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Belgium
1. The name of the country in the three national
languages: French, Dutch and German
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The coat of arms of Belgium (national motto:
‘Strength through Unity’)
6. The national flag of Belgium
7. Belgium is one of the six countries which founded
the European Union in 1957
8. Painting by Jan Van Eyck, an early Flemish painter,
‘The Arnolfini Wedding’
9. Mussels, a typical Belgian dish
10. Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish mathematician and
geographer, inventor of ‘The Mercator projection’
11. Groenendael and Malinois Belgian shepherd dogs
12. A painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a famous
Flemish painter, ‘The Peasant Wedding’
13. Germany, a country bordering it
14. ‘Hi’ in French
15. ‘Hi’ in Dutch
16. The Netherlands, a country bordering it
17. A ship and a crane at the Port of Antwerp
18. The Flemish lion, which is the symbol of Flanders
19. A stork in the national park
20. The North Sea
21. Motorways lit up at night
22. Facades of traditional houses in Bruges
23. The Brussels sprout, the smallest member of the
cabbage family
24. The European flag (the headquarters of the
European institutions are in Brussels)
25. Brussels, the capital of Belgium
26. The Atomium, the astonishing monument dating
from the World Fair of 1958 (situated in Brussels, it
is a model of the crystal lattice of iron)
27. Antwerp, the world capital of the diamond trade
28. The Town Hall and the Grand-Place in Brussels,
classed as world heritage sites by Unesco
29. Manneken Pis, the famous statue in the heart of
Brussels
30. Victor Horta, a pioneering architect of the Art
Nouveau school of architecture; picture of a cast
iron detail
31. Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian statesman, one of the
founding fathers of the European Union
32. The smurf, hero of the comic strip created by Peyo,
Belgian cartoonist and script-writer
33. The waffle is a typical Belgian pastry
34. The Meuse, the river which crosses Belgium
35. The iris is the symbol of the Brussels-Capital
Region
36. The citadel of Namur
37. The Berlaymont is the building where the European
Commission has its headquarters in Brussels
38. The Lion of Waterloo which symbolises Napoleon’s
last battle
39. The cathedral of Tournai, in Gothic style, classed
as a Unesco world heritage site
40. The River Schelde/Escaut (English: Scheldt)
crosses Belgium
41. A cloud and rain, fairly typical of the Belgian climate
42. France, a country bordering onto it
43. René Magritte, a great Belgian surrealist painter
44. The saxophone, invented by Adolphe Sax from
Dinant in Wallonia
45. The jester at the Binche Carnival
46. The Wallonian cockerel, the symbol of Wallonia
47. The Belgian Blue, a Belgian breed of cattle
48. A wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
49. The chicory or endive, a typically Belgian vegetable
50. The wild boar, which lives in the hills of the
Ardennes
51. Belgian chocolate, which has a worldwide
reputation
52. A bag of Belgian chips with mayonnaise
53. The strong Ardennes horse
54. Tintin and Snowy, heroes of the famous comic strip
by Hergé
55. Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, Belgian world
tennis champions
56. Luxembourg, a country bordering it
57. Jacques Brel, a great author, composer and singer,
born in Belgium
58. The Great Tit, nesting in Belgium
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Bulgaria
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Bulgarian plus Latin transliteration
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The Bulgarian national coat of arms
5. The national flag of Bulgaria
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Cyril and Methodius, the two monks who converted
the Slavic people of central Europe to Christianity
and gave them the Cyrillic alphabet
8. A folk musician with his bagpipes
9. The Belogradchik rocks, a unique reddish rock
formation, the shapes of which look like people
10. A woman in national costume with an ear of corn and
a goat
11. Romania, a country bordering it
12. ‘Hi’ in Bulgarian
13. Yoghurt, a typical local food
14. The festival of Baba Marta, a traditional festival of
Roman origin celebrating the arrival of spring
15. The sunflower, a very common plant in Bulgaria
16. The icon of the Virgin of the Roses
17. Traditional Bulgarian crockery decorated with flower
motifs
18. The sea urchin, a marine animal with mobile spines
19. John Vincent Atanassov, a scientist, designer of the
first computer
20. Ivan Vazov, writer, poet and politician
21. Seaside resort on the Black Sea
22. The Madara Rider, a rock carving representing a
horseman, cut into the rocks of Madara, classed as a
Unesco world heritage site
23. Nessebar, site of Byzantine ruins, classed as a
Unesco world heritage site
24. The Greek tortoise (Testuda graeca), a protected
species
25. Orpheus, a Thracian prince, poet, musician and
singer of Greek mythology
26. Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator, leader of the third
slaves’ revolt in Rome
27. Bulgarian grapes and wine-growing
28. The Danube, the longest river in Europe
29. The Valley of Roses, a vast field of roses, from which
the famous essence of roses of Bulgaria is extracted
30. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
31. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia
32. The River Iskar, a tributary of the Danube
33. Serbia, a country bordering it
34. Vassil Levski, a hero of national independence
35. The brown bear, which lives in the forests of the
Balkans
36. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a
country bordering it
37. A skier in the famous ski resort of Pamporovo
38. The Thracian golden treasure of Panagyurishte in
the National History Museum of Sofia
39. The magnificent monastery of Rila, classed as a
Unesco world heritage site
40. An example of ‘Land Art’ by husband-and-wife
contemporary artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude
41. The River Maritsa
42. An ancient amphora from the Greek era
43. Hristo Stoichkov, the famous footballer
44. The Black Sea
45. The Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
46. Turkey, a country bordering it
47. A cruise ship
48. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
49. A traditional hand-woven eastern carpet
50. The Aegean Sea
51. Stefka Kostadinova, winner of the gold medal for the
high jump at the Olympic Games in 1996
52. Weightlifting, a popular sport in Bulgaria
53. Greece, a country bordering it
54. A train engine crossing the Balkans
55. A Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus), a bird of
prey of the Balkans
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The Czech Republic
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Czech
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The Czech national coat of arms
5. The national flag of the Czech Republic
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. The famous astronomical clock in Prague
8. Germany, a country bordering it
9. The River Elbe
10. The Baroque sculpture by Mathias Bernard Braun
11. Antonín Dvořák, a composer famous for the New
World Symphony
12. ‘Hi’ in Czech
13. Poland, a country bordering it
14. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
15. Picus viridis virescens Brehm, a bird of the
woodpecker family
16. Jan Amos Comenius, a humanist forerunner of
active teaching
17. A woman in national costume
18. Erithacus rubecula, a bird of the robin family
19. The Bohemian Paradise
20. The natural stone arch of Pravčická brána
21. The flowers of the Prague Spring of 1968, a period
of relative liberalisation during the Communist era
22. Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic
23. Prague town centre and the Charles Bridge
24. The famous cubist chair designed by Josef Gočár, a
Prague architect
25. Franz Kafka, the famous author of ‘Metamorphosis’
26. The Bohemian mediaeval castle of Karlstein built by
Charles IV
27. The River Moldau
28. The duck Aythya fuligula
29. Božena Němcová, a Czech literary renaissance
author of the 19th century
30. Litomyšl, a renaissance town classed as a Unesco
world heritage site
31. The deer, a typical animal of the forests of Moravia
32. The Venus of Věstonice, a paleolithic sculpture
33. Accordion player, a traditional Czech musician
34. The Tugendhat Villa in Brno, built by Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe, classed as a Unesco world heritage
site
35. A bunch of Moravian grapes
36. A barrel of Moravian wine
37. A squirrel, a seed-eating rodent
38. Bedřich Smetana, composer of the symphonic poem
‘Vltava’ (the Moldau)
39. The typical sausage called klobása
40. The remarkable houses of Holašovice
41. The fortified castle of Český Krumlov dating from the
Renaissance
42. King Charles (Charles IV), Holy Roman Emperor
and founder of the University of Prague
43. Ema Destinnová, the famous opera singer, with her
pianist
44. The River Moravia
45. Gregor Mendel, botanist, founding father of genetics
46. Slovakia, a country bordering it
47. The bird Tetrao urogallus (capercaillie)
48. Hungary
49. The bearded Czech dog (Cesky fousek)
50. Slovenia
51. Austria, a country bordering it
52. The bird Tichodroma muraria (Wallcreeper)
53. Italy
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Denmark
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Danish
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The Danish national coat of arms
5. The national flag of Denmark
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa
8. The Viking on his longship, the symbol on the sail
represents the Jutland gryphon
9. ‘Hi’ in Danish
10. The Skagerrak (sea area)
11. The Rubjerg Knude lighthouse
12. A traditional Viking house
13. The Skagen lighthouse
14. The Kongsdal lighthouse
15. The frigate Jylland
16. Niels Bohr, physicist (quantum mechanics), Nobel
Prize in 1922
17. Odin, the king of the Viking gods
18. The Kattegat (sea area)
19. The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen, monument to the
tales of Hans Christian Andersen
20. A seagull
21. A Danish timber-framed house
22. The Nordbagge or Fjord horse
23. The Bovbjerg lighthouse
24. A wind turbine using the wind to produce clean energy
25. The North Sea
26. Pig, the main product of which is bacon
27. Lego, a famous building toy
28. The Jutland Peninsula
29. The Viking helmet of Aarhus
30. A ship’s anchor, Denmark is a maritime country
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Kronborg Castle at Helsingør (Elsinore)
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark
The Copenhagen Opera
Nyboder, typical houses in Copenhagen
The Øresund Bridge
The cathedral of Roskilde, classed as a Unesco world
heritage site
The crown of Denmark
Zealand island
The Great Belt Bridge
Hans Christian Andersen, author of the famous ‘Fairy
Tales’ and Egeskov Castle
The Jelling Runic Stones (Harald I Bluetooth), classed
as a Unesco world heritage site
A typical Danish windmill
A sailing ship crosses the North Sea
The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
An ear of corn
A cow. Denmark is a large milk producer.
Germany, a country bordering it
The ugly duckling which turned into a swan
(Andersen’s fairy tales); the swan is the national bird
of Denmark.
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, teacher, writer and
poet
Sweden
Tycho Brahe, 16th century astronomer
The Baltic Sea
Butterfly
The ‘Egg’ chair designed by Arne Jacobsen, a symbol
of Danish design in the 1950s
A fish smokery on Bornholm island
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Germany
1. The name of the country in the national language:
German
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The German national coat of arms
6. The national flag of Germany
7. Germany is one of the six countries which founded
the European Union in 1957
8. The famous airship, the Graf Zeppelin
9. The North Sea
10. Denmark, a country bordering it
11. Max Planck, a physicist (quantum mechanics), won
the Nobel Prize in 1918
12. The Baltic Sea
13. The lighthouse of the Arcona headland
14. Mediaeval ship of the Hanseatic League
15. Emmanuel Kant, a great Prussian philosopher
16. The pointed Prussian helmet
17. Berlin, the capital of Germany
18. The Brandenburg Gate and the bear, two symbols of
Berlin
19. Lübeck, a Hanseatic city which still has many
mediaeval monuments and is classed as a Unesco
world heritage site
20. The River Elbe
21. The great port of Hamburg
22. The Roter Sand lighthouse at Bremerhaven
23. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
24. A horse, the symbol of Lower Saxony
25. The Netherlands, a country bordering it
26. Konrad Adenauer, the first German chancellor after
the Second World War and one of the founding
fathers of the European Union
27. The River Weser
28. The ‘Musicians of Bremen’, heroes of a tale by the
brothers Grimm set in Bremen
29. The Pied Piper, the hero of a tale by the brothers
Grimm
30. Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of Baroque music
31. The German Shepherd dog
32. Poland, a country bordering it
33. The Frauenkirche in Dresden, a church destroyed
during the Second World War and rebuilt recently
34. The Czech Republic, a country bordering it
35. Richard Wagner, a famous composer known for his
lyric operas
36. Martin Luther, reformer of the Christian church,
founder of Lutheranism
37. The black rye bread typical of Germany
38. Sauerkraut and sausage, a traditional dish
39. The imposing Gothic cathedral of Cologne
40. The industrial region of the Ruhr
41. The Bauhaus logo: Bauhaus is the famous school of
architecture and applied arts
42. Belgium, a country bordering it
43. Ludwig van Beethoven, a composer of Romantic
music (including the ‘Ode to Joy’, the 4th movement
of the 9th symphony, which has become the
European anthem)
44. Charlemagne’s crown at Aachen, capital of the Holy
Roman Empire
45. Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press
46. Lorelei, legendary figure created by the German
poet Clemens Brentano at the beginning of the 20th
century.
47. The tower of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt
48. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author and Romantic
poet, one of the greatest writers in the German
language
49. Albrecht Dürer, an inspired painter and engraver of
the Renaissance
50. The Olympic stadium in Munich with its avant-garde
roof
51. Hansel and Gretel, famous heroes of a fairy tale by
the brothers Grimm
52. Beer and the Oktoberfest beer festival in Bavaria
53. The fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein, built by King
Ludwig II of Bavaria in the Alps
54. Austria, a country bordering it
55. Albert Einstein, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1921,
physicist (theory of relativity) and his famous formula
e=mc²
56. The Danube, the longest river in Europe
57. Mercedes Benz, the German luxury car make
58. Johannes Kepler, the astronomer who confirmed
Copernicus’s hypothesis that the sun is at the centre
of the universe
59. The River Rhine
60. Pretzel (German: Brezel), a bread product in the
shape of a knot
61. Luxembourg, a country bordering it
62. The Black Forest, an ancient protected forested area
63. France, a country bordering it
64. ‘Hi’ in German
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Estonia
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Estonian
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Estonia
6. The national flag of Estonia
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. The Estonian sailing ship, the Iris
9. The Baltic Sea
10. A snowman
11. Eduard Vilde, an author of adventure novels and
theatrical plays
12. Finland
13. Marie Under, an early 20th century poetess
14. The Gulf of Finland
15. F. R. Kreutzwald, a doctor and writer, who in
particular wrote the epic poem of Kalevipoeg
16. Kalevipoeg, the hero of the national epic poem
written by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
17. The mediaeval castle of Rakvere
18. A swallow, the national bird
19. Tallinn, the capital of Estonia
20. The Gothic cathedral of Saint Olaf and the ramparts
of Tallinn
21. The lighthouse of Pakri in Paldiski
22. The submarine at the naval museum in Tallinn
23. A sailing boat sailing in the Baltic Sea
24. The leaning lighthouse of Kiipsaar, on the island of
Saaremaa
25. The lighthouse of Kõpu, island of Hiiumaa
26. The dog, the Estonian hound ‘Eesti Hagijas’
27. An oak (and an acorn), the national tree
28. The statue of Kristian Jaak Peterson, the first great
Estonian poet
29. Figure skating, a very popular sport
30. Lake Peipus, the largest in the country, famous for its
battle in the Middle Ages
31. The arctic rabbit, typical of the region
32. A Teutonic knight, during the battle of Lake Peipus
33. ‘Hi’ in Estonian
34. The feast of St John, the most important of the year,
is celebrated on 23 June
35. Lake Võrtsjärv
36. A Viking, former inhabitant of the region
37. The Baroque wooden church of Saint Elisabeth in
Pärnu
38. Lydia Koidula, 19th century poetess
39. The castle of Kuressaare, on the island of Saaremaa
40. A seal, typical animal of the region
41. The Gulf of Riga
42. A Viking longship, a vessel of the former inhabitants
of the region
43. Latvia, a country bordering it
44. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
45. A toad, an inhabitant of the local marshes
46. Lithuania
47. A mushroom
48. An elk, the largest of the deer family
49. A girl in traditional costume with a cornflower and
herrings
50. Russia, a country bordering it
51. The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), a species of
the region
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Ireland
1. The name of the country in the national languages:
Irish and English
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Ireland
6. The national flag of Ireland
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Oscar Wilde, a writer famous for both his work and
his personality
9. A Viking longship. Dublin was founded by the Vikings
in the 9th century.
10. A typical old biplane
11. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
12. The North Channel
13. The United Kingdom
14. The Giant’s Causeway, a site formed of columns of
basalt eroded by the sea
15. A lighthouse illuminating the North Channel
16. The Celtic god Dagda
17. ‘Hi’ in Irish
18. The goddess Éire, who gave her name to the
country, playing the Celtic harp
19. The Atlantic Ocean
20. William Butler Yeats, writer and poet, winner of the
Nobel Prize in 1923
21. The sperm whale
22. An octopus
23. The Irish setter, a typical hunting dog
24. A triskel, an ancient Celtic motif
25. A dolmen, a Celtic stone monument
26. A stone with a Celtic inscription
27. An Irish wolfhound, the largest dog in the world
28. Dublin, the capital of Ireland
29. Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin
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The Custom House in Dublin
The Celtic cross
The lake, Lough Ree
The lake, Lough Corrib
The River Shannon
The tower of the ancient monastery of Kilmacduagh,
the highest in Ireland
A traditional Irish house with a thatched roof
King John’s Castle, a mediaeval castle at Limerick
A type of former Irish sailing ship, the Galway Hooker
Samuel Beckett, author of novels and plays, won the
Nobel Prize in 1969
Oyster
The old church, the Gallarus Oratory
The shamrock is the national symbol of Saint Patrick
The leprechaun, a mythical figure dressed in a
special costume for St Patrick’s Day, which is
celebrated on 17 March
The Celtic ‘Tara brooch’ is in the National Museum in
Dublin
The Halloween pumpkin
James Joyce, a writer, poet and novelist
The Irish Sea
Waterford crystal
Cashel Monastery
The famous Irish sheep
Houses typical of southern Ireland
A fishing boat and cod
The puffin, Fratercula arctica (a seabird)
A diver
Sea eel in St George’s Channel
A horse, the holy animal of Ireland
Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
Saint George’s Channel
Salmon, a local species
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Greece
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Greek plus Latin transliteration
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Greece
6. The national flag of Greece
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Maria Callas, opera singer famous for her vocal
virtuosity and for her dramatic expressiveness
9. Albania, a country bordering it
10. Aristotle, a philosopher, a teacher of Alexander the
Great and founder of the Lyceum school in Athens
11. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a
country bordering it
12. Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus
13. A butterfly, a reference to the ‘valley of the butterflies’
on the island of Rhodes where thousands of butterflies
cluster on the trunks of trees
14. Bulgaria, a country bordering it
15. A typical orthodox church
16. A dancer of Sirtaki, the traditional dance of Greece
17. Three columns representing the three architectural
orders: Corinthian, Doric and Ionic. Find the two others
on the page
18. The victory of Samothrace — a sculpture of the
goddess Athena Nike (Winged Victory), which was
discovered on the island of Samothrace in 1863 and
which is currently in the Louvre Museum in Paris
19. Melina Mercouri, a famous actress and singer and,
later, culture minister
20. The famous golden mask of King Agamemnon of
Mycenae (16th century BC), is in the National Museum
of Athens
21. Turkey, a country bordering it
22. Homer, the first Greek poet of antiquity whose work
has come down to us, author of the Iliad and the
Odyssey
23. The Trojan horse, the ruse Odysseus used in the Iliad
24. The city of Troy discovered by the archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann
25. The amphitheatre at Ephesus, built during the
Hellenistic period in present-day Turkey
26. Sappho, the first female poet
27. The owl, an animal symbolic of the goddess Athena,
represents knowledge, wisdom and science. It is the
emblem of Athens and appears on 1 euro coins
28. Athens, the capital of Greece
29. Athena, goddess of war and wisdom
30. The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens
31. A bunch of grapes. Greece is one of the oldest winegrowing countries in the world.
32. The Aegean Sea
33. Socrates, a philosopher considered to be the father of
western philosophy
34. Mount Olympus, the home of the gods
35. The Meteora monasteries built on rocky peaks in
Kalambaka
36. Archimedes, a scholar and founder of the theory of
hydrostatics who formulated the principle which bears
his name
37. A vase from ancient Greece
38. The olive tree, a holy tree and the symbol of peace
39. The Ionian Sea
40. Olympia, site of the first Olympic Games
41. The discobolus, a statue of a discus thrower, is in the
Louvre Museum in Paris
42. The Lion Gate, entrance to the ancient Cyclopean city
of Mycenae
43. The Corinth Canal between the Peloponnese
peninsula and the Greek mainland
44. The Myrtoan Sea
45. One of the marble lions of Delos, made from Parian
marble
46. Orthodox churches on the islands of the Aegean Sea
47. Plato, a philosopher and disciple of Socrates, founded
the Academy
48. Pythagorus, a philosopher and mathematician,
formulated the theorem which bears his name
49. Aristarcus of Samos, an astronomer, was the first to
put forward the hypothesis that the earth revolves and
that it rotates around the sun
50. A tourist yacht crossing the Aegean Sea between the
Sporades and Cyclades islands
51. The Greek trireme, an ancient warship
52. A helmeted hoplite, a soldier of King Leonidas of
Sparta
53. ‘Hi’ in Greek
54. Poseidon, the god of the sea, armed with his trident
55. A seaside resort on the island of Crete, the largest in
Greece
56. The Serpent Goddess from Knossos
57. The Sea of Crete
58. The palace of Minos, King of Crete, at Knossos
59. The minotaur and his labyrinth
60. Ariadne’s thread, which helped Theseus escape from
the labyrinth after killing the minotaur
61. The Colossus of Rhodes, a statue 32 m high, was one
of the seven wonders of the ancient world
62. The winged foot of Hermes, the messenger of the
gods
63. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
64. Garfish, a fish found in the Mediterranean Sea
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Spain
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Spanish
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Spain
6. The national flag of Spain
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, a Galician writer of the
‘Generation of 98’ literary movement
9. Lobster, a typical crustacean of the Atlantic Ocean
10. The Roman lighthouse, the ‘Tower of Hercules’, at La
Coruña, the only Roman lighthouse in the world
11. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
12. A cave painting of an aurochs (an ancestor of modern
cattle) in the Cave of Altamira (Cantabria), classed as a
Unesco world heritage site
13. Leonardo Torres Quevedo, an engineer, mathematician
and inventor of the Telekino (a forerunner of wireless
remote control) and of the airship
14. The Cantabrian Sea
15. The Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in Bilbao,
designed by the architect Frank Gehry
16. France, a country bordering it
17. ‘Guernica’, the famous painting by the painter Pablo
Picasso depicts a bloody episode in the Spanish Civil
War
18. The Pyrenean Mastiff, a shepherd dog, and the mountain
range of the Pyrenees
19. Mortadelo and Filemón, heroes of the comic strip created
by Francisco Ibáñez
20. The principality of Andorra, which issues its own euro
coins
21. The Sagrada Familia, the cathedral built by the architect
Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona
22. A ‘soft watch’, as painted by Salvador Dalí, a 20th
century surrealist painter
23. The Spanish logo drawn by Joan Miró, a 20th century
abstract painter and sculptor
24. The ancient site of Taraco, which gives its name to what
is now the city of Tarragona
25. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a doctor and researcher from
Navarre, father of neurology and winner of the Nobel
Prize in 1906
26. The River Ebro, the largest river in Spain
27. Francisco de Goya, an Aragon painter of the 18th and
19th centuries
28. A bunch of grapes for Rioja wines
29. Madrid, the capital of Spain
30. The Cibeles fountain dedicated to the Greek goddess
Sybil, a symbolic monument in Madrid
31. The palace of El Escorial, built near Madrid by King
Phillip II in the 16th century
32. ‘Las Meninas’, a famous painting by Diego Velazquez, in
the Prado Museum in Madrid
33. The mediaeval walls of Avila, classed as a Unesco world
heritage site
34. The Shell of St James and the pilgrim’s staff: symbols
of the Way of St. James which leads to Santiago de
Compostela
35. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
36. Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a navigator who discovered
the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama in
Central America
37. The River Duero
38. ‘Hi’ in Spanish
39. The Roman aqueduct of Segovia
40. Portugal, a country bordering it
41. The guitar, an instrument typical of Spain and flamenco
music
42. A flamenco dancer and her castanets
43. A bull, the animal which symbolises Spain
44. The River Tagus, the longest in Spain
45. The River Guadiana
46. A windmill, typical of the landscape of La Mancha, home
of Don Quixote
47. Don Quixote of La Mancha and Sancho Panza, famous
heroes of the book by Miguel de Cervantes published in
1605
48. The famous paëlla of Valencia, a rice-based dish
49. The Balearic Islands, an important tourist destination
50. The Mediterranean Sea
51. The autogyro, the forerunner of the helicopter, invented
by Juan de la Cierva in 1920
52. An orange and a lemon, fruits grown in the region of the
Spanish Levant
53. The Lady of Elche, the most emblematic archaeological
remains of ancient Iberian culture
54. The submarine, invented by Isaac Peral
55. The canary, a songbird from the Canary Islands
56. A banana tree, grown on the Canary Islands
57. The great volcano of Teide on the island of Tenerife, the
highest summit in Spain
58. The tomato, a vegetable imported from Mexico in the
16th century
59. Federico García Lorca, a famous poet of the ‘Generation
of 27’ literary movement in the 20th century
60. Shrimps, a typical seafood
61. Olive trees, grown throughout Andalucia
62. The River Guadalquivir and its estuary
63. The tower of la Giralda in Seville, previously the minaret
of a mosque converted into a cathedral bell tower
64. The Islamic horseshoe arch, the best examples of which
can be found in the mosque at Cordoba
65. The Strait of Gibraltar, gateway between the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, the 14 kilometres
which separate Europe from Africa
66. Manuel de Falla, a famous composer of classical music
originating from Cadiz
67. The three caravelles of Christopher Columbus: Niña,
Pinta and Santa María
68. The Atlantic Ocean
69. Christopher Columbus, who discovered America in 1492
70. Morocco, on the African continent
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The area of the country in km2
The number of inhabitants
The national side of the euro coin
The official coat of arms of the French Republic
The national flag of France
France is one of the six countries which founded the European
Union in 1957
Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer of the 16th century, who
discovered the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec
The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
The English Channel
Molière, a dramatist and great playwright during the reign of
Louis XIV
The United Kingdom
The Crow and the Fox, one of the famous fables by Jean de la
Fontaine, a 17th century author
The North Sea
The railway tunnel under the Channel has linked the United
Kingdom to France since 6 May 1994
Belgium, a country bordering it
The Fifer, a painting by Edouard Manet, an impressionist painter
The Netherlands
‘Salut’, in French is used to say both ‘Hi’ and ‘Goodbye’
Marianne, an allegory of the French Republic, carrying a
baguette and cheese, French specialities
Luxembourg, a country bordering it
The Gothic-style Notre-Dame Cathedral in Reims, where the
kings of France were crowned
The world-famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was erected for
the Universal Exhibition of 1889
Paris mushrooms have been grown in the old quarries and caves
in the Paris region for two centuries
Paris, the capital of France
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was constructed on the order of
Napoleon I in honour of the armies of France
The Thinker, a famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin, a 19th
century artist
Mont Saint-Michel, a small rocky island classed as a Unesco
world heritage site
Asterix and Obelix, heroes of the comic strip by Goscinny and
Uderzo, worthy representatives of the Gallic spirit
The Château of Chambord, the largest of the châteaux of the
Loire, was built for King François I
The Citroën 2 CV (deux-chevaux), the most popular French car
The Palace of Versailles built by Louis XIV and the fleur de lys,
the symbol of the royal family of France
The Loire, the longest river running through France
Self-portrait of Auguste Renoir, the great impressionist painter
René Descartes, 17th century philosopher, mathematician and
physicist
The croissant, a typical breakfast pastry in France
The Seine, which crosses Paris, a river that has inspired many
19th century painters
Burgundy snails, a culinary speciality
Champagne, the famous sparkling wine that is perfect for
celebrations
Joan of Arc, a historical figure who fought the English during the
Hundred Years’ War and was burnt at the stake
Strasbourg, the seat of the European Parliament and of the
Council of Europe
42. Germany, a country bordering it
43. The Rhine, the largest river in western Europe
44. Louis Pasteur, a doctor, who discovered the rabies vaccine and
invented pasteurisation
45. Switzerland, a country bordering it
46. 46. The Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp, built
by the architect Le Corbusier who belonged to the modern
movement
47. Lake Geneva, the natural border between France and
Switzerland
48. Frogs’ legs are a culinary speciality enjoyed by the French
49. The Rhône, the largest river flowing into the Mediterranean
50. The Gallic cockerel, national symbol of France
51. Le Puy de Dôme, a volcanic summit in the Auvergne
52. The Dordogne, a river that has a common mouth with the
Garonne and forms the estuary of the Gironde
53. Cave painting of a reindeer in the Lascaux caves dating from the
paleolithic period
54. Jean Monnet, a founding father of the European Union
55. Nuclear energy, the country’s main source of energy
56. Jules Verne, an early writer of science-fiction novels
57. The Atlantic Ocean
58. The maritime pines, or Landes pines, which cover two thirds of
the department of Landes
59. D’Artagnan, the hero of Alexander Dumas’ famous novel ‘The
Three Musketeers’
60. The Garonne, at high tide a tidal wave forms near Bordeaux
which goes up the river
61. A bunch of grapes, France is a great wine-growing country
62. Mediterranean cypress trees, very common in the south of
France
63. The Pont du Gard, an aqueduct from Roman times
64. The pink flamingo, the Camargue being the only place where it
reproduces in Europe
65. The white horse of the Camargue is indispensable for herding
bulls
66. Lavender, the perfume and colour of Provence
67. Mont Blanc, the highest summit in Europe, in the Alps
68. Italy, a country bordering onto it
69. Napoleon Bonaparte, or Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
70. The chestnut, a fruit identified with the culture and heritage of
Corsica
71. The principality of Monaco, which issues its own euro coins
72. Henri Matisse, a 20th-century painter and sculptor, head of the
fauvist school
73. The Grasshopper and the Ant, a famous fable by Jean de la
Fontaine
74. The Mediterranean Sea
75. The Venus of Lespugue, a relic of the Neolithic period
76. The Millau Viaduct, the highest road bridge in the world and a
technical marvel
77. Spain, a country bordering onto it
78. The principality of Andorra, which issues its own euro coins
79. The mountain range of the Pyrenees
80. The Airbus A380, built in several European countries and
assembled in Toulouse
81. The European Ariane rocket, launched from Kourou (French
Guyana)
82. The overseas territories and departments of France (DOM-TOM)
83. The pineapple arrived in Martinique in the 16th century
84. A toucan
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Croatia
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Croatian
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The Croatian national coat of arms
5. The national flag of Croatia
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. The Baška tablet, first monument engraved in written
Croatian using the glagolitic alphabet
8. The river Drava
9. Austria
10. The river Mura
11. Pag, Lepoglava and Hvar lace — on the Unesco
Intangible Cultural Heritage list
12. The tambura
13. Klapa multipart singing — on the Unesco Intangible
Cultural Heritage list
14. Hungary, a country bordering it
15. The wild goose and typical wetland vegetation in
the Kopački rit nature park, one of Europe’s largest
ornithological reserves
16. Serbia, a country bordering it
17. The river Danube
18. Zagreb, capital of Croatia
19. St. Mark’s Church on Gradec hill
20. Cathedral of Saint Stephen, Kaptol hill
21. Cup of coffee, symbolising Tkalčićeva Street,
headquarters of Zagreb’s young set
22. The Medvednica mountains, a venue for the Alpine
Ski World Cup where Janica and Ivica Kostelić found
fame
23. King Tomislav, founder of unified Croatia
24. The river Sava
25. The Dalmatian
26. Slovenia, a country bordering onto it
27. Italy
28. Mosaic in the Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč, a Unesco
world heritage site
29. Lovran chestnut
30. Parasol pine
31. Risnjak National Park in the Gorski Kotar mountains,
a stag and a rambler
32. The river Kupa
33. The Tesla coil, symbol of the work of the engineer and
inventor Nikola Tesla, who was born at Smiljan
34. A whole lamb browning on the spit
35. Plitvice Lakes National Park, a Unesco world heritage
site
36. The river Una
37. Marasca cherries and Maraschino liqueur
38. Slavonia, Croatia’s granary
39. Josip Juraj Strossmayer, bishop and member of
parliament, founder of the University of Zagreb
40. The cravat, invented by Croatian soldiers at the court
of Louis XIII
41. Ivan Meštrović, Croatia’s most famous sculptor
42. The first mechanical fountain pen, invented by
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
43. Petar Zrinski (a Croatian Ban (Viceroy) and writer)
and Fran Krsto Frankopan (a poet and politician)
44. Ivan Vučetić, inventor of finger-printing
45. Bosnia-Herzegovina, a country bordering onto it
46. Slavonian kulen, typical spiced sausage
47. Marko Marulić, writer and humanist, father of Croatian
literature
48. Olive growing and the production of olive oil
49. Faust Vrančić, bishop and polymath, creator of an
early parachute
50. The fig
51. Ante Starčević, politician and writer, who laid the
foundations of the modern Croat State
52. Rocky cliffs, typical of the Croatian coastline
53. The Roman amphitheatre at Pula
54. Kvarner crayfish
55. The Mediterranean monk seal, a very rare native
animal
56. Statue of the ancient Greek athlete Apoxiomen,
discovered in the sea near the island of Lošinj
57. Pleasure craft sailing between the Croatian islands
58. The 40m high Veli Rat lighthouse
59. Pre-Roman Church of St. Donatus at Zadar
60. Cathedral of St. James, Šibenik, a Unesco world
heritage site
61. The historic town of Trogir, a Unesco world heritage
site
62. The river Cetina
63. Split and Diocletian’s Palace, a Unesco world heritage
site
64. Stari Grad, the oldest town in Croatia, a Unesco world
heritage site
65. Vine growing and wine making
66. Ruđer Josip Bošković, priest, mathematician,
physicist, astronomer, poet and philosopher
67. Croatian sheepdog
68. Wind rose The wind rose diagram reminds us that
Europe is the birthplace of many navigators and
explorers
69. Montenegro, a country bordering onto it
70. Ivan Gundulić, writer and poet
71. Albania
72. Dubrovnik, a Unesco world heritage site
73. The sardine, a fish typical of Croatia
74. The Adriatic Sea
75. Water polo, a very popular sport in Croatia
76. Ston oysters
77. A seaside resort, symbolising tourism
78. Ston mussels
79. Windsurfing, a typical water sport
80. ‘Hi’ in Croatian
81. Little tern
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Italy
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Italian
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Italy
6. The national flag of Italy
7. Italy is one of the six countries which founded the
European Union in 1957
8. The Mona Lisa, a famous painting by Leonardo da
Vinci
9. Leonardo da Vinci, a 15th century painter, sculptor,
architect, engineer and scientist
10. Switzerland, a country bordering it
11. The mountain range of the Alps and Lakes Como,
Maggiore and Garda
12. The violin, a musical instrument invented in Italy
13. Antonio Vivaldi, a violinist and composer of Baroque
music
14. Giuseppe Verdi, a composer of music and operas
15. Venice, represented by a gondola, the bell tower of
the Piazza San Marco and the carnival
16. The Dolomites mountain range
17. Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer, crossed Asia to
China and went along the silk route
18. Austria, a country bordering onto it
19. Hungary
20. The Creation of Adam, fresco by Michelangelo, 16th
century painter and sculptor
21. Croatia
22. Slovenia, a country bordering onto it
23. ‘Hi’ in Italian
24. Parmesan, a cheese produced in Parma
25. The Republic of San Marino, which issues its own
euro coins
26. The sculpture of David by Michelangelo
27. The River Po and its fertile plain
28. The tower in Florence, a Renaissance building
29. The River Arno
30. The leaning tower of Pisa, a Renaissance building
31. The floral Riviera
32. The duomo in Milan, a Gothic cathedral
33. Ferrari, a famous make of racing cars
34. The principality of Monaco, which issues its own euro
coins
35. France, a country bordering onto it
36. Giuseppe Garibaldi, creator of unified Italy
37. Pinocchio, the hero of Carlo Collodi’s tale
38. Galileo, physicist, astronomer and proponent of the
theory that the sun is at the centre of the universe
39. Dante Alighieri, writer, and author of the Divine
Comedy, considered to be the father of Italian poetry
40. Corsica (France)
41. Sardinia, a seaside resort and a starfish, symbols of
tourism and sea life
42. The umbrella pine and the Sardinian sheep
43. Alcide De Gasperi, a founding father of the European
Union
44. Rome, the capital of Italy
45. The Roman she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus is
an ancient Roman legend and a symbol of Rome
46. The Arch of Constantine, relic of the Roman era
47. The Coliseum, a great oval amphitheatre in Rome
where the gladiators fought
48. Trajan’s Column in Rome and the River Tiber
49. St. Peter’s Basilica, the seat of the papacy in the
Vatican. The Vatican issues its own euro coins
50. The Adriatic Sea
51. Italy won the football World Cup in 2006
52. Bosnia
53. A Vespa scooter and a wasp (vespa means wasp in
Italian)
54. Julius Caesar, a famous Roman general
55. Vesuvius, a volcano, and the ancient city of Pompeii
56. The Appian Way, a paved Roman road which went
from Rome to Brindisi
57. A legionary, a soldier of the Roman era
58. Grapes. The best known Italian wine is Chianti
59. Italian coffee, the national drink. The espresso
machine comes from Italy.
60. Pizza, a dish originating in Naples
61. A Neapolitan mandolin
62. The Tyrrhenian Sea
63. A Sicilian cart
64. Swordfish
65. The Mediterranean Sea
66. An Italian hare
67. Algeria
68. Tunisia
69. The pelican’s foot shell and the noble pen shell
70. Cherubs, detail of a painting by Raphael
71. The Temple of Concord, Valley of the Temples,
Agrigento
72. The Roman theatre at Taormina in Sicily
73. Etna, the highest volcano in Europe and still active
74. Because of its strategic position, Sicily has been a
prized target for numerous invaders
75. The aubergine and the pepper, typical vegetables
used in Italian cooking
76. Pasta, without doubt the national dish
77. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
78. The Ionian Sea
79. An ancient amphora of the Greek era
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Cyprus
1. The name of the country in the national languages:
Greek (plus Latin transliteration) and Turkish
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Cyprus
6. The national flag of Cyprus
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. A hammerhead shark
9. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
10. The fig tree, a typical tree and fruit
11. The thersamon butterfly
12. The pelican of the Akamas Peninsula
13. Turkey
14. The Kyrenia ship and Minoan inscriptions
15. A kingfisher
16. Cape Apostolos Andreas (Cape St Andrew)
17. The poppy, typical of Cyprus
18. The lemon tree, which is very common
19. The mouflon, an animal characteristic of the island
20. Caterina Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (1474–89) of
Venetian origin
21. An amphora from Ancient Greece
22. The cyclamen, the national plant
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The Kourion amphitheatre
The bunch of grapes that produces the local wine
The Troodos mountains
Kolossi Castle
The Cyprus cat, a 7 000-year-old species
Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus
The orthodox church in Nicosia
The Suleiman Mosque in Nicosia
The statue of Makarios in Nicosia, the first elected
President of the Republic after independence in 1960
The palace of the Archbishop of Cyprus, in Nicosia
Zenon of Citium, a philosopher, creator of stoicism
The Greek trireme, an ancient warship
The sphinx of the Egyptian era
An ancient work of art of the Phoenician period
A Bronze Age vase
A sculpture of a goddess from the Bronze Age
A cruise ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea
An ancient column, part of the ruins of Paphos
The ancient statue of Aphrodite on the beach of the
same name
The Mediterranean Sea
The icon of the Monasteries of Troodos
An ancient Bronze Age work of art
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Latvia
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Latvian
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Latvia
6. The national flag of Latvia
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Ice hockey, one of the national sports
9. An old sailing ship of the Hanseatic League
10. The House of Blackheads, a typical Gothic house of
the former merchants of the Hanseatic League
11. An Art Nouveau stained glass window, typical of the
city of Riga
12. Jāzeps Vītols, a composer of classical music and
founder of the Academy that bears his name
13. The greylag goose
14. Russia, a country bordering it
15. ‘Hi’ in Latvian
16. Typical bundle of flax
17. A boy and a girl in traditional dress dancing to local
folk music
18. Estonia, a country bordering it
19. The lighthouse on the River Daugava
20. Riga, the capital of Latvia
21. The Three Brothers, classical houses of Riga
22. The Freedom Monument in Riga
23. A representative statue from the Art Nouveau period
24. The Gulf of Riga
25. Sergei Eisenstein, film director, and the Battleship
Potemkin, subject of one of his films
26. Jānis Rainis, Latvia’s most famous writer
27. The River Venta
28. An amber necklace, typical jewellery of the region
29. The Baltic Sea
30. The black stork, a rare bird and the symbol of the
country
31. Russia
32. Butterfly
33. Anna Brigadere, writer, author of comedies and
dramas
34. The old fire engine exhibited at the Fire Fighting
Museum in Riga
35. The daisy, the symbolic flower of the country
36. The River Daugava
37. The ladybird, the symbolic insect of the country
38. The wagtail, the symbolic bird of the country
39. The otter, an animal found widely in the watercourses
of Latvia
40. The palace in the town of Daugavpils
41. Lithuania, a country bordering it
42. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
43. The fish eagle
44. Belarus, a country bordering it
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Lithuania
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Lithuanian
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Lithuania
6. The national flag of Lithuania
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. The aircraft Lituanica
9. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
10. A girl in traditional costume playing the kanklės, a
traditional stringed instrument
11. An amber necklace and a pine cone. Amber has been
harvested in Lithuania since the prehistoric period.
12. ‘Hi’ in Lithuanian
13. Estonia
14. The otter, an animal found widely in the watercourses
15. Russia
16. Basketball, the national sport
17. Latvia, a country bordering onto it
18. A trolleybus
19. Playing a traditional wind instrument
20. The mysterious Hill of Crosses
21. Satrijos Raganas, a writer
22. Zemaite, a writer
23. The harbour and lighthouse, symbols of maritime life
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The Baltic Sea
The stork, the national bird
The River Nemunas
A rabbit
The tradition of Easter eggs
Maciulis Maironis, a poet
Industry
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania
Saint Stanislaus Cathedral in Vilnius
The monument to Gediminas, Grand Duke of
Lithuania
Grand Duke Gediminas, founder of Vilnius
Belarus, a country bordering onto it
Vytis (knight), the coat of arms on Lithuania
Trakai Castle on Lake Galve
Vincas Kudirka, a poet
The yellow-headed wagtail
The weeping willow
Russia and its exclave, the oblast of Kaliningrad
Donelaitis, a poet
Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, a famous ruler of
mediaeval Lithuania
The first book published in Lithuania, by the author
Mažvydas
Poland, a country bordering onto it
The lynx, a European member of the cat family
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Luxembourg
1. The name of the country in the two national
languages: French and Luxembourgish
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Luxembourg
6. The national flag of Luxembourg
7. Luxembourg is one of the six countries which
founded the European Union in 1957
8. Satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA)
9. Belgium, a country bordering onto it
10. Charlotte of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg, a symbol of resistance during the
Second World War
11. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
12. ‘Hi’ in Luxembourgish
13. Beaufort Castle
14. Deer, an animal typical of the region
15. Owl, an animal typical of the region
16. The River Sure
17. A family of wild boar in the hills
18. Hedgehog, an animal typical of the region
19. Traditional crockery
20. The Wooden Horse, by Joseph Kutter, a painter
21. Edward Steichen, a famous photographer who
created the exhibition ‘The Family of Man’ in 1955
22. Mirabelle plum
23. Raspberry
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Esch-sur-Sûre Castle
The River Alzette
Vianden Castle
The River Our
The cable car at Vianden
Grapes
White wine from the Moselle
Emile Mayrisch, an industrialist in the iron and steel
industry
The River Moselle
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg
Luxembourg, the capital of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg
The Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg
The River Eisch
‘Hi’ in French
Telecommunications and new technologies are
very well established
Robert Schuman, a founding father of the
European Union, born in Luxembourg
France, a country bordering onto it
The Schengen Agreement which opened the
borders between certain European countries in
1985
Germany, a country bordering onto it
Locomotives and the railways contributed to the
rapid industrialisation of Luxembourg in the 19th
century
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Hungary
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Hungarian
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national coat of arms of Hungary
5. The national flag of Hungary
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. The Czech Republic
8. Ferenc Puskás, a famous footballer
9. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
10. The great white heron of Lake Balaton
11. Poland
12. Horse riding shows on the Puszta
13. Ukraine, a country bordering onto it
14. ‘Hi’ in Hungarian
15. A type of flower common in Hungary
16. The magnificent thermal baths in Budapest
17. Slovakia, a country bordering onto it
18. Rubik’s cube
19. Lajos Kossuth, a politician, was already talking
about European integration in the 19th century
20. The roe deer
21. Árpád I, 1st king of the Magyars
22. Austria, a country bordering onto it
23. Franz Liszt, composer and virtuoso pianist
24. Lake Fertő
25. Traditional Herend porcelain
26. Wader and duck of Lake Balaton
27. Lake Balaton, the famous great lake of Hungary
28. Budapest, the capital of Hungary
29. The Chain Bridge, the first bridge to connect Pest
and Buda
30. Matthias Church and the Fisherman’s Bastion in
Buda
31. The parliament building in Budapest
32. The River Tisza
33. Bíró, the inventor of the famous ballpoint pen
34. Béla Bartók, a composer of music
35. Romania, a country bordering onto it
36. János Bólyai, a mathematician who wrote books
about geometry
37. The draw well of the Puszta, the Hungarian steppe
38. Albert Szent-Gyoergyi, a biochemist, who
discovered vitamin C from paprika
39. The Danube, the longest river in Europe
40. The church in Paks
41. Goulash, a speciality of the local cuisine
42. The crown and sceptre of the king Saint Stephen,
the patron saint of Hungary
43. Slovenia, a country bordering onto it
44. Croatia, a country bordering onto it
45. A horseman of the Puszta, grooming his horse
46. Bosnia-Herzegovina
47. Victor Vasarely, a painter and one of the masters
of virtual kinetic art
48. The variety of Hungarian peppers
49. Danube trout
50. Serbia, a country bordering onto it
51. The Puli dog
52. Hungarian grey cattle
53. Bulgaria
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Malta
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Maltese
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Malta
6. The national flag of Malta
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. A Maltese galley propelled by oars
9. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
10. Oil tanker: Malta is a well-known flag of
convenience
11. A large carrack, an old type of sailing ship
12. Jean Parisot de la Valette, founder of the city of
Valletta
13. Valletta, the capital of Malta
14. The Vedette in Valletta
15. St John’s Cathedral in Valletta
16. A knight of the Order of Malta, a religious and
military order and humanitarian organisation
17. The lesser kestrel, a small bird of prey
18. ‘Hi’ in Maltese
19. The sextant
20. The island of Comino
21. The Maltese rock centaury, the national flower
22. Ta’ Pinu Church on the island of Gozo
23. Palm tree, a typical tree
24. Detail of the symbol (the eye) of the Vedette
25. The ‘Azure Window’ rock arch on Gozo
26. The megalithic temple of Ġgantija, classed as a
Unesco world heritage site
27. The bust of Calypso, a sea nymph who according
to legend lived in Gozo and imprisoned Ulysses
28. A fisherman in his boat
29. Dolphin
30. The ‘Ġigġifogu’ firework display
31. A sea rock, famous for its characteristic shape
32. Buses
33. Ġeloramo Cassar, architect of St John’s
Cathedral
34. The megalithic portal of the Hal-Saflieni
Hypogeum, classed as a Unesco world heritage
site
35. Lorenzo Gafà, a well-known architect
36. Sole, a fish of the region
37. Tuna, a typical fish
38. Shellfish
39. The Mediterranean Sea
40. A diver exploring underwater flora and fauna
41. Seahorse
42. Crab
43. Coral
44. Underwater flora and fauna
45. The Sleeping Lady of Malta (a statuette of
the goddess of fertility), a famous palaeolithic
sculpture
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The Netherlands
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Dutch
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of the Netherlands
6. The national flag of the Netherlands
7. The Netherlands is one of the six countries which
founded the European Union in 1957
8. Old ships of the Dutch fleet
9. Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, a navigator
10. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
11. Renate Groenewold, an ice speed skater
12. The Wadden Islands
13. A traditional fishing boat
14. Wind turbine using the wind to produce renewable
energy
15. Piet Mondrian, a painter of geometric abstract works
and leader of the De Stijl group
16. Growing vegetables in greenhouses is very common
17. Friesian cattle, milk and cheese
18. Lake Ijssel
19. Dykes which have enabled land to be reclaimed from
the sea
20. The Lange Jaap-Huisduinen lighthouse
21. Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands
22. The Princes of Orange-Nassau, the current royal
family in the Netherlands
23. Typical houses of Amsterdam, the canals and
sightseeing boat
24. Self-portrait of Rembrandt, a 17th century painter
25. Christiaan Huygens, an astronomer and physicist,
who had the idea of regulating clocks with a
pendulum
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Erasmus, a great humanist of the 16th century
The North Sea
The port of Rotterdam, the biggest port in Europe
The modern bridge in Rotterdam
Famous Delft pottery
Football, a very popular sport in the Netherlands
Fields of tulips, the national flower
The River Rhine
Windmill, a typical feature of the countryside in the
Netherlands
Germany, a country bordering it
‘Hi’ in Dutch
A person on a bicycle on one of the many cycle paths
The River Meuse
Self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, a painter who
was a forerunner of the fauvist and expressionist
movements
Philips, a multinational in the electronics and
electrical appliances industry
Canal locks
The famous Daf trucks
Anne Frank, a young victim of the Holocaust, known
for her personal diary
The Rietveld chair, designed in 1918
Belgium, a country bordering it
Tulips, the national flowers
A Dutch girl in traditional dress carrying cheese and
tulips
The Maastricht Treaty of 1992, a key document on
European integration
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Austria
1. The name of the country in the national language:
German
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms
6. The national flag
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Empress of Austria and
Queen of Hungary, also known as ‘Sissi’
9. Germany, a country bordering onto it
10. Seated woman (Seated woman with bent knee) by
Egon Schiele, an early 20th century expressionist
painter
11. The Schönbrunn peacock
12. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis
13. Poland
14. Johann Strauss, a composer of classical music,
creator of the waltz
15. The Czech Republic, a country bordering it
16. The Big Wheel (‘Riesenrad’) in the Prater
amusement park in Vienna
17. Franz Schubert, a composer of classical music
18. The Venus of Willendorf, a statue from the
palaeolithic period
19. ‘Hi’ in Austrian German
20. Vienna, the capital of Austria
21. Schönbrunn Palace
22. Slovakia, a country bordering it
23. St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna and Lake
Neusiedel
24. The Danube, one of the longest rivers in Europe
25. Viennese Sachertorte, a well-known chocolate cake
26. Viennese coffee
27. Mozartkugeln, sweets
28. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a great composer of
classical music and opera
29. Salzburg Castle
30. A Tyrolean singer in Alpine dress, Hohensalzburg
Fortress and Lake Constance
31. Liechtenstein, a country bordering it
32. Switzerland, a country bordering it
33. Innsbruck Cathedral
34. The edelweiss, an Alpine flower and the national
flower
35. A girl in traditional dress (Dirndl), a sheep and a cow
36. The Clock Tower in Graz
37. Semmel, a small local bread roll
38. Hungary, a country bordering onto it
39. The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, a painter from the Art
Nouveau period
40. Slovenia, a country bordering it
41. Joseph Haydn, a composer
42. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
43. Italy, a country bordering it
44. Skiing, a national sport
45. The ibex, a typical animal of the mountains
46. Karlsplatz Station by Otto Wagner, a pioneering
architect of the modernist movement in Vienna
47. Otto von Neurath, the inventor of road signs
48. The goose of Konrad Lorenz, a biologist and
zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1973
49. Croatia
50. Bosnia-Herzegovina
51. Erwin Schrödinger, a physicist, winner of the Nobel
Prize in 1933, who devised a thought experiment
known as Schrödinger’s cat paradox in 1935
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Poland
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Polish
2. The area of the country in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national emblem of Poland
5. The national flag of Poland
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Sweden
8. ‘Hi’ in Polish
9. The cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
10. The Island of Bornholm, which belongs to Denmark
11. Lech Wałęsa, leader of Solidarność, former
President of the Republic and winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1983
12. Ship sailing in the Baltic Sea
13. The logo of the trade union Solidarność
14. The shipyards in Gdansk
15. A fish in the Gulf of Gdansk
16. St Mary’s Basilica in Gdansk
17. Malbork Castle
18. A young Polish supporter of Solidarność
19. Lithuania
20. The bison of Poland
21. Russia, a country bordering onto it
22. Lithuania, a country bordering onto it
23. Adam Mickiewicz, a 19th century Romantic poet and
writer, a partisan in the struggle for independence
24. Józef Piłsudski, a partisan in the struggle for
independence and the country’s first president
25. The lapwing
26. Frederic Chopin, a 19th century Romantic composer
and pianist
27. The River Bug
28. Warsaw, the capital of Poland
29. Typical houses in the centre of Warsaw
30. The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw
31. The River Vistula
32. Nicolaus Copernicus, a famous 16th-century
astronomer
33. Amber and an amber necklace
34. Germany, a country bordering onto it
35. The freshwater carp
36. The River Warta
37. Marie Skłodowska-Curie, physicist and chemist,
winner of the Nobel Prize in 1903
38. The River Oder
39. Coal mines
40. Potato, the main ingredient in Polish cuisine
41. The osprey
42. The Czech Republic, a country bordering it
43. A farmer on his tractor
44. Beet and sugar
45. The Black Madonna of Częstochowa
46. Krakow: Notre-Dame church, its markets and its
mediaeval bell tower; Pope Jean-Paul II was the
archbishop of this city
47. A young girl in traditional dress
48. The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
49. Belarus, a country bordering it
50. The River San
51. Ukraine, a country bordering it
52. The hoopoe
53. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
54. Aviation Valley, heart of the Polish aerospace
industry
55. The Carpathian mountain range
56. Slovakia, a country bordering it
57. Hungary
58. Kozły, traditional bundles for drying hay
59. The salt mine at Wieliczka
60. Austria
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Portugal
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Portuguese
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The coat of arms of Portugal
6. The national flag of Portugal
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Fernão de Magalhães, known as Magellan, a
navigator who was the first to sail around the world
9. The great maritime discoveries in the 15th century
10. ‘Hi’ in Portuguese
11. A surfer on the waves of the Atlantic
12. The Dom Luís Bridge in Porto
13. The Barcelos cock, one of the most well-known
emblems in Portugal
14. The River Minho
15. Luís de Camões, a great 16th century poet and
author of The Lusiads
16. Rock engravings in the valley of Foz Côa
17. Port wine
18. Water melon, a typical fruit
19. The River Douro
20. A hill fort warrior, the earliest evidence of Lusitanian
ancestors
21. Amália Rodrigues, Iconic fado singer
22. Bunch of grapes
23. A musical fado group
24. Cod, a national dish
25. Typical fishing boat
26. Pena Palace at Sintra
27. The Atlantic Ocean
28. Fisherman in a typical boat
29. Pedro Alvares Cabral, a navigator, who discovered
Brazil
30. Fernando Pessoa, a major 20th century author and
poet
31. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal
32. Monument to the Discoveries, in Lisbon
33. Belém Tower in Lisbon
34. The modern tower built for Expo’ 98 in Lisbon
35. The 25th of April Bridge in Lisbon
36. The eyelet, symbol of the revolution of 25 April 1974
37. Portuguese bullfighting, the ‘forcados’ hold the bull
38. The River Tagus
39. Spain, a country bordering it
40. Butterfly
41. The Cão Fila breed of dog from São-Miguel
42. Azulejos, enamel tiles
43. The funicular in Lisbon
44. A caravelle, a ship used at the time of the great
maritime discoveries in the 15th century
45. Bartolomeu Dias, navigator and the first westerner to
round the Cape of Good Hope
46. The ray, a typical fish
47. The flower the ‘bird of paradise’ (Strelitzia reginae),
symbol of the island of Madeira
48. Local sea species
49. The islands of the Azores with the volcano Pico
50. Vasco da Gama, the first navigator to round the Cape
of Good Hope to reach India
51. A surfer enjoying the strong winds on the Atlantic
coast
52. Houses and typical countryside of the Algarve
53. The Guadiana Is the longest river on the Iberian
peninsula
54. The olive tree, a typical local tree
55. Lobster and other shellfish
56. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
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Romania
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Romanian
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The coat of arms of Romania
5. The flag of Romania
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Poland
8. The Carpathian Wolf, hero of countless Romanian
legends
9. The wooden churches in Maramureş in the
mountain range of the eastern Carpathians, classed
as a Unesco world heritage site
10. Mihai Eminescu, a writer of novels and short
stories, considered to be his country’s greatest poet
11. The churches of Moldavia, masterpieces of
Byzantine art
12. George Enescu, violinist and composer
13. The silver-washed fritillary butterfly (Argynnis
paphia)
14. Ukraine, a country bordering onto it
15. Nadia Comăneci, gymnast, gold medallist at the
Olympic Games
16. Moldavia, a country bordering onto it
17. ‘Hi’ in Romanian
18. Painted eggs are a Romanian tradition to celebrate
Easter
19. Orthodox icon representing the Virgin Mary
20. Dracula, hero of a novel by Bram Stoker whose
castle is in the mountains of Transylvania
21. Vlad Ţepeş, the historical Dracula, Prince of
Valachia
22. Slovakia
23. Hungary, a country bordering it
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A dancer in traditional dress
The River Mureş
Sunflower, a common plant
Famous helmet from a treasure trove of the
Dacians, a race of people from the Carpathians in
ancient times
Ear of wheat
The Danube, the longest river in Europe
Bucharest, the capital of Romania
The Athenaeum in Bucharest
The River Olt
Trajan, the Roman conqueror of Dacia
A traditional piece of pottery
The brown bear
Pelican from the Danube Delta
The River Siret
‘Girl with mandolin’ by Ion Irimescu, sculptor
Greek relics from the Black Sea
Constanta, a well-known seaside resort
The Black Sea
Carp from the Danube
‘Red-breasted goose’ (Branta ruficollis)
Golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Bulgaria, a country bordering it
Eugène Ionesco, a writer and author best known for
‘Rhinoceros’
‘Marţisor’, a traditional necklace celebrating the
arrival of spring
The ‘Infinite Column’ by Constantin Brâncuşi,
sculptor
Serbia, a country bordering it
The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
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Slovenia
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Slovene
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Slovenia
6. The national flag of Slovenia
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Primož Trubar, Protestant reformer and consolidator
of the Slovenian language
9. ‘Hi’ in Slovenian
10. Ski jumping, a very popular sport
11. The bird, the European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
12. Austria, a country bordering onto it
13. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is the
birthplace of many navigators and explorers
14. The linden tree, the symbolic tree of the country
15. The leaf and flower of the linden tree
16. A traditional wooden hayrack
17. Ear of wheat
18. Mount Triglav, the symbol of the country shown on
the coat of arms
19. Ibex fighting
20. Italy, a country bordering it
21. A woman in traditional dress
22. The island of the Alpine Lake Bled
23. Rihard Jakopič, a painter
24. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia
25. Ljubljana Castle
26. The town centre of Ljubljana
27. The dragon and the bridge in Ljubljana, symbols of
the city
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The River Drava
Jurij Vega, a mathematician
Bunch of grapes
Hungary, a country bordering onto it
Ivana Kobilca, a painter
The cep mushroom
The River Sava
Cherries
Ivan Cankar, a writer
Jacobus Gallus, a composer
Predjamski Castle
The famous Postojna caves
The bell tower in Piran
An ancient Roman amphora
Jellyfish
Typical fish of the Adriatic
Beehive
Croatia, a country bordering it
Thisoa butterfly on a February flower
Crocus
Bee, a symbol of the country
A rider on a Lipizzaner horse
Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Istrian hound
The cardinal fish
The Prince’s Stone, an ancient Roman Ionic column
(emblem of the Duchy of Carinthia)
54. The Adriatic Sea
55. Moray eel
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Slovakia
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Slovak
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Slovakia
6. The national flag of Slovakia
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Janošík, an epic figure in Slovakian culture, a local
Robin Hood
9. Ludovít Štúr, a writer, founder of Slovak grammar,
defender of the rights of the nation in the Austro
Hungarian empire
10. Bojnice Castle
11. The royal eagle
12. Poland, a country bordering it
13. ‘Hi’ in Slovak
14. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
15. A boy and girl in traditional dress dancing to local
folk music
16. The unique flower of the Slovak mountains, the
pasqueflower or ‘poniklec’ (Pulsatilla subslavica)
17. Ukraine, a country bordering it
18. A musician playing the fujara, a traditional
instrument
19. The brown bear
20. Spišský Hrad Castle, one of the biggest in Europe
and classed as a Unesco world heritage site
21. The famous wooden churches near Bardejov
22. The ancient Celtic Biatec coin
23. The High Tatras mountains: Mount Veľký Kriváň,
which appears on Slovak euro coins, and Mount
Gerlachovský, the highest in the country (2 655 m)
24. Traditional porcelain
25. The mountain chamois in the Low Fatra national
park
26. The Veľký Kriváň cable car
27. Alexander Dubček, politician, initiator of the Prague
Spring (1968)
28. The Czech Republic, a country bordering it
29. Milan Rastislav Štefánik, astronomer, politician,
general, diplomat and one of the founders of
Czechoslovakia in 1918
30. The Venus of Moravany, statuette of a woman from
the Upper Palaeolithic period
31. Bratislava Castle which appears on Slovak euro
coins
32. The River Váh
33. Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia
34. St. Michael’s Tower and a tram in Bratislava
35. The River Hron
36. The Madonna by Master Pavol of Levoča, who
created the highest wooden altar in the world
37. Edita Gruberová, a soprano singer
38. Hungary, a country bordering onto it
39. Danube trout
40. The long-eared owl
41. Traditional spiced bread
42. A boat on the Danube
43. Austria, a country bordering it
44. Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a composer
45. Carpathian roe deer
46. Royal pheasant
47. The Danube, the longest river in Europe
48. The European badger (Meles meles)
49. The stone waterfall at Šomoška
50. The River Hernád
51. The great European red deer (Cervus elaphus)
52. Romania
53. The woodland hare
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Finland
1. The name of the country in the two national
languages: Finnish and Swedish
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national side of the euro coin
5. The national coat of arms of Finland
6. The national flag of Finland
7. Date of joining the European Union
8. Osprey
9. Arctic walrus
10. The Atlantic Ocean
11. Polar bear
12. Arctic rabbit
13. Ringed seal
14. The Barents Sea
15. ‘Hi’ in Finnish
16. Arctic tern
17. Snowmobile, a common form of transport
18. Russia, a country bordering it
19. Finnish laphound
20. Sami, inhabitant of Lapland, in the north of the
country, and traditional tent
21. Norway, a country bordering it
22. The lemming, a small rodent common in
Scandinavia
23. Lapland reindeer
24. Father Christmas and his reindeer live in Lapland
25. Arctic fox
26. The Finnish Spitz, a breed of dog
27. The River Ijoki
28. Ski-jumping slope and ski jumper
29. The River Kemijoki
30. A typical Finnish house
31. Agricola, the father of written Finnish
32. Rally driving, a sport in which there have been a
number of Finnish world champions
33. Sweden, a country bordering onto it
34. Helene Schjerfbeck, a painter
35. Alexis Kivi, writer, the great classical author of
Finnish literature
36. Herring from the Baltic Sea
37. Forestry is an important resource
38. Lake mosquitoes
39. Scandinavian whooper swan
40. Birch, the national tree
41. Sauna, the typical hot steam bath
42. Lily of the valley, the national flower
43. Alvar Aalto, architect and designer, the most
famous Nordic architect of the 20th century
44. The lake region and the largest of the lakes, Lake
Saimaa
45. Helsinki, the capital of Finland
46. The Finlandia Palace by Alvar Aalto in Helsinki
47. Tuomiokirkko Cathedral in Helsinki
48. The monument in honour of Sibelius in Helsinki
49. Sibelius, the composer of ‘Finlandia’
50. Elias Lönnrot, doctor and writer, composed the
national epic poem ‘The Kalevala’ (published in
1835) based on popular poetry passed on orally
51. The Gulf of Bothnia
52. Brown bear trying to catch salmon
53. The Finnish telecommunications company Nokia
has been the world’s largest mobile phone
manufacturer
54. Estonia
55. A Finnish boat sailing in the Gulf of Finland
56. The Gulf of Finland
57. Lakka, a yellow Nordic cloudberry from which a
liqueur is made
58. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
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Sweden
1. The name of the country in the national language:
Swedish
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national coat of arms of Sweden
5. The national flag of Sweden
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Nils Holgersson, the hero of children’s stories by
Selma Lagerlöf
8. ‘Hi’ in Swedish
9. The balloon of Salomon August Andrée, aeronaut
10. Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking
11. Lapp lynx
12. Lapp reindeer
13. The wolf has returned to Sweden via Finland
14. A Lapp in traditional dress
15. Pippi Longstocking on her horse — the heroine of
children’s books written by Astrid Lindgren
16. The skier Anja Pärson, world champion in alpine
skiing
17. The Scandinavian Alps
18. Selma Lagerlöf, author of Nils Holgersson
19. The Atlantic Ocean
20. Greta Garbo, a famous film actress
21. Ikea furniture
22. Svante August Arrhenius, Nobel Prize for Chemistry
in 1903
23. Typical houses made of wood
24. Seal, common in Sweden’s fjords
25. Finland, a country bordering it
26. Brown bear eating salmon
27. Swedish pointer, a breed of dog
28. The Gulf of Bothnia
29. Longship, a boat used by the Vikings
30. Alfred Nobel, chemist and industrialist, the originator
of the Nobel Prize
31. Thor, warrior figure of Nordic mythology
32. Norway, a country bordering it
33. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden
34. The town hall in Stockholm
35. Boat sailing in the Gulf of Finland
36. The Gulf of Finland
37. Blue Tit
38. Estonia
39. The royal warship Vasa in the Baltic Sea
40. The Baltic Sea
41. Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), naturalist
42. Björn Borg, a famous tennis player
43. Lake Vänern
44. Herring
45. Ingmar Bergman, film director and producer
46. Ingrid Bergman, film actress
47. The Skagerrak (sea area)
48. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
49. Germany
50. Denmark
51. The mobile phone and telecommunications are very
well established in Sweden
52. A Volvo, a famous Swedish make of car
53. Swan
54. Poland
55. Gustav Vasa, liberator and King of Sweden
56. Latvia
57. ABBA, legendary pop group
58. Belarus
59. Lithuania
60. Russia
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United Kingdom
1. The name of the country in the national language:
English
2. The area in km2
3. The number of inhabitants
4. The national coat of arms of the United Kingdom
5. The national flag of the United Kingdom
6. Date of joining the European Union
7. Peter Pan, fictional character created by the author
J. M. Barrie
8. The sailing ship from the book ‘Peter Pan’ with
Captain Hook, the fairy Tinkerbell and the crocodile
9. The Atlantic Ocean
10. A castle and the Scottish flag in the Hebrides
11. ‘Hi’ in English
12. Traditional Scottish dancer
13. Scottish bagpipes player
14. Loch Ness and its monster
15. The wind rose diagram reminds us that Europe is
the birthplace of many navigators and explorers
16. The Shetland Islands, famous for Shetland sheep
and the local oil industry
17. The Beatles, legendary rock group
18. James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and
mathematician who studied electromagnetism
19. Statue of the dog Greyfriars Bobby, a symbol of
loyalty for the Scots
20. Alexander Fleming, doctor, discovered penicillin,
winner of the Nobel Prize in 1945
21. David Livingstone, Scottish explorer, discovered
the source of the Nile
22. The Giant’s Causeway, a site formed of basalt
columns eroded by the sea
23. George Best, a famous footballer
24. Ireland
25. Harry Potter on his broomstick
26. Darts, a very popular sport
27. Golf, a very popular sport
28. Airedale terrier, a breed of dog
29. The Irish Sea
30. The industries of Liverpool
31. Hadrian’s Wall, built by the Romans
32. The thistle, symbol of Scotland
33. A girl playing cricket, a national sport
34. Rowing, the famous boat race on the River Thames
between Oxford and Cambridge universities
35. Horatio Nelson, the admiral victorious at Trafalgar
36. The North Sea
37. The English flag
38. Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest
39. The Tudor rose
40. Charles Darwin, naturalist, famous for his work ‘The
Origin of Species’
41. The dragon, symbol of Wales, and the Welsh flag
42. William Shakespeare, 16th century dramatist and
poet
43. London, the capital of the United Kingdom
44. Double-decker bus, typical of London
45. Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician and
astronomer, inventor of the theory of universal
gravitation
46. Big Ben, the famous clock tower of the Palace of
Westminster
47. Tower Bridge, the famous bridge over the Thames
48. A ‘cab’, the traditional London taxi
49. Royal Guardsman and his dog
50. The Eurostar high-speed train and the Channel
Tunnel
51. The White Cliffs of Dover
52. Ferry crossing the Channel
53. Stonehenge, a megalithic site, classed as a Unesco
world heritage site
54. Francis Drake, seafarer and privateer who helped
to defeat the ‘Invincible Spanish Armada’ in 1588
55. Rolls-Royce, the luxury car
56. Typical red telephone box
57. The Queen Mary, a majestic transatlantic liner
58. Queen Victoria, sovereign from 1837 to 1901, a
period which took the country to the peak of its
power
59. Tea, the beverage traditionally drunk at 5 o’clock in
the afternoon
60. The English Channel
61. France
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ISBN 978-92-79-43772-4
DOI 10.2765/20698
© European Union, 2015