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Anschluss year
1938
President said I cannot tell a lie
Washington
Occupied gaza 48-67
Egypt
Secular Palestinian political party
Fatah
In 2006, Hamas used an underground cross-border tunnel to abduct the Israeli soldier, holding him captive until 2011, when he was released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.[
Gilad shalit
Founded peace corps
JFK
border between Germany and Poland which was drawn in the aftermath of World War II.
Oder Neisse line
Wroclaw region
Silesia
JFK number siblings
8
Magazine first published embryo
Life
speech delivered by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a Joint Session of Congress on 8 December 1941, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.[1][2][3][4][5] The name derives from the first line of the speech: Roosevelt describing the previous day as
A date that will live in infamy
1986 space disaster
Challenger
Ad stands doe
Anno domini
powerful samurai daimyo and warlord of Japan in the late 16th century who initiated the unification of Japan near the end of the Warring States period
Oda nobunaga
was a preeminent daimyo, warrior, general and politician of the Sengoku period[1] who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier."[
Toyotomi hideyoshi
period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict that—like its otherwise unrelated ancient Chinese namesake—is also known as the Warring States period
Sengoku jidai
Ruled japan 1603-1868
Tokugawa ieyasu shogunate
Japan political change 1868
Meiji restoration
Name means glory of father in greek
Cleopatra
Battle between Octavian and mark Antony + cleopatra
Actium
Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand, the first woman to hold either office.
Catherine tizard
Noel Gallagher band
High flying birds
The quotation comes from John's Gospel, Chapter 8, verse 32. In its Latin form –“Veritas vos liberabit” - it is a motto used by many institutions. So, however, an English version -"And Ye Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Make You Free" - was carved in stone in the lobby of which official body's original headquarters building?
CIA
All chemicals are either acidic, base or neutral. What name is given to a base which, in most cases, will dissolve in water?
Alkali
Written and directed by James Clavell, which 1971 film - an historical epic starring Michael Caine and Omar Sharrif - is set during the Thirty Years War?
The last valley
Which personality was co-founder and co-creator of social networking service Twitter and the creator and CEO of mobile payment app Square?
Jack Dorsey
Which ONE Latin word is a name commonly given to a symbolic work of art (especially associated with Flemish still life painting in the 16th and 17th centuries) intended to remind viewers of the meaninglessness of earthly life and futility in putting trust in earthly goods and pursuits?
Vanitas
Released album diva
Annie Lennox
Played will in will and grace
Eric McCormack
Played will in will and grace
Eric McCormack
Played grace in will and grace
Debra messing
Played will in will and grace
Eric McCormack
Played grace in will and grace
Debra messing
Played daphne in frasier
Jane leeves
Late actor played tony soprano
James gandolfini
Ingrid Bergman film director husband
Roberto Rossellini
Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, and Where Eagles Dare
Alastair Maclean
Ethiopia leader 1991-2012
Meles zenawi
Bahamas etymology by who
Shallow waters, ponce de Leon
Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
Isoroku Yamamoto
Solomon Island named after Spanish village
Guadalcanal
Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
Isoroku Yamamoto
Solomon Island named after Spanish village
Guadalcanal
Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
Isoroku Yamamoto
Solomon Island named after Spanish village
Guadalcanal
Euro currency coins came in
Jan 1st 2002
Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II
Isoroku Yamamoto
Solomon Island named after Spanish village
Guadalcanal
Euro currency coins came in
Jan 1st 2002
Zanzibar war length
38 minutes
Cleopatra regnAl number
7
Lincoln assassinated what holiday
Good Friday
Enola gay plane tyoe
B29
Married bodyguard and acrobat
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Married bodyguard and acrobat
Princess Stephanie of Monaco
Married grace Kelly
Rainier iii
Jehovah's witnesses magazine
The watchtower
First American president in plane
T Roosevelt
Jehovah's witnesses magazine
The watchtower
First American president in plane
T Roosevelt
Australia's longest-serving prime minister.
Robert Menzies
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
First Danish king of England, h e was the son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. He was the father of Cnut the Great
Swein Forkbeard
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Sweden pm 46-69
Tage Erlander
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
First Danish king of England, h e was the son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. He was the father of Cnut the Great
Swein Forkbeard
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Sweden pm 46-69
Tage Erlander
main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648
William the silent
Liberty bell cast where
White chapel
Hitler wwi terrier
Fuchsl
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
First Danish king of England, h e was the son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. He was the father of Cnut the Great
Swein Forkbeard
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Sweden pm 46-69
Tage Erlander
main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648
William the silent
Liberty bell cast where
White chapel
Hitler wwi terrier
Fuchsl
was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.[2] He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries
Clovis
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
First Danish king of England, h e was the son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. He was the father of Cnut the Great
Swein Forkbeard
Romanian president after 1989
Ion iliescu
Sweden pm 46-69
Tage Erlander
main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648
William the silent
Liberty bell cast where
White chapel
Hitler wwi terrier
Fuchsl
was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.[2] He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries
Clovis
were the units of Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with firearms
Streltsi
Russian emperor in 1700 6'8" tall
Peter the great
Died of eating too many semlas
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Established by gustavus of Sweden, made capital by Alexander of russia
Helsinki
Beefeater proper name
yeoman wArders
remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Erik the red
Leif Ericsson relation to erik the red.
Son
Founder of hingary
Arpad
Napoleon made his name at
Siege of Toulon
First Danish king of England, h e was the son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark. He was the father of Cnut the Great
Swein Forkbeard
Legendary 11c French lovers and son
Abelard and heloise, astrolabe
French spider king
Louis xi
2002 American action film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It is a prequel/spin-off to The Mummy series, and follows the story of Mathayus
Scorpion king
2002 American action film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It is a prequel/spin-off to The Mummy series, and follows the story of Mathayus
Scorpion king
Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
Vasil levski
2002 American action film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It is a prequel/spin-off to The Mummy series, and follows the story of Mathayus
Scorpion king
Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
Vasil levski
Lockerbie flight number
Pan am 103
2002 American action film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It is a prequel/spin-off to The Mummy series, and follows the story of Mathayus
Scorpion king
Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
Vasil levski
Lockerbie flight number
Pan am 103
Garibaldi job where America
Candle maker, Staten Island
king of Sardinia from 1849 until, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878.
Victor Emmanuel ii
eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1830, the last Dauphin of France
Louis Antoine, duke of angouleme, xix
eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1830, the last Dauphin of France
Louis Antoine, duke of angouleme, xix
Jewel of warmia, home of Copernicus
Frombork
eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1830, the last Dauphin of France
Louis Antoine, duke of angouleme, xix
Jewel of warmia, home of Copernicus
Frombork
committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.
Jan palach
eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1830, the last Dauphin of France
Louis Antoine, duke of angouleme, xix
Jewel of warmia, home of Copernicus
Frombork
committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.
Jan palach
eldest son of Charles X of France and, from 1824 to 1830, the last Dauphin of France
Louis Antoine, duke of angouleme, xix
Jewel of warmia, home of Copernicus
Frombork
committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resulting from the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.
Jan palach
Norman adventurer conspicuous in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily
Robert guiscard
Glasgow Gordon Ramsay restaurant
Amaryllis
Glasgow Gordon Ramsay restaurant
Amaryllis
3rd largest cities Bulgaria Estonia anagrams
Varna narva
Country shortest coastline europe
Monaco
Area of France grows lavender
Provence
Area of France grows lavender
Provence
the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact Roman walls
Lugo
Area of France grows lavender
Provence
the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact Roman walls
Lugo
Orange throwing festival
Ivrea
Area of France grows lavender
Provence
the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact Roman walls
Lugo
Orange throwing festival
Ivrea
Crete gorge
Samaria
about 84% of the world's rough diamonds passed through the district, making it the largest diamond center in the world with a turnover of 54 billion dollars
Antwerp
about 84% of the world's rough diamonds passed through the district, making it the largest diamond center in the world with a turnover of 54 billion dollars
Antwerp
Founded hermitage museum
Catherine the great
Largest lake in italy
Garda
Largest lake in italy
Garda
City of 100 spires
Prague
Largest lake in italy
Garda
City of 100 spires
Prague
2 and 3rd largest lakes italy
Maggiore, como
Largest lake in italy
Garda
City of 100 spires
Prague
2 and 3rd largest lakes italy
Maggiore, como
Largest town mull
Tobermory
Largest lake in italy
Garda
City of 100 spires
Prague
2 and 3rd largest lakes italy
Maggiore, como
Largest town mull
Tobermory
Clan Maclean castle on mull
Duart
Largest lake in italy
Garda
City of 100 spires
Prague
2 and 3rd largest lakes italy
Maggiore, como
Largest town mull
Tobermory
Clan Maclean castle on mull
Duart
Hendrix final gig, heydrich family lived
Fehmarn
Scottish word for small island
Holm
2nd largest Hawaiian Island
Maui
2nd largest Hawaiian Island
Maui
Birthplace Apollo Artemis
Delos
Montanas del fuego where
Lanzarote
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a novel by
E L konigsberg
Birthplace Apollo Artemis
Delos
Montanas del fuego where
Lanzarote
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a novel by
E L konigsberg
The award is given to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
John Newbury medal
Birthplace Apollo Artemis
Delos
Montanas del fuego where
Lanzarote
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is a novel by
E L konigsberg
The award is given to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
John Newbury medal
Curious George books by
Augusto and margret rey
City alzette and petrusse rivers
Luxembourg
World heritage site near lisbon
Sintra
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
Commonly due to an infection or allergic reaction, in the USA it is often called 'Pink Eye' and in India it is known as 'Madras Eye'. Which layer of the eye/eyelids suffers inflammation as a result of this condition?
Conjunctiva
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
Commonly due to an infection or allergic reaction, in the USA it is often called 'Pink Eye' and in India it is known as 'Madras Eye'. Which layer of the eye/eyelids suffers inflammation as a result of this condition?
Conjunctiva
Born in Rome in AD 121, which celebrated Stoic wrote down his thoughts on life in a book called 'Meditations'? Interestingly (i.e. this is NOT a clue) he wrote down these thoughts in Greek rather than Latin, as you might have expected.
Marcus Aurelius
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
Commonly due to an infection or allergic reaction, in the USA it is often called 'Pink Eye' and in India it is known as 'Madras Eye'. Which layer of the eye/eyelids suffers inflammation as a result of this condition?
Conjunctiva
Born in Rome in AD 121, which celebrated Stoic wrote down his thoughts on life in a book called 'Meditations'? Interestingly (i.e. this is NOT a clue) he wrote down these thoughts in Greek rather than Latin, as you might have expected.
Marcus Aurelius
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
Commonly due to an infection or allergic reaction, in the USA it is often called 'Pink Eye' and in India it is known as 'Madras Eye'. Which layer of the eye/eyelids suffers inflammation as a result of this condition?
Conjunctiva
Born in Rome in AD 121, which celebrated Stoic wrote down his thoughts on life in a book called 'Meditations'? Interestingly (i.e. this is NOT a clue) he wrote down these thoughts in Greek rather than Latin, as you might have expected.
Marcus Aurelius
Woody Allen film country San Marcos
Bananas
publicly traded American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand.
Monsanto
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Gothic cathedral 50 mi sw of Paris
Chartres
Commonly due to an infection or allergic reaction, in the USA it is often called 'Pink Eye' and in India it is known as 'Madras Eye'. Which layer of the eye/eyelids suffers inflammation as a result of this condition?
Conjunctiva
Born in Rome in AD 121, which celebrated Stoic wrote down his thoughts on life in a book called 'Meditations'? Interestingly (i.e. this is NOT a clue) he wrote down these thoughts in Greek rather than Latin, as you might have expected.
Marcus Aurelius
Woody Allen film country San Marcos
Bananas
publicly traded American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand.
Monsanto
Green peace headquarters city
Amsterdam
2nd and 3rd largest Greek Islands
Euboea, lesbos
Islands South East Hudson bay
Belcher
Boerag dish what country
Armenia
firm, acid-set, non-melting, fresh goat milk farmer cheese made in the Yunnan Province of China by people of the Bai and Sani (recognized as a branch of the Yi in China) minorities.[1] Its Bai name is youdbap, meaning "goat's milk
Rubing
Pesto herbs and nuts
Basil, pine nuts
Porkolt stew from where
Hungary
Force feeding goose practice
Gavage
Which game is sometimes referred to as Chinese Chess?
Xiangqi
Which noted French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995), together with Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) made the 1956 documentary film 'Le monde du silence' (The Silent World)? In addition to collecting the Oscar as Best Documentary Feature (1957), it was the only factual film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes until Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' emulated the feat almost 50 years later.
Louis Malle
Molotov Ribbentrop pact river divide
Bug
1991 soviet coup month
August
1991 soviet coup month
August
Ricky butcher easyenders played by
Sid Owen
Corrie Peter Barlow occupation
Bookie
Bagpuss owner
Emily
Bagpuss owner
Emily
Gizzmo Hawkins soap
Brook side
Bagpuss owner
Emily
Gizzmo Hawkins soap
Brook side
Plays Stuart jones in ***** as folk
Aidan gillen
Alexander the Great tutor
Aristotle
Alexander the Great tutor
Aristotle
Alexander the Great tutor
Aristotle
Shadow foreign secretary
Douglas Alexander
Shadow foreign secretary
Douglas Alexander
'World cycling city'
Groningen
Number unlucky in Italy
17
2nd town sardinia
Sassari
Marzipan city
Lubeck
Maltese necropolis
Hypogeum of Hal saflieni
Ivanisevic born city
Split
Lapps indigenous name
Sami (live in sapmi)
Fluctuat nec mergitur city motto
Paris
Most westerly city in Germany
Aachen
Islands North west norway
Lofoten
Islands North west norway
Lofoten
Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague.
St vitus cathedral
largest (horizontally mounted) freely swinging ringable bell in the world
Petersglocke in cologne cathedral
El Greco real name
Domenikos thetokopoulos
used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
Contrapposto
used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
Contrapposto
Makes art out of teabags
Andy brown
used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
Contrapposto
Makes art out of teabags
Andy brown
Goya motto
Still learning
Gibraltar language
Llanito
located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.[2][3] They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north
Cliffs of moher
Topolino in italian
Mickey Mouse
The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany
Konigsee
The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany
Konigsee
German hyperinflation years
1921-4
standing at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France
Luxor obelisk
Which singer/actress embarked on global stardom after appearing in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl’?
Barbara Streisand
The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany
Konigsee
German hyperinflation years
1921-4
standing at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France
Luxor obelisk
Which singer/actress embarked on global stardom after appearing in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl’?
Barbara Streisand
Also in use in China in that era (i.e. around 350 BCE), what particular kind of weapon was known to the ancient Greeks as the gastraphetes?
Crossbow
Port of the moon
Bordeaux
major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon, and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda
Neman
Largest non capital city in eu
Hamburg
Largest non capital city in eu
Hamburg
Linnaeus buried where
Uppsala cathedral
Largest non capital city in eu
Hamburg
Linnaeus buried where
Uppsala cathedral
scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic.[2] He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Greek Islands near turkey
Dodecanese
Slovakia Poland border mountain range
Tatra
site of Xerxes' throne from which he observed the Battle of Salamis
Mt aegaleo
site of Xerxes' throne from which he observed the Battle of Salamis
Mt aegaleo
Stare mesto where
Prague old town
site of Xerxes' throne from which he observed the Battle of Salamis
Mt aegaleo
Stare mesto where
Prague old town
3rd most visited city in europe
Istanbul
10 yearly passion play
Oberammergau
10 yearly passion play
Oberammergau
Symbol of venice
Lion of st mark
10 yearly passion play
Oberammergau
Symbol of venice
Lion of st mark
Residence of president of Hungary
Sandor palace
Cwrw in welsh
Beer
Cwrw in welsh
Beer
Cube houses citt
Rotterdam
Cwrw in welsh
Beer
Cube houses citt
Rotterdam
Gucci city
Florence
Cwrw in welsh
Beer
Cube houses citt
Rotterdam
Gucci city
Florence
largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy.
Istria
Yaroslavs court where
Novgorod
Italian king renounced throne
Victor Emmanuel iv
Us accidentally bombed Belgrade
Chinese embassy