switzerland

     

on the European continent  (white)

Trivia about switzerland

  • In area, it's the largest country that does not belong to the United Nations
  • It's the largest country in Europe that is not a member of the United Nations
  • Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund
  • Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country
  • Suisse
  • The first bobsled races were held in this mountainous country
  • Vatican City, Moldova & this country are the only European states which do not belong to the U.N.
  • In the first 2 years of the Nobel Peace Prize, 3 individuals from this peaceful country won
  • A crusader's white cross on a field of red, used by a canton in the 13th century, became this country's flag
  • The Games of the Fifth Winter Olympiad opened Jan. 30, 1948 in this country's city of St. Moritz
  • Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa in the Alps is this country's highest mountain
  • The 1815 Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's traditional neutrality
  • In 1958, Basel became the first city in this country to approve women voting in local elections
  • Most of this nation is a mountainous plateau
  • Tages Anzeiger Zurich & Neue Zurcher Zeitung are two of this country's leading newspapers
  • It better stay neutral--France, Italy, Austria & Germany have it surrounded
  • It's been said that this country "has but one hero, William Tell, and he is a myth"
  • In 1978 this European country created a new canton for French-speaking Catholics
  • The Aare, originating in the Bern canton, is a major river of this country
  • Gstaad, which lies on the northwest side of the Bernese Alps, is a ski resort in this country
  • Most of this country's vineyards are in the area around Lake Geneva
  • Ticino is this country's southernmost canton
  • Schweiz
  • On Dec. 11, 1996 this country agreed to search its banks for the assets of Holocaust victims
  • In Europe:Bern
  • Lake of Lucerne
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.) It's no coincidence that the Red Cross emblem looks like this country's flag in reverse; the International Red Cross began there in 1863
  • Though neutral today, it fought a war of independence from 1386-88
  • We have to be "franc" in telling you this Alpine country runs Liechtenstein's postal system
  • An 1886 convention on copyrights & an 1864 convention on the rules of war were signed in this country
  • Gruyere is named for a district in this country's Fribourg Canton, where it was first produced
  • New Bern, one of North Carolina's oldest cities, is named for this country's capital
  • Romansh is spoken in this country's canton of Graubunden
  • New Glarus was settled by emigrants from this country's canton of Glarus
  • About one-sixth of its people were born elsewhere; watches are still made in Jura; yodeling is still popular
  • Helvetia
  • This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn
  • In 1815 the Congress of Vienna guaranteed this country's neutrality
  • In 1845 seven Catholic cantons in this country formed a league known as the Sonderbund
  • The main street of Interlaken in this country affords a spectacular view of the Jungfrau peak
  • The son of a Protestant clergyman, Carl Jung was born in this mountainous country in 1875
  • 1499's Peace of Basel helped lead to the independence of the cantons that became this modern nation
  • For his actions in war, Arnold von Winkleried is a hero in this usually neutral country
  • Snowboarding is big at Gstaad in this country, but the term apres-snowboard hasn't really caught on
  • Lausanne in this country is home to the International Olympic Committee & an Olympic museum
  • Johanna Spyri sent her heroine Heidi to live in the Alps of this country, her own homeland
  • It's made up of 23 cantons (20 full & 6 half)
  • Romansch, a dialect of the Central Alps, is the fourth national language of this country
  • Johannes Badrutt, a St. Moritz hotel keeper, first convinced summer guests you could visit this country in winter, too
  • The Furka Pass gets you between the cantons of Uri & Valais in this country
  • Consider riding a narrow-gauge train into a salt mine at Bex in this country's Vaud canton
  • St. Moritz, where the jet set "winters", is in this country, not far from the Italian border
  • The University of Basel, this country's oldest, was established by Pope Pius II in 1459
  • Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386
  • Although this country's flag is square, during WWII a rectangular flag was adopted for its boats
  • This country's neutrality was fully respected until 1798 when the French invaded
  • "Helvetia" is still inscribed on this mountainous country's currency & stamps
  • "When the Alps glow bright with splendour, pray to God, to him surrender"
  • Traveling under the Alps, the Great St. Bernard Tunnel connects Italy to this country
  • Like the city of Bern, the Bernese Alps are in this country
  • This Alpine country's exhibit naturally included a ski lift ride
  • The Jura Mountains straddle the border between France & this country
  • This country is Suiza
  • On August 1 this country isn't neutral about celebrating the 1291 Confederation of the 3 Forest Cantons
  • Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this European country's boundaries
  • Emmentaler
  • Back in 1499 this country had a military force so powerful it forced Germany to sign the Treaty of Basel
  • The world's oldest cake, made around 2200 B.C., is in a food museum in Vevey in this Alpine country
  • One quick read might be "Modern Naval Heroes Of" this European nation, "Helvetia" in Latin
  • Workin' on Wall Street / Sure takes its toll / But a ski trip to this country's Davos or Gstaad / Is good for the soul
  • The Matterhorn isn't the tallest Alp in this country; Dufourspitze Peak is about 500 ft. higher
  • In 1996 Sandoz & Ciba-Geigy, giant drug companies based in this country, announced they'd merge
  • In 2009 its armed forces had a reported strength of 134,886--beware their multi-purpose knives!
  • After touring the Old Castle in Gruyeres in this country, you may visit the dairy that makes Gruyere cheese
  • Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins & stamps
  • The Sonderbund was an 1845 confederation of 7 cantons in what's now this country
  • Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject
  • Le Musee D'Art Et D'Histoire in Neuchatel in this country boasts a trio of magnificent 18th C. automatons
  • Surprisingly, this mountainous Western European country didn't fully grant women the right to vote until 1971
  • More than half of this country is covered by the Alps & the Jura mounitains
  • At 15,200 feet, the Dufourspitze is its highest peak
  • Nueva Helvecia is a town founded by colonists from this country to which Uruguay is sometimes compared
  • Crossair is this country's domestic airline; you might fly it into Lugano
  • An early form of bread has been found in Stone Age ruins near Lake Neuchatel in this country
  • If this European country's mountains are forbidding, try hiking in its famed valley the Engadine
  • On the Diplomacy board, this country in the middle of Europe is considered impassable
  • The capital of this country is within 100 miles of France, Germany, Italy & Liechtenstein
  • You can get around Zermatt in this country only with electric vehicles, horse-drawn carriages or skis
  • This country is known for yodeling, cheese & the Zoologischer Garten in Basel
  • In 1291 leaders of 3 cantons signed the Perpetual Covenant, the beginning of what became this nation
  • This country probably isn't neutral about "Schweizer Psalm", its national anthem
  • In German, Schweizer doesn't mean "humanitarian"; it refers to people from this country
  • Author Johann Wyss wrote an early national anthem for this country
  • This small European country's last 3 presidents have been Otto Stich, Perre Aubert & Leon Schlumpf
  • The America’s Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Mayer Museum in Jerusalem.) This pistol, which marked the hours with the sound of a shot, was made in the early 1800s in this country, fulfilling its reputation for clock-making, but not so much for peaceability
  • 2 new republics were established; the Netherlands & this one that was neutral during the war
  • This European country is a confederation
  • Gruyere
  • In 2002 this country shifted out of neutral & finally joined the U.N.
  • In May 1938 the League of Nations recognized this country as absolutely neutral
  • Henri Nestle began his company in this country in the 1860s selling a cow's-milk food for babies
  • Chaplin was born April 16, 1889 in England & died Christmas day in 1977 in this country
  • With large flower markets, its capital city of Bern has been the most flower-decorated city in Europe
  • Country that's home to the International Philatelic Federation & the International Ski Federation
  • Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Assembly floor.) Many U.N. agencies, like the World Health Organization, are headquartered in this country that didn't get its General Assembly seat until 2002
  • A country:Die Schweiz
  • The Lake of Neuchatel is the largest lake entirely within this country
  • Called Frustuck & petit-dejeuner in this country, breakfast might be rosti potatoes & the native muesli
  • The armies of several cantons defeated the imperial army of Maximilian I, leading to this confederation
  • Gruyere
  • 31 of Europe's 40 highest mountains lie within this nation or on its borders
  • This country's official languages are German, French & Italian
  • In "The Third Man" Orson Welles said it "had 500 years of democracy & peace, & what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"
  • Ernest Bloch's orchestral work "Helvetia, The Land Of Mountains Amd Its People" honors this country, his birthplace

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  • Lucerne, Switzerland
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