How to play Rules for the quizmaster 1 2

Teams should include three to six people.

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There are two types of quiz in the book. One contains questions which focus on the EU & its institutions, dates and statistics. The other has questions about Europe and its various countries and people, food and culture.

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The quizmaster should announce the title of each round and then ask question one. Repeat the question as necessary until everyone has heard it and understood it. Move to question 2 and so on. Teams should write their answers on the answer sheet. After round two is complete, ask teams to swap papers with another team so that no team marks its own answers. The quizmaster repeats the questions and reveals the answers to the A-Z round and rounds 1 and 2. As each round is completed the quizmaster asks for the results for each team to be shouted out and records them on the scoresheet. Return papers to owners and complete the final two rounds: questions, answers and marking.

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Depending on how quickly or slowly the teams play the game, it might be useful to have a fifteen - thirty minute break at half-time for refreshments and then return to play the final two rounds. If teams are playing very fast the quizmaster may like to consider using a further round from the quiz book.

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The winner is the team with the highest overall score. In the event of a tie, there are several tie-breaker questions included in the quiz book.

On arrival teams should choose a name & register with the quizmaster.

Each quiz has five rounds. Four rounds of ten questions each and an A-Z round with 26 questions where each answer starts with a different letter of the alphabet. The quizmaster can choose to play the quizzes as they appear in the book or mix and match rounds between the two quizzes as preferred.

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A photo-copiable answer sheet is included in the quiz book for each team to record their answers and write the team name on top. There is also a photo-copiable score sheet for use by the quizmaster.

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The A-Z round can be played as a warm-up as the teams arrive. Photocopy the round and hand to each team as they register. Allow teams approximately fifteen minutes to complete and fill in the answers on their sheets and to settle in and settle down. Once the A-Z is completed move to the first ten question round.

We hope everyone enjoys playing this Quiz and maybe learns something new about the EU and its member countries in the true spirit of Europe Day!

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In this round each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet

Quiz 1 questions A A successful European collaboration assembled in Toulouse. Sole major competitor to the US company Boeing in passenger aircraft manufacture.

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British Prime Minister best known for taking the United Kingdom into the European Community in 1973.

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The formal procedure for negotiating amendments to the founding treaties of the European Union. Composed of representatives of the member states, with the Commission and European Parliament also participating.

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Star-shaped Brussels headquarters of the European Commission.

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The science of committees, a necessary skill in Brussels.

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President of the European Commission 1985 -1995, oversaw the Single European Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty (1992), and gave his name to the 1989 Report on Economic and Monetary Union. 1990 Sun newspaper famous headline “Up Yours, ...!”

Born in Wales, well-known Labour MP and Minister who went on to become President of the European Commission and later a founding member of the SDP.

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The architect of German Reunification and together with French President Francois Mitterand the Maastricht Treaty which created the European Union.

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Package which has as its goal making the European Union “the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world”.

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Free trade area established in 1960.

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Satellite radio navigation system and Europe’s contribution to a global navigation satellite infrastructure (GNSS). Named after famous Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.

Country which joined the EU on 1 January 1995.

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French politician born in 1888 in Cognac regarded as the chief architect of European Unity.

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Military alliance of 26 countries (currently) from Europe and North America committed to fulfilling the goals of its founding Treaty signed in 1949.

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Office whose role is to protect the financial interests of the European Union, to fight fraud, corruption and any other irregular activity, including misconduct within the European Institutions.

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Each Member State takes its turn to play this role which rotates every six months in January and July. Three letter acronym for the way EU governments currently take many of their decisions in the Council of Ministers. System which allocates votes to Member States in part according to their population. Process by which all Member States must approve a new EU treaty. Guiding European principle which means decisions should be taken as close to the citizen as possible.

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General meaning of this Russian word is threesome, a collection of three of any kind including a triumvirate of political leaders or, in EU parlance, the grouping of the country currently holding the Presidency and its immediate predecessor and successor. Designed to ensure continuity.

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A form of voting in the Council in which no Member State must vote against (abstentions do not count).

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Ideally no longer required for EU citizens travelling and working throughout the EU as part of the borderless Single Market.

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Name given to the continuing surplus of supply over demand (glut) of one of Europe’s most famous and quaffable products.

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Sounds like: a system created, in 1979 as a way to reduce the volatility of the various European currencies and to create a stable monetary system.

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Required to win a referendum. A term relating to value added tax ( VAT ). For goods which are classed with this rating, businesses may claim back their input tax.

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Quiz 2 questions 1 When was the “Year of the Barricades”, student riots in Paris and other European cities?

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Karol Wojtyla became Pope in which year?

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In what year was the Treaty of Rome signed?

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In what year was decimal coinage introduced in the UK?

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Date of the great influenza pandemic which killed more than 50 million world-wide?

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Year of the death of Franco?

Year the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EEC?

Year the Berlin Wall was built? Year and location of the first Eurovision Song Contest?

Design of the world-wide web WWW concept by Tim Berners-Lee and scientists at CERN (Geneva), the European Organsation for Nuclear Research?

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Date of the Russian Revolution?

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Quiz 3 questions 1 What is the name of the Roman road which runs from London to York via Lincoln?

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What is the longest river in the EU and how many EU countries does it flow through?

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In what year did the Channel Tunnel open?

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Developed in the late 1870s by opthalmologist Dr Ludovic Zamenhof to promote international understanding, it was denounced by Joseph Stalin as “the language of spies”. Which language?

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From the 10th century to the present day, pilgrims have made their way to which Spanish cathedral city?

Name of the mechanism whereby locations in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of encouraging human contact and cultural links.

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Name three of Paris’s six railway stations.

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Originally founded in Spain in 1944, this household name now has sister magazines in Britain, Ireland, Greece, Turkey, Serbia, and in Russia, Thailand, Canada, India, Mexico and UAE. A purveyor of celebrity culture.

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Name the Italian cities where the following airports are located?

The first example of mass production. One of the most important technical advances in history. Who was the German printer who invented a mechanical way of making books?

a Leonardo Da Vinci b Galileo Galilei c Amerigo Vespucci

Tie-breaker It promotes cooperation between broadcasters and facilitates the exchange of audiovisual content. Most famous for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Quiz 4 questions 1 How many members does the European

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Europe is the continent most visited by tourists: in fact, six EU countries were in the world’s top ten destinations in 2006. Which were they?

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How many staff are employed in the European Commission? (plus or minus 10%)

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Which EU countries have the most and the least population density?

Union currently have (2008)?

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How many official languages does the EU have?

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Which is the biggest country in the EU by land mass?

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What is the percentage of Europeans living in cities? (plus or minus 5%)

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According to reports in the press, about 98% of all Spanish people participate in what every Christmas? First begun in 1812.

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Which country has the most public holidays in Europe and which country has the fewest?

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Which country has won the Eurovision song contest the most times and how often?

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Tie-breaker How many countries founded in the 1950s what has become the European Union?

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Quiz 5 questions 1 Which UK city is one of the 2008 European

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Franz Kafka’s birthplace, Wenceslaus Square, the Charles Bridge and one of the largest castles in the world. Where is this?

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2008 has been designated the European Year of What?

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Situated on the River Douro. The locals’ nickname is tripeiros (tripe eaters). Home to famous names such as Cockburn’s, Taylor’s, Sandeman. Where is it?

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When are the next European Parliament elections due to be held?

Capitals of Culture?

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What is the European emergency number?

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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Last Supper, the San Siro football stadium, the ultra fashionable street Monte Napoleone. Which European City?

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The Grand Sablon, the Atomium, the Parc Cinquantenaire and the HQ of the European Institutions are in which city?

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What replaced the health form E111 in January 2006 and is valid for 5 years from date of registration? It gives the holder rights to state medical treatment during a temporary visit to one of the EEA countries and Switzerland?

Which country currently (January - June 2008) holds the six-month rotating EU Presidency?

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Tie-breaker How many MEPs does the UK currently have?

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In this round each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet

Quiz 6 questions A Special Haddock delicacies from Scotland? B Known as Zubrowka in its native Poland a unique herb-flavoured spirit with a blade of grass in each bottle?

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Spanish sausage?

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Another name for aubergine?

A classic French method of cooking a type of stew, usually using a single joint of meat braised in red-wine stock, with vegetables and herbs?

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One of the great desserts of classic French cuisine - a very light meringue on a sea of custard sauce?

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Vegetables or citrus zest shredded or cut into thin matchsticks or very fine shreds?

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From the German meaning cherry, this is a clear liqueur distilled from cherries and their almond-flavoured stones. Used in fondue?

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Small, chunky cubes of bacon (smoked or unsmoked) used to flavour dishes such as quiches. Can also be fried and scattered in salads?

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Name of a Spanish Cheese?

Greek Cheese? Italian Cheese? A heady mixture from the south of France made up of any combination of basil, thyme, oregano, marjoram, bay, sage, rosemary and summer savory?

A confection made from boiled honey and/or sugar syrup mixed with beaten egg white, almonds and sometimes pistachios and preserved fruit?

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A Greek spirit flavoured with aniseed. Like French pastis, it’s usually served with water which turns it whitish and opaque?

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Ground bright red powder from sweet and hot dried peppers. A favourite ingredient in European cookery: in Austria and Hungary it is a main flavouring in meat stews such as goulash?

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A thick, creamy Greek dip made from olive oil, fish roe, breadcrumbs and seasonings. Usually served as a mezze dish or as an hors d’oeuvre?

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All food items must carry a “date of durability”? Cold French soup made from leeks and potatoes?

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A fine minced fish or meat mixture formed into small portions and poached in stock and served in a sauce, or as a garnish to other dishes?

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A classic English bottled sauce that is said to have originated from an Indian recipe: thin, spicy, dark-brown, fermented from a variety of ingredients including anchovies?

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A rich vegetable Provençal stew, made from aubergines, courgettes, sweet peppers, tomatoes, onions and garlic simmered in olive oil with herbs?

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Cornish Cheese.

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Well-known English Blue Cheese?

A rich, foamy Italian dessert made by whisking egg yolks, Marsala wine and sugar together over a gentle heat.

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Quiz 7 questions 1 Born in Warsaw she was a pioneer in

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Which Danish physicist worked on the Manhattan Project and after World War Two argued for strict controls on the manufacture of nuclear weapons?

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Professional cyclist born in Belgium and regarded as the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time.

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Born near Graz, Austria, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the US State of California. As a young man, he gained widespread attention as a highly successful bodybuilder.

the field of radioactivity and won both the Nobel Prize for physics and for chemistry. Who was she?

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Born in 1856, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology best known for his theories of the unconscious mind. He died in London in 1939. Who was he?

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Which famous Frenchman was Beethoven’s Eroica symphony originally dedicated to?

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Which fashion designer created the New Look of 1947?

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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

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Who was the Swedish tennis player who won five consecutive Wimbledon Men’s Singles Titles?

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A French astrologer from Provence consulted by Catherine de Medici among others and still consulted today. Who was he?

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Quiz 8 questions 1 In the Greek alphabet A is alpha. What is E? 6 2 What is the name of the Moorish Palace in Granada named after the Arabic word 7 for Red?

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Which European country is known as Suomi in its own language? What Czech word is used to describe a mechanical humanoid creation?

What is the derivation of the word whisky?

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Etsi k’etsi in Greek and così così in Italian what is it in English?

What word for press photographer(s) comes from the name of a character in the 1960 film “La Dolce Vita”

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Who in 1946 first applied the phrase “Iron Curtain” to the division of the Continent of Europe into east and west?

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What is the name of the legal ruling made in relation to football referring to a free transfer?

What is the English equivalent and what are these onomatopoeic slogans marketing? Spanish: “Pim, Pum, Pam!” German: “Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!” Swedish: “Piff! Paff! Puff!” Finnish: “Riks! Raks! Poks!” Dutch: “Pif! Paf! Pof!”

Tie-breaker What word in the English language from the Latin for the “common people” is given to the direct vote of the whole nation on a specific issue?

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Quiz 9 questions 1 Urban myth has it that one in ten

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Owned, developed and marketed by Sir St John Harmsworth as the champagne of mineral waters at the beginning of the twentieth century this famous French product is now part of Nestlé and is a major commodity transported across the Atlantic.

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Rebajas, saldi, verkoop, wyprzelaz what are these in English?

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In women’s clothing a UK size 12 is equivalent to which European size?

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Founded in Italy in 1989 as a resistance movement to combat fast life and fast food. Its logo is a snail. Now a world wide organisation with over 80,000 members.

Europeans is conceived in a bed bought from this store?

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What is a marché aux puces? Its first store opened its doors in the Netherlands in 1861 and has been providing Europe with quality clothing at reasonable prices ever since. Expanded first 1911 to Germany and 1922 to England. Now serves 13 EU countries including Slovenia and Hungary though no longer in the UK or Ireland.

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Where is the largest market square in Europe?

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What and where is the world’s oldest department store?

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Originating in Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages these popular & regular seasonal events in town centres throughout Europe feature attractions such as mulled wine, gingerbread, and homemade crafts and toys. Birmingham, Leeds and Belfast are among UK cities with their own today. What are they?

Tie-b reaker Tesco is a major supermarket and hypermarket operator in five EU countries. Can you name three of them?

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Quiz 10 questions 1 How many stars does the European

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Which two European cities does Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities describe?

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How many time zones are there in the EU?

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Where did the Singing Revolution take place?

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Name one of the two top wine producing countries in the world?

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What is the name of the Festival which takes place in Munich every Autumn?

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Which country has borders with Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia?

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How many countries are currently part of the euro area?

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Known as the Holy Mountain it is the centre of Eastern Christian Orthodox Monasticism. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is a treasury housing many artefacts and monuments of religious, national and artistic value. Women are not permitted to enter. Where is it?

They played a major political, military, and cultural role in medieval Europe and the Near East. Famed for their martial spirit, Christian piety and their culture, such as their unique architecture. Invaders and conquerors, they established a kingdom in Sicily and southern Italy. Who were they?

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About the UK Office of the European Parliament

In March 2008 the European Parliament celebrated 50 years. On 19 March 1958, 142 delegates assembled for the first meeting of the then European Parliamentary Assembly. Today the European Parliament has 785 MEPs from 27 Member States directly elected by the people of the European Union every five years. The UK Office of the European Parliament provides information to the public, the media, government, regional agencies and the business community about the role and activities of the Parliament itself and the EU generally. It arranges briefings and seminars, takes part in exhibitions, responds to enquiries, puts people in contact with their MEPs, provides speakers, and produces and distributes a range of publications and educational materials. It has a library and reading room which are open to the public.

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