GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

[magpie in the 80's]

1. In which country is the Albert canal?
BELGIUM
2. In which country is the Great Sandy Desert?
AUSTRALIA
3. In which city is the Prado art gallery?
MADRID
4. Where would you find the whispering gallery?
ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL
5. What is the more common name for the collegiate church of St Peter in London?
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
6. By what name is the Thames known as it passes through oxford?
THE ISIS
7. What is the capital of Madeira?
FUNCHAL
8. On the bank of which river does the Portuguese capital of Lisbon stand?
THE TAGUS
9. What is the capital of Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD
10. Which is the only us state named after an English county?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
11. Which tiny country does Belgium, France and Germany border?
LUXEMBOURG
12. Hanoi is the capital of which country?
VIETNAM
13. By what name is the gold coast now known?
GHANA
14. Which artistic Italian city was almost destroyed by flood in 1966?
FLORENCE
15. On which island is nationalist china?
TAIWAN
16. In which country is the bay of pigs?
CUBA
17. In which city would you find phoenix park?
DUBLIN
18. The Adriatic and Aegean are arms of which sea?
MEDITERRANEAN
19. Which American city was once called New Amsterdam?
NEW YORK
20. Where in Australia did Capt. Cook land?
BOTANY BAY

[FlyingHigh]

2/ Australia
12/ Korea

[godoubleblues]

Q12 - Vietnam

[FattyLumpkin]

16 Cuba
20 1770 or was it Cooktown???

[magpie in the 80's]

2/ Australia
12/ Korea

[magpie in the 80's]

Q12 - Vietnam

[magpie in the 80's]

16 Cuba
20 1770 or was it Cooktown???

[Mr Beefy]

9 islamabad
10 New York
11 Luxemburg
19 New York

[magpie in the 80's]

9 islamabad
10 New York n.y. is a city not a state
11 Luxemburg
19 New York

OTHERS

[Mr Beefy]

I believe New York to be both a state and a city, hence New York City...
New Hampshire

[magpie in the 80's]

I believe New York to be both a state and a city, hence New York City...
New Hampshire

New hAmpshire is correct MB

[Mr Beefy]

20 Botany Bay
18 Mediterranean
3 Rome
6 Avon on stratford
15 Taiwan

[magpie in the 80's]

20 Botany Bay
18 Mediterranean
3 Rome
6 Avon on stratford
15 Taiwan

others correct MB

[Kahuna]

4/ House of Commons (or Lords)
17/ Port Pirie (the Harness racing track)

[magpie in the 80's]

4/ House of Commons (or Lords)
17/ Port Pirie (the Harness racing track)

umm both incorrect K

[Peterxtc]

6. Serpentine

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Serpentine

incorrect pete

[youngster]

14. Florence

[magpie in the 80's]

14. Florence

correct youngster

[the joker]

1/ Belgium
3/madrid
6. isnt it the River Thames ?
7/ Funchal
8/tagus
13. at a guess Burleigh
17, Dublin. a question for another day could be where is the Papal cross situated