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Advanced European Geography Quiz #2

How well do you know European geography? Some of these answers are pretty difficult, and there's a fair amount of history involved too!
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Last updated: October 12, 2023
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Besides Berlin, what other city was divided into four occupation zones post-WWII?
Vienna
Now consider the first and last letter of the answer above. What European capital city starts and ends with those same letters?
Valletta
What was the only British territory to be occupied by Germany (not Italy or Japan) in WWII?
The Channel Islands
The largest city in Galicia is either Vigo or _____, depending on which Galicia you're talking about.
Krakow
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)
Ushant
The famous "Appian Way" connects Rome to what Adriatic port city?
Brindisi
If you are taking a ride on the Kiel Canal, what peninsula are you on?
Jutland
And if you are seeing friends in Murmansk, what peninsula are you on?
Kola Peninsula
What Baltic gulf sounds similar to a Balkan country?
Gulf of Bothnia
What does Czechia consume more than any other country in the world, on a per-capita basis?
Beer
The Polish-Lithuanian border is sometimes called the ______ Gap, because it is flanked by Belarus and Russia and is thus a vulnerable NATO chokepoint.
Suwalki
What ethnically German island was owned by the UK up until 1890? (The Germans then gained it in exchange for concessions in East Africa)
Heligoland
What is the most populous Spanish city that uses only a's for vowels?
Malaga
What extinct Romance language used to be spoken in the Balkans along the Adriatic coast?
Dalmatian
And what non-extinct Romance language gave Montenegro its English name?
Venetian
What Hungarian lake is the largest in Central Europe?
Lake Balaton
And what Russian lake is the largest in all of Europe?
Lake Ladoga
What Ukrainian oblast reports the highest level of Russian spoken at home (not including Crimea)?
Donetsk
What strait was the inspiration for the Greek myths of Scylla and Charybdis?
Strait of Messina
The major Irish cities of Dublin, Limerick, and _____ were all founded by the Vikings.
Cork
What British city is the seat of the head of the Anglican Church?
Canterbury
London is to borough as Paris is to _________.
Arrondissement
Name any of the top 5 most populous cities in Belarus, excluding Minsk.
Gomel | Mogilev | Vitebsk | Grodno
How do you say Wales in Welsh?
Cymru
What Portuguese region was technically its own separate kingdom until the Portuguese monarchy was abolished in 1910?
Algarve
1 Comments
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Level 90
Oct 13, 2023
These advanced geography quizzes are great. Really enjoyable.