GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:29 pm

1.This is called the "Honeymoon Capital" of the world?
NIAGRA FALLS
2.This is the port city serving Tokyo?
YOKOHAMA
3.This is the residence of English monarchs?
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
4.This island group is off the east coast of southern South America?
FALKLAND ISLANDS
5.This re-opened in 1975 after being closed for 8 years?
SUEZ CANAL
6.To what country do the Faeroe Islands belong?
DENMARK
7.To what country does the Gaza Strip belong?
PALESTINE
8.Under what river does the Holland Tunnel run?
HUDSON
9.Warsaw is the capital of what country?
POLAND
10.What American city is known as Little Havana?
MIAMI
11.What Asian city was once called Edo?
TOKYO
12.What Canadian city is at the west end of Lake Ontario?
HAMILTON
13.What English city does the Prime Meridian pass through?
GREENWICH
14.What U.S. state is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes?
MINNESOTA
15.What are drumlins and eskers formed by?
GLACIERS
16.What body of water borders Saudi Arabia to the east?
PERSIAN GULF
17.What city boasts the Copacabana Beach and Impanema?
RIO DE JANERIO
18.What city is associated with Alcatraz?
SAN FRANSCICO
19.What city is the Kremlin located?
MOSCOW
20.What city was the setting for "Gone With the Wind"?
ATLANTA
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby skywalker » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:38 pm

1: Niagara Falls
9: Poland
10: Miami
13: Greenwich
14: Minnesota
16: Red Sea
17: Rio DeJaneiro
18: San Fransisco
19: Moscow
20: Atlanta??
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:20 pm

skywalker wrote:1: Niagara Falls
9: Poland
10: Miami
13: Greenwich
14: Minnesota
16: Red Sea [-(
17: Rio DeJaneiro
18: San Fransisco
19: Moscow
20: Atlanta??

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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby Kahuna » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:09 pm

3/ Buckingham Palace
4/ Falklands
5/ Suez Canal
11/ Tokyo
15/ Glaciers
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:13 pm

Kahuna wrote:3/ Buckingham Palace
4/ Falklands
5/ Suez Canal
11/ Tokyo
15/ Glaciers

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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby redandblack » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:22 pm

6 denmark

7 israel

12 Toronto
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:36 pm

redandblack wrote:6 denmark :-bd

7 israel

12 Toronto

other 2 incorrect rab
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby redandblack » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:19 am

7 Palestine?


12 Montreal?
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Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:45 pm

redandblack wrote:7 Palestine? :-bd
12 Montreal? [-(
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby skywalker » Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:51 pm

7: Lebanon??
8: Hudson River (NYC)??
12: Toronto
16: Indian Ocean (Persian Gulf)
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:59 pm

skywalker wrote:7: Lebanon?? [-(
8: Hudson River (NYC)?? :-bd
12: Toronto [-(
16: Indian Ocean (Persian Gulf) :-bd
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby FattyLumpkin » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:50 pm

2. Yokohama?
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:21 pm

FattyLumpkin wrote:2. Yokohama?

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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby redandblack » Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:33 pm

To have a crack at finishing this,

12. I also thought it was Toronto, but perhaps Niagara?

I drove through there last year, so possibly Hamilton, which is between Toronto and Niagara?
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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:53 pm

redandblack wrote:To have a crack at finishing this,

12. I also thought it was Toronto, but perhaps Niagara?

I drove through there last year, so possibly Hamilton, which is between Toronto and Niagara?

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Re: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO.69

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:55 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1.This is called the "Honeymoon Capital" of the world?
NIAGRA FALLS
2.This is the port city serving Tokyo?
YOKOHAMA
3.This is the residence of English monarchs?
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
4.This island group is off the east coast of southern South America?
FALKLAND ISLANDS
5.This re-opened in 1975 after being closed for 8 years?
SUEZ CANAL
6.To what country do the Faeroe Islands belong?
DENMARK
7.To what country does the Gaza Strip belong?
PALESTINE
8.Under what river does the Holland Tunnel run?
HUDSON
9.Warsaw is the capital of what country?
POLAND
10.What American city is known as Little Havana?
MIAMI
11.What Asian city was once called Edo?
TOKYO
12.What Canadian city is at the west end of Lake Ontario?
HAMILTON
13.What English city does the Prime Meridian pass through?
GREENWICH
14.What U.S. state is known as The Land of 10,000 Lakes?
MINNESOTA
15.What are drumlins and eskers formed by?
GLACIERS
16.What body of water borders Saudi Arabia to the east?
PERSIAN GULF
17.What city boasts the Copacabana Beach and Impanema?
RIO DE JANERIO
18.What city is associated with Alcatraz?
SAN FRANSCICO
19.What city is the Kremlin located?
MOSCOW
20.What city was the setting for "Gone With the Wind"?
ATLANTA


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