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What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

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SICILY

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Warsaw International Airport is named after which composer?

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FREDERIC CHOPIN

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Which former Soviet republic is the world’s largest landlocked country by land area?

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KAZAKHSTAN

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In which Spanish city is Sagrada Familia an unfinished Roman Catholic church designed by Antoni Gaudi?

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BARCELONA

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The island of Surtsey which rose above the ocean in a series of volcanic eruptions between 1963 and 1968 is part of which country?

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ICELAND

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The world’s narrowest strait used for international navigation which strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?

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BOSPHORUS

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Which city in Croatia known as Ragusa until 1909 is sometimes called the “Pearl of the Adriatic”?

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DUBROVNIK

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Founded in 600 BC by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port what is the second- largest city in France?

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MARSEILLE

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Which cathedral in Moscow was built in the 16th century on Red Square on the orders of Ivan the Terrible?

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SAINT BASIL’S

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What is the name of the French-speaking southern region of Belgium?

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WALLONIA

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The Palace of Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on which island?

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CRETE

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Which is the largest cemetery in the city of Paris and also the most visited cemetery in the world?

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PERE LACHAISE

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Bordering Austria and Hungary which is the only national capital that borders two independent countries?

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BRATISLAVA

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What is the longest river in the Czech Republic which runs north from its source near the German Border through Prague merging with the Elbe at Melník?

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VLTAVA

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Oil Rocks is a town on the Caspian Sea and was the first oil platform in which former Soviet republic?

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AZERBAIJAN

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Which port in Greece is the largest passenger port in Europe servicing over 19 million passengers annually?

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PIRAEUS

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Liege is situated in the valley of which river near Belgium’s eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany?

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MEUSE

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What is the name of the basilica in Paris which is located at the summit of Montmartre which was built as a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871?

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SACRE-COEUR

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What is the capital of the Italian region of Campania?

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NAPLES

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Which city in Denmark is home to the Viking Ship Museum and also a cathedral which is a burial site for Danish monarchs?

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ROSKILDE

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From 1880 to 1884 which cathedral in Germany was the tallest structure in the world until the completion of the Washington Monument?

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COLOGNE CATHEDRAL

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What is the name of the city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where a famous bridgewhich was destroyed in 1993 and rebuilt in 2004 crosses the River Neretva?

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Which is the most sparsely populated country in the European Union?

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Streymoy and Esturoy are the largest of the islands in which archipelago?

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FAROE ISLANDS

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Which Siberian lake is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?
LAKE BAIKAL
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Its name translating to "white city" which city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers?
BELGRADE
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What is the name of the strait between Corsica and Sardinia?
STRAIT OF BONIFACIO
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Which country comprises two principal regions: the Oesling in the north as part of the Ardennes massif and the Gutland in the south?
LUXEMBOURG
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Situated by the Kattegat what is the second-largest city in Sweden?
GOTHENBURG
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Mount Olympus is the highest point of which mountain range in Cyprus?
TROODOS
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Which river the second-longest entirely in Spain is navigable to Seville but in Roman times was also navigable to Cordoba?
GUADALQUIVIR
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Located in the Azores what is the name of the highest mountain of Portugal?
MOUNT PICO
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What is the official language of Andorra?
CATALAN
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Which city in Tuscany is notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there?
CARRARA
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Germany has three ‘city states’ – Berlin Hamburg and which other city?
BREMEN
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Opening in 1896 in which European city is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground?
BUDAPEST
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Which city was known as Tsaritsyn from 1598 to 1925 and Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961?
VOLGOGRAD
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Führermuseum was an unrealized museum complex planned by Adolf Hitler for which city which is the third-largest in Austria?
LINZ
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Originally the Habsburgs' principal winter residence which palace in Vienna currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria?
HOFBURG PALACE
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What is the main port and second city of Albania?
DURRES
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Which fortified tower in Lisbon was commissioned by King John II to be both part of a defence system at the mouth of the Tagus River and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon?
BELEM (OR TOWER OF ST VINCENT)
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Visby is main town of which island which is the largest island in Sweden?
GOTLAND
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Which European city was known as Titograd from 1946 to 1992?
PODGORICA
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Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of which river in southern France?
TARN
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Which disputed territory in the South Caucasus is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but has an Armenian ethnic majority?
NAGORNO-KARABAKH
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Which is the largest lake entirely in Switzerland?
LAKE NEUCHATEL
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Who sculpted the bronze statue in Copenhagen known as The Little Mermaid?
EDVARD ERIKSEN
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What is the second-highest of the Caucasus Mountains after Mount Elbrus and is also the second-highest peak in Europe?
DYKH-TAU
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Which partially recognised state with its capital city of Tskhinvali declared independence from Georgia in 1990?
SOUTH OSSETIA
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What is the name of the longest road tunnel in the world which runs for 15 miles in the Song of Fjordane county of Norway?
LAERDAL

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