Geography
Geography
1. TALLAHASSEE IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH U.S. STATE?
A. FLORIDA
2. WHICH COUNTRY ORIGINALLY MADE GORGONZOLA CHEESE?
A. ITALY
3. IN WHICH COUNTRY DID THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO TAKE PLACE?
A. BELGIUM
4. CONGLETON, KNUTSFORD AND STYLE ARE ALL TOWNS IN WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY?
A. CHESHIRE
5. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WARM OCEAN CURRENT THAT FLOWS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC?
A. THE GULF STREAM
6. WHICH IS FURTHER NORTH GLASGOW OR NEW YORK?
A. GLASGOW
7. WHICH RIVER FLOWS THROUGH PARIS?
A. SEINE
8. REYKJAVIK IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH COUNTRY?
A. ICELAND
9. ALPHABETICALLY WHICH STATE OF THE U.S.A COMES LAST?
A. WYOMING
10. WHICH STATE DID RUSSIA SELL TO THE U.S. IN 1867?
A. ALASKA
11. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN IN WEST PACIFIC AREAS FOR A HURRICANE?
A. TYPHOON
12. JODRELL BANK IS IN WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY?
A. CHESHIRE
13. 2 CAPITAL CITIES STAND ON THE RIVER NILE, ONE IS KHARTOUM NAME THE OTHER?
A. CAIRO
14. WATFORD GAP M1 SERVICE STATION IS IN WHICH COUNTY?
A. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
15. ALL BUT 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES HAVE COAST LINES ONE IS PARAGUAY, NAME THE 2ND?
A. BOLIVIA
16. WHICH SIDE OF THE ROAD DO THEY DRIVE ON IN PAKISTAN?
A. LEFT
17. WHICH U.S. STATE CAPITAL ENDS IN AN "X"?
A. PHOENIX
18. WHICH OF THE EARTH'S POLES WAS THE FIRST TO BE REACHED?
A. NORTH POLE
19. IN WHICH ITALIAN CITY IS JUVENTUS BASED?
A. TURIN
20. WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN BRITAIN?
A. THE SEVERN
21. THE SCOTTISH ISLAND OF HOY IS PART OF WHICH ISLAND GROUP?
A. ORKNEY'S
22. SNAEFELL IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF WHICH ISLAND?
A. ISLE OF MAN
23. HOW MANY COUNTIES HAVE A BORDER WITH CORNWALL?
A. 1
24. WHICH CAPITAL CITY NAME MEANS "BLACKPOOL"?
A. DUBLIN
25. IN WHICH U.S.STATEIS THE GRAND CANYON?
A. ARIZONA
26. NAME THE BODY OF WATER THAT SEPARATES EUROPE AND AFRICA?
A. MEDITERRANEAN
27. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ARGENTINA?
A. SPANISH
28. WHICH RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON?
A. COLORADO
29. IN WHICH COUNTY IS STANSTED AIRPORT?
A. ESSEX
30. WHICH IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA?
A. SPAIN
31. THE RIVER NILE FLOWS INTO WHAT BODY OF WATER?
A. MEDITERRANEAN
32. STEVENAGE IS IN WHICH COUNTY?
A. HERTFORDSHIRE
33. WHAT CURRENCY IS USED IN JAPAN?
A. YEN
34. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS STRASBOURG?
A. FRANCE
35. IN WHICH CITY IS THE WAILING WALL?
A. JERUSALEM
36. IN WHICH OCEAN WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE AT 0 DEGREE LONGITUDE
0 DEGREE LATITUDE?
A. ATLANTIC
37. IN WHICH AMERICAN STATE IS WAIKIKI BEACH?
A. HAWAII
38. WHAT IS THE STATE CAPITAL OF TEXAS?
A. AUSTIN
39. WHICH ISLAND IS ALSO KNOWN AS LINDISFARNE?
A. HOLY ISLAND
40. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN?
A. ISLAMABAD
41. THE CITY OF DUBROVNIK IS IN WHICH COUNTRY?
A. CROATIA
42. IN WHICH MONTH IS THE EARTH CLOSEST TO THE SUN?
A. JANUARY
43. WHICH IS LONGER THE SUEZ OR PANAMA CANAL?
A. SUEZ
44. IN WHICH COUNTY IS MAIDSTONE?
A. KENT
45. WHICH IS FURTHEST NORTH EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW?
A. EDINBURGH
46. WHICH IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA?
A. KILIMANJARO
47. IN WHICH NEW YORK BOROUGH IS WALL STREET?
A. MANHATTAN
48. IN WHICH CITY IS THE AREA OF TOXTETH?
A. LIVERPOOL
49. IN WHICH COUNTRY WOULD YOU FIND THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS?
A. EGYPT
50. AS THE CROW FLIES WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING U.K. CAPITAL CITIES IS
CLOSEST TO EDINBURGH. BELFAST CARDIFF OR LONDON?
A. BELFAST
51. WHICH PART OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WAS ORIGINALLY A ROYAL RESERVE
AND HUNTING FOREST?
A. CANNOCK CHASE
52. IN WHICH ENGLISH CITY IS THE CATHEDRAL KNOWN AS "PADDY'S WIGWAM"?
A. LIVERPOOL
53. IN WHICH COUNTY IS DARTMOOR
A. DEVON
54. IN WHICH U.S. STATE IS THE RESORT OF PALM SPRINGS?
A. CALIFORNIA
55. WHICH IS THE BIGGEST COUNTY NORTH YORKSHIRE, WEST YORKSHIRE
OR SOUTH YORKSHIRE?
A. NORTH YORKSHIRE
56. WHICH IS FURTHER NORTH. BLACKPOOL OR BLACKBURN?
A. BLACKPOOL
57. WHICH LONDON PARK HOUSES LONDON ZOO?
A. REGENTS PARK
58. THE TROPIC OF CANCER LIES TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR?
A. NORTH
59. MONTEVIDEO IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH COUNTRY?
A. URUGUAY
60. IN WHICH ENGLISH TOWN IS St EDMUND BURIED?
A. BURY St EDMUNDS
61. WHICH IS THE ONLY COUNTRY TO BORDER DENMARK?
A. GERMANY
62. THE SCILLY ISLES BELONG TO WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY?
A. CORNWALL
63. WHICH SCOTTISH CANAL LINKS THE NORTH SEA WITH THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN?
A. CALEDOIAN CANAL
64. RUSSIA SPANS 2 CONTINENTS EUROPE AND ?
A. ASIA
65. FROM WHICH COUNTRY DOES PAELLA ORIGINATE?
A. SPAIN
66. WHAT IS THE WORLDS LARGEST COUNTRY BY AREA?
A. RUSSIA
67. SYDNEY IS IN WHICH AUSTRALIAN STATE?
A. NEW SOUTH WALES
68. NAME SCOTLANDS LARGEST LOCH?
A. LOCH LOMOND
69. WHAT COMPASS DIRECTION IS 180 DEGREES FROM SOUTH?
A. NORTH
70. TORREMOLINOS IS A RESORT ON WHAT SPANISH COSTA?
A. COSTA DEL SOL
71. BY POPULATION WHICH IS THE LARGEST CITY IN SCOTLAND
GLASGOW OR EDINBURGH?
A. GLASGOW
72. WHICH OF THESE COUNTRIES IS NOT IN AFRICA. GHANA, GUINEA
OR GUYANA?
A. GUYANA
73. WHICH MOUNTAIN RANGE WILL YOU FIND IN INDIA , CHINA'
NEPAL AMONGST OTHERS?
A. HIMALAYAS
74. IN WHICH U.S.STATE IS THE RESORT OF PALM SPRINGS?
A. CALIFORNIA
75. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE CITY OF TANGIERS?
A. MOROCCO
76. WHICH RIVER FORMS PART OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN
FRANCE AND GERMANY?
A. THE RHINE
77. NAME THE CAPITAL OF AFGHANISTAN?
A. KABUL
78. THE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY TIME ZONES?
A. 24
79. WHICH UKRANIAN TOWN WAS THE SIT OF A CATASTROPHIC
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN APRIL 1986?
A. CHERNOBYL
80. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN
STATE OF TASMANIA?
A. HOBART
81. WHICH EUROPEAN CITY IS HOME TO ORLY AND CHARLES
DE GAUL AIRPORTS?
A. PARIS
82. NAME BRITAINS MOST SOUTHERLY MAINLAND POINT?
A. LIZARD POINT
83. WHICH IS FURTH NORTH LIVERPOOL OR MANCHESTER?
A. MANCHESTER
84. IN WHICH COUNTY IS STONEHENGE?
A. WILTSHIRE
85. THE RESORT OF RIMINI IS IN WHICH COUNTRY?
A. ITALY
86. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF WALES?
A. CARDIFF
87. IN WHICH YORKSHIRE TOWN WOULD YOU FIND
THE FAMOUS WHALEBONE ARCH?
A. WHITBY
88. PORTLAND BILL IS THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF
WHICH COUNTY?
A. DORSET
89. WHICH CONTINENT CONTAINS THE MOST COUNTRIES?
A. AFRICA
90. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE SKI RESORT OF ST. MORITZ?
A. SWITZERLAND
91. WHICH U.S.STATE IS KNOWN AS THE BLUE GRASS STATE?
A. KENTUCKY
92. TRUE OR FALSE 'THE COUNTY OF SURREY IS LANDLOCKED"?
A. TRUE
93. WHICH OF THESE GEOGRAPHICAL LINES IS THE LONGEST?
ARCTIC CIRCLE, TROPIC OF CANCER OR THE EQUATOR?
A. THE EQUATOR
94. WHAT BODY OF WATER SEPARATES THE ISLE OF WIGHT
FROM THE MAIN LAND?
A. THE SOLENT
95. IN WHICH SEA IS THE 'DOGGER BANK" SHIPPING AREA?
A. NORTH SEA
96. WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN SCOTLAND?
A. THE TAY
97. IN WHICH U.S. STATE IS DODGE CITY?
A. KANSAS
98. THROUGH WHICH CITY DOES THE RIVER CLYDE FLOW?
A. GLASGOW
99. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE WORLDS LONGEST STRAIGHT
STRETCH OF RAILWAY LINE?
A. AUSTRALIA
100. WHAT COUNTRY WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH TEQUILA?
A. MEXICO
101. HUDSON BAY IS IN WHICH COUNTRY?
A. CANADA
102. IN WHICH U.S. CITY IS ELVIS PRESLEY'S HOME
GRACELANDS?
A. MEMPHIS
103. THE GRAND UNION CANAL LINKS BIRMINGHAM
WITH WHICH CITY?
A. LONDON
104. VIENNA IS THE CAPITAL OF WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY?
A. AUSTRIA
105. IN WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY IS TELFORD?
A. SHROPSHIRE
106. NAME THE HIGHEST ACTIVE VOLCANO
IN EUROPE?
A. MT. ETNA
107. THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN IS IN THE SOUTHERN
OR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
A. SOUTHERN
108. IN WHICH COUNTY IS BERWICK ON TWEED?
A. NORTHUMBERLAND
109. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO AN AREA IN THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC WHERE NUMEROUS PLANES AND SHIPS ARE
SAID TO HAVE DISAPPEARED?
A. BERMUDA TRIANGLE