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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:41 pm
by 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

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:45 pm
by FlyingHigh
2/ Australia
12/ Korea

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:48 pm
by godoubleblues
Q12 - Vietnam

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:02 pm
by FattyLumpkin
16 Cuba
20 1770 or was it Cooktown???

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:39 am
by magpie in the 80's
FlyingHigh wrote:2/ Australia :-bd
12/ Korea [-(

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:39 am
by magpie in the 80's
godoubleblues wrote:Q12 - Vietnam

:-bd

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:40 am
by magpie in the 80's
FattyLumpkin wrote:16 Cuba :-bd
20 1770 or was it Cooktown??? [-(

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:50 am
by Mr Beefy
9 islamabad
10 New York
11 Luxemburg
19 New York

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:01 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Mr Beefy wrote:9 islamabad
10 New York [-( n.y. is a city not a state ;)
11 Luxemburg
19 New York

OTHERS :-bd

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:36 pm
by Mr Beefy
I believe New York to be both a state and a city, hence New York City...
New Hampshire

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:00 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Mr Beefy wrote:I believe New York to be both a state and a city, hence New York City...
New Hampshire

New hAmpshire is correct MB

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:07 pm
by Mr Beefy
20 Botany Bay
18 Mediterranean
3 Rome
6 Avon on stratford
15 Taiwan

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:09 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Mr Beefy wrote:20 Botany Bay
18 Mediterranean
3 Rome [-(
6 Avon on stratford [-(
15 Taiwan

others correct MB

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:53 pm
by Kahuna
4/ House of Commons (or Lords)
17/ Port Pirie (the Harness racing track)

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:10 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Kahuna wrote:4/ House of Commons (or Lords)
17/ Port Pirie (the Harness racing track)

umm both incorrect K

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:01 pm
by Peterxtc
6. Serpentine

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:50 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Peterxtc wrote:6. Serpentine

incorrect pete

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:23 pm
by youngster
14. Florence

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:47 pm
by magpie in the 80's
youngster wrote:14. Florence

correct youngster

Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 62

PostPosted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:15 pm
by 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