Wednesday, August 11, 2010

GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 9

Question: If you were in Molokai, in which country would you be?
Answer: The United States (It’s in Hawaii)

Question: What is the most common pub name in the UK?
Answer: The Red Lion

Question: What is the colour of the cross on the flag of Greece?
Answer: White

Question: Where are the highest tides in the world?
Answer: South Eastern Canada

Question: In which country do soldiers wear a kilt known as a fustanella?
Answer: Greece

Question: Which two American states have both North and South prefixes?
Answer: Carolina and Dakota

Question: If you went through the Simplon tunnel in Europe, between which 2 countries would you be travelling?
Answer: Switzerland and Italy

Question: Which mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro?
Answer: Sugar Loaf Mountain

Question: What is the name of the famous art gallery in Madrid?
Answer: The Prado

Question: New York stands on which river?
Answer: Hudson

Question: What name is given to a Hill in the centre of any Greek City?
Answer: Acropolis

Question: Which European country produces the most wine?
Answer: Italy

Question: What is the longest river in Asia?
Answer: The Yangtze

Question: Which South American country's name which means 'place where the land ends' is more that ten times as long as it is wide?
Answer: Chile

Question: If you climbed up the Euromast which is in the Europort, which city would you be in?
Answer: Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Question: What is the capital of Brazil?
Answer: Brasilia. It was Rio de Janeiro until 1960.

Question: What is the only letter of the alphabet which does not appear in any of the names of the 50 American states?
Answer: Q

Question: As in the famous song 'Girl From Ipanema', in which country is Ipanema?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Which British city has an underground railway system which is nicknamed 'The Clockwork Orange'?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: From which American state does the drink Jack Daniels come?
Answer: Tennessee

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