GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 42
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:49 am1 Which town in England is named after the number of trees on Tonbridge Road?
SEVENOAKS
2 Cape Matapan is the southern mainland tip of which country?
GREECE
3 In which country was the astronomer Copernicus born?
POLAND
4 Gotland is the name of the largest island in which sea?
BALTIC SEA
5 In an alphabetical list which state of Australia comes first?
NEW SOUTH WALES
6 Prospect, Central and Fort Washington are all the names of what in New York?
PARKS
7 Which country accounts for approximately 50% of the west coast of South
America?
CHILE
8 What is the capital of Tenerife?
SANTA CRUZ
9 Which cave inspired the Felix Mendelssohn composition the Hebrides Overture?
FINGAL'S CAVE
10 In which country was Salman Rushdie born?
INDIA
11 Which town is associated with hydrated magnesium sulphate?
EPSOM
12 Which English county is home to a local government district called the Vale
of White Horse?
OXFORDSHIRE
13 Which volcano has been referred to as the Lighthouse of Europe?
STROMBOLI
14 Which building was given to Henry VIII by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey?
HAMPTON COURT
15 In 1947, the Dead Sea scrolls were found in a cave close to which river?
JORDAN RIVER
16 What is made up of around 700 islands, the largest of which is called Andros?
BAHAMAS
17 Which city was built on and around the slopes of Mount Royal?
MONTREAL
18 In which stately home was Winston Churchill born?
BLENHEIM PALACE
19 Which garden village was founded by Richard and George Cadbury in 1879?
BOURNEVILLE
20 Which European capital city stands on the River Aare?
BERNE
SEVENOAKS
2 Cape Matapan is the southern mainland tip of which country?
GREECE
3 In which country was the astronomer Copernicus born?
POLAND
4 Gotland is the name of the largest island in which sea?
BALTIC SEA
5 In an alphabetical list which state of Australia comes first?
NEW SOUTH WALES
6 Prospect, Central and Fort Washington are all the names of what in New York?
PARKS
7 Which country accounts for approximately 50% of the west coast of South
America?
CHILE
8 What is the capital of Tenerife?
SANTA CRUZ
9 Which cave inspired the Felix Mendelssohn composition the Hebrides Overture?
FINGAL'S CAVE
10 In which country was Salman Rushdie born?
INDIA
11 Which town is associated with hydrated magnesium sulphate?
EPSOM
12 Which English county is home to a local government district called the Vale
of White Horse?
OXFORDSHIRE
13 Which volcano has been referred to as the Lighthouse of Europe?
STROMBOLI
14 Which building was given to Henry VIII by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey?
HAMPTON COURT
15 In 1947, the Dead Sea scrolls were found in a cave close to which river?
JORDAN RIVER
16 What is made up of around 700 islands, the largest of which is called Andros?
BAHAMAS
17 Which city was built on and around the slopes of Mount Royal?
MONTREAL
18 In which stately home was Winston Churchill born?
BLENHEIM PALACE
19 Which garden village was founded by Richard and George Cadbury in 1879?
BOURNEVILLE
20 Which European capital city stands on the River Aare?
BERNE
