EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES
At different times in its history, this nation has been called Hibernia & the Celtic Tiger
Ireland
On Dec. 5, 1945 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers making up flight 19 vanished without a trace in the area called this
Bermuda Triangle
The Thirty Years' War began in 1618 as a conflict between these 2 major religious groups
the Catholics & the Protestants
The Black Panther Party was founded in this Northern California city in 1966
Oakland
For his services in fighting this fleet, British explorer Martin Frobisher was knighted in 1588
the Spanish Armada
The Netherlands, meaning low-lying country, is also known as the land of these flowers
Tulips
Part of the Kremlin, St. Nicholas, or Nikolskaya, Tower overlooks this square
The Red Square
This good guy of Christmas carol fame was actually a duke of Bohemia; he was only declared a king (& a saint) after his death
Wenceslas
This town in the Mojave Desert is named for a plant that early settlers said reminded them of a biblical guy
Joshua Tree
While in the service of the Dutch East India Company, he became the first European to sight New Zealand & the Fiji islands
Abel Tasman
Norway is known as the land of the midnight sun & the land of these medieval marauders
Vikings
What's called this U.S. boundary was surveyed between 1763 & 1767 by 2 imported Englishmen
The Mason-Dixon Line
During the Mexican Revolution, U.S. Marines seized this "true cross" port & occupied it for 7 months
Veracruz
This lofty Colorado city is on the Roaring Fork River
Aspen
As queen of the Netherlands, she saw her country through both World Wars
Wilhelmina
Hungarians know their country not as the land of the Huns, but as the land of this nomadic people who settled there in the 9th c.
The Magyars
This not-quite-round 17-acre park area is just south of the White House
The Ellipse
In 1884 Hilary Richard Wright Johnson became this African country's first native-born president
Liberia
This South Carolina resort sounds like it has 2 trees in its name
Myrtle Beach
After his troops captured the Alamo, this Mexican general was captured after the Battle of San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Due to its location, this small nation, a grand duchy, has been called the little fortress & the Gibraltar of the North
Luxembourg
This northernmost spot of Alaska was named for Sir John, a proponent of Arctic exploration
Point Barrow
The French did not allow the Germans to pass in this 1916 battle that lasted 10 months
the Battle of Verdun
This tree comes before "Bluff" in the name of a city in Missouri
Poplar
Before he got the boot for good in 41 A.D., this emperor wanted a statue of himself placed in the Temple in Jerusalem
Caligula