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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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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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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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Two cities in Italy’s heel, starting with B

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Brindisi, Bari

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Where Napoleon was born

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Corsica

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Mountain range that divides Europe and Asia

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Caucasus

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Autonomous region of north east Spain

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Catalonia

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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?
Bran Castle
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Largest Greek island?
Crete
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Three cities beginning with D in the Rhone Rhine region
Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Duisburg
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Walled city of Southern Croatia
Dubrovnik
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In what region is Dubrovnik?
Dalmatia (Southern Croatia)
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Turkish Strait formally called the Hellespont?
The Dardenelles
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River that flows into the sea at Porto
River Douro
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Where was Napolean exiled?
St Helena
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Complete the palindrome, Able was I, ere I saw....
Elba Italian island
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Greece's second largest island by area and population
Euboea
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River that flows past Dresden?
Elbe
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Tallest mountain in Europe?
Mount Elbrus Southern Russia near Georgia in the Caucasus.
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What is a leogryph?
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?
A chinthe
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What is a Buddhist temple called?
A pagoda, wat, chaitya stupa or a vihara, depending on location.
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The camel is the national animal of which 3 countries?
Saudi Arabia Kuwait Eritrea
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The Chinthe is national animal of which country?
Myanmar
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The national animal of Indonesia
Komodo Dragon
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The national animal of Germany and Austria
The Iberian imperial eagle
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What country is represented by the two tailed lion?
Czechia
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What country does the harpy eagle represent?
Panama
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What animal represents Sweden and Norway?
Moose
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What is Greece's national animal?
A phoenix
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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 chollima
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The national animal of N. Korea
A chollima
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A bear is the national animal of which 2 countries?
Russia and Finland
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What is the national animal of the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The okapi
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What is the national animal of Cyprus
The mouflon
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The national animal of Malaysia?
The Rhinoceros Hornbill
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The national animal of Japan and China?
The red crowned crane
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What is the national animal of Portugal
The Rooster de Barcelos
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What animal is this and which country has it as its national animal?
Takin Bhutan Also called a gnu goat.
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The tapir is the national animal of which country?
Belize
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The national animal of Canada?
The beaver
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Rome's main airport, also called the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport?
Fiumicino
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Capital of Madeira
Funchal
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Region along the North Sea coast of Germany and the Netherlands
Frisia
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Region of northwest Spain with its own language
Galicia
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Byzantine church that is a major landmark in Istanbul
Hagia Sophia
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Capital of Crete
Heraklion
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Croatia in Croatian
Hrvatska
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Art museum in St Petersburg
The Hermitage
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Britain's royal family originally came from this city in Lower Saxony
Hannover (German spelling) Hanover is English spelling.
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French region containing Paris
Ile de France
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Island in the Hebrides famous for tourism and Scottish whisky
Islay
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Austrian winter Olympics venue in 1964?
Innsbruck
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Sea between Greece and Italy
Ionian
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Home of Odysseus in the Ionian Sea? Ulysses
Ithaca
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Afghanistan national animal?
Snow Leopard
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Turkey's national animal?
Grey wolf
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Isreal's national animal
Hoopoe
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National animal of Argentina
Mountain lion, puma, which holds the record for the largest number of names, at about 40. aka, cougar and panther.
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National bird of Japan?
The pheasant
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National animal of Macedonia
Lynx
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National animal of Belarus
The European Bison (on verge of extinction)
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National bird of Denmark?
Swan
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National animal of Greenland?
The polar bear
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The national animal of Pakistan?
The Markhor

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