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Capital of Liguria in NW Italy - once a city-state with a naval empire

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Genoa

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Inlet of the Bosphorus that flows through Istanbul

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The Golden Horn

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Polish city formerly known as Danzig

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Gdansk

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Sweden’s second biggest city

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Gothenberg

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Capital of Corsica

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Ajaccio

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Denmark’s second biggest city

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Aarhus

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Capital of Catalonia

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Barcelona

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Historical region of the Czech Republic

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Bohemia

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Biggest city on Norway’s West Coast

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Bergen

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Largest lake in Hungary

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Balaton

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Strait that separates Europe and Asia at Istanbul

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Bosphorus

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12
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What was Bath called by the Romans?

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Aqua Sulis

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Northern Spanish City with the Guggenheim Museum

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Bilbao

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14
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Last dictatorship in Europe

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Belarus

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The four main Balearic Islands

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Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca, Formentera

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What is the Spanish spelling of Majorca?

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Mallorca

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Capital cities on the Danube starting with B

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Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest

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Northern Italian city with the oldest university in the world?

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Bologna

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19
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Two cities in Italy’s heel, starting with B

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Brindisi, Bari

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20
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Where Napoleon was born

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Corsica

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21
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Mountain range that divides Europe and Asia

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Caucasus

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22
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Autonomous region of north east Spain

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Catalonia

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23
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Mountain range that surrounds Transylvania

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Carpathian Mountains

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When was Cambridge University founded?

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1209

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What castle in Transylvania is associated with Count Dracula?

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Bran Castle

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26
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Largest Greek island?

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Crete

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Three cities beginning with D in the Rhone Rhine region

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Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Duisburg

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Walled city of Southern Croatia

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Dubrovnik

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29
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In what region is Dubrovnik?

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Dalmatia (Southern Croatia)

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30
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Turkish Strait formally called the Hellespont?

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The Dardenelles

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31
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River that flows into the sea at Porto

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River Douro

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32
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Where was Napolean exiled?

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St Helena

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33
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Complete the palindrome,

Able was I, ere I saw….

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Elba

Italian island

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Greece’s second largest island by area and population

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Euboea

35
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River that flows past Dresden?

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Elbe

36
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Tallest mountain in Europe?

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Mount Elbrus

Southern Russia near Georgia

in the Caucasus.

37
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What is a leogryph?

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Part lion, part griffin,

seen in many South Indian and Burmese Temples

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What is a highly stylized leogryph commonly depicted in Burmese iconography and Myanmar architecture, especially as a pair of guardians flanking the entrances of Buddhist pagodas and kyaung?

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A chinthe

39
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What is a Buddhist temple called?

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A pagoda, wat, chaitya stupa or a vihara, depending on location.

40
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The camel is the national animal of which 3 countries?

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Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Eritrea

41
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The Chinthe is national animal of which country?

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Myanmar

42
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The national animal of Indonesia

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Komodo Dragon

43
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The national animal of Germany and Austria

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The Iberian imperial eagle

44
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What country is represented by the two tailed lion?

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Czechia

45
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What country does the harpy eagle represent?

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Panama

46
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What animal represents Sweden and Norway?

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Moose

47
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What is Greece’s national animal?

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A phoenix

48
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What is a mythical winged horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology.

A

A chollima

49
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The national animal of N. Korea

A

A chollima

50
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A bear is the national animal of which 2 countries?

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Russia and Finland

51
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What is the national animal of the Democratic Republic of Congo?

A

The okapi

52
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What is the national animal of Cyprus

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The mouflon

53
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The national animal of Malaysia?

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The Rhinoceros Hornbill

54
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The national animal of Japan and China?

A

The red crowned crane

55
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What is the national animal of Portugal

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The Rooster de Barcelos

56
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What animal is this and which country has it as its national animal?

A

Takin

Bhutan

Also called a gnu goat.

57
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The tapir is the national animal of which country?

A

Belize

58
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The national animal of Canada?

A

The beaver

59
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Rome’s main airport, also called the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport?

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Fiumicino

60
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Capital of Madeira

A

Funchal

61
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Region along the North Sea coast of
Germany and the Netherlands

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Frisia

62
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Region of northwest Spain with
its own language

A

Galicia

63
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Byzantine church that is a major
landmark in Istanbul

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Hagia Sophia

64
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Capital of Crete

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Heraklion

65
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Croatia in Croatian

A

Hrvatska

66
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Art museum in St Petersburg

A

The Hermitage

67
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Britain’s royal family originally came
from this city in Lower Saxony

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Hannover (German spelling)

Hanover is English spelling.

68
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French region containing Paris

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Ile de France

69
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Island in the Hebrides famous for tourism and Scottish whisky

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Islay

70
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Austrian winter Olympics venue in 1964?

A

Innsbruck

71
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Sea between Greece and Italy

A

Ionian

72
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Home of Odysseus in the Ionian Sea?

Ulysses

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Ithaca

73
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Afghanistan national animal?

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Snow Leopard

74
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Turkey’s national animal?

A

Grey wolf

75
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Isreal’s national animal

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Hoopoe

76
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National animal of Argentina

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Mountain lion, puma, which holds the record for the largest number of names, at about 40.

aka, cougar and panther.

77
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National bird of Japan?

A

The pheasant

78
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National animal of Macedonia

A

Lynx

79
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National animal of Belarus

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The European Bison (on verge of extinction)

80
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National bird of Denmark?

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Swan

81
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National animal of Greenland?

A

The polar bear

82
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The national animal of Pakistan?

A

The Markhor

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