European Geography / Geography
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Places
Famous Name Dishes
War Triggers
Miscellaneous Facts
100
French for "White Mountain", it's the highest in the Alps.
What is Mont Blanc
100
Leif Erikson first set foot on North America when he landed on this island.
What is Newfoundland
100
New Orleans oyster dish named for a northern millionaire.
What is Oysters Rockefeller
100
US involvement in WWII began with this day that "will live in infamy".
What is December 7th, 1941 (Pearl Harbour attack)
100
The colour of mourning in Muslim countries.
What is white
200
British Island where Manx cats originated.
What is the Isle of Man
200
This Pacific island nation belongs to the British Commonwealth
What is New Zealand
200
Chocolate pastry named for an emperor.
What is Napoleon
200
The murder of an Archduke in this city triggered WWI.
What is Sarajevo
200
The tallest US President
What is Abraham Lincoln
300
Jutland Peninsula comprises about 70% of this Scandinavian nation's land area.
What is Denmark
300
Before it was the "Big Apple", New York was called this by Dutch settlers.
What is New Amsterdam
300
This saladof greens mixed with raw egg came from Mexico, not Rome
What is Caesar Salad
300
An alleged torpedo attack on a US destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin triggered it.
What is the Vietnam War
300
The warmest continent
What is Africa
400
Yalta is a popular Russian resort on this Black Sea peninsula.
What is the Crimea (or Crimean Peninsula)
400
This Connecticut city is home to Yale University.
What is New Haven
400
This elaborate beef and pate dish honours a British general.
What is Beef Wellington
400
Discovery of gold in Transvaal, South Africa, led to increased British immigration and this war
What is the Boer War
400
The city with the world's longest subway system
What is London
500
Two of the three capital cities the Danube River flows through.
What is Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade
500
Capital of the largest democracy in the world, it's ironically one of its smaller cities.
What is New Delhi
500
Thick, crisp cracker named after an Australian soprano.
What is Melba Toast
500
The war triggered by the "shot heard round the world".
What is the American Revolutionary War
500
The principle language of Trinidad and Tobago
What is English
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