Countries Flashcards
1
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Great Britain: Ballerina
A
Dame Margot Fonteyn
2
Q
Hungary: Year of revolt against communist government
A
1956
3
Q
France: Premier - 1906-1909 and 1917-1920
A
Georges Clemenceau
4
Q
Brazil: Capital
A
Brasilia
5
Q
France: Napoleon’s brother - King of Spain
A
Joseph Bonaparte
6
Q
Great Britain: 13th century scholar and alchemist
A
Roger Bacon
7
Q
Greece: Last King
A
Constantine II
8
Q
Great Britain: National anthem
A
God Save the King (Queen)
9
Q
Great Britain: Foreign ambasador’s residence
A
St. James Court
10
Q
France: Photography pioneer - 19th century
A
Louis Deguarre
11
Q
France: Prison stormed by French peasants
A
Bastille
12
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Great Britain: Place where British fleet defeated Napoleon
A
Trafalgar
13
Q
France: Southern port
A
Marseille
14
Q
Germany: West German and German chancellor - 1982-1998
A
Helmut Kohl
15
Q
Australia: Color changing landmark
A
Ayres Rock
16
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Greece: Oracle site
A
Delphi
17
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Greece: Largest Island
A
Crete
18
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Greece: Mountain Pass
A
Thermopylae
19
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Cambodia: Ancient Empire
A
Khmer Empire
20
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Bahamas: Largest Island
A
Andros
21
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France: President - 1958-1969
A
Charles de Gaulle
22
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Bangladesh: Former name
A
East Pakistan
23
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India: Sitar player
A
Ravi Shankar
24
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Greece: Liquor
A
Ouzo
25
Haiti: President - 1991-
Jean Bertram Aristide (exiled for a time in the US)
26
India: Gandhi's successor
Jawaharlal Nehru
27
Greece: Second largest island
Euboea
28
Germany: Emperor - 1890-1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II
29
Australia: Native People
Aborigines
30
Great Britain: Tony Blair's party
Labour
31
France: Ruling house of France - 987-1328
Capetians
32
Australia: Opera Singer
Nellie Melba
33
Great Britain: 18th century furniture maker
Thomas Chippendale
34
Botswana: Swamp
Okavango
35
Austria: Mozart's birthplace
Salzburg
36
France: Middle age middle class
Bourgeoisie
37
Great Britain: Engraver
William Hogarth
38
France: Napoleon's brother - King of Rome
Napoleon II
39
Great Britain: Opponents in the War of the Roses
Red Rose of Lancaster vs. White Rose of York
40
Germany: Port and second largest city
Hamburg
41
Gabon: Capital
Libreville
42
Australia: Reef
Great Barrier Reef
43
France: Trendsetter and actress - 1890s
Sarah Bernhardt
44
Brazil: Language
Portuguese
45
Germany: Bauhaus architect
Walter Gropius
46
France: Date of the storming of the Bastille
July 14 1789
47
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1874-1880
Benjamin Disraeli
48
Canada: Capital of New Brunswick
Fredericton
49
Greece: Royalty
George; Alexander
50
Germany: German chancellor - 1871-1890
Otto Von Bismark
51
Great Britain: London museum with the Rosetta Stone
British Museum
52
Germany: West German chancellor - 1974-1982
Helmut Schmidt
53
Bulgaria: Capital
Sofia
54
Armenia: Capital
Yerevan
55
Algeria: Capital
Algiers
56
Germany: 1930s actress
Marlene Dietrich
57
France: Philosopher who developed analytical geometry
Rene Descartes
58
Georgia (Country): Religion
Eastern Orthodox
59
Angola: What country's former colony?
Portugal
60
Angola: Language
Portuguese
61
India: Female prime minister - 1980-1984
Indira Gandhi (Nehru's daughter)
62
Georgia (Country): Mountains
Caucasus
63
Great Britain: Man murdered in Canterbury Cathedral
St. Thomas a Beckett
64
India: Capital
New Dehli
65
Algeria: What country's former colony?
France
66
Germany: German for snout
Snorkel
67
Bolivia: Lake
Titicaca
68
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1937-1940
Neville Chamberlain
69
Australia: Currency
Dollar
70
Argentina: Tennis star
Gabriela Sabatini
71
Germany: 18th century transcendental philosopher
Immanuel Kant
72
Botswana: Capital
Gabarone
73
France: Napoleon's nephew - emperor of France - 1852-1870
Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon)
74
Ethiopia: Emperor 1930-74
Haile Selassie (aka Ras Tafari)
75
Haiti: Capital
Port-au-Prince
76
Georgia (Country): President - 1995-
Edvard Shevardnadze
77
Australia: Duckbilled mammal
Platypus
78
Austria: UN Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim
79
France: Versailles' hall
The Hall of Mirrors
80
Finland: Finnish-American architect
Eero Saarinen
81
Cambodia: Ancient Buddhist temple
Angkor Wat
82
Argentina: President 1946-1955 and 1973-74
Juan Peron
83
Ireland: Language
Gaelic
84
Australia: Aboriginal rite
Walkabout
85
Australia: Eastern Sea
Tasman Sea
86
Argentina: Mountain
Aconcagua (shared with Chile)
87
Great Britain: Prince and Princess of Wales home
Kensington Palace
88
Canada: Capital of British Columbia
Victoria (The Garden City)
89
Fiji: Largest Island
Viti Levu
90
Argentina: Juan Peron's second wife - died 1972
Evita (Eva) Peron
91
France: Louis XVI's Queen
Marie Antoinette
92
Iceland: Major source of energy
Geothermal
93
Ireland: Capital and largest city
Dublin
94
France: leader deposed on 9 Thermidor - 1794
Maximillian Robespierre
95
Great Britain: Admiral at Trafalgar
Lord Horatio Nelson
96
Argentina: Strait
Strait of Magellan
97
Great Britain: 18th century pottery maker
Josiah Wedgewood
98
Germany: 16th century Reformation leader
Martin Luther
99
Great Britain: Constable's rival
William Turner
100
Hungary: Patron Saint
St. Stephen
101
France: Paris site of the tomb of the unknown soldier
Arc de Triomphe
102
Great Britain: Commander defeated at Khartoum - 1884
Charles (Chinese) Gordon
103
Ireland: patron saint
St. Patrick
104
Belgium: Currency
Franc
105
Germany: Home of Wagner music festival
Bayreuth
106
Australia: Western City
Perth
107
Finland: Runner known as the "Flying Finn"
Paavo Nurmi
108
Iran: Persian prophet 6th century BC
Zoroaster
109
Belgium: Other royalty
Leopold I and II; Baudouin
110
Hungary: Language
Magyar
111
Australia: Actor
Paul Hogan
112
Bulgaria: Royalty
King Boris III
113
France: Empire including France - 900 AD
Carolingian
114
Azerbaijan: Mountains
Caucasus
115
Austria: Newspaper
_Wiener Zuting_
116
Afghanistan: Capital
Kabul
117
Haiti: President - 1971-1986
Jean Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc")
118
Ireland: second largest city
Cork
119
Iraq: Northern minority group
Kurds
120
Cambodia: Capital
Phnom Penh
121
Greece: largest port
Piraeus
122
Great Britain: London park known for its orators
Hyde Park
123
Germany: German-American Physicist
Albert Einstein
124
Azerbaijan: Capital
Baku
125
Great Britain: Landscape painter
John Constable
126
Albania: Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Mother Teresa
127
India: Guitar
Sitar
128
Iceland: 12th to 13th century literature
Eddas
129
France: Island where Major Dreyfus was exiled
Devil's Island
130
Belgium: Largest port
Antwerp (major diamond processing center)
131
Algeria: 16th century fortress
Casbah
132
Guinea-Bissau: Capital
Bisseau
133
Germany: West German chancellor - 1969-1974
Willy Brandt
134
Indonesia: Capital and largest city
Jakarta
135
Germany: President of German Republic - 1925-1934
Paul von Hindenburg
136
Germany: Airship
Zeppelin
137
Great Britain: Capital of British India
Calcutta
138
Greece: Sappho's island
Lesbos
139
Indonesia: Volcanic island - erupted in 1883
Krakatoa
140
Ireland: Accent
Brogue
141
Germany: Oldest European university city
Heidelberg
142
Great Britain: London Baroque cathedral (burned 1666)
St. Paul's Cathedral
143
Botswana: Former Name
Bechuanaland
144
France: French leader - subject of a David painting
Jean Marat
145
Great Britain: Last Governor General of India - 1947
Lord Mountbatten
146
Germany: Chemist
Robert Bunsen
147
Great Britain: King who signed the Magna Carta - 1215
King John
148
Indonesia: Other main islands
Sumatra; Borneo; New Guinea
149
Australia: States
New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Tasmania
150
Canada: The Prairie Provice
Manitoba
151
Greece: Tallest mountain
Olympus
152
Germany: German for Count
Graf
153
France: Paris river
Seine
154
Honduras: Language
Spanish
155
France: French Protestants
Huguenots
156
Belgium: Cheese
Limburger
157
Great Britain: Lord chancellor - 1618-1626 and philosopher
Francis Bacon
158
Iran: Darius' son - defeated by Athens - 480 BC
Xerxes
159
France: Palace built by Louis XIV
Versailles
160
France: She killed Marat
Charlotte Corday
161
France: Porcelain city
Limoges
162
France: Founder of modern chemistry
Antoinne Lavosier
163
Ireland: Glass works city
Waterford
164
Germany: Annual Bavarian party
Oktoberfest
165
Australia: Eucalyptus eater
Koala Bear
166
Great Britain: British ambassador to Turkey - 1799-1803
Lord Thomas Elgin (Elgin Marbles)
167
Cambodia: Royalty
King Norodom Sihanouk
168
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1955-1957
Earl Anthony Eden
169
France: Probability pioneer
Blaise Pascal
170
Germany: German for Substitute
Ersatz
171
Germany: German for Ghostly double
Doppelganger
172
Germany: Capital of Bavaria
Munich
173
France: Grand dictionary lexicographer
Pierre Larouse
174
Germany: Weimar school of arts and crafts
Bauhaus
175
France: Louis XIV's imprisoned brother (if that's true)
The Man in the Iron Mask
176
Great Britain: Second largest city
Birmingham
177
Indonesia: Leader forced to resign - 1998
Suharto
178
Argentina: Plains
The Pampas
179
India: Former Portuguese colony
Goa
180
Great Britain: London insane asylum
Bedlam
181
Germany: Capital
Berlin
182
Australia: Gum Tree
Eucalyptus
183
Brazil: Stadium
Maracana Stadium
184
Australia: Longest River
Darling River
185
Great Britain: Ancient astronomical stone relic
Stonehenge
186
India: Taj Mahal builder
Sha Jihan
187
Austria: Winter Olympics site - 1964 and 1976
Innsbruck
188
France: Ballooning brothers - 1793
Montgolfier brothers
189
Germany: City known for its baths
Baden Baden
190
Great Britain: Major river
Thames
191
France: Hot summer month
Thermidor
192
Iceland: Capital
Reykjavik
193
Great Britain: Home of British monarchs
Buckingham Palace
194
Australia: Nickname
"The Land Down Under"
195
Great Britain: Battle ending the Norman Conquest
Battle of Hastings
196
Georgia (Country): Sea
Black Sea
197
Brazil: Religion
Roman Catholic
198
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1945-1951
Clement Attlee
199
Austria: Currency
Shilling
200
Germany: West German chancellor - 1949-1963
Konrad Adenauer (Der Alte)
201
France: Film festival city
Cannes
202
Greece: Greek-American Opera singer
Maria Callas
203
Brazil: Royalty
Pedro I and II
204
Andorra: Mountains
Pyrenees
205
Bolivia: Mineral held in large deposits
Tin
206
Haiti: President - 1806-1820
Henri Christophe
207
Germany: German for Child prodigy
Wunderkind
208
Albania: Royalty
King Zog
209
Armenia: Mountains
Caucasus
210
Afghanistan: Ruling Party until US invasion
Taliban
211
Australia: Largest Island
Tasmania
212
Great Britain: Declaration calling for a Jewish homeland - 1917
Balfour Declaration
213
Belgium: City of treaty that ended war of 1812
Ghent
214
Great Britain: Private residence of British monarchs
Balmoral Castle
215
Australia: Prime Minister - 1991-1996
Bob Hanke
216
Iran: Currency
Rial
217
Great Britain: Playwright
Harold Pinter
218
France: Philosophical document of the revolution - 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man
219
Germany: German for Dumplings
Spaetzle
220
Australia: Wild dog
Dingo
221
Haiti: Island
Hispaniola
222
France: Brigitte Bardot's tourist city
St. Tropez
223
Canada: Capital of Alberta
Edmonton
224
Great Britain: Conquest of 1066
Norman Conquest
225
Brazil: Religious statue overlooking Rio
Christ the Redeemer
226
Indonesia: Island in _South Pacific_ and resort
Bali
227
Argentina: Language
Spanish
228
Australia: Second largest city
Melbourne
229
Belgium: Capital and largest city
Brussels (NATO hq)
230
Belgium: Ethnic groups
Flemings; Walloons
231
Belgium: Flemish cartographer
Mercator
232
India: Clarified butter
Ghee
233
Great Britain: Oxford's rival
Cambridge
234
Great Britain: Man who found David Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
235
Belgium: Language
Flemish
236
Andorra: Principal language
Catalan
237
Great Britain: Mau Mau rebellion country
Kenya
238
Australia: Stagnant water
Billabong
239
Great Britain: Boys prep school - founded 1440
Eton
240
France: Current Government
The Fifth Republic
241
Ethiopia: Country newly independent from Ethiopia
Eritrea
242
Finland: Currency
Markka
243
Great Britain: Capital and largest city
London
244
Afghanistan: Mountain pass
Khyber Pass
245
Andorra: Capital
Andorra la Vella
246
Great Britain: London square with Lord Nelson's statue
Trafalgar Square
247
Ethiopia: Capital
Addis Ababa
248
Iraq: Capital
Baghdad
249
Greece: Ancient King of Crete
Minos
250
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Author of teen diary
Zlata (Frankovich)
251
France: Mustard region
Dijon
252
India: Spice
Curry
253
Africa's smallest mainland country
Gambia
254
France: Philosopher and Armine Bejart's lover
Moliere
255
Hungary: 19th century composer and piano virtuoso
Franz Liszt
256
Bolivia: Legal Capital
Sucre
257
Bolivia: Religion
Roman Catholic
258
Ireland: Lakes
Lakes of Killarney
259
Great Britain: Encyclopedia - debuting in 1768
Encyclopedia Britannica
260
Burkina Faso: Former name
Upper Volta
261
Argentina: Southern island shared with Chile
Tierra del Fuego
262
France: President - 1995 -
Jacques Chirac
263
Great Britain: London church where monarchs are crowned
Westminster Abby
264
Bolivia: Language
Spanish
265
Bahamas: Columbus' original landing point
San Salvador
266
Great Britain: Battle ending the War of the Roses
Battle of Bosworth Field
267
Great Britain: Romance Novelist
Barbara Cartland
268
Cambodia: Religion
Buddhism
269
Angola: Indigenous People
Bantu
270
Botswana: Desert
Kalahari
271
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1940-45 and 1951-1955
Sir Winston Churchill
272
Ireland: Dublin college
Trinity
273
Great Britain: London wax museum
Madame Tussaud's
274
Greece: Ancient Crete capital
Knossos
275
Georgia (Country): Capital
Tbilisi
276
Greece: second largest city
Thessalonika
277
France: Louis XV's lover
Madame Pompadour
278
Ireland: third largest city
limerick
279
Belarus: Capital
Minsk
280
Germany: Airship that set Atlantic crossing record - 1929
Graf Zeppelin
281
Guatemala: Capital
Guatemala City
282
Belgium: Fictional Detective
Hercule Poirot
283
Ghana: UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annon
284
Greece: Shipping magnate
Aristotle Onassis
285
India: Largest City
Bombay
286
France: Spa city and World War II capital
Vichy
287
Belgium: Religion
Roman Catholic
288
Bahamas: Nassau island
New Providence
289
Great Britain: African explorer who discovered lake Victoria
John Speke
290
France: Napoleon's third wife
Eugenie
291
Germany: Physicist
Max Plank
292
Argentina: Cowboys
Gauchos
293
Argentina: Gaucho Weapon
Bola
294
India: Currency
Rupee
295
France: He defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
296
France: Marie Antoinette's mother
Maria Teresa (of the Hapsburgs)
297
Cambodia: Communist organization
Khmer Rouge
298
Albania: Capital
Tirana
299
Germany: Industrial region
Ruhr
300
France: Capital and largest city
Paris
301
Australia: Harbor Bridge location
Sydney
302
Germany: Airship that blew up at Lakehurst - NJ - 1937
Hindenburg
303
Argentina: Religion
Roman Catholic
304
Germany: Hamburg river
Elbe
305
Great Britain: Rhodes scholars attend this university
Oxford
306
France: Largest auto company
Renault
307
Germany: Playwright
Bertolt Brecht
308
Brazil: River
Amazon
309
Great Britain: 17th century diarist
Samuel Pepys
310
Germany: West German Capital
Bonn
311
Hungary: 20th century composer
Bela Bartok
312
Brazil: Actress who wore fruit on her head
Carmen Miranda
313
Finland: Gulf
Gulf of Bothnia
314
Great Britain: British calvary troops of India
Bengal Lancers
315
Australia: Singer
Olivia Newton John
316
Belgium: Flemish painter
Sir Anthony Van Dyck
317
Greece: Plain
Marathon
318
Great Britain: Prime minister 1990-1997
John Major
319
Australia: Sydney Harbor Landmark
The Opera House
320
Great Britain: Prime minister 1979-1990
Margaret Thatcher
321
Great Britain: 1381 John Bull and Watt Tyler tax revolt
Peasant's revolt
322
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1997-
Tony Blair
323
France: socialist president - 1981-1995
Francois Mitterand
324
Australia: Lake
Lake Eyre
325
Great Britain: London area with stature of Eros
Piccadilly Circus
326
Germany: German Chancellor 1998-
Gerhard Schroeder
327
Germany: Astronomer
Johannes Kepler
328
Great Britain: Stonehenge plain
Salisbury
329
Iceland: Currency
Krona
330
Brunei: Island
Borneo
331
France: Cardinal who opposed the Huguenots - 1629
Cardinal Richielieu
332
Australia: Bay
Botany Bay
333
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Capital
Sarajevo
334
Ghana: US ambassador
Shirley Temple Black
335
Austria: Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
336
Great Britain: Late 19th century Prime Minister four times
William Gladstone
337
Belgium: WW I cemetary
Flanders field
338
France: Tourist coast
Cote d'Azur
339
Antigua and Barbuda: Capital
St. John's
340
Argentina: Currency
Peso
341
Great Britain: Palace that burned - 1997
Windsor Castle
342
France: Stained glass cathedral city
Chartres
343
Ghana: Capital
Accra
344
Hungary: Hungarian-American actress sisters
Magda - Zsa Zsa - and Eva Gabor
345
Great Britain: Nanny's formal name
Governess
346
India: Vivian Leigh's birthplace and tea center
Darjeeling
347
Bangladesh: Capital
Dhaka
348
Australia: Olympic sites
Summer 1956 in Melbourne - Summer 2000 in Sydney
349
Iran: Revolutionary government head - 1979-1989
Ayatollah Khomeini
350
Brazil: Rio beaches
Copacabana and Ipanima
351
India: Prime minister - 1984-1988
Rajiv Gandhi (Indira's son)
352
Gambia: Capital
Banjul
353
Grenada: Capital
St. George's
354
Great Britain: Westminster Abby cemetery
Poet's Corner
355
Austria: Vienna psychoanaysis pioneer
Sigmund Freud
356
Indonesia: Island fighting for independence
East Timor
357
Great Britain: British dungeon in India
Black hole of Calcutta
358
Great Britain: Hot springs city
Bath
359
Great Britain: News Service
Reuters
360
India: Agra Shrine
Taj Mahal
361
France: Paris' oldest bridge
Pont Neuf
362
France: Former seat of the Papacy
Avignon
363
France: Day the Huguenots were massacred
St. Bartholomew's Day
364
Estonia: Capital
Tallinn
365
France: Ruling family - 14th to 19th century
Bourbons
366
Germany: J.S. Bach's composer son
C.P.E. Bach
367
France: The Sun King
Louis XIV
368
Angola: Capital
Luanda
369
France: Robespierre's supporters
Jacobins
370
Iran: Persian empire founder - 548 BC
Cyrus the Great
371
Germany: Won Nobel Peace Prize in 1971
Willy Brandt
372
Bangladesh: Bay
Bey of Bengal
373
Burkina Faso: Capital
Ouagadougou
374
Belize: Capital
Belmopan
375
Haiti: President - 1957-1971
Francois Duvalier ("Papa Doc")
376
Iraq: Currency
Dinar
377
Greece: Acropolis' landmark
Parthenon
378
Bahamas: second largest city
Freeport
379
Germany: Steel making family
Krupp
380
Great Britain: Explorer who spoke 29 languages and translated _Arabian Nights_
Sir Richard Burton
381
Great Britain: Place where Magna Carta was signed
Runnymede
382
Great Britain: Wall hanging depicting the Norman Conquest
Bayeux Tapestry
383
Afghanistan: Freedom Fighters
Mudjaheddin
384
Belgium: Surrealist
Rene Magritte
385
Iran: Persian defeated at Marathon - 490 BC
Darius I
386
Finland: Capital
Helsinki
387
France: Floral symbol
Fleur-de-lis
388
Australia: Largest City
Sydney
389
France: Baby doctor
Ferdinand Lamaze
390
Indonesia: President 1999-
Abdurrahman Wahid
391
France: President - 1969-1974
Georges Pompidou
392
Honduras: Religion
Roman Catholic
393
Iraq: President - 1979-2003
Saddam Hussein
394
Argentina: Juan Peron's third wife and president 1974-76
Isabelle Peron
395
Australia: Female Author
Colleen McCullough
396
Cambodia: Former name
Kampuchea
397
Germany: Currency
Mark
398
India: Divisional system of society
Caste system
399
Germany: Baroque composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
400
Australia: Prime Minister after 1996
John Howard
401
Brazil: Largest City
Sao Paulo
402
Great Britain: Prime minister - 1916-1922
David Lloyd-George
403
Largest of Caribbean Leeward Islands
Antigua and Barbuda
404
Belize: Former Name
British Honduras
405
Austria: Holy Roman Empress
Maria Theresa
406
Brazil: Currency
Cruzeiro
407
Great Britain: Royal seaside resort
Brighton
408
India: Indian-American conductor
Zubin Mehta
409
Brazil: Former Capital
Rio de Janeiro
410
Hungary: Capital
Budapest
411
Greece: Capital and largest city
Athens
412
France: Napoleon's second wife
Josephine
413
Ghana: Former name
Gold Coast
414
France: Paris gardens
Tulleries
415
Great Britain: British West Point
Sandhurst
416
Germany: 19th century publisher
Baedeker
417
Great Britain: Travel agency founder - 1828
Thomas Cook
418
France: Army officer stripped of honor - 1895
Major Alfred Dreyfus
419
Argentina: Desert
Atacama
420
Greece: Peninsula
Peloponnesus
421
Great Britain: Lord Nelson's Lover
Emma Hamilton
422
Argentina: Falkland Islands Argentine name
Malvinas
423
Azerbaijan: World Chess champion - 1985-2000
Garry Kasparov
424
Great Britain: Jockey and mystery writer
Dick Francis
425
Great Britain: British envoy held hostage in Lebanon
Terry Waite
426
Great Britain: Lord Protector - 1653-1658
Oliver Cromwell
427
Indonesia: Suharto's predecessor
Sukarno
428
Belgium: Current King
Albert II
429
India: Gandhi's "Children of God"
The Untouchables
430
Iran: Police
Savak
431
France: He defended Major Dreyfus with _J'Accuse_
Emile Zola
432
Greece: Religion
Greek Orthodox
433
Austria: Actor
Arnold Schwarzeneggar
434
Hungary: Tennis player
Ilia Nastase
435
Belgium: Artist who taught van Dyck
Peter Paul Rubens
436
Germany: city destroyed in allied firestorm
Dresden
437
Australia: Tennis grand slam winner
Margaret Court
438
Guatemala: Currency
Quetzal
439
Great Britain: Conqueror of India - 1755-1756
Robert Clive (of Plassey)
440
Azerbaijan: Lake
Caspian Sea
441
Belarus: Currency
Ruble
442
Argentina: Capital
Buenos Aires
443
Argentina: Southern Plateau
Patagonia
444
Canada: Capital of Nova Scotia
Halifax
445
Bermuda: Capital
Hamilton
446
Great Britain: 17th century philosopher
John Locke
447
Honduras: Capital
Tegucigalpa
448
Greece: Currency
Drachma
449
India: Wheel of Law
Dharma Chakra
450
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge leader - died in 1998
Pol Pot
451
Canada: Capital of Manitoba
Winnipeg
452
France: 12th century minstrels
Troubadours
453
Great Britain: Surveyor General of India - 1830-1841
Sir George Everest
454
Great Britain: 19th century anatomist
Henry Grey
455
Iran: Capital
Teheran
456
Hungary: Leader of 1956 revolt
Imre Nagy
457
Great Britain: Historian
Kenneth Clark
458
Finland: composer
Jean Sebelius
459
France: President - 1974-1981
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
460
Germany: Aspirin manufacturer
Bayer
461
India: Site of 1984 Union Carbide disaster
Bophal
462
Brunei: Ruler (by decree)
The Sultan of Brunei
463
Argentina: Juan Peron's presidency
1946-1955 and 1973-74
464
Greece: Greek-American Tennis player
Pete Sampras
465
Australia: Super Model
Elle McPherson
466
Indonesia: Jakarta's Island
Java
467
France: National Anthem
Les Marseilles
468
Germany: Noble family
Hohenzollern
469
Iran: President - 1989-
Rafsanjani
470
Iran: Persian poet
Omar Khayyam
471
Australia: Media Magnate
Rupert Murdoch
472
Honduras: Coastal Indians
Mesquita
473
Bolivia: Administrative capital
La Paz
474
India: Prophet of nonviolence - assassinated in 1948
Mahatma Gandhi
475
Austria: Dynasty - 1247-1918
Habsburg
476
Fiji: Capital
Suva
477
Great Britain: Port where the Beatles originated
Liverpool
478
Great Britain: Female in parliament - 1919-1945
Lady Nancy Astor
479
Canada: Canada's newest province
Newfoundland
480
Iceland: Major Religion
Lutheranism
481
Bangladesh: Language
Bengali
482
Australia: North coast city
Darwin
483
Australia: Capital
Canberra
484
Great Britain: Major and Thatcher's party
Conservative
485
Great Britain: Insurance Agency
Lloyd's of London
486
Honduras: Northern Indians and Pyramid builders
Mayans
487
Guatemala: Religion
Roman Catholic
488
Great Britain: 17th century poet and dramatist
John Dryden
489
Iran: Shah of Iran - 1941-1979
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
490
Germany: German for Pipe
Meerschaum
491
Belgium: Colony
The Belgian Congo
492
Finland: Northern herdsmen
Lapps
493
Germany: Twin tower cathedral city
Cologne
494
Great Britain: 1455-1485 war
War of the Roses
495
Austria: Capital and largest city
Vienna (The Waltz City)
496
Argentina: River
Rio de la Plata
497
Bahamas: Capital and largest city
Nassau
498
Great Britain: Barrister
Lawyer
499
France: Jacques Chirac's position before president
Mayor of Paris
500
Belarus: Religion
Eastern Orthodox
