GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 2

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria? THE EQUATOR
2. Which country had the world's tallest habitable building as at 2006? TAIWAN
3. Which country was previously called Abyssinia? ETHIOPIA
4. In which country is the Blarney Stone? IRELAND
5. What is the world's third largest sea? MEDITERRANEAN
6. The largest policeman's beat (territory) in Europe is in which country? SCOTLAND
7. The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the world's oldest of what type of institution? UNIVERSITY
8. Where would you find the Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maud mountain ranges? ANTARCTICA
9. The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which country? KAZAKHSTAN
10. Which country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was previously known as Aden? YEMEN
11. What language do the locals speak in Bogota? SPANISH
12. What's the most southerly city; Toronto, Seattle, Budapest or Bordeaux? TORONTO
13. LAR is the international vehicle registration of which country? LIBYA
14. Where are the North Yolla Bolly mountains? CALIFORNIA USA
15. In which South American country is the Atacama desert? CHILE
16. What is the capital of Qatar? DOHA
17. Where can you find the first iron bridge ever built? IRONBRIDGE SHROPSHIRE ENGLAND
18. Which is the least populated state in the USA? WYOMING
19. Agadir is a port in which North African country? MOROCCO
20. Which country has the internet domain .me? MONTENEGRO
21. What Central American country's name means 'many fish'? PANAMA
22. Which capital city has the highest population (as at 2006)? TOKYO
23. What is the largest country in the world? RUSSIA
24. Who renamed the South Sea as the Pacific Ocean in 1520? FERDINAND MAGELLAN
25. What notable geographical feature is shared by Oxford, Reading, Windsor and London? THE RIVER THAMES

[JAS]

Morning Mags and chaps and chapesses

Q3 Ethiopia
Q4 Ireland
Q7 University
Q10 Yemen
Q15 Chile

Regards
JAS

[Mr66]

18/ Alaska

[Mr66]

23/ Population - China
Area - Russia

[Mr66]

11/ Spanish

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Mags and chaps and chapesses

Q3 Ethiopia
Q4 Ireland
Q7 University
Q10 Yemen
Q15 Chile

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS AND MORNING

[magpie in the 80's]

18/ Alaska

INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

23/ Population - China?????
Area - Russia.....CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

11/ Spanish

CORRECT

[Mr66]

18 Rhode Island

[magpie in the 80's]

18 Rhode Island

INCORRECT

[Footy Chick]

18. Maine?

[JAS]

Q17 errrrrrr would that be the one at Ironbridge in England

Regards
JAS

[Mr66]

18 Wyoming

[Mr66]

5/ Indian Ocean

[godoubleblues]

Q19 - Morocco (been there, done that )

[Dirko]

2. Taipei 101 - Tawain
5. North Sea
6. Lichtenstein ?
8. Antarctica
9. Kazakhstan
16. Doha
18. Alaska
21. Guatemala
22. Manila

[JAS]

Q18 Hawaii...cos it's a tiny, teeny, little dot
Q25 I think they're all on the Thames

Regards
JAS

[Footy Chick]

1. Silt (thanks Roman, I said Pirhanas )
2. Saudi Arabia??
20. Mexico
21. Costa Rica??

*edit* Mrs Roman is adamant that no.2 is the Taipei 101 tower*

[Pseudo]

Everyone has a different answer for 18...

Me, I coulda sworn it was Idaho