Countries
Across
- 1. A landlocked country bordered by Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
- 6. Has provided the Eurovision song contest winner 7 times.
- 7. On the Arabian Peninsular, it borders the United Arab Emirates. The capital city is Muscat.
- 8. Has a population of about 1210 million with the most popular sports being hockey, cricket and soccer.
- 9. Home of the HK Liepāja ice hocky team.
- 10. The capital city is Vilnius.
- 12. In Halden, a high-security prison in this country, every cell has a flatscreen TV, an en-suite shower and fluffy, white towels.
- 13. The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in this country, is considered to be the very first person to propose that the earth was in fact not the centre of the universe.
- 15. The most westerly country on the European mainland.
Down
- 1. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born and raised in this European country where alpine skiing is a popular sport.
- 2. The national language is known as Magyar and is the direct descendent of the language spoken by the Huns.
- 3. About half of this country is below sea level.
- 4. Is also know as Confoederatio Helvetica.
- 5. This Asian country averages 1500 earthquakes each year and has over 50,000 people 100 years old.
- 11. A republic in Central America that speaks Spanish.
- 14. The Bosporus is in this country which is a 'land bridge' connecting Europe and Asia.