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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:14 pm
by magpie in the 80's
1. Where is the Strait of Otranto?
BETWEEN ITALY AND ALBANIA
2. Which river flows into the Amazon?
TAPAJOS
3. Fort Sumter is located in which U.S. state?
SOUTH CAROLINA
4. What is the approximate latitude difference between the Washington State-Canada and southern Alaska-Canada border?
6 DEGREES
5. What is the capital of Liberia?
MONROVIA
6. Which city is on Great Britain’s west coast?
A Liverpool B Manchester C Leeds D Birmingham
A) LIVERPOOL
7. Which country is directly south of Turkey?
SYRIA
8. Which country lies on the Tropic of Capricorn?
A Uruguay B Ecuador C Bolivia D Paraguay
D) PARAGUAY
9. Which country is home to the only salt mine on the World Heritage List?
POLAND
10. Port Phillip Bay is off the coast of which Australian city?
MELBOURNE
11. Where is the region called Al Jazirah?
IRAQ
12. Which channel lies off the coast of Singapore?
PHILIP CHANNEL
13. Lake Volta lies within which country?
GHANA
14. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are at the same latitude as which country?
A South Africa B Namibia C Angola D Gabon
B) NAMIBIA
15. Which place is largest in population?
A St. Helena B St. Kitts and Nevis C St. Pierre and Miquelon D St. Lucia
D) ST. LUCIA
16. Where are the Green Mountains?
VERMONT
17. Great Bear Lakes is in which Canadian province or territory?
A Nunavut B Northwest Territories C Saskatchewan D Yukon Territory
B) NORTH WEST TERRITORIES
18. Arakan Yoma and Pegu Yoma are in which country?
MYANMAR
19. Which country is directly west of Darfur, Sudan?
CHAD
20. What is the second most populous metropolitan area in France?
A Paris B Nice C Lille D Marseille
D) MARSEILLE

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:37 pm
by Stumps
6. a
10. MELB
20. b

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:49 pm
by redandblack
3 South Carolina (Charleston - nice place)

6 A Liverpool

8 Australia

14 Brazil

20 Marseilles (D)

8 and 14 are doubtful questions, depending on the answers :)

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:34 pm
by JAS
Q7 Syria
Q9 Austria
Q11 Qatar
Q19 Chad

Regards
JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:20 pm
by redandblack
JAS wrote:Q7 Syria
Q9 Austria
Q11 Qatar
Q19 Chad

Regards
JAS


JAS, in your answer to Q9, do you have Hallstatt in mind? It's a World Heritage Village, but I'm not sure if the salt mine is also World Heritage listed.

In any event, Hallstatt is possibly in my top 2 or 3 small towns visited :)

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:52 pm
by JAS
redandblack wrote:
JAS wrote:Q7 Syria
Q9 Austria
Q11 Qatar
Q19 Chad

Regards
JAS


JAS, in your answer to Q9, do you have Hallstatt in mind? It's a World Heritage Village, but I'm not sure if the salt mine is also World Heritage listed.

In any event, Hallstatt is possibly in my top 2 or 3 small towns visited :)


Actually I messed that one up...should have been Germany. I was thinking of Berchtesgaden (where Hilter's Eagles Nest is too) which has salt mines as a tourist attraction. Visited on an excursion while holidaying in Austria years ago and forgot it was just over the border :D

Regards
JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:24 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Stumps wrote:6. a
10. MELB
20. b.............INCORRECT

OTHER 2 CORRECT STUMPS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:25 pm
by magpie in the 80's
redandblack wrote:3 South Carolina (Charleston - nice place)

6 A Liverpool

8 Australia..............INCORRECT

14 Brazil.................INCORRECT

20 Marseilles (D)

8 and 14 are doubtful questions, depending on the answers :)

OTHERS CORRECT RAB

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:25 pm
by magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q7 Syria
Q9 Austria...........INCORRECT AND GERMANY INCORRECT ALSO
Q11 Qatar...........INCORRECT
Q19 Chad

Regards
JAS

OTHER 2 CORRECT JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:41 pm
by JAS
Q8 Errr...not sure I understand this one...don't lots of countries lie on it.
Q9 Saw one on tv years ago that had a church inside it carved from salt...think it was in Poland ?

Regards
JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:48 pm
by redandblack
JAS wrote:Q8 Errr...not sure I understand this one...don't lots of countries lie on it.
Q9 Saw one on tv years ago that had a church inside it carved from salt...think it was in Poland ?

Regards
JAS


I agree about Q's 8 and 14, as I stated in my answer. Lots of countries lie on those latitudes, so the question is incomplete.

JAS, Berchtesgarten is another nice place, though.

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:51 pm
by magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q8 Errr...not sure I understand this one...don't lots of countries lie on it.
Q9 Saw one on tv years ago that had a church inside it carved from salt...think it was in Poland ?....CORRECT

Regards
JAS

IVE ADDED MORE TO Q 8 AND 14 JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:52 pm
by magpie in the 80's
redandblack wrote:
JAS wrote:Q8 Errr...not sure I understand this one...don't lots of countries lie on it.
Q9 Saw one on tv years ago that had a church inside it carved from salt...think it was in Poland ?

Regards
JAS


I agree about Q's 8 and 14, as I stated in my answer. Lots of countries lie on those latitudes, so the question is incomplete.

JAS, Berchtesgarten is another nice place, though.


IVE ADDED MORE TO Q 8 AND 14 RAB

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:24 pm
by redandblack
5 Monrovia

8 Paraguay

14 South Africa

17 NW territories

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:51 pm
by magpie in the 80's
redandblack wrote:5 Monrovia

8 Paraguay

14 South Africa..............INCORRECT

17 NW territories

OTHERS CORRECT RAB

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:11 pm
by JAS
Q11 Arabian Gulf

Regards
JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:37 am
by magpie in the 80's
JAS wrote:Q11 Arabian Gulf

Regards
JAS

INCORRECT JAS

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:38 pm
by Ian
1. It connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea between Italy and Albania

2. Rio Negro

8. Paraguay

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:09 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Ian wrote:1. It connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea between Italy and Albania

2. Rio Negro...............NOT THE ANSWER GIVEN
8. Paraguay

OTHER 2 CORRECT IAN

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 35

PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:38 pm
by Ian
magpie in the 80's wrote:
Ian wrote:1. It connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea between Italy and Albania

2. Rio Negro...............NOT THE ANSWER GIVEN
8. Paraguay

OTHER 2 CORRECT IAN


2. Maranon ??????, there is quite a few of them