
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El Salvador: President 1980-82 and 1984-89

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Jose Napolean Duarte

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128
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Sri Lanka: Language

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Singhalese

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129
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Thailand: Religion

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Buddhism

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130
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Vietnam: North Vietnam leader - 1945-1969

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Ho Chi Minh

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131
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Portugal: Capital

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Lisbon

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132
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Canada: Yukon gold rush area

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Klondike

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133
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Switzerland: former name

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Helvetia

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134
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Ukraine: Capital

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Kiev

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135
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Switzerland: Philosopher

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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136
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Russia: Lenin’s majority

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Bolshevik

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137
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Chile: Capital

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Santiago

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138
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Saudi Arabia: Islamic holy cities

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Mecca; Medina

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139
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Russia: Russian president - 1999-

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Vladimir Putin

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140
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Spain: The Uprising of the 2nd of May painter

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Francisco Goya

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141
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China: premier under Mao Tse-Tung

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Chou Enlai

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142
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China: last emperor

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Pu-Yi

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143
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Largest island in the Caribbean

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Cuba

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144
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Thailand: Resort Island

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Phuket

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145
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Sweden: Feast

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Smorgasbord

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Chile: Man who overthrew Allende

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Augusto Pinochet

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Sri Lanka: Former name

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Ceylon

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148
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Senegal: Capital

A

Dakar

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Romania: Mad King

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Ludwig II

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150
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Sri Lanka: Author

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Arthur C. Clarke

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Spain: 16th century military adventurers

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Conquistadores

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152
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China: site of world’s largest McDonald’s

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Beijing

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153
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Denmark: Explorer

A

Vitus Bering

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Scotland: City and breed of cattle

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Aberdeen

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155
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Russia: Confederation

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Commonwealth of Independent States

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Egypt: Amenhotep III’s son - 17th century BC

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Akhenaton

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South Africa: Martyred leader

A

Steven Biko

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158
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Russia: Dramatist

A

Nikolai Golgol

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159
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Wales: Welsh for William

A

Liam

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Slovakia: Capital

A

Bratislava

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Egypt: second largest city

A

Alexandria

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China: Chinese-Amerian Sleuth

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Charlie Chan

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Costa Rica: Nobel Peace Prize - 1987

A

Oscar Arias Sanchez

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Russia: built the Hermitage

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Catherine the Great

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Vietnam: South Vietnam leader - Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1973

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Le Duc Tho

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166
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Sweden: Actor

A

Max Von Sydow

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Vietnam: Gulf

A

Tonkin

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Tanzania: Capital

A

Dodoma

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South Africa: Nonviolence advocate and Nobel peace Price winner - 1984

A

Desmond Tutu

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Thailand: Capital

A

Bangkok

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Canada: “The Maple Syrup” province

A

Quebec

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South Korea: President - 1948-1960

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Syngman Rhee

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The Philippines: Territorial governor - 1901

A

William Howard Taft

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174
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Poland: river

A

Vistula

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Chile: Desert

A

Atacama

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Spain: Indigenous people of Northern Spain

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Basque

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177
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Russia: Soviet premier - 1964-1982

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Uganda: former dictator

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Idi Amin

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179
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Russia: Breakaway republic

A

Chechnya

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180
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The Philippines: President - 1998 -

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Joseph Estrada

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181
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Ireland: Kissing Stone

A

Blarney Stone

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182
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Poland: union

A

Solidarity

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Turkey: Mountain

A

Mt. Ararat

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Canada: Largest Province

A

Quebec

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Switzerland: Rivers

A

Rhine; Rhone

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186
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Wales: Mineral found in large deposits

A

Slate

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187
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Spain: Southern port

A

Cadiz

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188
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Sweden: Prize fighter

A

Ingemar Johyansson

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189
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Switzerland: Long wooden horn

A

Alpinhorn

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190
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Spain: Last Moorish kingdom

A

Granada

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191
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South Africa: Mandela’s former wife

A

Winnie Mandela

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192
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Cuba: Capital

A

Havana

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193
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Scotland: Cabinet maker

A

Duncan Fife

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Russia: St. Petersburg river

A

Neva

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195
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Syria: President - 1971-2000

A

Hafez al-Assad

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Egypt: Currency

A

Pound

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Rwanda: Minority tribe

A

Tutsi

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Spain: Islamic sect

A

Moors

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Columbia: Capital

A

Bogota

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Republic of the Congo: River

A

Congo

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Rwanda: Capital

A

Kigali

202
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Zimbabwe: Head of government - 1987-

A

Robert Mugabe

203
Q

Scotland: Missionary in Africa and explorer

A

David Livingstone

204
Q

Czech Republic: Capital

A

Prague

205
Q

Romania: Gymnast

A

Nadia Comaneci

206
Q

Poland: Composer and pianist

A

Frederic Chopin

207
Q

South Korea: Allied invasion site

A

Inchon

208
Q

Russia: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1975

A

Andrei Sakharov

209
Q

Poland: currency

A

Zloty

210
Q

Scotland: Poet and songwriter

A

Robert Burns (Caledonia’s poet)

211
Q

Uzbekistan: Capital

A

Tashkent

212
Q

China: second longest river

A

Yellow

213
Q

Portugal: Atlantic island group

A

Azores

214
Q

Saudi Arabia: Currency

A

Riyal

215
Q

Rwanda: Majority tribe

A

Hutu

216
Q

Sweden: Director

A

Ingmar Bergman

217
Q

Ecuador: Second most widely spoken language

A

Quechuan

218
Q

Turkey: Port and largest city

A

Istanbul (former Constantinople)

219
Q

Romania: Mountains

A

Transylvanian Alps (Carpathians)

220
Q

Largest country in Africa - 10th largest in world

A

Sudan

221
Q

Thailand: Currency

A

Baht

222
Q

Poland: Dance

A

Polonaise

223
Q

Poland: Former capital

A

Krakow

224
Q

second largest island in the Caribbean

A

Hispaniola

225
Q

Yugoslavia: Capital

A

Belgrade

226
Q

China: Beijing square

A

Tiananmen Square

227
Q

Russia: Exiled author

A

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

228
Q

The Philippines: Volcano

A

Mt. Pinitubo

229
Q

Scotland: Largest City

A

Glasgow

230
Q

Uruguay: Currency

A

Peso

231
Q

Turkey: “Magnificent” Ottoman ruler - 1520-1566

A

Suleiman the Magnificent

232
Q

Tibet: Spiritual Leader

A

Dalai Lama (Nobel Peace Prize)

233
Q

Tibet: Capital

A

Lhasa

234
Q

Canada: Northern most island

A

Ellesmere Island

235
Q

Cuba: Site of failed invasion - 1961

A

Bay of Pigs

236
Q

Russia: Mad monk

A

Grigori Rasputin

237
Q

Portugal: Currency

A

Escudo

238
Q

Switzerland: Tennis player

A

Martina Hingis

239
Q

Turkey: Peninsula

A

Gallipoli

240
Q

Switzerland: Lakes

A

Lake Geneva; Lake Zurich

241
Q

Ukraine: Peninsula

A

Crimea

242
Q

Scotland: Royal house

A

Stuart

243
Q

Canada: Alberta rodeo

A

Calgary Stampede

244
Q

The Vatican: Capital

A

Vatican City

245
Q

Croatia: Capital

A

Zagreb

246
Q

Czech Republic: Region

A

Bohemia

247
Q

China: Violent uprising - 1900

A

Boxer rebellion

248
Q

Wales: Poet

A

Dylan Thomas

249
Q

Costa Rica: President 1986-

A

Oscar Arias Sanchez

250
Q

Vietnam: Capital

A

Hanoi

251
Q

Sweden: Auto maker

A

Volvo

252
Q

Tanzania: Language

A

Swahili

253
Q

Canada: Capital of Newfoundland

A

St. John’s

254
Q

Russia: longest river

A

Volga (longest in europe)

255
Q

Uzbekistan: Sea

A

Aral Sea

256
Q

Sri Lanka: Capital

A

Columbo

257
Q

Romania: Dictator deposed in 1989

A

Nikolae Ceausescu

258
Q

South Africa: Cape Colony prime minister - 1898

A

Cecil Rhodes

259
Q

Sweden: University

A

Uppsala

260
Q

Switzerland: Zurich airport

A

Lugano

261
Q

Sweden: Port and ship building center

A

Goteborg

262
Q

Saudi Arabia: Capital

A

Riyadh

263
Q

Romania: Royalty

A

Carol I; Carol II

264
Q

Turkey: Byzantine Empire ruler - 527-565

A

Justinian I

265
Q

Cuba: US Naval Base

A

Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)

266
Q

South Korea: Currency

A

Won

267
Q

Dominican Republic: Capital

A

Santo Domingo

268
Q

Denmark: Short story writer

A

Hans Christian Anderson

269
Q

Denmark: Physicist

A

Niels Bohr

270
Q

Scotland: Philosopher and historian

A

David Hume

271
Q

Canada: Newfoundland air traffic control center

A

Gander

272
Q

Sweden: Turnip

A

Rutabaga

273
Q

Czech Republic: Prague Cathedral

A

St. Vitus

274
Q

Denmark: Currency

A

Krone

275
Q

Spain: Mediterranean islands

A

Balearic islands (Ibiza; Majorca)

276
Q

Egypt: Capital and largest city

A

Cairo

277
Q

largest city in Africa

A

Cairo

278
Q

Scotland: Scottish “Robin Hood”

A

Rob Roy

279
Q

Egypt: King 1932-1952

A

King Farouk

280
Q

South Africa: Gold coin

A

Krugerrand

281
Q

Russia: World’s longest railroad

A

Trans Siberian Railroad

282
Q

South Africa: Southern Cape

A

Cape of Good Hope

283
Q

Chile: Currency

A

Peso

284
Q

South Korea: Korean War armistice site - 1953

A

Panmunjom

285
Q

Denmark: Astronomer

A

Tycho Brahe

286
Q

Turkey: Istanbul shrine

A

Hagia Sophia

287
Q

Surinam: Well known city

A

New Amsterdam

288
Q

Chile: Salvador Allende’s neice and author

A

Isabel Allende

289
Q

Russia: Interim prime minister - ousted in 1917

A

Alexander Kerensky

290
Q

Switzerland: Geographical districts

A

Cantons (23 total)

291
Q

Spain: Fortified wine

A

Sherry

292
Q

Ukraine: Chicken dish

A

Chicken Kiev

293
Q

Turkey: River

A

Meander

294
Q

Russia: Trans Siberian Railroad terminals

A

Moscow to Vladivostok

295
Q

Canada: Capital of Ontario

A

Toronto

296
Q

Sweden: Currency

A

Krona

297
Q

Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella’s daughter

A

Catherine of Aragon

298
Q

Scotland: Naturalist

A

John Muir

299
Q

Spain: Tourist coast

A

Costa del Sol

300
Q

Spain: Toledo artist

A

El Greco

301
Q

Canada: Capital

A

Ottawa

302
Q

Yugoslavia: President - 1998-2000

A

Slobodan Milosevic

303
Q

China: Beijing central area

A

Forbidden city

304
Q

Czech Republic: Leader during Prague Spring - 1968

A

Alexander Dubcek

305
Q

Cuba: Former dictator - overthrown by Castro

A

Fulgencio Batista

306
Q

Scotland: Pole tossing game

A

Caber tossing

307
Q

Sierra Leone: Capital

A

Freetown

308
Q

Poland: Astronomer

A

Nicolaus Copernicus

309
Q

Ireland: Province with cycle of stories

A

Ulster

310
Q

South Africa: Prime minister - 1993- and Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1993

A

Nelson Mandela

311
Q

Russia: “Terrible Tsar” - 1547-1564

A

Ivan the Terrible

312
Q

Scotland: River

A

Tay

313
Q

Syria: Southern high ground - held by Israel

A

Golan Heights

314
Q

Venezuela: River

A

Orinoco

315
Q

Canada: Capital of Yukon Territory

A

Whitehorse

316
Q

Canada: Alberta national park

A

Banff

317
Q

Denmark: Ruling house

A

Orange

318
Q

East Germany: Figure skater

A

Katarina Witt

319
Q

Turkey: Lake

A

Lake Van

320
Q

Scotland: Samuel Johnson’s mentor

A

James Boswell

321
Q

Portugal: Royal names

A

Alfonso; Pedro

322
Q

Denmark: Overseas regions

A

Greenland and Faroe Islands

323
Q

The Philippines: Female President - 1986-1992

A

Corazon Aquino (Benigno’s wife)

324
Q

Chad: Desert

A

Sahara

325
Q

Ukraine: Nuclear power plant

A

Chernobyl

326
Q

China: Chinese self defense

A

Kung fu

327
Q

Spain: Conqueror of Moorish Valencia in 1091

A

El Cid

328
Q

Spain: General

A

Francisco Franco

329
Q

China: root

A

Ginseng

330
Q

Spain: Cubist

A

Pablo Picasso

331
Q

South Africa: Playwright

A

Athol Fugard

332
Q

Russia: Triangular guitar

A

Balalaika

333
Q

Canada: “The Cradle of the Waves” province

A

Prince Edward Island

334
Q

Cuba: Head of government after 1959

A

Fidel Castro

335
Q

Scotland: Inventors

A

James Watt and Alexander Graham Bell

336
Q

Denmark: Philosopher

A

Soren Kierkegaard

337
Q

Switzerland: Female Psychiatrist

A

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

338
Q

Canada: Game show host

A

Alex Trebek

339
Q

Poland: Capital and largest city

A

Warsaw

340
Q

The Philippines: Manila Bay Island

A

Corregidor

341
Q

Denmark: Piano comic

A

Victor Borge

342
Q

East Germany: Berlin Wall crossing point

A

Brandenburg Gate

343
Q

China: major language dialects

A

cantonese and mandarin

344
Q

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia founder and king - 1925-1953

A

Ibn Saud

345
Q

Egypt: largest pyramid

A

Khufu (aka Cheops)

346
Q

Portugal: Dictator - 1933-1968

A

Antonio Salazar

347
Q

Canada: Conservative prime minister 1984-1993

A

Brian Mulroney

348
Q

Wales: Capital

A

Cardiff

349
Q

Costa Rica: Capital and largest city

A

San Jose

350
Q

Scotland: Botanist

A

David Douglas (Douglas Fir)

351
Q

Cyprus: First president

A

Archbishop Makarios

352
Q

Romania: Gymnastics coach

A

Bela Karolyi

353
Q

Cuba: Brothers pitching major league baseball

A

Livan and Orlando Hernandez

354
Q

China: largest city

A

Shanghai

355
Q

South Korea: Female golfer

A

Se Ri Pak

356
Q

Spain: Granada citadel

A

Alhambra

357
Q

Canada: Capital of Northwest Territory

A

Yellowknife

358
Q

Scotland: Highest mountain

A

Ben Nevis

359
Q

Scotland: Robert Burns’ love

A

Mary Campbell

360
Q

Russia: Poet

A

Aleksandr Pushkin

361
Q

Portugal: Wine valley

A

Douro

362
Q

Portugal: River

A

Tagus

363
Q

Canada: Banff lake

A

Lake Louise

364
Q

South Africa: Legislative Capital

A

Cape Town

365
Q

Poland: Union leader and president - 1990-1995

A

Lech Walesa (won Nobel Peace Prize)

366
Q

South Korea: President - 1993-

A

Kim Dae Jung (Nobel Peace Prize)

367
Q

South Africa: River

A

Orange

368
Q

Saudi Arabia: King - 1975-1982

A

King Khalid

369
Q

South Africa: Former segregation policy

A

Apartheid

370
Q

South Africa: 19th century Boer leader

A

Paul Kruger

371
Q

The Philippines: Former US naval base

A

Subic Bay

372
Q

South Africa: Currency

A

Rand

373
Q

Poland: Gdansk shipyard

A

Lenin Shipyard

374
Q

“City of 1000 Spires”

A

Prague

375
Q

Canada: Nova Scotia island

A

Cape Breton

376
Q

Egypt: Dam

A

Aswan High Dam

377
Q

Cuba: Castro’s brother

A

Raul

378
Q

Egypt: President after 1981

A

Hosni Mubarak

379
Q

Egypt: 15th to 18th century AD dynasty

A

Mamluk

380
Q

China: Egalitarian movement - 1966

A

Cultural Revolution

381
Q

Uruguay: Capital

A

Montevideo

382
Q

Tanzania: Former capital

A

Dar es Salaam

383
Q

Russia: largest port

A

St. Petersburg

384
Q

Zimbabwe: Capital

A

Harare (former Salisbury)

385
Q

Spain: King

A

Juan Carlos

386
Q

The Philippines: President - 1992-1998

A

Fidel Ramos

387
Q

The Philippines: Deposed President

A

Ferdinand Marcos

388
Q

Spain: Grand Inquisitor

A

Torquemada

389
Q

The Philippines: Former US airbase

A

Clark

390
Q

China: currency

A

Yuan

391
Q

Somalia: Capital

A

Mogadishu

392
Q

Canada: Female prime minister - 1993

A

Kim Campbell

393
Q

China: youth military

A

Red Guard

394
Q

Canada: Toronto Tower

A

CN (Canadian National) Tower

395
Q

Russia: Soviet premier - 1953-1964

A

Nikita Kruschev

396
Q

Sweden: Playwright

A

August Strindberg

397
Q

Russia: Siberian lake

A

Lake Baikal (world’s deepest)

398
Q

Spain: French border mountains

A

Pyrenees

399
Q

Vietnam: Site of French defeat - 1954

A

Dien Bien Phu

400
Q

Egypt: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1979

A

Anwar Sadat

401
Q

Chile: Mountain

A

Aconcagua (with Argentina)

402
Q

Russia: Soviet dictator - 1929-1953

A

Josef Stalin

403
Q

Canada: British Columbian island

A

Vancouver Island

404
Q

Columbia: Religion

A

Roman Catholic

405
Q

Egypt: King Farouk’s regin

A

1932-1952

406
Q

Trinidad and Tobago: Capital

A

Port-of-Spain

407
Q

Russia: Labor camp

A

Gulag

408
Q

Scotland: Protestant leader

A

John Knox

409
Q

Russia: “Great Tsar” - 1682-1725

A

Peter the Great

410
Q

Switzerland: Protestant Reformer

A

John Calvin

411
Q

Republic of the Congo: Capital

A

Kinshasa

412
Q

Thailand: Royalty

A

King Bhumibol

413
Q

Czech Republic: Male Tennis star

A

Ivan Lendl

414
Q

China: ancient northern china

A

Cathay

415
Q

Zimbabwe: former name

A

Rhodesia (after Cecil Rhodes)

416
Q

China: Communist revolutionary leader

A

Mao Tse-tung

417
Q

Wales: Actor

A

Richard Burton

418
Q

Singapore: Famous hotel

A

Raffles (where Singapore Sling invented)

419
Q

Vietnam: Central port

A

Da Nang

420
Q

Spain: Islamic art

A

Moorish

421
Q

Canada: Comedian and actor

A

Jim Carrey

422
Q

East Germany: Capital

A

East Berlin

423
Q

Turkey: Istanbul inlet

A

Golden Horn

424
Q

Russia: Jewelled egg maker

A

Faberge

425
Q

Dominican Republic: Island

A

Hispaniola

426
Q

Vietnam: Rivers

A

Mekong; Red River

427
Q

Zambia: Capital

A

Lusaka

428
Q

Singapore: Currency

A

Dollar

429
Q

China: Current Premier

A

Jiang Zamin

430
Q

Russia: Father of soviet H bomb

A

Andrei Sakharov

431
Q

Ukraine: Plains

A

Steppes

432
Q

The Vatican: chapel

A

Sistine chapel

433
Q

Russia: Capital and largest City

A

Moscow

434
Q

Wales: Welsh for James

A

Iago

435
Q

Switzerland: The “Gnomes of Zurich”

A

Bankers

436
Q

Scotland: Capital

A

Edinburgh

437
Q

Egypt: President - 1970-1981

A

Anwar Sadat

438
Q

East Germany: Dividing wall

A

Berlin Wall

439
Q

Cyprus: Mythical King

A

Pygmalion

440
Q

Tanzania: Union of these former countries

A

Tanganyika and Zanzibar

441
Q

Denmark: Copenhagen amusement park

A

Tivoli Gardens

442
Q

Cuba: World high jump record holder

A

Javier Satomayer

443
Q

Sweden: Royal names

A

Christina; Oscar; Carl Gustav

444
Q

Scotland: Dance

A

Highland Fling

445
Q

South Korea: Dividing parallel to the north

A

38th parallel

446
Q

Sweden: Assassinated leader

A

Olaf Palm

447
Q

Syria: Capital

A

Damascus

448
Q

Sweden: Diplomat who saved 100 thousand during holocaust

A

Raoul Wallenberg

449
Q

The Philippines: Luzon peninsula (WWII battle site)

A

Bataan

450
Q

Denmark: Author

A

Isak Dineson (Karen Blixen)

451
Q

Romania: Nomadic people

A

Gypsies

452
Q

China: Desert

A

Gobi

453
Q

Spain: Cellist

A

Pablo Casals

454
Q

Chile: Marxist president - 1970-73

A

Salvador Allende

455
Q

Scotland: Tea Magnate

A

Sir Thomas Lipton

456
Q

Spain: National sport

A

Bull fighting

457
Q

Surinam: Former name

A

Dutch Guyana

458
Q

El Salvador: Capital

A

San Salvador

459
Q

Portugal: Instructor to future explorers

A

Prince Henry the Navigator

460
Q

Canada: Nova Scotia ship builder

A

Cunard - founded 1787

461
Q

Chile: Pacific island

A

Easter Island (Papa Nui)

462
Q

Spain: Queen Isabella’s region of central Spain

A

Castile

463
Q

Spain: Mediterranean port - capital of Catalonia

A

Barcelona

464
Q

Surinam: Mountains

A

Wilhelmina Mountains

465
Q

Sweden: Botanist

A

Carolus Linnaeus (taught at Uppsala)

466
Q

Spain: Central mountains

A

Sierra Nevada

467
Q

Thailand: Former name

A

Siam

468
Q

Russia: Last Romanov Tsar - 1894-1918

A

Nicholas II

469
Q

Spain: Spanish fleet - 1588

A

Spanish Armada

470
Q

Russia: Flag colors

A

Red white and blue

471
Q

Canada: Snowbird singer

A

Anne Murray

472
Q

Turkey: Capital

A

Ankara

473
Q

Canada: Currency

A

Dollar

474
Q

Sri Lanka: Minority separatists

A

Tamils

475
Q

Russia: Russian president - 1991-1999

A

Boris Yeltsin

476
Q

Spain: Currency

A

Peseta

477
Q

South Africa: Prime minister 1989-1993 and Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1993

A

F.W. DeKlerk

478
Q

Cyprus: Capital

A

Nicosia

479
Q

Chile: Southern island

A

Tierra del Fuego

480
Q

Russia: Soviet premier - 1985-1991

A

Mikhail Gorbachev (Nobel Peace Prize - 1990)

481
Q

Saudi Arabia: King - 1982-

A

King Fahd

482
Q

Spain: Dialect of northern Spain

A

Catalan

483
Q

Yugoslavia: Republics

A

Serbia; Montenegro

484
Q

Canada: Nova Scotia French area

A

Acadia

485
Q

Venezuela: Capital

A

Caracas

486
Q

Turkey: Istanbul Mosque

A

The Blue Mosque

487
Q

China: Dynasty 1368-1644

A

Ming Dynasty

488
Q

Ukraine: Horse soldier

A

Cossack

489
Q

Spain: Peninsula

A

Iberia

490
Q

Ecuador: Currency

A

Sucre

491
Q

Russia: former newspaper

A

Pravda (truth)

492
Q

Scotland: “Brave Hearted” leader

A

William Wallace

493
Q

Switzerland: Mountain

A

Matterhorn

494
Q

Sweden: 1970s singing group

A

ABBA

495
Q

Czech Republic: Female Tennis star

A

Martina Navratilova

496
Q

Czech Republic: President 1992-93 - 1993-

A

Vaclav Haval

497
Q

South Africa: National park

A

Kruger National park

498
Q

Spain: 13th to 15th century tribunal

A

Inquisition

499
Q

Denmark: Capital and Largest City

A

Copenhagen

500
Q

Canada: Capitals named for Queen Victoria

A

Victoria and Regina

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