European Travel/Trivia Quiz #136
 

1- What 'palace' might people go to in London's south-east suburb of New Eltham? (Not your typical palace!)

2- The Confederation of Cinque Ports (/sɪŋk pɔərts/[1]) is a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex.[2] It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end of the English Channel, where the crossing to the continent is narrowest. The name is Norman French, meaning "five ports". They were?

3- This German university town has a famous Philosophers' Walk?

4- Where is the International Court of Justice and what is the building it is in called?

5- Middleheim Sculpture Park is an open-air grouping of statues, many done by famous sculptors, making it one of the most prestigious statue gardens in Europe. It is in the suburbs of what city?

6- Where is NATO headquartered? (Large city or even better the suburb).

7- On the Cote d' Azur the Nietzsche Walk links what two places?

8- What EU countries have the fewest land borders with other countries (EU or not)?

9- What EU country(ies) have the most land borders with other countries (EU or not)?

10- https://www.google.com/search?q=borr...HbajB90QsAQIHA
In what lake and just off what city would you find these three islands?

3- Heidelberg
4- The Hague - Peace Palace
6- Brussels
7- Eze Bord de Mer and Eze Village
9- Lago Maggiore - Stresa

1. Eltham Palace, built by the Courtauld family, on the site of a Norman building.
2. Originally Hastings, Dover, Sandwich, Hythe and New Romney -which was replaced later by Rye.
4. Vredespaleis, Den Haag - Peace Palace, the Hague
5. Antwerpen
6. Brussels
8.Denmark, Portugal
9. France?

#8 Surely island states like Malta and Cyprus (zero)? One in case of UK and Republic of Ireland, as well as Denmark and Portugal, though Denmark has a bridge connecting it with Sweden (Oresund).

10. Would not call Stresa a city (and if you click down the pics you see the names of the islands in case you want to cheat)

Never heard of Palace in # 1 - although of course I love the Courtauld Institute (assume same family)

"Denmark has a bridge connecting it with Sweden (Oresund)."

If you define Denmark as having two land borders, so has the UK. So the RoI is the only EU country with just one land border border.

4 den Haag.
6 Evere.
8. Uk Portugal. Denmark. Vatican. Andorra. Lichtenstein.
9 Austria France.

8. Malta has no land borders at all.

8.
Zero: Malta
Zero (disputed): Cyprus
One: Portugal (only with Spain), ROI/UK (with eachother), Denmark (only with Germany).
I doubt that bridges and tunnels qualify as 'land borders'.
Vatican, Andorra and Liechtenstein are not EU member states.

9.
Nine: Germany
Eight: Austria, France (excl. overseas departments or territories)

10. Italy (in the Italian part of Lago Maggiore)

#8 was frought with problems - I meant to disqualify Malta and Cyprus and mini-states and pseudo-states like Vatican and San Marino. Land borders do not include tunnels or bridges for this purpose.

Was thinking of Ireland; U.K. and Portugal. But guess Denmark would also count.

MaineGG and Hetismij got 8 correct ones

cowboy got #9

#8- yes I was aiming for Ireland, UK, Portugal and Denmark.

Will have to make next quiz a bit tougher.

I don't think you can drop out Malta and Cyprus, they are significantly bigger than the likes of Vatican not in EU, Lich not in EU, Andora not in EU etc, and of course San Marino (not in the 21st centuary).

Right I should have prefaced, "of countries that have a land border with neighboring countries"