Wednesday, August 11, 2010

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 12

Question: On which continent is the Kariba Dam?
Answer: Africa

Question: What is the capital of Uruguay?
Answer: Montevideo

Question: In which country is the dong used as currency?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: What is the deepest Land Gorge in the World?
Answer: The Grand Canyon

Question: What is the capital of the Falkland Islands?
Answer: Port Stanley

Question: Apart from white what colour appears on the Polish Flag?
Answer: Red

Question: What London landmark has an 11ft hand?
Answer: The clock face on Big Ben

Question: Which New York Street gives its name to American commercial theatre in general? Specifically, located in the area between the Avenue of the Americas and Ninth Avenue and from West 41st Street to West 53d Street.
Answer: Broadway

Question: On what river does London in Ontario, Canada stand? (Named in 1792 as the proposed capital of upper Canada)
Answer: The Thames

Question: What is the stretch of Spanish coast from Alicante to Valencia called?
Answer: Costa Blanca

Question: In which modern country would you locate the birthplace of Mohammed?
Answer: Saudi Arabia

Question: In which country is the Corinth canal?
Answer: Greece

Question: What currency is used in Japan?
Answer: Yen

Question: Which was the world's first National Park, opening in 1872?
Answer: Yellowstone (in Wyoming and Montana)

Question: What is the capital of the 'Seychelles'?
Answer: Victoria

Question: What's the Caribbean Island called that contains the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Answer: Hispaniola

Question: What 3 colours are the national flag of Belgium?
Answer: Black, Yellow and Red

Question: Mount Kosciusko is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: What sea does the Crimean Peninsular jut into?
Answer: Black sea

Question: What is the Italian name for Turin?
Answer: Torino

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