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Europe: fun and strange facts - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 115 times
- The average score is 20 of 44
Answer Stats
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| The Chernobyl nuclear meltdown changed one fireman's eyes from brown to blue. | Ukraine | 79%
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| A majority-muslim nation, this became the world's first atheist state when it banned religion (from 1941 to 1992). | Albania | 68%
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| This mosquito-free country has no railways, and beer was banned until 1989. | Iceland | 67%
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| This country ran out of vodka celebrating the end of World War II. | Russia | 67%
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| In ancient times, children had actual action figure toys of the empire's gladiators. | Italy | 64%
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| On the First Crusade, some crusaders here carried a goose, believed to have been sent by God (they ate it when they got to the Lorraine region). | France | 63%
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| Its name comes from the Greek meaning "single house". Gambling is illegal for residents, of whom about 70% are millionaires. | Monaco | 63%
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| This nation has the word's most heavy metal bands per capita, and a Burger King with a sauna in it. | Finland | 60%
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| Franz Ferdinand (shot in this country) was an obsessive hunter who killed close to 300,000 animals. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59%
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| This country of 37 million did not exist between 1795 and 1918, its territory being divided up between Russia, Prussia and Austria. | Poland | 56%
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| Guinness list the Spreuerhofstraße in Reutlingen as the world's narrowest street. | Germany | 54%
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| The Swiss army accidentally hit this country with a rocket attack in 1985. | Liechtenstein | 53%
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| Ruled by a Grand Duke, this nation's royal house produced several Holy Roman Emperors in the Middle Ages. | Luxembourg | 53%
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| This nation has the only capital city which is located on borders with two other countries (Austria and Hungary). | Slovakia | 53%
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| This country has a desert, where some Westerns were filmed, with a Wild West amusement park. | Spain | 53%
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| People in this Black Sea nation shake their head to signify "Yes", and nod for "No". | Bulgaria | 51%
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| Europe's least-visited country, there is a rare Turkic language here called Gagauz. | Moldova | 51%
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| Religious leader Leo X had a pet white elephant. | Vatican City | 50%
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| In the Middle Ages there were several defenestrations here, in which Catholics were thrown out of windows. | Czech Republic | 49%
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| This contentious territory has a statue Of Bill Clinton in its capital. | Kosovo | 49%
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| This was the first European nation to discover Japan, and Japanese still has some common words which come from their language. | Portugal | 49%
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| In the Low Countries, 12th century priest Tanchelm claimed that he was God incarnate, and had followers so devoted that they drank his bathwater. | Belgium | 47%
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| Skype was developed partly by programmers from this nation, whose language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family. | Estonia | 47%
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| Local legend has it that St. Marinus's donkey was eaten by a bear, which then became his pet. | San Marino | 46%
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| This country has no permanent rivers or lakes. Its name comes from Greek, meaning "honey". | Malta | 44%
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| Soldiers in this landlocked eastern country celebrate the coming of spring by smashing bricks with their heads. | Belarus | 41%
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| The man who built the jail in Dundalk went bankrupt while doing so and became the first inmate in his own prison. | Ireland | 40%
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| The people of this Baltic state had the world's first Christmas tree. After decorating it, they set fire to it. | Latvia | 40%
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| Most of this principality's population are foreigners. It has Europe's highest golf course, at 2,250m altitude. | Andorra | 37%
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| German and US army units fought together here against a German SS force in the Battle of Castle Itter in 1945. | Austria | 36%
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| There is a public altar to Ragutis, the god of beer, in this Baltic country's capital city. | Lithuania | 35%
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| Europe's longest uninterrupted monarchy, it goes back to Gorm the Elder in 936 AD. | Denmark | 31%
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| This southern country has Europe’s largest population of black bears and wolves. | Romania | 31%
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| A man from this mountainous Slavic country swam the entire length of the Amazon, as well as the Yangtze and Mississippi. | Slovenia | 29%
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| The inhabitants of this ancient country refused to eat beans, believing they contained the souls of the dead. | Greece | 28%
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| A force of 600 defeated a Milanese army of 10,000 here at the 1478 Battle of Giornico. | Switzerland | 28%
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| There is a claim to be made that this tiny coastal nation was at war with Japan from 1904 to 2006. | Montenegro | 27%
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| The capital of this badger-fearing Nordic country has stone lions on the streets to protect people from being hit by vehicles. | Sweden | 27%
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| This cyrillic-using nation was the birthplace of 17 Roman emperors, including Constantine the Great. | Serbia | 26%
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| This EU member has a 44-letter alphabet. It awarded Elvis posthumous citizenship in 2011. | Hungary | 24%
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| The fictional murder on the Orient Express took place in this nation of many islands. | Croatia | 23%
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| PM Nikola Gruevski had an Arc de Triomphe and a White House built in the capital city. He was later sentenced to 9 years in jail, but fled the country. | North Macedonia | 23%
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| This kingdom awarded a dog the Blue Cross medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by peeing on it. | UK | 22%
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| There is a mini Statue of Liberty in the Haugaland district. The copper for the real statue came from here. | Norway | 19%
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