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Famous European People Flashcards

1
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What country is Mozart from?

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Austria

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What country is Haydn from?

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Austria

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What country is Schubert from?

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Austria

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4
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Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?

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A hollywood star (Austrian)

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5
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Who founded psychoanalysis?

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Sigmund Freud (Austrian)

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Where are Tintin and The Smurfs from?

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Belgium

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7
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How many times has Eddy Merckx won Tour De France?

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5 (Eddy Merckx is Belgian)

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8
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Name two famous Belgian tennis players (women_)

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Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters

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9
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What was Nafissatou Thiam voted in 2017?

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World athlete of the year ( Nafissatou Thiam is Belgian)

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10
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Who made the heads side of the euro?

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Luc Luycx (Belgian)

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What record did Stefka Kostadinova set in 1987?

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High jump of 2.09 metres (Stefka is Bulgarian)

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What country is Nikola Tesla from and what discovery did he make?

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Croatian, X-Ray Imaging

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13
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What country is Luka Modric from?

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Croatia

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14
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Who made the parachute?

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Faust Vrancic in 1617 (Croatian)

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What did medal did Pavlos Kontides win in 2012

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Silver medal in sailing at London 2012 Olympics (Pavlos is a Cypriot)

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What country are Milan Trajkovic, Aoistikis Parellis and Eleni Aryama from?

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Cyprus

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17
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What greek goddess is said to have rose near the city of Paphos in Cyprus?

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Aphrodite

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18
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What sport does Caroline Wozniacki play?

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Tennis (Caroline is Danish)

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What country is Hans Christian Andersen from?

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Denmark (He wrote the Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid)

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20
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What country is Paul Keres from?

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Estonia (Chess player)

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21
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What country are composers Arvo Part and Neeme Jarvi from?

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Estonia

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22
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Where were Moomin and the Angry Birds created?

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Finland

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What sport is Kimi Raikkonen famous for?

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Formula One (Finnish)

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Scientists and inventors Eugene Poubelle and Louis Pasteur come from what country?

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France

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25
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What disney movies did Charles Perrault inspire?

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Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and more (France)

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26
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What country did Beethoven and Bach come from?

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Germany (Composers)

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27
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What country do Daniel Bruhl and Diane Kruger come from?

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Germany (Actors)

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28
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What country does Albert Einstein come from?

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Germany

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29
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What country do Michael Shumacher and Sebastian Vettel come from?

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Germany (Formula One Drivers)

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30
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What country do Euclid and Pythagoras come from?

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Greece

31
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What country do Plato, Socrates and Aristotle come from?

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Greece (Philosophers)

32
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What country do athletes Katerina Stefanidi, Lefteris Petrounias and Giannis Adetokunbo come from?

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Greece

33
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What did ancient greek scientist Eratosthenes claim that the earth was?

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Round

34
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What country do the composers Liszt Bartok and Kodaly come from?

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Hungary

35
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Name an Irish author.

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Bram Stoker, oscar Wilde, James Joyce or Samuel Beckett.

36
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Name an Italian Artist

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Leonardo Da Vinci Michelangelo or Botticelli

37
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What country is football player Francesco Totti from

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Italy

38
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What country is motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi From?

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Italy

39
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Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Empire. What country is he from?

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Italy

40
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What country is the conductor Andris Nelson from?

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Latvia

41
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What country do the lead singers of the bands Red Hot Chilli Peppers and the killers come from?

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Lithuania

42
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Name a Lithuanian NBA player.

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Domantas Sabonis

43
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What where the people called who ruled over malta in its Golden Age

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Knights of St. John (The golden age was the 17th and 18th century)

44
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Who gave Valletta (Malta’s capital) it’s name?

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Jean Parisot de La Valette (Jean was a French nobleman)

45
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Name a Dutch DJ.

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Armin van Buuren, Tiesto or Martin Garrix

46
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What country is Van Gogh from?

A

The Netherlands

47
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Irena Szewinska, Robert Korzeniowski and Adam Matysz are from what country?

A

Poland

48
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Who was the Polish scientist who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

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Marie Curie (or Marie Sklodowska-Curie)

49
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What country is Cristiano Ronaldo from?

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Portugal

50
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Vasco da Gama was the first european to reach India by sea, what is his nationality?

A

Portugese

51
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What nationality is Simona Halep?

A

Romanian

52
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What country is Nadia Comaneci from?

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Romania (She was the first ever gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 olympics, she was only 14!)

53
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Dracula is a prince, what country was he from?

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Romania

54
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Famous cyclist Peter Sagan is from what country?

A

Slovakia

55
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Fun Fact

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Steve Ditko (Spider Man’s co-inventor) has Slovak origins

56
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What country is Davo Karnicar from?

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Slovenia (First to ski down mt everest)

57
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What country is Benka Pulko from?

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Slovenia (First woman to travel to all 7 continents by motorbike)

58
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What country is Martin Strel from?

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Slovenia (Swam entire length of the River Amazon)

59
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What country is Marc Marquez from?

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Spain

60
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What country is Zlatan Ibrahimovic from?

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Sweden (Footballer)

61
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What country is Sarah Sjostrom from?

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Sweden (Swimmer)

62
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What country are the famous musicians Robyn, Zara Larsson and The Hives from?

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Sweden

63
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What did Anders Celsius do?

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Give his name to the temperature scale (Swedish)

64
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What country is Alfred Nobel from?

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Sweden

65
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Who made the fictional character Pippi Longstocking?

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Astrid Lindgren (Swedish)

66
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Which country is painter Alfons Mucha from?

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Czechia

67
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Which country are composers Bedrich Smetana and Antonnin Dvorak from?

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Czechia

68
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Which country are writers Jaroslav Seifert and Vaclav from?

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Czechia

69
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Star ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr is from what country?

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Czechia

70
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Which Czech writer came up with the idea of the robot?

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Karel Capek in the book R.U.R

71
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What country is Erno Rubik from?

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Hungary (Inventor of Rubik’s Cube)

72
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What country are Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo from?

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Italy

73
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What invention did Walter Zapp make?

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The mini camera in 1936 (He was a German from Latvia)

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