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100

This river flows through southern England, including going through London.

What is the Thames?


100

This ancient capital city is known as the birthplace for the Olympic Games, the Summer Olympic Games returned there in 2004.

What is Athens?

100

This word means both "hello" and "goodbye" in Italian.

What is Ciao?

100

Originally designed to be the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair, this landmark can be found in the “City of Love.”

What is the Eiffel Tower?

 

100

This central Mediterranean island, home to the volcano Mount Etna, looks on a map like it is about to be kicked by the “boot” of Italy.



What is Sicily?

100

This European nation was formerly known as the Roman province of Gaul and the Kingdom of the Franks.

What is France?

100

This young European girl hid in an attic with her family to avoid the Nazis.

Who is Anne Frank?

100

This large body of water separates Europe from Africa.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

200

This river, the second longest in Western and Central Europe, forms most of the border between Germany and France and its source is in Switzerland.



What is the Rhine?

200

The name of this capital city of Old Norse originates from root words that mean smoke and bay. The name is inspired by the steam rising in from hot springs in the region.

What is Reykjavík?

200

This is the most spoken language in Europe.

What is German?

200

Located in Salisbury, UK this landmark is steeped in mystery and is a testament to ancient civilizations.

What is Stonehenge?

200

This southwestern European peninsula contains most of Spain and Portugal as well as Andorra and the British territory of Gibraltar.



What is the Iberian Peninsula?

200

In 1871, the Kingdom of Prussia unified itself with Bavaria, Saxony, and 22 other states to form this country.

What is Germany?


200

This French designer popularized the "little black dress" and has a perfume named after her.

Who is Coco Chanel?

200

This famous wall once divided East and West Germany.

What is The Berlin Wall?

300

This river starts in the Apennine Mountains, flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the city of Rome was built on its eastern bank.



What is the Tiber?

300

This capital city is the largest in the country. It is located at the junction of the Sava and Danube rivers.

What is Belgrade?

300

This region of Croatia has a name that sounds like a popular dog breed.

What is Dalmatia? (or Dalmatian)

300

People often think Neptune is the star of this landmark, but Oceanus is the God featured front in center in this fountain that raises around €3,000 daily for charity.

What is the Fontana di Trevi (or The Trevi Fountain)?

300

This famous mountain range has some of the highest mountains in Europe and stretches across eight countries – Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and Hungary.



What are the Alps?

300

This modern European kingdom was, from the 6th to the 8th century, made up of the kingdoms of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, and Wessex.

What is England?

300

This retired British footballer could really "bend it."

Who is David Beckham?

300

This country is divided between Asia and Europe by the Bosporus Strait.

What is Turkey?

400

This river, which flows from the Black Forest of southern Germany to the Black Sea by Romania, shows up in the name of a famous waltz written by Johann Strauss.

What is the Danube?


400

This capital city is notable for its indestructibility after suffering damage due to multiple wars and occupations and rebuilding and remaining strong. It’s fitting that the city’s motto “Contemnit procellas” means “it defires the storms.”

What is Warsaw?

400

If you wanted to see the land of the original sauna, you'd have to travel to this northern European nation.

What is Finland?

400

To visit this once palace and fortress with stunning Moorish architecture you would need to travel to Granada, Spain.

What is the Alhambra?

400

The volcanoes Eyjafjallajökull, Fagradalsfjall, and Hekla are all on this northern European island nation.

What is Iceland? 


400

In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed this northern Italian river with his army, violating Roman law and resulting in a phrase used to mean “going past the point of no return”.

What is the Rubicon?

400

According to Shakespeare, "Et tu, Brute?" were the last words of this famous general.

Who is Julius Caesar?

400

This European nation is officially "double-landlocked" because all its bordering neighbors are themselves landlocked.

What is Liechtenstein?

500

This river is entirely inside of the nation of France, and famously runs through the city of Paris before emptying into the English Channel.


What is the Seine?

500

This flag belongs to a country whose capital city is a popular first name.

What is Sofia, Bulgaria?

500

Switzerland has four official languages. This is the least spoken of them.

What is Romansh?

500

Located in Istanbul, Turkey this Ottoman era Mosque gets its nickname thanks to being decorated by the thousands of Iznik tiles painted in floral motifs mostly in this calming hue.

What is blue or Blue Mosque?

500

Kinnarodden, also known as Cape Nordkinn, the northernmost point of mainland Europe, is part of this country.



What is Norway?

500

The current nations of Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were, prior to the 1990s, all parts of this country.

What is Yugoslavia?

500

This Frenchman met his match at Waterloo.

Who is Napoleon?

500

This area has 25 members and allows travel without border checks among member nations.

What is the Schengen Area?