Euroquiz 2023 Heats - Round 1 Geography & History

This is the flag of which country?

(a)  

What is the capital city of Malta?

(a)  

Which mountain range stretches from Serbia in the west across the centre of Bulgaria to the Black Sea in the east?

• Balkan Mountains

• Pyrenees

• Caucasus Mountains

Which country’s flag is made up of two horizontal stripes, in blue and yellow, and is meant to represent a hay field and the sky?

(a)  

What is the name of the mountain which, according to Greek Mythology, was the home of the Gods?

• Mount Olympus

• Mount Everest

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount Fuji

What is the name of the ancient city that was buried under ash after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD?

• Pompeii (Italy)

• Herculaneum (Italy)

• Athens (Greece)

• Carthage (Tunisia)

With how many countries does Belgium share its borders?

(a)  

What was the name of the movement in Europe in the 1700s often referred to as the Age of Reason?

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Reformation

Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli are two of the greatest Italian artists from which time period, meaning 'rebirth'? Complete the word. R (a)  

Copernicus, the astronomer who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun, was from which country?

• Poland

• Italy

• Germany

• Spain