Countries Hidden in the USA Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canada

Canada is a vast and spectacular country. Occupied for many thousands of years by indigenous peoples, the country was 'pioneered' over many years by the French and the British. A member of the British Commonwealth, Canada has, since the "Canada Act" of 1982, become independent from the UK.
Despite continued minor border disputes, Canada and the USA share the longest undefended border in the world.

Answer: Cairo

Cairo is the capital of Egypt, a country known for its history, ancient monuments, and biblical significance. The pyramids, and the river Nile are well worth a visit!

Answer: Tunisia

Tunisia, with over 1200 kilometers of coast, clean sandy beaches, and clear blue Mediterranean seas, is a very popular tourist destination. The country also has a wealth of history, and archaeological places of interest.

Answer: Rome

The heart of the Roman Catholic church, and of the former Roman Empire, Rome is a magnificent city.

Answer: Ecuador

Ecuador sits right on the equator, with Columbia to the north and Peru to the south-east. Ecuador has one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, with many unique species of flora and fauna - particularly in the Galapagos Islands, made famous by Charles Darwin.

Answer: Austria

The list of Austrian composers is quite impressive! Here's the better known ones.

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, (1623-1680)
Carl Georg Reutter (1708-1772), Baroque era court composer.
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777), Classical composer, harpsichordist, and organist.
Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), Classical era composer, violinist, author of influential treatise on playing the violin.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), influential classical era composer, wrote 104 symphonies as well as numerous string quartets and other chamber music, operas, and sacred works.
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809), Classical composer of preludes, fugues, and sonatas for the piano.
Michael Haydn (1737-1806), Classical composer and younger brother of Joseph Haydn.
Leopold Hoffman (1738-1793), Classical composer.
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799), Classical era composer and violinist.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), son of Leopold, influential composer of operas, piano concertos, chamber music, symphonies, sacred works, and much else.
Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759-1824), Classical composer and inspiration for Mozart's "Piano Concerto No 18 in B."
Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766-1803), Classical era composer, student of Mozart.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), pianist and composer whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods.
Carl Czerny (1791-1857), composer, student of Beethoven, known for his piano exercises and pedagogy.
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Classical/Romantic composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer, composer of many instrumental works as well.
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849), Early Romantic dance music composer.
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), composer of nine large-scale symphonies, sacred works, and organ works; church organist.
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Romantic composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz.
Josef Strauss (1827-1870), brother of Johann Strauss II, and a talented composer of dance-genre music.
Eduard Strauss (1835-1916), brother of Johann Strauss II, and a talented composer of dance-genre music.
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Late Romantic composer of large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies, born in Bohemia in a German-speaking community, a subject of the Habsburg Empire; music director in Vienna in the 1890s and 1900s.
Walter Rabl,(1873-1940)
Franz Schmidt (1874-1939), 20th century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist.
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), 20th century modernist composer, founder of the Second Viennese School, developer of the twelve tone technique.
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), 20th century virtuoso violinist and composer
Anton Webern (1883-1945), 20th century composer, student in the Second Viennese School, used the twelve tone technique in addition to the style known as serialism.
Alban Berg (1885-1935), 20th century composer, student in the Second Viennese School.
Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885-1974), 20th century composer, teacher, musicologist, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music.

List modified from wikipeadia source

Answer: Iran

Iran shares a border with Iraq, and have fought many bitter battles over the years. Iran itself has a very turbulent internal history, especially under it's former name of Persia.

Answer: Nassau

The British Colonial Hilton Hotel in Nassau, gained fame for being featured in two James Bond movies - "Thunderball 1965, and "Never say never again" 1983. Guests at the hotel can be taken on a SCUBA dive to see the sunken Vulcan bomber and freighter ship that were used in the movies.
Sir Harry Oakes, the rich Canadian who bought the hotel in 1939, was found murdered many years later under mysterious circumstances. It caused great interest, because of his association with the former Governor of the Bahamas, and former King of England, Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson.

Answer: Armenia

In 1915, Armenia suffered one of the worst atrocities of recent centuries, as a result of the systematic genocide of over one and a half million of its population, by the Ottoman Empire.

For more information on this little known atrocity - the article on wikipaedia is well written and comprehensive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide

Answer: France

There is more to France that the Eiffel Tower and the Moulin Rouge!

The history, art, architecture, food, wine, and vast areas of unspoiled countryside, make France a lovely country to retire to (I KNOW lol)