What river runs through the heart of Southern England?
The River Thames
100
What is France's capital city, longest river and highest alpine peak?
Paris; Loire River; Mont Blanc
100
What peninsula contains Spain and Portugal?
Iberian Peninsula
100
What Greek island was once the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Rhodes
100
Countries in southern and western Europe predominantly practice this religion.
Roman Catholicism
200
What mountain range is the "backbone of England"?
The Pennine Mountains
200
What do the Dutch call the pieces of land they reclaimed from the sea?
Polders
200
What mountain range forms the backbone of the Italian Peninsula?
Apennine Mountains
200
This Italian island is home to Mt. Etna, Europe's highest volcano.
Sicily
200
What mountains form the border between Spain and France?
The Pyrenees Mountains
300
Greenland belongs to which country?
Denmark
300
What river dominates the most populated region of Austria?
Danube River
300
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
300
This island nation is often referred to as the "Emerald Isle."
Ireland
300
What Italian city is built on over one hundred low islands in a swampy lagoon in the Adriatic Sea?
Venice
400
What English word comes from Iceland's most spectacular hot spring?
Geyser (from the Great Geysir)
400
What famous breed of dog was originally bred in Switzerland to find travelers lost in the snow?
St. Bernard
400
What famous ancient temple in Athens is a major tourist attraction today?
Parthenon
400
Every citizen of this island nation near Italy received a medal for bravery from the King of England after enduring heavy bombing by the Nazis during World War II.
Malta
400
Name at least four of the six "city-states" (countries that are also cities) in Europe.
Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City
500
What is the name of the rock bridge that, according to legend, was built by Irish giant Finn McCool so that he could walk across the Irish Sea from Ireland to Scotland? DOUBLE POINTS: How were they actually formed?
Giant's Causeway; the pillars were actually formed by cooling lava.
500
What country is famous for breeding Lipizzaner ("dancing") horses?
Austria
500
Galileo, a famous Italian scientist, is said to have dropped two objects of differing weight off the top of this building to see which one would hit the ground first.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
500
DAILY DOUBLE
This island off the coast of Spain is home to the Barbary Apes, the only native race of monkeys in Europe.
500
DAILY DOUBLE
What animal do residents of Lapland (in northern Finland) herd?