Europe Study Guide

Europe

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Sweden 11x 9.1% stumper $582 avg J:3 DJ:8

DJ $200 1986 Exports from this country include iron ore, Saabs, & Bjorn Borg

J $600 2007 Representing this Scandinavian country, Gunnar Hokmark is also the vice-chair of the European Democrats group

DJ $1,200 2007 An obscenity case against "I Am Curious (Yellow)" a 1960's film from this country, went to the U.S. Supreme Court

Italy 10x 20.0% stumper $480 avg J:3 DJ:7

J $100 1995 Basilicata is a rural region in the ankle & instep of this country's boot

DJ $600 1984 19th century Sardinia took the lead in unifying this country

DJ $1,000 1988 This country, not France, is the biggest European exporter of apparel to the U.S.

the Netherlands 10x 25.0% stumper $462 avg J:4 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $200 1995 The Keeshond, which often lives on barges is considered the national dog of this low country

DJ $800 1996 Leyden cheese, produced in this country, is flavored with cumin & caraway seeds

FJ 2018 Like UNESCO, the EU has heritage sites; 2 of the first 4, a WWII internment camp & a Peace Palace, were in this occupied country

Monaco 9x $657 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:2

DJ $200 1998 This nice principality is 10 miles from Nice

DJ $800 2021 While this country on the Riviera is known for its high-end casinos, its citizens aren't allowed to gamble

J $2,400 DD 2018 This country's national day is November 19, Saint-Rainier Day

Denmark 9x $700 avg J:1 DJ:8

J $300 1987 Country whose capital was formerly called Koebnannehavn, meaning "Merchants' Harbor"

DJ $600 1989 To gain its independence, Sweden defeated this much smaller country in the 1520s

DJ $1,000 1994 Margrethe I was a 10-year-old princess of this country when she wed Haakon VI of Norway in 1363

Yugoslavia 8x $275 avg J:8

J $100 1991 After World War I, Serbs, Croats & Slovenes joined to form this country

J $500 1989 Only predominantly Slavic country that's not in the Soviet bloc

J $100 1987 Neighbor of Greece whose national anthem is "Hej Sloveni" meaning "Hey Slavs"

Poland 8x 14.3% stumper $429 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $200 2004 In December 1995 Aleksander Kwasniewski became president of this country

DJ $800 2004 The 2004 addition of 10 countries including this onebrings the E.U.'s population to 450 million

FJ 2005 Of nations entirely within Europe, it was the largest in area in 1571 & 1771, not on the map in 1871, & No. 6 in 1971

Hungary 8x 37.5% stumper $788 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1987 A Roman amphitheater was recently unearthed in this country's city of Budapest

J $500 2000 The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold

J $1,000 2025 Balaton, Central Europe's largest lake, gives pride to this country; PM Viktor Orban has said, "More Balaton, less Brussels"

Greece 8x 12.5% stumper $575 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1986 This nation's official name is the Hellenic Republic

J $500 1993 Kourabiedes are buttery cookies served on special occasions in this country

DJ $1,000 1998 The Kalamatianos is one of the most popular wedding dances of this country

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Switzerland 7x $329 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1994 On January 1, 1979, this country created the Canton of Jura

DJ $1,200 2014 Romansh is an official language of the Canton of Graubunden in this country

J $100 1989 1 of its 3 official names is the Italian "Svizzera"

Prague 7x 50.0% stumper $583 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1998 In this Czech capital, you can visit a home where Mozart composed part of "Don Giovanni"

J $600 2008 European city seenherein 1968

DJ $1,000 1987 Mozart's "Don Giovanni" premiered in this city where Dvorak & Smetana lived & composed

Norway 7x $386 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 2003 Rising near Sogne Fiord in this country, Galdhopiggen is the highest peak in northern Europe

J $600 2007 Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century

DJ $200 1993 Natives of this Scandinavian country call it Kongeriket Norge

Gibraltar 7x 28.6% stumper $857 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 1994 This rocky site is known as the "Key to the Mediterranean"

DJ $600 1988 By the Treaty of Utrecht, if Britain gave up this colony, it had to offer it 1st to Spain

DJ $1,200 2023 Winston Churchill Avenue cut across the airport runway in this British territory that knows how to rock us

France 7x 14.3% stumper $557 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1993 Galette des Rois is a special cake created for Twelfth Night festivities in this country

DJ $1,000 DD 2002 In 1924 it became the first country to host the Summer & Winter Olympics in the same year

J $100 1987 Louis the Stubborn, Louis the Do-Nothing, & Louis from Overseas were all kings of this country

Liechtenstein 6x 20.0% stumper $1,080 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $600 1991 The tiny principality whose monetary unit is the Swiss franc

J $1,000 2005 This Alpine principality is the HQ for some 25,000 corporations, & 40% of its workforce is foreign

FJ 1986 Only European country named for its establishing family, which still rules today

Albania 6x 20.0% stumper $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $500 DD 1987 Alphabetically, this country is the 1st in Europe

DJ $1,000 1988 Gheg & Tosk are spoken in this country, which has had no diplomatic relations with U.S. since the 40s

FJ 2002 Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims

Goya 6x 16.7% stumper $733 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 2018 Deemed indecent, his "Naked Maja" painting caused him to be called before the Inquisition

DJ $1,000 DD 2009 In a 2006 film Stellan Skarsgard played this Spanish painter, with Randy Quaid as King Carlos IV

DJ $400 2017 In 1816 this onetime court painter to Spanish royalty published "Tauromaquia", his etchings on bullfighting

Northern Ireland 6x 16.7% stumper $967 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2023 At different times in its history, this nation has been called Hibernia & the Celtic Tiger

J $800 2013 It's the only one of the 4 U.K. countries in which St. Patrick's Day is an official bank holiday

DJ $1,200 2007 Blaa may not sound appetizing, but it's a nice floury bread from Waterford in this country

Holland 6x 33.3% stumper $733 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 1988 According to an old Dutch saying, "God created the world, but the Dutch" did this

DJ $600 2001 Country in which you'd find the city the natives call Den Haag

DJ $1,600 2017 Delftware & wooden shoes are made in the DeKlomp factory in this Michigan town

Moscow 5x $900 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $200 1988 This city was burned in September 1812 to try to force out Napoleon's troops

DJ $3,000 DD 2013 With about 12 million people, this city on the Eastern European plain is the most populous entirely in Europe

FJ 1988 This capital some 1500 miles from London has surpassed it as the most populous city in Europe

Germany 5x $233 avg J:3 FJ:2

J $100 1996 The third stanza of "Deutschlandlied"

FJ 1995 Excluding Russia, with over 81 million people, it's the most populous country in Europe

FJ 1986 All of Denmark is surrounded by water except for its 42 mile boundary with this country

Czechoslovakia 5x 40.0% stumper $800 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1995 Over protests from Vaclav Havel & others, this nation split into 2 states January 1, 1993

J $500 1990 This eastern European country was established in 1918, with Thomas Masaryk as its 1st president

DJ $2,000 2006 In the 1970s Milan Kundera was stripped of his citizenship by this country's government

Budapest 5x $1,020 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $400 2017 Goulash soup is on the menu at Gundel, a fancy restaurant in this capital city

DJ $600 1993 There's an open-air theatre on Margaret Island in this Hungarian capital

DJ $2,700 DD 1990 It's the next capital city you'll reach sailing down the Danube from Vienna

Luxembourg 5x $640 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1985 1 of 2 tiny European countries which begins with "L"

DJ $800 1995 In 1815 the Congress of Vienna united Belgium with this country

J $1,000 2023 Due to its location, this small nation, a grand duchy, has been called the little fortress & the Gibraltar of the North

Zurich 4x $375 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1990 Switzerland's largest city in population, it's alphabetically last except for Zurzach & Zweisimmen

DJ $600 1988 It's the largest city in Switzerland

DJ $400 2022 The Dada art movement began in this most populous Swiss city around 1916

Venice 4x 25.0% stumper $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1993 On arrival at Marco Polo International Airport, you're about 8 miles from this Italian city's center

J $500 1996 Hemingway hung out at Harry's Bar, the birthplace of the Bellini cocktail, in this Italian city

DJ $400 2015 Ludovico Manin, the last doge of this republic, served from 1789 to 1797, when he was deposed

Sofia 4x 25.0% stumper $650 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1987 "Ever Growing, Never Old" is the motto of this capital of Bulgaria

J $600 2005 In 447 A.D., Huns burned the town of Serdica, which stood on the site of this present-day Bulgarian capital

DJ $800 1993 Bulgaria's National Ethnographic Museum is in the old Royal Palace in this city

Rembrandt 4x 25.0% stumper $1,175 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1998 To see his "Night Watch", head to the top floor of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

DJ $2,000 2010 The cadaver in his "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" was that of Aris Kindt, an executed robber

DJ $400 2008 An 1898 exhibit in Amsterdam devoted to this old master has been called the first blockbuster art show

England 4x $200 avg J:4

J $100 1990 This country's oldest existing ballet company is the Ballet Rambert, not the Royal Ballet

J $200 2006 Lancashire hot pot is a hot stew from this country

J $200 1992 The Arch of Hadrian is in Athens & Hadrian's Wall is in this country

Barcelona 4x 33.3% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $600 1998 Catalan cuisine is featured at Set Portes, a 161-year-old restaurant in this Catalonian city

DJ $1,600 2013 This Catalonian port was once a capital of the Visigoths

FJ 2025 The EU has 5 metropolitan regions of more than 5 million people; this city is the only one on the Mediterranean

Austria 4x $425 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1995 The official name of this country is Republik Osterreich

J $500 1996 "Land der Berge, Land am Strome"

DJ $200 1991 New Year's Day in this country include a Strauss concert by the Wiener Philharmoniker

Andorra 4x $700 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $400 1990 This country in the Pyrenees is a haven for smugglers

DJ $1,000 1985 Small mountainous country ruled by president of France & the bishop of Urgel, Spain

FJ 2017 Once a feudal state, it has the highest capital city in Europe at an elevation of about 3,300 feet

Worth Knowing (58)

Vienna 3 Paris 3 Munich 3 London 3 Hamburg 3 Goethe 3 Florence 3 Finland 3 Bucharest 3 Bavaria 3 Amsterdam 3 Manet 3 Gauguin 3 beer 3 Wales 2 the Volga 2 the Trevi Fountain 2 the Rock of Gibraltar 2 the Pyrenees 2 St. Stephen 2 Scandinavia 2 Rotterdam 2 Romania 2 Queen Beatrix 2 Pisa 2 Naples 2 moussaka 2 Mother's Day 2 Louis XVI 2 Lord Mayor 2 Lithuania 2 Leonardo da Vinci 2 Johann Sebastian Bach 2 German 2 Gdansk 2 gazpacho 2 Franco 2 East Germany 2 East Berlin 2 Crete 2 Corsica 2 Copenhagen 2 Berlin 2 Belgium, the Netherlands & Luxembourg 2 (Niels) Bohr 2 Vincent van Gogh 2 Ulysses 2 the Rhine 2 the Magyars 2 the Jutland Peninsula 2 the franc 2 the flag 2 the Adriatic 2 Scottish Gaelic 2 New Year's Day 2 Great Britain 2 Ferdinand and Isabella 2 Elizabeth 2

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