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The famous breaded steak from the Austrian capital is made of
1. beef.
2. veal.
3. pork.
Which vegetable is named after the most known town in the EU – the capital of Belgium?
1. Sprouts.
2. Broccoli.
3. Kohlrabi.
A souvenir from Bulgaria can be flower oil made of
1. tulips.
2. roses.
3. forget-me-nots.
Aphrodite is said to be born from the sea foam near
1. Cyprus.
2. Malta.
3. Slovenia.
King Wenceslas, the patron saint of the Czech Republic, is known for
1. his kindness for the poor and children.
2. cruelty and crime.
3. superstition and witchcraft.
H C Ørsted, who discovered electromagnetism, came from
1. Turkey.
2. Denmark.
3. Sweden.
The first miniature camera was invented before WW II by Walter Zapp, an Estonian, and was called
1. Minox.
2. Xerox.
3. Nikon.
In Lapland you can observe Aurora borealis during
1. Polar nights.
2. your breakfast.
3. school holidays.
The Frenchman Louis Pasteur invented
1. rabies and anthrax.
2. sterilisation of food through temperature.
3. semi-skimmed milk.
The Nobel Laureate 1999 for literature was
1. Heinrich Böll.
2. Pablo Neruda.
3. Günter Grass.
The Pap Test named after George Papanicolaou, Greece, shows
1. knowledge of mathematics.
2. temperature rise.
3. cancer of the uterus.
Szent-Györgyi Albert from Hungary was awarded Nobel Prize for
1. his efforts for democracy and human rights.
2. the synthesis of new radioactive elements.
3. isolating ascorbic acid known as vitamin C.
Murphy's Law ("If anything can go wrong, it will") was named after
1. Eddie Murphy, American actor – comedian, born in 1961.
2. Capt. Edward A. Murphy, a US engineer working on Air Force Project MX981 in 1949.
3. James J. Murphy who founded The Murphy Brewery in Cork, Ireland in 1856.
"Ferragosto", the important Catholic holiday in August and especially famous in Italy, is traditionally connected with
1. Venus, the Roman Goddess of love and beauty.
2. Minerva, the Roman Goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts.
3. Diana, the Roman Goddess of the woods, the phases of the Moon, and Maternity.
In Latvia it is a tradition that on the first day of school pupils bring
1. flowers to their teachers.
2. sandwiches for their schoolmates.
3. chocolates for the school caretaker.
The most famous and the largest amber deposit in the world is
1. the Baltic region.
2. in Turkey.
3. in Malta.
Robert Schuman, born in Luxembourg, made his declaration that established the foundations of the EU in
1. 1980.
2. 1950.
3. 2004.
The order of Hospitallers of Jerusalem later known as the Knights of Rhodes has since 1530 been known as the
1. Knights of Malta.
2. Order of the Ship.
3. Order of the Passion of Christ.
A remarkable Polish astronomer, the creator of the heliocentric theory was
1. Johannes Kepler.
2. Enrico Fermi.
3. Nicolaus Copernicus.
He is famous for his completion of the first all water trade route between Europe and India.
1. Vasco da Gama.
2. Christopher Columbus.
3. Hernan Cortes.
The largest and best preserved of Europe's river deltas is the one formed by
1. the Rhine in the Netherlands.
2. the Danube in Romania.
3. the Ebro in Spain.
The High Tatras in Slovakia reach the height of
1. 2,864 m above the sea level.
2. 4,528 m above the sea level.
3. 2,655 m above the sea level.
The science of karstology was named after the Kras region in
1. Slovenia.
2. Spain.
3. Germany.
A rest or sleep taken after lunch, especially in hot countries is called
1. hibernation.
2. coma.
3. siesta.
Alfred Nobel, the famous Swede, invented dynamite but also
1. the spherical ball bearing.
2. artificial silk.
3. the microscope.
The town of Edam is mostly associated with
1. Adam and Eve.
2. saunas.
3. cheese.
The Piri Reis is
1. the first surviving map that shows the Americas.
2. a Turkish rice dish.
3. a new natural material.
Agatha Christie, the famous British crime fiction writer, published
1. less than 50 books and stageplays.
2. less than 80 books and stageplays.
3. over 80 books and stageplays.

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