Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - One in 4 - 21/08/11

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
21/08/2011	Europe	30 multiple choice questions about the member states of the EU.	Format index

Choose your question from the 27 member states listed below by clicking the adjacent question number. Flags represent the states which are in alphabetical sequence. To make the number of questions up 30 the UK has been divided into its 4 constituent nations. Each question has 4 possible answers. Click the one you think is right. The answer will turn red if it's wrong and green if it's right.
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1.	Austria
Which other capital city is closest to Austria’s capital, Vienna?


2.	Belgium
Which of these is NOT a famous Belgian?

A	Audrey Hepburn	B	Hieronymus Bosch	C	Adolphe Saxe	D	Hergé
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3.	Bulgaria
Which sea does Bulgaria border?

A	Black Sea	B	Aegean Sea	C	Caspian Sea	D	Adriatic Sea
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4.	Cyprus
Which Shakespeare play has a large part of its action set in Cyprus?

A	Othello	B	Comedy of Errors	C	Pericles	D	Antony & Cleopatra
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5.	Czech Republic
On which river does the Czech capital, Prague, lie?

A	Danube	B	Rhine	C	Vitava	D	Elbe
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6.	Denmark
Which of the largest land masses making up Denmark contains the capital Copenhagen?

(Jutland)

(Zealand)

(Funen)

(Lolland)

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7.	Estonia
Which is the outline of Estonia?

Lithuania

Slovakia

Latvia

Estonia

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8.	Finland
Bolton Wanderers had a Finnish goalkeeper. How is his surname spelt?

A	Juskelääinen	B	Jäskelaäinen	C	Jäskeläinnen	D	Jääskeläinen
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9.	France
With which area of France do you associate this music? (click to play)

Pyrenees

Brittany

Auvergne

(Songs of the Auvergne sung by Kiri Te Kanawa)

Dordogne

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10.	Germany
Which of the following modern-day African countries did NOT form part of the German Empire before 1919?

A	Togo	B	Rwanda	C	Benin	D	Namibia
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11.	Greece
What is the key ingredient of the Greek sauce tzatziki?

A	Chickpea	B	Green pepper	C	Cucumber	D	Tomato
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12.	Hungary
Hungary has a good reputation for producing inventors. Which of the following were NOT invented by Hungarians?

A	Diet pill	B	Rubik's cube	C	Biro pen	D	Motor coach
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13.	Ireland
Which Irish county contains Ireland’s most westerly point?

A	Cork	B	Kerry	C	Mayo	D	Donegal
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14.	Italy
Who directed the film to which this famous music was used as the theme? (click to play)

Visconti

(Mahler's 5th Symphony in the film Death in Venice)

Fellini

Antonioni

Bertolucci

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15.	Latvia
What is the capital of Latvia?

A	Tallinn	B	Vilnius	C	Gdansk	D	Riga
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16.	Lithuania
The classic American song Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) contains the memorable line “Lithuanians and Latts do it, Let’s Do it, Let’s Fall in Love”. Who wrote this?

A	Dorothy Field	B	Cole Porter	C	Ira Gershwin	D	Oscar Hammerstein II
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17.	Luxembourg
For many ‘of a certain age’ Radio Luxembourg was the gateway to broadcast pop music in the 1950s and 1960s. On what frequency did it broadcast?

A	204 Medium wave	B	206 Medium wave	C	208 Medium wave	D	212 Medium wave
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18.	Malta
Malta is an archipelago of islands only 3 of which are inhabited. The inhabited islands are Malta, Gozo and which other island?

A	La Gomera	B	Comino	C	Formentera	D	Flores
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19.	Netherlands
New York was originally New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony. In 1664 it was given to Great Britain in return for which other overseas colony?

A	Cape Colony	B	Goa	C	Surinam	D	Borneo
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20.	Poland
Poland is home to the threatened species of animal, the wisent. What type of animal is a wisent?

A	Bison	B	Badger	C	Bear	D	Boar
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21.	Portugal
The Portuguese-British alliance is the world’s longest standing alliance between two sovereign nations. In which century was it signed?

A	12th	B	13th	C	14th	D	15th
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22.	Romania
Nadia Comăneci, the famous Romanian gymnast, won 3 gold medals in her first Olympics in 1976. Where were they held?

A	Moscow	B	Mexico City	C	Montreal	D	Melbourne
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23.	Slovakia
Slovakia is a mountainous country. Which range of mountains (part of the Carpathians) dominates the north of the country?

A	Transylvanian Alps	B	Tatras	C	Swabian Alps	D	Caucasus
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24.	Slovenia
Which of the following countries is NOT bordered by Slovenia?

A	Croatia	B	Italy	C	Hungary	D	Bosnia-Herzogovina
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25.	Spain
Alongside Castilian Spanish Spain has 3 other officially recognised languages. Which of these is NOT one?

A	Galician	B	Aragonese	C	Basque	D	Catalan
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26.	Sweden
Which member of Sweden’s internationally renowned pop group, ABBA, is the oldest?

A	Björn Ulvaeus	B	Benny Andersson	C	Anni-Frid Lyngstad	D	Agnetha Fältskog
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27.	UK (England)
Which is the most populous of England’s islands?

A	Portsea Island	B	Isle of Wight	C	Isle of Sheppey	D	Canvey Island
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28.	UK (Northern Ireland)
Which is the most populous of the six counties which comprise Northern Ireland?

A	Antrim	B	Derry	C	Armagh	D	Down
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29.	UK (Scotland)
What type of food is the traditional Scottish dish cullen skink?

A	Venison pie	B	Fish soup	C	Fruit cake	D	Whisky-flavoured dessert
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30.	UK (Wales)
What does the Welsh phrase “popty ping” mean?

A	Electric toaster	B	Text message	C	Elderly office worker	D	Microwave oven
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