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European Geography By Letter - S #1

Can you guess these European geographical answers that start with the letter S?
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First submittedMay 30, 2013
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Clue
Answer
Country in Iberia
Spain
River that flows through Paris
Seine
Edinburgh is its capital
Scotland
One of the Nordic countries
Sweden
Region comprised of the above,
plus Norway and Denmark
Scandinavia
City from "The Sound of Music"
Salzburg
Destination of pilgrims in
northern Spain
Santiago de
Compostela
Richest country which was once
part of of Yugoslavia
Slovenia
City where an archduke met his
end in 1914
Sarajevo
Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
City once known as Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Clue
Answer
Finnish name for Finland
Suomi
Capital of Andalusia
Seville
Neutral country in the Alps
Switzerland
Island where the term "Mafia" originated
Sicily
Town where Shakespeare was born
Stratford-
upon-Avon
Second largest Mediterranean island
Sardinia
"Steel City" of northern England
Sheffield
French city with a German name which
is home to the EU parliament
Strasbourg
French river which was the site of
the bloodiest battle of WWI
Somme
Island chain north of Britain with ponies
Shetland
Tallest mountain in Wales
Snowdon
JenkinsEar
+1
Level 89
Jun 1, 2013
Please do more!
MayaB
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Level 72
Aug 14, 2014
D'oh! I know Sheffield, but in my mind it's associated mainly with it's theater where some of the snooker tournaments are played.
coro
+6
Level 58
Dec 6, 2016
Have you never used a knife and fork?
ShievaAndGolly
+3
Level 56
Apr 29, 2022
I don't get it
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Mar 22, 2024
In my mind, Sheffield is indeed mostly associated with cutlery. I even have a set. My parents gave it to me believing, as many do, that Sheffield cutlery is among the best in the world (though I don't think much is made there any more).
TomatosRaafatos
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Level 73
May 6, 2017
The theater is called the Crucible and it only hosts one tournanment: The World Snooker Championship. Of course it's the oldest and most prestiguous snooker championship, and so some people would call the Crucible the Church of Snooker and the world trophy the Holy Grail of trophies that every snooker player dreams of getting. I know it doesnt mean much for non-snooker fans but for non-britons who happen to enjoy snooker and have never used a knife and fork forged in Sheffield's steel furnaces this is mostly what Sheffield means to them, especially since the steel industry declined there of late. For those wo'd like to know the final of the 2017 world championship was held just a few days ago and Mark Selby came victorious after beating four-time champion John Higgins.
svitapeneela
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Level 65
May 7, 2017
The theatre is called the Crucible, 'cos a Crucible is a thing for making steel
Coldyham
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Level 62
Jan 11, 2021
Stat I heard from someone still involved in the trade is that Sheffield produces more blades now than ever, but a much smaller proportion is for general use. Lots of industrial cutting edges and the like
joeythelemur
+3
Level 84
Sep 12, 2014
Thanks for the "ponies" part of the clue, as I don't think I'd have gotten it otherwise!
ander217
+2
Level 75
May 6, 2017
Just finished watching the Shetland series on Netflix which made this one easy.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 63
Apr 8, 2020
For some reason, I tried 'Skye!
roadrage
+1
Level 68
Jun 9, 2023
You are not alone.
TheUnableDerk
+2
Level 57
May 16, 2022
I only got it because of the letter S lol
irish41
+4
Level 59
Sep 24, 2014
When I read "Capital of Andalusia," my first thought was, "The animated city from 'Enchanted'?!" Nope... that's Andalasia. Whoops.
riverblue
+2
Level 31
Feb 10, 2016
I think you should accept "Yr Wyddfa" for Mount Snowdon because that's what it is in Welsh.
Wilbur
+18
Level 45
Apr 22, 2016
And starts with "s" ... No wait...
Possums
+4
Level 30
Jun 3, 2016
1) This is an S answer quiz and 2) No answer is ever accepted in another language in an English quiz on this website.So it shouldn't he accepted
ruudsje
+10
Level 69
May 6, 2017
Sardegna and Sevilla are accepted though, not to mention Suomi 😂
CardinalSin
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Level 77
Feb 10, 2019
Possums, whereas I entirely agree with your point 1, point 2 is plain daft. As Ruudsje points out, Sardegena and Sevilla - which are the correct names after all - are perfectly acceptable. I would argue that anglicisation of other peoples' geographical entities is a pointless and ultimately ignorant thing to do.
divantilya
+2
Level 37
Feb 10, 2019
Possums: Oh no? So what are Suomi, Somme, Seine, Sardinia, Santiago de Compostela and Strasbourg then, English?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Sep 22, 2019
@possum, really get your facts straight, the original name is nearly always accepted !!
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Dec 21, 2019
The original name is sometimes accepted but not always. In this case it definitely will not be since all the answers start with S.
TheUnableDerk
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Level 57
May 16, 2022
Your second reason is just plain wrong, and I mainly know this because Brasil is accepted for Brazil
Antofagasta
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Level 67
Jan 2, 2017
Finally!, got them all right on one of these quizzes.
LukimusPrime99
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Level 23
Mar 13, 2017
i always forget the scandinavia peninsula cos i always associate those countries as being nordic
benjaminmarker
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Level 71
Aug 23, 2019
They are also Nordic countries.
amm14
+1
Level 66
Jul 20, 2017
Would appreciate accepting Soumi for Suomi; I knew the essence of the answer, and it's as unusual a word as many for which misspellings are accepted.
CardinalSin
+4
Level 77
Feb 10, 2019
Not unusual for 5.5 million Finns.
FolgoreCZ
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Level 60
Jun 6, 2020
Dude, it's five letters, not that hard. I get that people have trouble spelling complicates words like Reykjavik or Ljubljana, but that's like wanting to accept Loas for Laos. All four are unusual, but not all are difficult.
Dollyfroggy
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Level 60
Oct 13, 2023
It might be hard for people like dyslexics.
Blaidd
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Level 51
Sep 11, 2019
Shetland isn't North of Britain, it is part of Britain. Also it's Great Britain. Maybe reword to say North of the British mainland.
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Aug 12, 2020
Great Britain is one island, and Shetland ain't a part of it.
Rozzi
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Level 60
Aug 12, 2020
I read that as 'in the north of Britain' - which would be better I think.
TheUnableDerk
+1
Level 57
May 16, 2022
This doesn't make sense, and I'll explain it to you in five words:

Great Britain is an island.

ChriSLIAB
+5
Level 45
Dec 20, 2019
Granted you're from the UK quizmaster, but still 5 out of 22 questions about UK in a european quiz ? ...

Here are some ideas : Schleswig-Holstein, Stuttgart, Silesia, 's Hertogenbosch, Skopje, Split

Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Dec 21, 2019
I'm not from the UK. It's even worse. I'm American.
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Apr 8, 2020
Oh dear! There isn't any references to America here! How sad you must feel. Wait, this is Europe, so there isn't supposed to be any American questions. Although my country isn't in Europe, it probably has more lasting ties, being part of the Commonwealth.
FadKrashmor
+1
Level 71
Feb 15, 2020
Oh QM what sympathy I feel. 2 questions re England, 2 Scotland, 1 Wales 3 Spain, 2 France 2 Italy, etc, and the quiz is not diverse!!
Chutney
+3
Level 62
Aug 12, 2020
QM's job isn't to make people NOT get the answer. Switch Sheffield with some random town in Montenegro and literally less than 5% of people are going to get it. This quiz isn't about being "diverse" or "worldwide", it's about having answers that everyone knows. So if the majority of the answers are about Great Britain, so be it. Go make your own quiz called "European Geography by Letter EXCLUDING Answers that everyone should know and replacing them with things that nobody cares nor wants to learn about - S.
GalwayAnto
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Level 43
Mar 8, 2022
Why do you suggest that non British related questions must be obscure?

It has nothing to do with "diversity" (not that there's anything wrong with that) but all to do with making the quizzes less boring. Telling people to compile their own quiz instead is a lazy cop out.

Anyone familiar enough with European geography to get the Sheffield answer should also know the name of the longest river in Ireland, just to give an example of how it could be more wide-ranging.

Obviously it's not the quiz setters job to discourage people from playing by posing deliberately difficult questions, but basing nearly a quarter of all questions in a European quiz around one country is equally off putting.

As much as I love Britain and British related quizzes, the over representation of questions on the place in this series about Europe is tedious.

This particular category could well be renamed "European Geography by Alphabet, (with a chunk of questions straight out of a British tourist guidebook".

natnat
+3
Level 25
Apr 5, 2020
Although not being member of the European Union, Switzerland is not an isolationist country.
martay
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Level 70
Aug 12, 2020
Ah yes, Switzerland has a long proud history of standing up for what's right ... oh wait, that's basically every other country in the world except for Switzerland. I always get those two confused!
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Aug 12, 2020
What do you think 'isolationist' means?
SaintCity
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Level 61
Aug 13, 2020
You speaking of the neutrality which has literally nothing to do with isolationism. About 25% of the inhabitants are foreigners - not counting the ones who acquired the Swiss citizenship. In addition are the Swiss not in the EU, but has an agreement for the freedom of movement and Switzerland is in the European Single Market.

Switzerland does not stand up for "what's right" because it's a strategy to survive in the middle of European superpowers. According to the fact that Switzerland wasn't the speed bump of the Germans in both WW it's a successful strategy. And before someone want it to mention: Yes, Switzerland traded with the Nazis, which is a cause for the peace in WWII too.

However: Isolationist is a strong word. I'd use it for North Korea for example, but not for a Country like Switzerland.

Dimby
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Level 77
Sep 17, 2020
Isolationists are not necessarily countries that do not allow immigration nor information to leak out of its borders. The US was considered an isolationist country prior to World War One. It was not very much like North Korea at all. Calling Switzerland an isolationist country is accurate; they did not want to get entangled in the affairs of the other countries of Europe.
StiDark
+1
Level 65
Aug 14, 2020
Slovakia: "Am i a joke to you"
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Dec 6, 2021
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/6121/european-geography-by-letter-s-2
jayrod
+1
Level 92
Jun 2, 2021
I kept getting stuck on Sagrada Familia for the Spanish Catholic destination, but it is more of a tourist spot than a pilgrimage. Plus I don't even think it is even a Catholic property anymore.
kaibaj
+2
Level 60
Apr 20, 2023
"Region comprised of the above,

plus Norway and Denark"

Denark? Should Denmark, right?

Great quiz though!

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2023
Fixed, thanks!
MCdoesgeography
+6
Level 69
Jun 9, 2023
Why would you not accept the German spelling of Strasbourg even though it's explicitly stated in the question?
giommaso
+1
Level 72
Jun 9, 2023
I tried it explicitly because of that.

B.t.w., it's more of a "German city in France" than a "French city with a German name", even though it's changing rapidly to the latter...

QRU
+1
Level 74
Jun 9, 2023
It's a french city, actually.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Jun 13, 2023
Yes, it is, both geographically and politically, undoubtedly French - but having lived there for two years, I can confirm that it feels culturally extremely German!
Samsalo
+2
Level 29
Mar 12, 2024
Thought the same thing! “Straßburg” should be accepted.
Ertaeth
+3
Level 68
Jun 9, 2023
Just to reopen the Snowdon debate. As of last November they have officially changed the name of the mountain to the Welsh name. So the question needs to be changed to either ‘former name’ or ditched. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63649930 alternatively the highest mountain in England still starts with an S
AnaSrBanana
+1
Level 19
Feb 5, 2024
Bro includes Scotland and not Serbia...

Serbia: What am I, a potato?

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