Wednesday, August 11, 2010

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 7

Question: In which city is the Maracana, reputedly the world's largest football stadium?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: What is Europe’s biggest island?
Answer: Great Britain

Question: What is the more common name for the North Atlantic Drift?
Answer: Gulf Steam

Question: What is the largest city in Africa?
Answer: Cairo

Question: What is the principal residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: Lambeth Palace

Question: Copper gets its name from which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus - where it was first found

Question: What is the capital of Liberia?
Answer: Monrovia

Question: Which country borders Sweden and Russia?
Answer: Finland

Question: What is the largest country in Africa?
Answer: Sudan

Question: In which city would you find O'Hare International Airport?
Answer: Chicago

Question: What does 'Costa Brava' mean?
Answer: Rugged Coast

Question: On what island is one third of all the world's languages spoken?
Answer: New guinea it is the second-largest island in the world after Greenland.

Question: What 2 boundaries lie between big diamond island and little diamond island?
Answer: The US/Russian border and the international date line

Question: Which English Cathedral has the highest spire?
Answer: Salisbury

Question: In Australia, in which month of the year is the longest day?
Answer: December

Question: In which four countries are the Alps?
Answer: France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria

Question: What colour are French letter boxes?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Named for its abundance of plant life, this inlet was the site of Captain Cook's first landing in Australia. What is its name?
Answer: Botany Bay

Question: Which London Street is famous for hotels?
Answer: Park Lane

Question: What do you call the underground systems in both Paris and Newcastle?
Answer: Metro

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