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1. Which city, ECC (European Capital of Culture) in the year 2000, is home to the oldest university in Europe, and is regarded as the 'food capital' of its respective country? It has also adopted the nickname 'the Red One', referring to the colour of the buildings in its city centre.
2. Which 2009 ECC, the third largest city in its respective country, was once a provincial and local government city of the Holy Roman Empire? It is also the place where Adolf Hitler spent much of his youth, to the point that he considered it his hometown.
3. Which city, ECC in 1989, was founded by Celts and later conquered by Romans, originally naming it Lutetia? It was later established by King Clovis I as his capital in 508 AD.
4. Which Mediterranean seaport was ECC in 2004? It is supposedly the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, and has a flag identical to the flag of England, employing a red cross upon a white background.
5. Which of the following cities has all the following traits: was ECC in 2008; is the fourth largest city in its respective country; has shipping and shipbuilding as its major industries; hosts an international jazz festival every May; was the host port of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race in 1997 and 2004; and is an onshore centre for the North Sea oil industry?
6. Which city, ECC in the year 2000, is located in the northwest of its respective country, and was founded by the Suebi Jews just after the collapse of the Roman Empire? It has its cathedral as the destination of an important medieval pilgrimage route called the Way of St James.
7. Which 2006 ECC is a major port located on a large peninsula that is connected to the mainland via the nearby Rio-Antirrio Bridge? It also sits in the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, every year holding one of Europe's largest carnivals.
8. Which 1993 ECC was host of the 1920 Summer Olympics, is well known for its diamond industry and its large Jewish community, and is the largest city on the river Scheldt?
9. Which 2007 ECC rests on the river Cibin, is located near the geographical centre of its respective country, and is close to the Fagaras Mountains? It was founded in 1190 by German settlers, and until 1941 had a majority population that was still ethnic German.
10. Which 2010 ECC is the administrative centre of Baranya county, has been inhabited since ancient times by various groups, including Romans, Slavs, Magyars and Ottoman Turks, and is called Cinque Ecclesiae in Latin and Fünfkirchen in German?
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