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Europe Geography Quiz #1

Can you answer these questions about the geography of Europe?
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Last updated: September 20, 2018
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What is the westernmost capital city on the European mainland?
Lisbon
What country is home to the original Legoland theme park?
Denmark
What French city can be found across the English channel from Dover?
Calais
In what tiny country would one find the district of Monte Carlo?
Monaco
From what sea does the United Kingdom extract most of its crude oil?
North Sea
What language has two written forms: Bokmål and Nynorsk?
Norwegian
What was St. Petersburg called from 1924–1991?
Leningrad
What war-torn Russian republic is Grozny the capital of?
Chechnya
What is Greece's largest island?
Crete
What is the largest lake on the Swiss / French border?
Lake Geneva
What city, starting with the letter I, is the northernmost official city in the United Kingdom?
Inverness
What city in Austria has twice hosted the Winter Olympics?
Innsbruck
What river travels through the capitals of four different countries?
Danube
What sea lies between Italy and Croatia?
Adriatic Sea
In what region of Spain is Barcelona located?
Catalonia
What French wine region ends in the letter x?
Bordeaux
What is the capital of Albania?
Tirana
What is the full name of the English city of Hull?
Kingston upon Hull
What strait separates Spain from Africa?
Strait of Gibraltar
What are Neuschwanstein and Balmoral?
Castles
70 Comments
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Level 73
Nov 14, 2015
Damn you, Hull! The only one I missed!
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Level 81
Jan 6, 2016
Me too.
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Level 57
Jan 6, 2016
Same here.
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Level 79
Nov 20, 2019
Maybe you need to watch more Rugby League? Their team is Hull Kingston Rovers (HKR). That would help you remember, as long as you didn't fall asleep out of sheer boredom.
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2021
rugby is the deadest sport in the world
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2023
What is 'deadest' supposed to mean? My interpretation is either deadliest or low/decreasing popularity, none of which is true
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Level 60
Jun 13, 2018
ironic though that when asking for the full name of Hull, you don't have to type it all out. It just accepts it on typing "Kingston"
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Level 57
Oct 25, 2020
Wouldn’t it be better to have the answer space to look like _____ upon Hull?
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Level 65
Dec 24, 2018
Tried "Hullabaloo".
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Level 73
Nov 16, 2015
Would you accept Lac Leman (the French name) for Lake Geneva?
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Level ∞
Nov 16, 2015
Yes
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Level 48
May 15, 2023
Lake Léman is actually the official name ;-) (I live nearby)
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Level 57
Sep 15, 2023
also please allow Chechen or Chechen republic for the Russian Grozny question.
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Level 70
Jan 6, 2016
Why ask for the full name of Hull then only let us type 'Kingston'? It'd be like asking us for the full name of Sri Lanka's capital giving it to us after we've typed 'Sri'
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Level 66
Jan 6, 2016
Haha I was thinking the same thing.
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Level 60
Jan 6, 2016
If you know the Kingston bit then the "upon Hull" is pretty redundant when it's in the question!
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Level 23
Jan 6, 2016
I think that giblartar should be also accepted
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Level 27
Jan 6, 2016
You are kidding, right?
+7
Level 74
Dec 24, 2018
Giblets, Giblather, Glibaltar, and Grillbarter too?
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Level 79
Nov 13, 2019
ratlarbiG should be accepted
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Level 43
Feb 24, 2021
So should Jibraltar, Gibraltur, Gibarltar, Gibralta, raltarbigG,

Gibreltar, Giibrarltar Gebraltar and Jab Ralter

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Level 56
Feb 3, 2021
That is barely pronounceable
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Level 53
Dec 22, 2022
and Gablartlart?
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Level 72
Jan 6, 2016
nice quiz...20/20 with 2.19 left
+22
Level 74
Jan 6, 2016
Far too Eurocentric
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Level 47
Sep 10, 2021
lol imagine a quiz about Europe being too Eurocentric haha. Off and find an NBA quiz then. This site is full of quizzes that are too US centric.
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2023
did you feel a breeze from the joke sailing over your head?
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Level 66
May 9, 2024
r/whoooosh
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Level 59
Jan 7, 2016
nice quiz. could you please accept Cataluna for Catalonia (Its name in Spanish)
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Level 59
Oct 10, 2017
Chechen republic is still not accepted. Never heard of the spelling like you want it
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Level 30
Mar 26, 2018
Bordeaux is no longer an official French Region.
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Level 24
May 19, 2018
It is a wine region, though, which is what the question asks for.
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Level 45
May 9, 2019
It was never an official (administrative) region tho. Only wine.
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Level 71
Dec 24, 2018
Norwegian has 2 official written forms. It has several unofficial ones as well.
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Level 46
Dec 24, 2018
Good job I live in Hull hehe
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Level 64
May 15, 2023
My condolences
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Level 16
Dec 24, 2018
I put Norway for the language with 2 written forms...come on...
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Level 34
Nov 5, 2019
Norway isn't a language.
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2023
What do you mean 'come on'? Maybe get the answer right next time, come on
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Level 47
Dec 25, 2018
For the city in UK starting with I, it looks like the small letter L, so that threw me off. The question should make it clear that capital I is meant, not small L.
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Level 41
Jan 18, 2019
Except that cities always begin with a capital letter.
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Level 84
Nov 2, 2023
Sans serif fonts can go to hell
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Level 59
Dec 25, 2018
could you accept Chechenia ? That is how we write it in Dutch, and I did not know of another spelling.
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Level 80
Mar 12, 2019
But this quiz is in English
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Level 77
May 9, 2023
Same in Spanish, but we have to adapt to English since their speakers are too lazy/dumb to understand people got other languages xd.
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Level 49
Jun 30, 2023
Lots of languages (especially major European ones) do that though -in Spanish, London is called Londres
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Level 75
Dec 15, 2023
^^^

Yeah, I guess the Spanish speakers are too lazy and dumb to say "London" and have to resort to "Londres"

Clearly, what you said is a huge oversimplification of the truth here

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Level 45
Dec 26, 2018
Couldn't remember how to spell Norwegian. Instead put Norweigan.
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Level 45
Dec 28, 2018
i put norway instead of norwegian. -_-
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Level 28
Feb 7, 2019
Same! I also said Norwegian.
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Level 64
Jan 21, 2019
Lego is both a company name, and the contraction of the Danish words "leg godt" which means "play well." It should NEVER be capitalised. Furthermore, not only do they originally come from there, but they still (primarily) do. The amount made in any other country is minimal to their output. Fix your question.
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Level 43
Feb 10, 2019
The name of the company is stylised in full capitals.
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Level 80
Mar 12, 2019
The Oxford Dictionary of English capitalises it.
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2023
The clue doesn't say anything about production output or in anyway insinuate that some other country is superior to Denmark in terms of LEGO output
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Level 65
Jan 23, 2020
Chechnia maybe?
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Level 85
Dec 12, 2020
Only missed the Neuschwanstein question, which most people seem to know.
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Level 68
Mar 17, 2023
Hull, aka the birthplace of reggae.
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Level 45
May 15, 2023
For the french wine region question, maybe change "region" with "city", as Bordeaux is not one of the French regions, but just a city.
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Level 76
May 15, 2023
I remembered that the lake was named after a city, but gave up after trying "Lake Zurich" and "Lake Bern."
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Level 70
May 15, 2023
I got Lake Geneva by guessing Le Mans for the Calais question, I don't know much about French cities so I was just guessing anything that came to mind
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Level 62
May 18, 2023
Good quiz! I think Chechenia should be accepted for Chechnya tho
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Level 41
May 18, 2023
Bordeaux is not a region but a city
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Level 83
Jun 27, 2023
Not in a wine context
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Level 62
Oct 27, 2023
but no one knows wine context is a thing so it makes the question tricky
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Level 83
Jun 19, 2024
"nobody knows wine context is a thing" tell that to the thousands of people who go to France specifically for wine-related reasons every year
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Level 21
Aug 13, 2023
Really should be Lac Leman…
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Level 80
Aug 24, 2023
Why? It's accepted as an answer...
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Level 53
Aug 14, 2023
I tried "Hull upon Tyne" :-)
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Level 69
Oct 2, 2023
Why Chechen or Chechenia, Chechenya is not acceptable?
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Level 57
May 9, 2024
I put Copenhagen for the "country" for Legoland smh