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1.Sarajevo is the capital city of what modern day country?
2.What is the second most populous city in Switzerland?
3.In terms of geographical area, after Russia and the Ukraine, what is the third largest country in Europe?
4.In what country might you visit Snæfellsjökull National Park?
5.What is the capital of Pakistan?
6.In what European country are the Vosges Mountains?
7.After Asia, what continent has the second largest population?
8.What country is known in French as le Pays-Bas?
9.On which river does New Orleans stand?
10.Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point on the mainland of what continent?
11.New Britain is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago. Of what country is it also the largest island?
12.What Canadian province is bordered by Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west?
13.What country has the international vehicle registration code RA?
14.30th Street Station is the main railroad station in what U.S. city?
15.The largest river in Myanmar, what is believed to derive its name from a Sanskrit word meaning "elephant river"?
16.Derived from the long-established presence of the Boeing Company, what U.S. city is nicknamed Jet City?

17.What is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines?
18.According to the United Nations' Human Development Index, what is the poorest nation in the Americas?
19.What is the capital of Croatia?
20.The Thar Desert covers an area of 200,000 km2 and forms a natural boundary between what two countries?
21.In what country is the Indus River Delta?
22.In what South American country would you find the port city of Fray Bentos?
23.Muscat is the capital of what Middle East country?
24.What city was designed from scratch by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 and became a capital city in 1960?
25.Made up of over 1,000 islands, what geographical region gets its name from the Greek for "many islands"?
26.Of the 10 highest mountains in the United States, how many are in Alaska?
27.Which of New York City's five boroughs is the third-largest in land area but the least populated?
28.Now an independent nation, what was the southernmost of the former Yugoslavian republics?
29.What island nation is the smallest Asian country by land area and population?
30.What Canadian province has the postal abbreviation SK?
31.On what Greek island might you visit the largest archaeological sites of the Minoan civilisation?
32.What city in Iran, one of the oldest in Persia, shares its name with a dark-skinned grape variety?

33.Named in honour of Queen Victoria, what is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan?
34.A former Soviet state, what is the official language of Moldova?
35.What city is home to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)?
36.What country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
37.What is the highest mountain in Thailand?
38.What common name is shared by the currencies of Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon?
39.Measured by area, what is the second largest country, after Russia, amongst the former Soviet states?
40.What name is given to the major fault that extends roughly 750 miles through California?
41.The northernmost point in the 48 contiguous states, in what U.S. state is the Northwest Angle?
42.What region of New Zealand is officially named Te Waipounamu?
43.What is the 48th state, the last of the contiguous United States to be admitted to the Union on 14th February 1912?
44.What two capital cities are located on the estuary of the Río de la Plata?
45.Measured by area, what is the smallest country in Central America?
46.Medellín is the second-largest city in what South American country?
47.What major African city is served by Murtala Muhammed International Airport?
48.Excluding daylight saving time, how many time zones does mainland Australia have?
49.What is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia?
50.Of the current sovereign states created from the former Yugoslavia, which is northernmost?


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