1- The Eurostar train goes between London-Paris/Brussels-what are the stations Eurostar trains serve besides those in London, Paris and Brussels.

2- The imposing Peace Palace in The Hague was a paid for by what wealthy American?

3- Next to the Pantheon in Paris is a church devoted to Paris' Patron Saint - her name?

4- This Paris water park is called ther largest such park in any urban area of Europe.

5- Name 5 people en tombed in Paris' Pantheon?

6- Where did the word Chartreuse come from?

7- In 1990 this famous rope walker made quite a show in Paris one evening - who was he and where did he do his rope walk? (I was there!)

8- ALDI discount groceries are all over Europe - what did the word ALDI come from (what two words)?

9- Repeat Question - What does Lubenau, south of Berlin, and Cambridge have in common? What rather unique thing can you do in each place?

10- Why would one want to go to the La Mer de Sable near CDG Airport?

afraid I made this too hard or esoteric?

Probably not too hard for the Paris connaisseurs... but I only know #9.. punting.

The ALDI name comes from <B>Al</B>brecht <B>Di</B>skont.

Carnegie gave the money for the Peace Palace

OK 3 are now answered! Thanks Dukey!

ALDI has an interesting history - yes first real discount grocery in Europe I think - at least one with many stores all over Germany - the company was onwed by two brothers - Albrecht Bros I believe - and they split the company in Aldi Sud and Aldi North -splitting up Europe and even U S - one Adli branch operates Aldis here and the other branch Trader Joe's - they are not all at related businessI believe.

3. Ste. Genevieve
6. A chartreuse is a charterhouse of a Carthusian monastery. Also a greenish liqueur made by the monks.
5. Hugo, Voltaire, Marie and Pierre Curie, Jean Moulin, André Malraux.

MaineGG has another three right.

1. Ashford International, Lille and occasionally Calais Fréthun.

10 - It must be 60 years since I was taken to see it, but the only conceivable answer to the question is "Because it's there".

9. Punts, if you mean Lübbenau, but that's hardly unique to either of them.

1. From later this year Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Really - been reading about that since they opened the Eurostar - great news -should have been years ago.

10 - It must be 60 years since I was taken to see it, but the only conceivable answer to the question is "Because it's there".>

Hint:

https://www.google.com/search?q=mer+...w=1908&bih=950

6. As far as I know, it's the other way round, the mountain range had the name first: The Carthusian monks named their order after the location of the first monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, in the Chartreuse mountains.

8. ALbrecht DIscount - Albrecht is the surname of the founders and owners.

yes quokka - that makes sense for the exact word origin but I was thinking the potent brew the monks concocter popularized the name -but seems you are right as question was phrased. Thanks.

1. Ashford International, Lille and occasionally Calais Fréthun.>

How about Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International? Maybe no longer?