GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 77

[magpie in the 80's]

1: What is the currency of Turkey?
LIRA
2: Excluding India name 2 other countries that use the rupee as currency.
NEPAL AND SRI LANKA
3: Which was the first city to open a length of underground railway?
LONDON
4: Which country lies between Tunisia and Egypt?
LIBYIA
5: How many square miles is the City of London?
ONE
6: In which country can you find 8 of the Worlds top 10 highest mountains?
NEPAL
7: What was the capital of England before London?
WINCHESTER
8: What seven letter word is the name given to a territory surrounded by a foreign dominion?
ENCLAVE
9: The Colorado River flows through which mountain range?
THE ROCKIES
10: What is the capital of Belarus?
MINSK
11: What is the national airline of Spain?
IBERIA
12: Which is the largest city in Switzerland?
ZURICH
13: Who first settled on Pitcairn Island?
THE MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY
14: Which river runs through Cologne in Germany?
RHINE
15: What is the national airline of Ireland?
AER LINGUS
16: What mountain is known as The Tiger of the Alps?
THE MATTERHORN
17: Of which US state is Columbus the capital?
OHIO
18: Which country's national symbol is the Shamrock?
IRELAND
19: Vienna is the capital of which country?
AUSTRIA
20: What is latitude 66°32'N otherwise known as?
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

[Dirko]

1: Lira
2: Nepal & Sri Lanka

[godoubleblues]

Q11 - iberian airlines

[Dogwatcher]

8 - enclave
9 - rockies
13 - fletcher christian
15 - aire lingus
18 - Northern Ireland

[fish]

4 - Lybia
6 - Nepal
9 - Rockies
12 - Berne
14 - Ruhr
15 - Aer Lingus
18 - Republic of Ireland
19 - Austria
20 - Tropic of Cancer

[magpie in the 80's]

1: Lira
2: Nepal & Sri Lanka

sjabc

[magpie in the 80's]

Q11 - iberian airlines

gdb

[magpie in the 80's]

8 - enclave
9 - rockies
13 - fletcher christian not the 1st to settle there
15 - aire lingus
18 - Northern Ireland

all others correct dw

[magpie in the 80's]

4 - Lybia
6 - Nepal
9 - Rockies
12 - Berne
14 - Ruhr
15 - Aer Lingus
18 - Republic of Ireland
19 - Austria
20 - Tropic of Cancer

all others correct fish

[sherminator]

3. London?
5. 1 -a guess based on the 'City of London' rather than 'London, the City' ... if that makes sense!
10. Minsk
12. Zurich?
14. Rhine?
17. Ohio

[magpie in the 80's]

3. London?
5. 1 -a guess based on the 'City of London' rather than 'London, the City' ... if that makes sense!
10. Minsk
12. Zurich?
14. Rhine?
17. Ohio

all corrrect sherm

[fish]

7 - Londinium
13 - James Cook

[magpie in the 80's]

7 - Londinium
13 - James Cook

both incorrect fish

[good ol' red and white]

7. Greenwich?
20. Tropic of Cancer?

[Mr Beefy]

13 Presumably it is the original polynesian islanders your referring too, so is it the crew from the Bounty

[magpie in the 80's]

7. Greenwich?
20. Tropic of Cancer?

both incorrect goraw

[magpie in the 80's]

13 Presumably it is the original polynesian islanders your referring too, so is it the crew from the Bounty

close enough MB. it was the mutineers from the Bounty

[Baron Greenback]

20. North Pole?

[Trader]

20. North Pole?

North pole should be 90 shouldn't it?
It's gotta be a tropic or something, but I think they are at 23.5 N and S (tilt of the earth's axis).
So im going with the Arctic Circle

[magpie in the 80's]

20. North Pole?

CN