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Foreign Geographic terms
AKAs
Dutch
Spilleon Special
400

After a few years inactive, the "Doomsday" one moved in a pessimistic direction in 2017.

Clock

400

In French: Ile

Island

400

The less formal name for table tennis

Ping-Pong

400

The capital city is Amsterdam but the government of the Netherlands resides in this city

The Hague

400

The name of the politico-economic union between his mother's motherland and two nearby countries

Benelux

800

Term for anything transparent and round; the snow type is a popular souvenir

Globe

800

In German: Vulkan

Volcano

800

"My country 'tis of thee" is alternatively known by this one-word title

America

800

This potent potable was created in the Netherlands under the name genever

Gin

800

Where's my...?

Blazer

1200

Arnold Schwarzenegger got this title nickname in a 1996 movie because he made people's past disappear

Eraser

1200

In Dutch: Berg

Mountain

1200

Farsi, the official language of Iran, is also known by this 7-letter title

Persian

1200

A sabot is another name for this type of wooden shoe originally worn by Dutch farmers

Clog

1200

This American short-story writer, author of "The Raven" was born on 19 January 1809

Edgar Allan-Poe

1600

Cliffs made of this form of soft, fine-grained white limestone rise on both sides of the straight of Dover

Chalk

1600
In Spanish: Playa

Beach

1600

Varicella is another name of this childhood disease

Chickenpox

1600

This colorful dynasty led the Dutch revolt against Spain & later became the royal family

The House of Orange

1600

His birthday (at least) once fell on this day, regarded as "the most depressing day of the year".

Blue Monday

2000

A covert operation by one country's operatives pretending to be from another country is a "false" this attack

Flag

2000

In Italian: Fiume

River

2000

From the Greek for "Wolf Man", it's another term for werewolf

Lycanthrope

2000

The Dutch gave us this word for the little finger

Pinky

2000

His name derives from the one of the twelve sons of this Patriarch of the Israelites

Jacob (later given the name "Israel")