GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 42

[magpie in the 80's]

1 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

[Baron Greenback]

5. New South Wales
20. Bern?

[The Ash Man]

3. Poland?
7. Chile

[silicone skyline]

5. ACT
11. Salt Lake City?
15. Euphrates? Nile sounds obvious

[The Ash Man]

16. Greek Islands

[Hazbeen]

6. Parks

[magpie in the 80's]

5. New South Wales
20. Bern?

CORRECT CN

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Poland?
7. Chile

CORRECT TAM

[magpie in the 80's]

5. ACT
11. Salt Lake City?
15. Euphrates? Nile sounds obvious

ALL INCORRECT SS

[magpie in the 80's]

16. Greek Islands

INCORRECT TAM

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Parks

CORRECT HB

[JAS]

Q1 Sevenoaks
Q4 Baltic
Q9 Fingle's?
Q14 Hampton court?
Q15 Jordan
Q18 Blenhim Palace
Q19 Bourneville

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 Sevenoaks
Q4 Baltic
Q9 Fingle's?
Q14 Hampton court?
Q15 Jordan
Q18 Blenhim Palace
Q19 Bourneville

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[Mythical Creature]

2. Greece?
8. Santa Cruz
13. Not sure of name, but would it be the volcano that smothered Popmpeii

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Greece?
8. Santa Cruz
13. Not sure of name, but would it be the volcano that smothered Popmpeii....INCORRECT. the volcano that destroyed pompeii was the volcano Mount Vesuvius

other 2 correct MC

[Peterxtc]

12. Wiltshire

[magpie in the 80's]

12. Wiltshire

INCORRECT PETE

[redandblack]

17 Montreal (French for Mt Royal)

[magpie in the 80's]

17 Montreal (French for Mt Royal)

CORRECT RAB

[Interceptor]

10. India?