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| 1. | Route 66 originally ran between what two U.S. states? |
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California and Illinois (Santa Monica and Chicago) | |
| 2. | Of what Japanese island is Naha the capital city? |
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Okinawa | |
| 3. | What European country is a federal republic divided into 26 Cantons? |
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Switzerland | |
| 4. | What is the largest city in the U.S. region of New England? |
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Boston (Massachusetts) | |
| 5. | What is the only U.S. state to border only one other U.S. state? |
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Maine (borders with New Hampshire) | |
| 6. | In what country is the ski resort of Cortina? |
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Italy (Cortina d'Ampezzo) | |
| 7. | A large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest, what name is given to the 160km break in the Pan-American Highway at the border of Panama and Colombia that currently prevents driving between Central and South America? |
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Darién Gap | |
| 8. | What is the largest German state by land area? |
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Bavaria | |
| 9. | Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West are four of the nine provinces of what country? |
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South Africa (also Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape) | |
| 10. | What island nation has two official languages, Sinhalese and Tamil? |
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Sri Lanka | |
| 11. | Mount Bartle Frere is the highest mountain in what Australian state? |
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Queensland | |
| 12. | Named in honour of Queen Victoria, what is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan? |
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Regina | |
| 13. | In which sea are the Dodecanese Islands located? |
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Aegean Sea | |
| 14. | Gotland is the largest island of what country? |
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Sweden | |
| 15. | The TauTona Gold Mine is the world's deepest mine; in which country is it? |
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South Africa | |
| 16. | What is the name of the peninsula in Egypt that separates the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea? |
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Sinai Peninsula | |
| 17. | What is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? |
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Sardinia | |
| 18. | Between 1925 and 1961, what Russian city was known as Stalingrad? |
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Volgograd (Волгоград) | |
| 19. | Riga is the capital and largest city of what European country? |
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Latvia | |
| 20. | In what country does the Mekong Delta flow into the South China Sea? |
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Vietnam | |
| 21. | The name of what Flemish city translates into English as "bridge"? |
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Bruges (Belgium - Middle Dutch: Brugge) | |
| 22. | Four of the fifty U.S. states call themselves commonwealths. Name them. |
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Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia | |
| 23. | What is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Djibouti? |
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Djibouti | |
| 24. | Windward Passage separates Haiti from what island country? |
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Cuba | |
| 25. | What is the northernmost county of England? |
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Northumberland | |
| 26. | What is the modern day name for the ancient Greek city of Byzantium? |
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Istanbul (Turkey) | |
| 27. | Topeka is the capital of what American state? |
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Kansas | |
| 28. | Cape Columbia is the northernmost point of land of what country? |
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Canada | |
| 29. | What is the smallest island in the world to be shared by two countries? |
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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) | |
| 30. | Of which country is Kathmandu the capital? |
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Nepal | |
| 31. | What European capital city is nicknamed the "City of a Hundred Spires"? |
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Prague (Czech Republic) | |
| 32. | With a surface area of 151 square miles, what is the largest lake by area in the British Isles? |
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Lough Neagh (Northern Ireland) | |
| 33. | The deepest part of any ocean in the world is in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of around 36,000 feet. What name is given to this area? |
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Mariana Trench | |
| 34. | The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are one of the seven union territories of what country? |
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India | |
| 35. | In what city might you land at John Wayne Airport? |
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Santa Ana (Orange County, California) | |
| 36. | What was Ho Chi Minh City called before changing its name in 1976? |
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Saigon | |
| 37. | What is the largest city on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur)? |
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Nice | |
| 38. | In what city might you land at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport? |
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Montréal (Québec, Canada) | |
| 39. | What country has the world's largest domestic sheep population? |
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China (175 million in 2013. Australia 75. India 64.) | |
| 40. | In what country would you find the Great Dividing Range, or Eastern Highlands? |
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Australia | |
| 41. | What Australian city lies on the east coast of the Gulf of St Vincent? |
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Adelaide | |
| 42. | What U.S. state borders Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama? |
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Georgia | |
| 43. | In what country might you land at Keflavík International Airport? |
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Iceland | |
| 44. | Name four independent nations that begin with the letter 'S' and end with the letter 'E'. |
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São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Suriname | |
| 45. | What European sovereign state is the most densely populated country in the world? |
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Monaco (18,005/km2) | |
| 46. | The Danube river runs through which four European capital cities? |
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Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, and Vienna | |
| 47. | What, in Dublin, are Connolly, Heuston, and Pearse? |
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Railway stations | |
| 48. | Until the launch of the euro in 2001, what was the official currency of Greece? |
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Drachma (Δραχμή) | |
| 49. | The Great Bitter Lake and Small Bitter Lake are saltwater lakes in what African country? |
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Egypt (Suez Canal) | |
| 50. | In what city might you land at John Paul II International Airport? |
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Kraków (Poland) | |
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