GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 47

[magpie in the 80's]

1 In the USA, what is known as the Prairie State?
ILLINOIS
2 What does the suffix “sex” refer to with regard to place names such as Middlesex?
SAXON
3 Which European nation was known as Lusitania in Roman times?
PORTUGAL
4 Which US state was officially known as the Indian Territory in the 19th century?
OAKLAHOMA
5 What is the largest and best known of the Society Islands?
TAHITI
6 Turkey shares its longest land border with which country?
SYRIA
7 A Bejan is an inhabitant of which island?
BARBADOS
8 Which is the only state of the USA that lies south of the Tropic of Cancer?
HAWAII
9 What is Northern Island’s smallest county?
ARMAGH
10 Which three countries did George W Bush refer to in 2001 as the axis of evil?
IRAN - IRAQ - NORTH KOREA
11 Benjamin Guinness was the first Lord Mayor of which city?
DUBLIN
12 Which city celebrated its first Mardi Gras in February 1827?
NEW ORLEANS
13 The location that lies furthest from the sea in the British Isles lies in which English county?
DERBYSHIRE
14 What is the most northerly capital city on mainland Europe?
HELSINKI
15 In which building can one view a work of art entitled The Creation of Man?
SISTINE CHAPEL
16 What is the most northerly of the Channel Isles?
ALDERNEY
17 The capital of which country lies on the island of Java?
INDONESIA
18 At which city do the Rivers Mississippi and Missouri meet?
SAINT LOUIS
19 What does 100 paise equate to?
1 RUPEE IN INDIA
20 Ben Nevis is part of which mountain range?
CAIRNGORMS

[brod]

17 Indonesia

[magpie in the 80's]

17 Indonesia

CORRECT BROD

[FattyLumpkin]

10. North Korea, Iraq & Iran?
12. New Orleans??
18. St Louis??

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - Illinois
Q8 - Hawaii

[magpie in the 80's]

10. North Korea, Iraq & Iran?
12. New Orleans??
18. St Louis??

CORRECT FL

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - Illinois
Q8 - Hawaii

CORRECT GDB

[Hazbeen]

6. Iraq
15. the Louvre

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Iraq
15. the Louvre

BOTH INCORRECT HB

[Peterxtc]

13. Warickshire?

[Peterxtc]

20. Grampians

[magpie in the 80's]

13. Warickshire?

incorrect pete

[magpie in the 80's]

20. Grampians

incorrect pete

[godoubleblues]

Q14 - Helsinki

[Kahuna]

5/ Hawaii

[magpie in the 80's]

Q14 - Helsinki

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

5/ Hawaii

INCORRECT K

[slippersloth]

3. Portugal

11. Dublin

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Portugal

11. Dublin

CORRECT SS

[LMA]

4. Oklahoma
6. Syria
20. Highlands