GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 13

Question: In Fiji, which people outnumber ethnic Fijians?
Answer: Indians

Question: Formerly Dutch Guiana what is it now called?
Answer: Suriname

Question: What is the capital of Romania?
Answer: Bucharest

Question: Which flag consists of 12 gold stars on an azure blue background?
Answer: The European flag. The European Union was established on November 1, 1993, when the Treaty on European Union, or Treaty of Maastricht, was ratified by the 12 members of the European Community (EC)

Question: Why was Great Britain called Great Britain?
Answer: To distinguish it from little Britain, which is now called Brittany.

Question: What is the name of the Moslems most sacred shrine in Mecca?
Answer: Kaaba

Question: What are the only 2 Landlocked countries of S.America?
Answer: Bolivia and Paraguay

Question: In which state of the USA is the city of Detroit?
Answer: Michigan

Question: Which country is immediately to the south of Egypt?
Answer: Sudan

Question: Which country is divided into 23 cantons?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: What's the Capital of Albania?
Answer: Tirana

Question: Which English town gives its name to an invalid chair?
Answer: Bath

Question: What takes place in Happy Valley in Hong Kong?
Answer: Horse Racing

Question: Where are the Tivoli gardens?
Answer: Copenhagen

Question: Lapland straddles 4 countries Norway, Sweden, Finland and which other?
Answer: Russia

Question: What is the official residence of the French President?
Answer: Elysée Palace

Question: The Suez Canal connects the Red sea with which other sea?
Answer: The Mediterranean

Question: What was Ghana's former name?
Answer: Gold Coast

Question: Which American City is named after a British Prime Minister?
Answer: Pittsburgh

Question: Name a country whose name begins with the letter A but doesn't end with the letter A?
Answer: Azerbaijan (Nr Iran) or Afghanistan