Language families
What language family is the dominant family in Europe?
The Indo-European language family.
What is the longest river in Lithuania?
Nemunas
What is the smallest nation in Europe?
Vatican city
Who is "the most famous/known" football player from Europe?
Cristiano Ronaldo
Which European discovered America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Which 3 branches of the Indo-European language family are the biggest in Europe?
Slavic, Germanic and Romance
On which island is the majority of the United Kingdom is located?
On Great Britain
Which European country is the richest (by GDP)?
Germany
Who painted the "Mona Lisa''?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was the first European to sail across the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Give 3 examples of Germanic languages
German, English, Dutch, Frisian, Luxembourgish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese
What is the longest river in Europe?
The Volga river
What is the capital of Serbia?
Belgrade
Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet''?
William Shakespeare
Who discovered a sea route (from Europe) to India?
Vasco da Gama
Name one continent (except for Eurasia) where a majority of the population speaks an Indo-European language
South America, North America, Australia
What is the largest European peninsula?
The Scandinavian Peninsula
Name all 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Who discovered the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Which king of Macedon defeated the Persians (in the Greek-Persian war) and had lots of cities named after him?
Alexander the Great
What language family does the Lithuanian language belong to? Which branch of the language family?
Indo-European language family, Baltic branch.
What is the largest lake in Europe?
Lake Ladoga
How many members does the European Union have?
27
Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel prize?
Marie (Skłodowska) Curie
Which assassination led to the start of World War 1?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand