| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country in Eastern Europe attacked by Vladimir Putin in 2022 | Ukraine | 98%
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| One of two mountain ranges that make up the border between Europe and Asia | Ural | 95%
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| Its purity and force made this “animal” the national symbol of Scotland | Unicorn | 88%
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| Much blood has been shed over this Irish province | Ulster | 87%
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| The first of its kind in Europe was founded in Bologna | University | 85%
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| The fight of the Netherlands for independence started with a 1579 treaty signed in this city | Utrecht | 75%
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| Initiated the first crusade | Urban II (pope) | 68%
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| Swedens most important university was founded here in 1477 | Uppsala | 62%
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| Italy’s last king, reigned for 34 days only in 1946 | Umberto II | 61%
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| Southern German city of major political and economic importance around 1500 | Ulm | 52%
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| British actor (two Academy Awards), director, author, and cosmopolitan (Sir Peter, 1921-2004) | Ustinov | 48%
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| Lenin’s real name (Vladimir Ilyich) | Ulyanov | 43%
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| East German leader infamous for his phrase “Nobody has any intention of building a wall” (Walter) | Ulbricht | 24%
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| Small Norwegian island where a right-wing terrorist massacred 69 young people in 2011 | Utøya | 15%
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| Bronze Age culture named for the burial rites in that era | Urn culture | 14%
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| Swedish king Gustav Adolf and his army landed on this island shared today by Germany and Poland | Usedom | 11%
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| Albanian acronym of the Kosovo Liberation Army | UÇK (Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës) | 10%
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| Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea and site of the mysterious crash of Itavia Flight 870 in 1980 | Ustica | 8%
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| German site of a mid-air plane collision in 2002 (71 fatalities, plus an air traffic controller assassinated later) | Überlingen | 6%
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| Austrian serial killer who started a literary career in prison, fascinating intellectuals and women (Johann “Jack”, 1950-94) | Unterweger | 5%
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