Geography & Germany
What is unique about the Autobahn?
What is the purpose of stonehenge?
We don't 100% know
Who is the current President of Ukraine?
Volodymyr Zelenskky
To make his country more Western, __________ would make laws such as the Beard Tax.
Peter the Great
Infamous for his brutality, ____________ was born in Wallachia, or modern Romania
Vlad the Impaler
What is a fjord?
A sea/river between cliffs; formed by glaciers
What country owns Greenland?
Denmark
A person from the Netherlands would be called ____________
Dutch
The first animal in space was _________
Laika the Dog
Name AT LEAST 2 examples of British/Irish popular culture
Doctor Who, The Office, Downton Abbey, The Crown, Sherlock, William Shakespeare, Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Rock & Roll, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen, U2, The Cranberries, David Bowie, Elton John
In Germany is the ______________, a section of trees that is often dark during the daytime
Black Forest
What is the role of the royal family & Prime Minister in the United Kingdom?
The Prime Minister is the actual leader; the royal family is ceremonial (smile & wave)
What is "Joie De Vivre"?
"Enjoyment of Life"
Why was the Soviet Union/Russia an ally during World War II despite committing horrible acts against their own people?
1. Hitler had broken a treaty with them
2. They were seen as the "lesser of two evils"
Unmatched in battle until his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, ___________ would be exiled and end the French Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte
How was Adolf Hitler able to gain power in Germany?
He was elected; he blamed Germany's problems on other people like the Jews; he promised to fix the German economy
What advantage did the longboats give the Vikings?
They could appear on both open oceans and up rivers
How did Belarus aid Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
They allowed Russia to invade from their borders with Ukraine, allowing a two sided attack
The communist leader who led the Bolsheviks to victory in the Russian Revolution and was the first leader of the Soviet Union was ________
Vladimir Lenin
The first Holy Roman Emperor was _______
Charlemagne
Name AT LEAST 3 composers from Germany/Austria
Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Handel, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schuman, Strauss, Mozart, etc
____________ was Queen of England from 1952 to her death in 2022; England's longest ruling monarch
Elizabeth II
____________ is responsible for starting World War I by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
The first human in space was ____________
Yuri Gagarin
Iceland is home to many ___________ that help them generate geothermal energy
geysers