Statistics for European Cities, Landmarks, etc.

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
(City) Drinking cheap Spanish wine in the unfinished steeple of the Sagrada Familia and enjoying a siesta on Las Ramblas can only mean you are in this city.	Barcelona	85%
(City) One can contemplate Rembrandt and/or a young Holocaust victim prior to or after visiting the Grasshopper to be in the right frame of mind.	Amsterdam	80%
(City) An overrated tourist trap whose tallest building is a steel lattice structure.	Paris	80%
(Country) Grace Kelly moved here not to gamble or evade taxes but to become a princess.	Monaco	76%
(City) One of the few cities to live up to its hype. A boat is more useful than a car here. Row through it before it sinks.	Venice	76%
(City) No longer red but the square is still there as is Lenin. Christmas dinner in a hotel full of Chechens can add to the experience.	Moscow	74%
(City and Country) A zero birth rate is not implausible here.	Vatican	74%
(Landmark) Some visitors may receive a brisk pat down while others enjoy mass and the pope's blessing at this landmark site.	St. Peter's Basilica	73%
(City) Every English speaking person should come here at least once. However tea with the Queen is highly unlikely.	London	69%
(Museum) Hordes of people congregate at one painting and miss the superb art located throughout this famous place. Photograph the mob photographing the painting for memories in the mass consumption of culture	The Louvre	69%
(City) Every July, the Love Parade winds its way where "the wall" used to stand.	Berlin	67%
(City) The City of David and former home to the Borgias and de Medicis.	Florence	65%
(City) As Leningrad, it endured an 872 siege during WWII	St. Petersburg	64%
(City) Magyar on the Danube. More fun than it looks.	Budapest	63%
(Region) The Rock. Home to Europe's only primates and this doesn't refer to the English sailors who crowd the pubs. Spain wants it back.	Gibraltar	61%
(City) Germany bombed it three times in WWII - 1939, 1942, 1944 destroying about 85% of the city	Warsaw	61%
(City) Large city in the French Riviera. Its famed beaches are composed of gravel not sand.	Nice	58%
(City) The origin of western civilization. The country and city has seen better times; ruins from both the ancient and modern Olympics surround the city. A young couple added to the ruins when they broke a bed at a hostel.	Athens	57%
(City) Home to one of Europe's oldest universities and a former capital of Poland. The market square is well worth a visit.	Krakow	56%
(City) A capital worthy of an empire but barely has a country. The Habsburgs left the premises in 1918.	Vienna	56%
(City) The Velvet Revolution attracted European bohemian (naturally) types in the 1990s to this city.	Prague	52%
(City) The first shots of WWII were fired here. About forty years later, Solidarity was founded here. Known by its German name when it was a Free City, it now goes by its Polish name.	Gdansk	50%
(City) A Hanseatic League city opposite Helsinki. It ran out of beer in 1991.	Tallinn	50%
(City) Now a Baltic capital, it was part of Poland between the wars and was 40% Jewish. A poor Canadian's Christmas call home was placed on NATO's tab at the local hotel.	Vilnius	41%
(Landmark) Not a place the Poles admit to, it naturally goes by its German name. To leave after the gate closes, one must crawl under the wire; an eerie experience in December.	Auschwitz	31%
(Region) Cheap fish and chips, Irish pubs, men in black socks with sandals and half naked German women can be found in this region centred at Malaga	Costa Del Sol	25%
(City) Capital of Silesia. Either the German or Polish name will work.	Wroclaw	19%
(Landmark) An ancient fortress. Tourists are advised to stay near the Cathedrals and avoid the government buildings unless one wants to draw unwanted attention.	Kremlin	18%
(Museum) Some of the best works of European culture could be seen here for under a dollar in 1991.	Hermitage	17%
(Museum/Church) A good swat from a nun or priest awaits a visitor who lies down to observe the hand of God.	Sistine Chapel	17%
(Museum) To see superb works of art especially Impressionist and modern sculpture visit this museum and avoid the mob.	Musee d'Orsay	14%
(Region) The Poles call it the Mazury lake district. Its the former home of German militarism and was previously known by this name.	Prussia	14%
(Island) A volcanic island, also known as Thera, its the southernmost island of the Cyclades. Featured in films such as Summer Lovers, the Sisterhood of Travelling Pants, Lara Croft, and in the Call of Duty.	Santorini	14%
(City) The original home of Copernicus, this Polish city somehow managed to retain its medieval walls and old city. A highly underrated Polish city.	Torun	8%
(Region) A province in the north west Netherlands which speaks its own language and seems to be populated solely by tall blue eyed blondes. One risks a history lecture if they refer to the Netherlands as Holland.	Friesland	6%
(Landmark) Canada's largest war monument. Its located in north west France at the site of a famous WWI battle (famous for Canadians anyway)	Vimy Ridge	6%