FUN PLACE NAMES
HISTORY
CITIES IN EUROPE
AIRPORT CODES
100

The boxing crocodile is a sight to see in Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory of this country

Australia

100

In 1696 the Dutch began planting coffee on this island, & a new slang term was brewing

Java

100

This Swiss city that shares several letters with "zilch" appropriately once had a museum dedicated to nothing

Zürich

100

G'day! Did you know Indulkana Airport in Australia has this code? Oddly, by responding, it shows you may not

IDK

200

Toad Suck is a crossing of this river, like Clinton Presidential Park Bridge further downriver

the Arkansas River

***TRIPLE STUMPER***

200

Shortly after succeeding Elizabeth in 1603, James I ended England's long & costly war with this nation

Spain

200

Antwerp is an unofficial capital of this Dutch-speaking Belgian region

Flanders

200

It's the Simpsonesque code for the main airport that serves Qatar's capital

DOH

300

Proverbially, this 3-name village in Pennsylvania that's been around since colonial times is worth 2-in-bush

Bird in Hand

300

The U.S. suffered financial crises known by this frantic name in 1837, 1857 & 1873

a panic

300

Take a ferry from Cannaregio in this city to get to the island of Murano & check out some glass blowing

Venice

300

One letter deliciously short of the city it serves,
YUM
has people coming & going in this state

Arizona

400

Kitchener, Brantford & the much more fun-ly named Punkeydoodles Corners are in this Canadian province

Ontario

400

"On that unhappy island... the news has grown worse instead of better", said JFK after a failed April 1961 landing here

Bay of Pigs

400

With communities from many parts of Africa, it's no wonder that this French city is called "the city of 100 neighborhoods"

Marseille

400

Here's a travel tip: TIP was the intl. airport in this North African capital--it closed in 2014 after a militia attack

Tripoli

500

U-G-L-E-Y, you ain't got no alibi for being unaware that Ugley is in this county in England that begins with "E"

Essex

500

Formally the European Recovery Program, it went into effect April 3, 1948

the Marshall Plan

500

After its 9-day Festival of San Fermín, people in this Spanish city gather & sing a song called "Poor Me"

Pamplona

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500

It's the crazy-sounding code of Barajas Airport, serving a European capital

MAD

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