here you go James <g>. I tried to make them easy.
Okay, here's a bunch of European questions (at least I tried). Answer them before checking the answers below. And let's here your scores! (no picking!)
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1. Where is the "institutionnal" Capital of Europe?
2. Which city harbors the European Parliament?
3. What are the colors of the Irish flag from left to right?
4. What's the common color used to describe Ireland?
5. What's the nickname of British Police Officers? Why were they called that way?
6. If you're facing the Metropolis Seguras Building, in which city and country are you?
7. How many airports are there in Milan? Name them.
8. Bucarest is the capital of...?
9. How many Muses are there in the greek Mythology? Name them.
10. On which side do trains circulate in France?
11. On which side do metros circulate in France?
12. How many lines are there in the parisian metro?
13. What are the major colors of Delft porcelain items? By the way, where's Delft?
14. and Delphes? Why was this city famous for?
15. where's Mockba?
16. How many regions are there in France?
17. I'm a piece of France in South America. What's my name?
18. What's the full name of the Orient-Express?
19. On a french license plate, what do the last two figures stand for?
20. Main colors used on a bottle of Perrier?
21. How many Teletubbies are there? What's their colors?
22. Bruges, the Belgium city, is famous for?
23. What's the color of London's double decked buses?
24. Jennifer and Nolwenn...Who am I talking about?
(This last one is just for Saskia and Kaethel
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Okay, now it occures to me it was easy for European residents...So don't beat yourself down, whatever your score is, is great. And Congrats to those who gave those questions a try.
Carole
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ANSWERS
1. Brussels, Belgium.
2. Strasbourg, France.
3. Green, white, orange.
4. Green.
5. The Bobbies. because of the black hat composing their uniform.
6. Madrid, Spain.
7. Two. Linate and Malpensa.
8. Romania.
9. Nine: Euterpe, Calliope, Clio, Thalie, Uranie, Melpomene, Mnemosyne, Polymnie, Erato.
10. Left.
11. Right.
12. Fourteen.
13. Blue and white. In the Nederlands.
14. Greece. The Oracles given by the Pythie of Delphes.
15. Russia.
16. Twenty two.
17. French Guyana.
18. Venice Simplon Orient Express.
19. the french department the car owner lives in.
20. Yellow, green, white and black.
21. Four: red, purple, yellow and green.
22. Its lace.
23. Red.
24. Two singers who respectively won the first and second edition of the french real tv show "Star Academy".
