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1
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Poland’s second biggest city?

A

Krakow

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2
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German name for Cologne

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Koln (umlaut on the O)

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Danish name for Copenhagen

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Kobenhavn (strike through on the O)

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4
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Capital of the Orkneys

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Kirkwall

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5
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Greek city known for olives

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Kalamata

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6
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Capital of ancient Crete

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Knossos (as opposed to Heraklion

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7
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Croatian island that has three letters and no vowel

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Krk

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Russian city on the Volga, capital of Tatarstan

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Kazan

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9
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Russian enclave formally known as Konigsburg

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Kaliningrad

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10
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Largest Scottish loch

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Loch Lomond

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11
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Where did Bach live for most of his life?

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Leipzig

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12
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Bridge connecting Copenhagen and Malmo?

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Oresund

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13
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Term for a province in Russia and Ukraine

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Oblast

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14
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Ukrainian seaport beginning with O

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Odessa.

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15
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Famous autumn festival held in Munich

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Oktoberfest

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16
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Second largest city in Portugal

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Oporto

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17
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Spanish city where bulls run?

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Pamplona

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18
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Capital of Majorca

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Palma

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19
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How many cities are there in Scotland?

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

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20
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Capital of Sicily

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Palermo

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21
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Europe’s busiest port?

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Rotterdam (Netherlands)

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22
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Switzerland’s four official languages?

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French, German, Italian and Romansh

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23
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Building where German parliament sits

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Reichstag

24
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Finnish name for Finland

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Suomi

25
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French city, seat of EU Parliament

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Strasburg

26
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Sound of Music city

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Salzburg

27
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Second largest Mediterannean island

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Sardinia

28
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Spanish Catholic pilgrimage destination

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Santiago de Compostela

29
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Scotland’s most famous golf course?

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St Andrews

30
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Cathedral in Moscow

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St. Basil’s

31
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Tuscan city, home to Duccio

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Sienna

32
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Capital of Macedonia

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Skopje

33
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Five largest cities in the Republic of Ireland

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34
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Cities in Scotland?

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Glasgow
Edinburgh

Aberdeen

Dundee
Perth

Inverness
Stirling

35
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Cities in Wales?

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Cardiff

Swansea

Newport

Bangor

St Davids (smallest city in Britain)
St Asaph (second smallest city in Britain)
36
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Population of St David’s in 2020

A

1600

Smallest city in Britain.

37
Q

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

A

Trevi Fountain

38
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Mediterranean sub-sea on the
west coast of Italy

A

Tyrrhenian Sea

39
Q

Greece’s second city

A

Thessaloniki

40
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French city home to Europe’s
aerospace industry

A

Toulouse

41
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Second most commonly spoken language in Germany?

A

Turkish

42
Q

In which region of the atmosphere do we live?

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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.

43
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What lies above the troposphere?

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

44
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Longest river in Europe

A

Volga

45
Q

Venice in Italian

A

Venezia

46
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Formally called Stalingrad

A

Volgograd

47
Q

Capital of unoccupied France in WWII

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Vichy

48
Q

Longest river in Poland?

A

Vistula

49
Q

Where is Romeo and Juliet set?

A

Verona

50
Q

Irish city known for crystal

A

Waterford

51
Q

Romanian region once ruled by Vlad the Impaler

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Wallachia

52
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Vienna in Austrian?

A

Wien

53
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French speaking part of Belgium

A

Wallonia

54
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German city that gave its name to
the republic of 1919-1933

A

Weimar

55
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Belgian town near where Napoleon
met his final defeat

A

Waterloo

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