Wednesday, August 11, 2010

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 4

Question: What is the currency of Turkey?
Answer: Lira

Question: Excluding India name 2 other countries that use the rupee as currency.
Answer: India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.

Question: Which was the first city to open a length of underground railway?
Answer: London

Question: Which country lies between Tunisia and Egypt?
Answer: Libyia

Question: How many square miles is the City of London?
Answer: One.

Question: In which country can you find 8 of the Worlds top 10 highest mountains?
Answer: Nepal

Question: What was the capital of England before London?
Answer: Winchester. During the reign of Alfred the Great in the 9th century.

Question: What seven letter word is the name given to a territory surrounded by a foreign dominion?
Answer: Enclave

Question: The Colorado River flows through which mountain range?
Answer: The Rockies

Question: What is the capital of Belarus?
Answer: Minsk

Question: What is the national airline of Spain?
Answer: Iberia

Question: Which is the largest city in Switzerland?
Answer: Zurich

Question: Who first settled on Pitcairn Island?
Answer: The mutineers of the HMS Bounty.

Question: Which river runs through Cologne in Germany?
Answer: The Rhine

Question: What is the national airline of Ireland?
Answer: Aer Lingus

Question: What mountain is known as The Tiger of the Alps?
Answer: The Matterhorn

Question: Of which US state is Columbus the capital?
Answer: Ohio

Question: Which countries national symbol is the Shamrock?
Answer: Ireland

Question: Vienna is the capital of which country?
Answer: Austria

Question: What is latitude 66°32'N otherwise known as?
Answer: The Arctic Circle

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