Geography Quiz No. 9

[Carl]

• 1. Dakar is the capital of which African country ?

• 2. Which country features a man-made forest shaped into a guitar ?

• 3. What is the only nation that shares a land border with Vatican City ?

• 4. The Band-Aid supergroup was formed in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in what troubled African nation ?

• 5. What is the only country which borders the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea ?

• 6. How are U-shaped valleys formed ?

• 7. What color are the stars on China's flag ?

• 8. What is the official language of Cuba ?

• 9. Which European country replaced the Drachma with the Euro ?

• 10. What creature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from ?

• 11. Which country has hosted the Wife Carrying World Championships since the competition’s founding in 1992 ?

• 12. Which US state is nicknamed the "Golden State" ?

• 13. Which animal are the Canary Islands named after ?

• 14. What country administers Greenland ?

• 15. The resort city of Aspen is located in which US state ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

3 Italy
6 Glaciers

[gail]

9. Greece
15. Colorado

[elcarretero]

7 Yellow

[LucindaC]

8 Spanish
12 Calfornia

[elcarretero]

10 Giant tortoises

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Dakar is the capital of which African country ? Senegal

• 2. Which country features a man-made forest shaped into a guitar ? Argentina

• 3. What is the only nation that shares a land border with Vatican City ? Italy

• 4. The Band-Aid supergroup was formed in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in what troubled African nation ? Ethiopia

• 5. What is the only country which borders the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea ? Russia

• 6. How are U-shaped valleys formed ? Ice

• 7. What color are the stars on China's flag ? Yellow

• 8. What is the official language of Cuba ? Spanish

• 9. Which European country replaced the Drachma with the Euro ? Greece

• 10. What creature do the Galapagos Islands take their name from ? Tortoise

• 11. Which country has hosted the Wife Carrying World Championships since the competition’s founding in 1992 ? Finland

• 12. Which US state is nicknamed the "Golden State" ? California

• 13. Which animal are the Canary Islands named after ? Dog - Canariae is Latin for dog. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island Canaria contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size."

• 14. What country administers Greenland ? Denmark

• 15. The resort city of Aspen is located in which US state ? Colorado