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100

What language family is the dominant family in Europe?

The Indo-European language family.

100

What is the longest river in Lithuania?

Nemunas

100

What is the smallest nation in Europe?

Vatican city

100

Who is "the most famous/known" football player from Europe?

Cristiano Ronaldo

100

Which European discovered America in 1492?

Christopher Columbus

200

Which 3 branches of the Indo-European language family are the biggest in Europe?

Slavic, Germanic and Romance

200

On which island is the majority of the United Kingdom is located?

On Great Britain

200

Which European country is the richest (by GDP)?

Germany

200

Who painted the "Mona Lisa''?

Leonardo da Vinci

200

Who was the first European to sail across the globe?

Ferdinand Magellan

300

Give 3 examples of Germanic languages

German, English, Dutch, Frisian, Luxembourgish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese

300

What is the longest river in Europe?

The Volga river

300

What is the capital of Serbia?

Belgrade

300

Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet''?  

William Shakespeare

300

Who discovered a sea route (from Europe) to India?

Vasco da Gama

400

Name one continent (except for Eurasia) where a majority of the population speaks an Indo-European language

South America, North America, Australia

400

What is the largest European peninsula?

The Scandinavian Peninsula

400

Name all 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

400

Who discovered the Law of Universal Gravitation?

Isaac Newton

400

Which king of Macedon defeated the Persians (in the Greek-Persian war) and had lots of cities named after him?

Alexander the Great

500

What language family does the Lithuanian language belong to? Which branch of the language family?

Indo-European language family, Baltic branch.

500

What is the largest lake in Europe?

Lake Ladoga

500

How many members does the European Union have?

27

500

Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel prize?

Marie (Skłodowska) Curie

500

Which assassination led to the start of World War 1? 

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand