romania

     

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Trivia about romania

  • Dracula could tell you that Walachia & Transylvania are regions of this country
  • Bucharest
  • Ecaterina Szabo led this country's women's gymnastics team to the gold in the 1984 games
  • In 1976 Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10s & Olympic gold for this country
  • In 1996 Emil Constantinescu defeated Ion Iliescu in a runoff election for president of this country
  • Nicu Ceausescu, a playboy who was groomed to lead this country, was jailed in 1990 & died in 1996
  • This country was once part of the Roman Empire & its name means "Land of the Romans"
  • Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed as dictator of this country & executed in 1989
  • Site of a 1977 6.5 earthquake:Bucharest
  • Country where "Dracula II: Ascension" & "Cold Mountain" were mainly filmed
  • A protest at a church in Timisoara began the rebellion that ended Ceausescu's rule in this country
  • The "wine" is too warm in the Transylvanian Alps of this country, & why do I have to carry garlic? Me wanna go home
  • While king of this country from 1914 to 1927, Ferdinand acquired Transylvania
  • In 1928 Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Transylvanian village in this country
  • Dominique Moceanu's parents came from this country, like her coach, Bela Karolyi
  • In 101 A.D., the Romans invaded what's now this country that's named for them
  • King Carol II of this country was married to Princess Helen of Greece when he began romancing Magda Lupescu
  • Affair with Magda Lupescu kept Carol II from assuming the throne of this country for 3 years
  • The Black Church, so-called because its walls were blackened in a 1689 fire, is in Brasov in this country
  • Vlad the Impaler, an inspiration for Dracula, was a prince in what's now this country
  • On a visit to this country, check out the Suceava monasteries & also take in a Transylvanian village or two
  • You're bicycling in Bucharest
  • The region of Transylvania is represented on this nation's coat of arms by an eagle & 7 towers
  • Hungarians largely in Transylvania make up this country's largest minority group
  • At the end of World War I, this country received the provinces of Bukovina, Banat & Transylvania from Austria-Hungary
  • Sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in this Eastern European nation
  • 1947:Eastern Europe's King Michael
  • In 1981, on the Soyuz 40 mission, Dumitru Prunariu became the first person from this country in space
  • President Emil Constantinescu
  • Under Communist pressure, this country's King Michael abdicated in 1947 after a 7-year reign
  • In 1859 Walachia & Moldavia united under Prince Cuza to form this nation
  • In 1859 Moldavia & Walachia united to form this country with Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as its ruler
  • In 1997 this eastern European country restored the citizenship of its exiled King Michael
  • What a Christmas present! This country's last commie leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, was executed Dec. 25, 1989
  • In 1927 5-year-old Prince Michael was proclaimed king of this country north of Bulgaria
  • It's the only Warsaw Pact nation in which a Romance language is official
  • The principalities of Moldavia & Walachia were joined together to form this country in the 19th century
  • As prince & king, Carol I ruled this Eastern European nation from 1866 to 1914
  • RMN
  • In this country's 1996 elections, the statist Iliescu lost to the more market-oriented Constantinescu
  • Come worship at Cretulescu Church, built in 1722 in this country on the Black Sea
  • Moldoveanu
  • If you're foolishly hunting vampires in Transylvania, you're risking your neck in this country