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| 1. | What is the capital of Venezuela? |
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Caracas (Santiago de León de Caracas) | |
| 2. | What Scottish city is home to Partick Thistle football club? |
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Glasgow | |
| 3. | If you flew in a straight line east from Wellington, New Zealand, what is the first country you'd come across? |
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Chile | |
| 4. | Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, what is the name of this 243-kilometre stretch of road between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford? |
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Great Ocean Road | |
| 5. | In what country is the Niger River Delta? |
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Nigeria | |
| 6. | What island was known as Van Diemen's Land up until 1856? |
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Tasmania | |
| 7. | On what island is the holiday resort of Kuta? |
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Bali (Indonesia) | |
| 8. | Named in honour of Queen Victoria, what is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan? |
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Regina | |
| 9. | Mahón is the largest city and capital of what Mediterranean island? |
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Menorca / Minorca | |
| 10. | What US state is nicknamed the Ocean State? |
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Rhode Island | |
| 11. | With Munich (München) as its capital, what is the the largest German state by land area? |
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Bavaria (German: Bayern) | |
| 12. | Corregidor (Fort Mills), El Fraile (Fort Drum), Caballo (Fort Hughes), and Carabao (Fort Frank) are islands that historically formed the harbour defenses of what capital city? |
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Manila (The Philippines) | |
| 13. | What European country's capital city lies on the River Aare? |
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Switzerland (Bern) | |
| 14. | Until 2011, what had been the only nation with a monochrome flag? |
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Libya | |
| 15. | After which entertainer is the airport at Burbank, Los Angeles County, California named? |
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Bob Hope | |
| 16. | 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 | |
| 17. | Into what bay does the river Ganges flow? |
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Bay of Bengal | |
| 18. | The most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, what volcanic island group in the South Atlantic Ocean is named after the Portuguese explorer who discovered it in 1506? |
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Tristan da Cunha | |
| 19. | Through which two U.S. states does the South Platte River flow? |
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Colorado and Nebraska | |
| 20. | Measured by population, what is the largest city in India? |
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Mumbai | |
| 21. | Of the five sovereign Nordic states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, which is the only one to use the euro as its currency? |
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Finland (Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Norwegian krone, Swedish krona) | |
| 22. | Into what major body of water does the Mekong Delta flow? |
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South China Sea | |
| 23. | After Asia, what continent has the second largest population? |
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Africa | |
| 24. | Name the two regions of France located in the Caribbean which, as part of the Eurozone, have the Euro as their official currency? |
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Guadaloupe and Martinique | |
| 25. | The Sargasso Sea is a region of what ocean? |
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Atlantic | |
| 26. | What Canadian province is known by the abbreviation PEI? |
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Prince Edward Island | |
| 27. | In what country is the Taklamakan Desert? |
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China | |
| 28. | How many countries share land borders with Myanmar (Burma)? |
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5 (Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand) | |
| 29. | What do the islands of Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Grenada, Antigua, Réunion and Puerto Rico all have in common? |
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'Saint' in the name of their capitals / principal towns (St. Anne, St. Helier, St. Peter Port, St. George's, St. John's, Saint-Denis, San Juan) | |
| 30. | Not including the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino, name the four countries that border Italy. |
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France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia | |
| 31. | What river runs through the cities of Dresden, Magdeburg and Hamburg in Germany? |
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Elbe | |
| 32. | What is the name of the salt flats in northwestern Utah on which many world land speed records have been set? |
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Bonneville | |
| 33. | What major ferry port in England shares its name with the state capital of Delaware? |
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Dover | |
| 34. | Nyasaland in southeast Africa gained independence from Britain in 1964 and was renamed to what? |
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Malawi | |
| 35. | What is the longest river in Ireland? |
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River Shannon | |
| 36. | What is the name of the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea? |
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Strait of Gibraltar | |
| 37. | What country shares land borders with Costa Rica and Colombia? |
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Panama | |
| 38. | After Alaska, what U.S. state has the longest ocean coastline? |
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Florida | |
| 39. | Travelling west to east on a Tuesday, approaching the International Date Line, what day would it be after you crossed it? |
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Monday | |
| 40. | What is the northernmost county of England? |
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Northumberland | |
| 41. | The island of Zealand is part of what European country? |
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Denmark (Danish: Sjælland) | |
| 42. | I want to drive from Mexico to Canada, but want to travel through the minimum number of U.S. states. What is this minimum? |
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3 | |
| 43. | What European country derives its name from the Latin for "white"? |
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Albania (Latin: alba) | |
| 44. | What is the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands? |
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Malvinas (Islas Malvinas) | |
| 45. | What predominantly Muslim country has a Hindu-Buddhist golden eagle as its national emblem? |
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Indonesia (Garuda Pancasila) | |
| 46. | Introduced in 1951 and retired in 2006, what British jet-powered bomber shares its name with a capital city? |
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Canberra (Australia) | |
| 47. | What three countries share land borders with Norway? |
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Sweden, Finland, and Russia | |
| 48. | Located in the Southern Alps, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain? |
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Aoraki / Mount Cook | |
| 49. | The tiny state of Liechtenstein borders what two European countries? |
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Switzerland and Austria | |
| 50. | Bridgeport is a seaport city and the largest city in what U.S. state? |
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Connecticut | |
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