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European Geography By Letter - V

Can you guess these European geographical answers that start with the letter V?
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Last updated: January 1, 2020
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First submittedAugust 10, 2014
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Average score60.0%
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Capital of Austria
Vienna
Country led by the pope
Vatican City
Italian city famous for canals
Venice
The above, in Italian
Venezia
Longest river in Europe
Volga
Residence of King Louis XIV
Versailles
Volcano that destroyed Pompeii
Vesuvius
Third biggest city in Spain
Valencia
Capital of Malta
Valletta
Capital of Lithuania
Vilnius
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City formerly called Stalingrad
Volgograd
Capital of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Term for an Italian country home
Villa
City of "Romeo and Juliet" in northern Italy
Verona
Capital of unoccupied France during WWII
Vichy
Bulgarian resort city on the Black Sea
Varna
Term for the home of an Anglican parish leader
Vicarage
City on the island of Gotland
Visby
Longest river in Poland
Vistula
Capital of Castile and León
Valladolid
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Level 40
Sep 24, 2014
please accept viche for vichy
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Level 75
Oct 4, 2015
And why not Chicaga, Ottawu or Mexica ?
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Level 75
Jun 22, 2017
but they don't even remotely resemble Vichy
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Level 65
Oct 8, 2014
vicarage= geography? good quiz otherwise
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Level 86
Oct 8, 2014
Yes, it's a bit of a stretch... I guess it can be considered as human geography? Hard question anyway.
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Level 82
Jun 3, 2017
Yes and not a stretch at all.
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Level 62
Jun 30, 2023
There always must be at least one question about UK in "European Geography by letter" series. There's no other way ;)
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Level 56
Oct 9, 2014
So I waste a bunch of time trying to figure out the English way to spell Wisla (pronounced viswa) and it turns out it's Vistula.
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Level 11
Apr 13, 2015
Strictly speaking, Stalingrad is now called St. Petersburg not Volgograd
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Level 51
Jul 23, 2015
St. Petersburg was Leningrad, not Stalingrad. But that's an easy mistake to make. I looked it up to be certain.
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Level 82
Jun 3, 2017
whoops
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Level 59
Jun 5, 2017
Strictly speaking, you're wrong!
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Level 82
Jun 3, 2017
I was sooo close on the term for the vicar house... dammit...
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Level 68
Jun 30, 2023
Nobody asked
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Level 72
Jul 6, 2023
What has Kal ever done to you? Why do you not write this on all the other comments?
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Level 75
Jun 3, 2017
Half of these I have learned from taking quizzes on this site. Thank you, QM.
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Level 72
Dec 6, 2017
one of a few italian-centric quiz :-)
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Level 79
Apr 5, 2021
Only a quarter of the answers relate to Italy
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Level 75
May 22, 2018
Per usual, I completely bomb the European ones, and have never even heard of the ones I missed.
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Level 93
Aug 19, 2018
could also add czech republic's longest river
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Level 20
Jan 17, 2019
Villa in Italian does not mean "Country" home. It's just a home. It's a term often used to identify larger than average homes, or more luxurious ones, while small ones may be called "Villetta". Villas can be anywhere including big cities, not only country.
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Level ∞
Apr 18, 2023
It's complicated but the clue is generally correct:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa

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Level 60
Jan 19, 2019
Valladolid is like Bloemfontein. You know the answer, but have absolutely no idea how to spell it. :-D
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Level 60
May 22, 2020
At least some of us that Googled it know how to spell Bloemfontein!
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Level 44
Feb 6, 2024
if your mother languague is dutch, it's extremely easy :)
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Level 78
Jul 15, 2020
Pfffft. Only one question about the UK, and it wasn't even a geography question.

Could you not even stretch to something like 'US state named for Elizabeth I'?

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Level 82
Aug 5, 2020
Why? It's a 20-question quiz. There are 44 countries in Europe. How much over-representation of the UK would be adequate? Plus I'm quite sure if there was a question on here about a US state the whining would be deafening.
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Level 78
Aug 27, 2020
Ha ha, gotcha. How very predictable. Is the irony detector still not working?
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Level 82
Sep 23, 2020
Yes, the comments left by European visitors are very predictable.
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Level 76
Jul 24, 2023
The lack of self-awareness is indeed very predictable.
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Level 78
Sep 23, 2020
We complain about US-centrism, not UK-lackism. Get your facts straight!
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Level 78
Feb 1, 2021
I see it is still not working. ;(
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Level 56
Sep 23, 2020
I did the whole quiz not understanding that it was only by letter "V." Some interesting choices, I thought
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Level 85
Jan 8, 2022
Not many know Agatha Christie's "Murder at the Vicarage"?
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Level 71
Jun 23, 2023
That's how I knew it! One of my favourite Christie books.
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Level 67
Feb 17, 2023
15/20, missed the 5 lowest ones
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Level 72
Jul 6, 2023
Same here! I was like, "This is going well!", but then I got to the last 5 clues...
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Level 68
Jun 30, 2023
Why not accept Vesuv?
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Level 58
Jun 30, 2023
Perhaps accept Vesuvio for Vesuvius?
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Level 58
Jun 30, 2023
Castile and León has no capital. Valladolid is just the seat of several of the most important govern institutions but is not the capital, as is not listed as that in the "Estatuto de autonomía"
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Level 51
Oct 14, 2023
Could vicar be allowed for vicarage?