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DDG Trivia Places 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is Scandinavia in the north or south of Europe? | North |
| Which Arctic country's Finnish name is Lapin Li? | Lapland |
| The Straight of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with which Sea? | Mediterranean |
| Which country is also called the Hellenic Republic? | Greece |
| What is Europe's most mountainous country? | Switzerland |
| In Norway, a fjord is made up largely of what? | Water |
| The island of Rhodes belongs to which Mediterranean country? | Greece |
| Euro tunnel links which two countries? | England and France |
| The Left Bank generally refers to the Left Bank of the Seine in which city? | Paris |
| Okinawa is a volcano in which country? | Japan |
| What is the largest country in South America? | Brazil |
| What was the ancient city, carved out of red rock in Jordan, that was forgotten by Europeans until the 19th century? | Petra. |
| Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a Ephesus? | The Temple of Artemis |
| What was the original purpose of the leaning tower of Pisa? | Bell Tower |
| What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison? | Alcatraz. |
| What was the former site of the two temples celcbrating Ramses II and Nefertari, before they were moved because of flooding by the waters of the Aswan High Dam? | Abu Simbel |
| Where is the Valley of the Kings, the scene of a terrorist attack in 1997? | Egypt. |
| What was Ho Chi Minh City before it was called Ho Chi Minh City? | Saigon |
| To the nearest thousand, how many islands does Indonesia have? | 13,000 |
| Which country contains the Biblical rivers of the Tigris and the EUPHRATES? | Iraq |
| What was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century? | Leningrad. |
| Which country lies to the north of Austria and to the south of Poland? | Czech Republic |
| What name is given to the popular holiday area between Marseille and La Spezia? | Riviera |
| How tall is the Eiffel Tower? | 984 feet. |
| Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. Where is it? | Under Platform 8 of the King's Cross Railway Station in London. |
| What Middle Eastern country's name includes the name of it's first ruler? | Saudi Arabia. Ruler Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud unified his dual kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd and their dependencies under the name Saudi Arabia in 1932. |
| What is the name of Moscow's largest department store? | GUM |
| What country has more volcanoes than any other? | Indonesia. It has 167 of the 850 active volcanoes known in the world. |
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