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Answer
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Besides Berlin, what other city was divided into four occupation zones post-WWII?
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Vienna
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Now consider the first and last letter of the answer above. What European capital city starts and ends with those same letters?
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Valletta
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What was the only British territory to be occupied by Germany (not Italy or Japan) in WWII?
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The Channel Islands
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The largest city in Galicia is either Vigo or _____, depending on which Galicia you're talking about.
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Krakow
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What Breton island marks the westernmost part of metropolitan France? (Fun fact: it is the last piece of France Napoleon ever saw. He spent hours starting at it aboard the HMS Bellerophon as he was being transported to his final exile)
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Ushant
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The famous "Appian Way" connects Rome to what Adriatic port city?
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Brindisi
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If you are taking a ride on the Kiel Canal, what peninsula are you on?
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Jutland
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And if you are seeing friends in Murmansk, what peninsula are you on?
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Kola Peninsula
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What Baltic gulf sounds similar to a Balkan country?
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Gulf of Bothnia
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What does Czechia consume more than any other country in the world, on a per-capita basis?
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Beer
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The Polish-Lithuanian border is sometimes called the ______ Gap, because it is flanked by Belarus and Russia and is thus a vulnerable NATO chokepoint.
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Suwalki
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What ethnically German island was owned by the UK up until 1890? (The Germans then gained it in exchange for concessions in East Africa)
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Heligoland
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What is the most populous Spanish city that uses only a's for vowels?
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Malaga
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What extinct Romance language used to be spoken in the Balkans along the Adriatic coast?
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Dalmatian
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And what non-extinct Romance language gave Montenegro its English name?
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Venetian
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What Hungarian lake is the largest in Central Europe?
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Lake Balaton
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And what Russian lake is the largest in all of Europe?
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Lake Ladoga
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What Ukrainian oblast reports the highest level of Russian spoken at home (not including Crimea)?
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Donetsk
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What strait was the inspiration for the Greek myths of Scylla and Charybdis?
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Strait of Messina
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The major Irish cities of Dublin, Limerick, and _____ were all founded by the Vikings.
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Cork
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What British city is the seat of the head of the Anglican Church?
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Canterbury
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London is to borough as Paris is to _________.
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Arrondissement
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Name any of the top 5 most populous cities in Belarus, excluding Minsk.
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Gomel | Mogilev | Vitebsk | Grodno
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How do you say Wales in Welsh?
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Cymru
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What Portuguese region was technically its own separate kingdom until the Portuguese monarchy was abolished in 1910?
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Algarve
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