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| 1. | Ignoring the curvature of the Earth, what two U.S. states are rectangular in shape? |
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Colorado and Wyoming | |
| 2. | What name is given to the major fault that extends roughly 750 miles through California? |
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San Andreas Fault | |
| 3. | What city is the provincial capital of Nova Scotia, Canada? |
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Halifax | |
| 4. | What Islamic Republic is the world's largest producer of opium? |
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Afghanistan | |
| 5. | The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, lies just across the Congo River from the capital of the Republic of the Congo. What is the latter called? |
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Brazzaville | |
| 6. | Famous as a film location for productions including Game of Thrones, what island nation is home to 60% of the world’s Atlantic puffin population? |
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Iceland | |
| 7. | What are the only two countries on mainland South America that do not border Brazil? |
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Ecuador and Chile | |
| 8. | Which River runs through the German city of Munich? |
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Isar | |
| 9. | What colour swan is the state bird of Western Australia? |
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Black (Cygnus atratus) | |
| 10. | What U.S. state capital is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level? |
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Denver (Colorado) | |
| 11. | Gozo and Comino are two of the three inhabited islands that make up what island nation? |
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Malta | |
| 12. | In what capital city might you land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport? |
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Jakarta (Indonesia) | |
| 13. | Name any four of the five U.S. states that have a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida | |
| 14. | "Defeat of Siam" is the English translation of the name of what Southeast Asian city? |
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Siem Reap (Cambodia) | |
| 15. | The Alps span across eight countries: Austria and Slovenia in the east, Italy and Monaco in the south. What four countries are to the north and west? |
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France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany | |
| 16. | What is the name of the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea? |
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Strait of Gibraltar | |
| 17. | Through what European capital city does the Vistula River flow? |
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Warsaw (Poland) | |
| 18. | The Solomon Islands' largest island was the location of a famous World War II battle. What is its name? |
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Guadalcanal | |
| 19. | Heraklion is the largest city and administrative capital of what Mediterranean island? |
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Crete | |
| 20. | In which capital city might you land at Domodedovo International Airport? |
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Moscow (Russia) | |
| 21. | On what continent are the Pensacola Mountains? |
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Antarctica | |
| 22. | By what name are Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas collectively known? |
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Gulf States | |
| 23. | Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, is a territory of what country? |
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Australia | |
| 24. | What is the largest desert, of any type, on Earth? |
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Maudlandia / Antarctica (Cold winter desert - 14,000,000 km2) | |
| 25. | Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake of what country? |
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Japan (Honshu) | |
| 26. | How many stars are there in total on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Cuba? |
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61 (6+4+50+1) | |
| 27. | A world famous tourist attraction, what are Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure collectively known as? |
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Pyramids of Giza (Giza Necropolis / Great Pyramids) | |
| 28. | Yerevan is the capital and largest city of which Eurasian country? |
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Armenia | |
| 29. | What capital city in Africa is nicknamed the "City of a Thousand Minarets"? |
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Cairo (Egypt) | |
| 30. | The Australian Capital Territory is enclaved within what state? |
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New South Wales | |
| 31. | In what European country might you land at South Charleroi Airport? |
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Belgium (Brussels South Charleroi Airport) | |
| 32. | From where did New Zealand get it's name, the Dutch province of Zealand or the Danish island of Zealand? |
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Dutch province of Zealand (Dutch cartographers in 1645 renamed the land Nova Zeelandia. James Cook subsequently anglicised it to New Zealand.) | |
| 33. | Running for 425 kilometres through the North Island, what is the longest river in New Zealand? |
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Waikato River | |
| 34. | What two countries share land borders with southern Mexico? |
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Guatemala and Belize | |
| 35. | What is the name of the Gulf in the tropical Atlantic Ocean into which the Niger and Volta rivers drain? |
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Gulf of Guinea | |
| 36. | After Crete, in terms of both area and population, what is the second-largest Greek island? |
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Euboea / Evia | |
| 37. | Of the five former Soviet states known as "the 'stans", which is the most populous? |
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Uzbekistan ("-stan" is Persian for "land of") | |
| 38. | What U.S. state comes last alphabetically? |
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Wyoming | |
| 39. | Lake Maracaibo serves as a major shipping route in what South American country? |
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Venezuela | |
| 40. | Cusco was once the capital of the Inca Empire. In what modern-day country is it? |
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Peru | |
| 41. | In what modern-day capital city are the remains of the ancient city of Carthage? |
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Tunis (Tunisia) | |
| 42. | What is the name of the strait between Mexico and Cuba that connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean Sea? |
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Yucatán | |
| 43. | What is the third most populous city in the United States? |
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Chicago, IL (after New York and Los Angeles) | |
| 44. | Of what Australian State is Melbourne the capital? |
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Victoria | |
| 45. | Which is the only American state name that starts with the letter 'A' but doesn't end with the letter 'A'? |
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Arkansas | |
| 46. | Famous for its flamingos, in what country is Lake Nakuru National Park? |
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Kenya | |
| 47. | Between 1948 and 1976, Quezon City was the capital of what country? |
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The Philippines | |
| 48. | Opened in Tennessee in 1961 as Rebel Railroad, renamed Goldrush Junction in 1970, and Silver Dollar City in 1977, by what name has it been known since 1986? |
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Dollywood | |
| 49. | Including border regions, through how many countries does the Mekong River flow? |
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6 (China, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) | |
| 50. | A lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps spanning Germany, Switzerland and Austria, what is the English name for the German Bodensee? |
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Lake Constance | |
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