quizballs quiz 28 - questions & answers
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Please note answer 17 was clarified (21.12.06) - Ironbridge is near Telford, not part of Telford as previously implied. (Ack N Killick) Question 21 was clarified (26.12.06) as 'Central American' instead of 'South American'. (Ack Grethel)
quizballs 28 - free geography quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes
- Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria? The Equator
- Which country had the world's tallest habitable building as at 2006? Taiwan (called Tapei 101, it is 501 metres high with 101 stories. The Burj Dubai building in the United Arab Emirates surpassed this in 2007.)
- Which country was previously called Abyssinia? Ethiopia
- In which country is the Blarney Stone? Ireland (or Eire) at Blarney Castle near Cork
- What is the world's third largest sea? Mediterranean
- The largest policeman's beat (territory) in Europe is in which country? Scotland (The beat is about 900 square miles, in Caithness and Sutherland, North West of Scotland. Based near Kinlochbervie, the police constable normally has about ten cases a year, of which the most notable in recent times was the Labour MP Robin Cook's death while he was hill walking. Thanks to Gordon Smith for these interesting extra details.)
- The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the oldest of what type of institution in the world? University
- Where would you find the Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maud mountain ranges? Antarctica
- The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which country? Kazakhstan (1 tenge = 100 teims)
- Which country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was previously known as Aden? Yemen
- What language do the locals speak in Bogota? Spanish (Bogota is the capital of Columbia)
- What's the most southerly city; Toronto, Seattle, Budapest or Bordeaux? Toronto
- LAR is the international vehicle registration of which country? Libya (Libyan Arab Republic)
- Where are the North Yolla Bolly mountains? USA, California
- In which South American country is the Atacama desert? Chile
- What is the capital of Qatar? Doha
- Where can you find the first iron bridge ever built? Ironbridge, near Telford in Shropshire, England
- Which is the least populated state in the USA? Wyoming
- What and when is the biggest national celebration every year in Australia? Australia Day, January 26th (based on the 1788 proclamation of British sovereignty at Sydney Cove over the eastern seaboard of Australia)
- Which country has the internet domain .me? Montenegro
- What Central American country's name means 'many fish'? Panama
- Which capital city has the highest population (as at 2006)? Tokyo (c. 34 million)
- What is the largest country in the world? Russia (c.17 million square kilometres)
- Who renamed the South Sea as the Pacific Ocean in 1520? Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521, Portuguese explorer. Of the 270 men and five ships who sailed with Magellan on his three year exploration of the Pacific from 1519-22 fewer than 20 returned on a single surviving ship. Magellan was killed in the Philippines. And we think we have it tough in today's times..)
- What notable geographical feature is shared by Oxford, Reading, Windsor and London? The River Thames, the longest in England (N.B. the River Severn is slightly longer but given that much of the Severn is in Wales it is generally regarded as the longest in Britain, rather than England - ack T Smith for raising this point)
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