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Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 06 Oct 2022 21:07
by 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.
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 07 Oct 2022 00:03
by elcarretero
3 Italy
6 Glaciers
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 07 Oct 2022 10:52
by gail
9. Greece
15. Colorado
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 07 Oct 2022 18:19
by elcarretero
7 Yellow
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 08 Oct 2022 14:11
by LucindaC
8 Spanish
12 Calfornia
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 08 Oct 2022 15:00
by elcarretero
10 Giant tortoises
Re: Geography Quiz No. 9
Posted: 13 Oct 2022 21:04
by 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