Random Geography II

Question 1

Poland’s second biggest city?

Answer 1

Krakow

Question 2

German name for Cologne

Answer 2

Koln (umlaut on the O)

Question 3

Danish name for Copenhagen

Answer 3

Kobenhavn (strike through on the O)

Question 4

Capital of the Orkneys

Answer 4

Kirkwall

Question 5

Greek city known for olives

Answer 5

Kalamata

Question 6

Capital of ancient Crete

Answer 6

Knossos (as opposed to Heraklion

Question 7

Croatian island that has three letters and no vowel

Answer 7

Krk

Question 8

Russian city on the Volga, capital of Tatarstan

Answer 8

Kazan

Question 9

Russian enclave formally known as Konigsburg

Answer 9

Kaliningrad

Question 10

Largest Scottish loch

Answer 10

Loch Lomond

Question 11

Where did Bach live for most of his life?

Answer 11

Leipzig

Question 12

Bridge connecting Copenhagen and Malmo?

Answer 12

Oresund

Question 13

Term for a province in Russia and Ukraine

Answer 13

Oblast

Question 14

Ukrainian seaport beginning with O

Answer 14

Odessa.

Question 15

Famous autumn festival held in Munich

Answer 15

Oktoberfest

Question 16

Second largest city in Portugal

Answer 16

Oporto

Question 17

Spanish city where bulls run?

Answer 17

Pamplona

Question 18

Capital of Majorca

Answer 18

Palma

Question 19

How many cities are there in Scotland?

Answer 19

7…including Perth (the latest to be added in 2012)

Question 20

Capital of Sicily

Answer 20

Palermo

Question 21

Europe’s busiest port?

Answer 21

Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Question 22

Switzerland’s four official languages?

Answer 22

French, German, Italian and Romansh

Question 23

Building where German parliament sits

Answer 23

Reichstag

Question 24

Finnish name for Finland

Answer 24

Suomi

Question 25

French city, seat of EU Parliament

Answer 25

Strasburg

Question 26

Sound of Music city

Answer 26

Salzburg

Question 27

Second largest Mediterannean island

Answer 27

Sardinia

Question 28

Spanish Catholic pilgrimage destination

Answer 28

Santiago de Compostela

Question 29

Scotland's most famous golf course?

Answer 29

St Andrews

Question 30

Cathedral in Moscow

Answer 30

St. Basil's

Question 31

Tuscan city, home to Duccio

Answer 31

Sienna

Question 32

Capital of Macedonia

Answer 32

Skopje

Question 33

Five largest cities in the Republic of Ireland

Answer 33

Question 34

Cities in Scotland?

Answer 34

Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Dundee Perth Inverness Stirling

Question 35

Cities in Wales?

Answer 35

Cardiff Swansea Newport Bangor ``` St Davids (smallest city in Britain) St Asaph (second smallest city in Britain) ```

Question 36

Population of St David's in 2020

Answer 36

1600 Smallest city in Britain.

Question 37

To ensure a return to Rome, throw a coin in this fountain

Answer 37

Trevi Fountain

Question 38

Mediterranean sub-sea on the west coast of Italy

Answer 38

Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 39

Greece's second city

Answer 39

Thessaloniki

Question 40

French city home to Europe's aerospace industry

Answer 40

Toulouse

Question 41

Second most commonly spoken language in Germany?

Answer 41

Turkish

Question 42

In which region of the atmosphere do we live?

Answer 42

The troposphere. (where our weather happens). It extends upt to 60,000 feet at the equator. In polar regions, sometimes less than 20,000 feet.

Question 43

What lies above the troposphere?

Answer 43

The stratosphere. in this region of the atmosphere, temperatures warm with altitude, rather than decrease.

Question 44

Longest river in Europe

Answer 44

Volga

Question 45

Venice in Italian

Answer 45

Venezia

Question 46

Formally called Stalingrad

Answer 46

Volgograd

Question 47

Capital of unoccupied France in WWII

Answer 47

Vichy

Question 48

Longest river in Poland?

Answer 48

Vistula

Question 49

Where is Romeo and Juliet set?

Answer 49

Verona

Question 50

Irish city known for crystal

Answer 50

Waterford

Question 51

Romanian region once ruled by Vlad the Impaler

Answer 51

Wallachia

Question 52

Vienna in Austrian?

Answer 52

Wien

Question 53

French speaking part of Belgium

Answer 53

Wallonia

Question 54

German city that gave its name to the republic of 1919-1933

Answer 54

Weimar

Question 55

Belgian town near where Napoleon met his final defeat

Answer 55

Waterloo