Question 1

What river runs through Cairo, Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The Nile

Question 2

I'll give you the old name for a place, you give the new name. a. Rhodesia? b. Cathay? c. Abyssinia?

Accepted Answer

a. ZIMBABWE b. CHINA - as called by Europeans from 8th to 12th century c. ETHIOPIA

Question 3

In which city can you find the point where Germany, France, and Switzerland all meet?

Accepted Answer

BASEL

Question 4

What country lies directly north of Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

CHINA

Question 5

Which town in Marin county is named after an Italian phrase meaning ''beautiful view"?

Accepted Answer

BELVEDERE

Question 6

What city is capital of Australia's Victoria state?

Accepted Answer

MELBOURNE

Question 7

In Japan there are two important cities whose spelling contains the same five letters. What are they?

Accepted Answer

TOKYO / KYOTO

Question 8

Which two U.S. states were named after Queen Elizabeth I?

Accepted Answer

VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA (both from 'Virginia', named for the Virgin Queen)

Question 9

What country is located on both the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean?

Accepted Answer

SOUTH AFRICA

Question 10

If you want to identify this U.S. state capital city and its state name, you must use 4 four letter words. What is it?

Accepted Answer

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Question 11

What is the modern name of the city formerly known as Leningrad?

Accepted Answer

ST. PETERSBURG

Question 12

What large water reservoir, which serves much of California, is located in Yosemite National Park?

Accepted Answer

HETCH-HETCHY RESERVOIR

Question 13

This river passes through or borders Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It is one of the world's primary rivers for transporting goods. What is the name?

Accepted Answer

RHINE

Question 14

Which plant, common around Christmas time, contains poisonous berries which can cause acute stomach irritation if eaten?

Accepted Answer

MISTLETOE

Question 15

What theme park in Billund, Denmark features small-scale copies of towns, landmarks, and animals made from small snapped-together plastic bricks?

Accepted Answer

LEGOLAND

Question 16

Which California city was named after a horticulturist who developed hundreds of varieties of flowers, fruits and vegetables?

Accepted Answer

BURBANK

Question 17

a. What is the tallest mountain in Colorado?   b. What is the tallest mountain in Oregon?

Accepted Answer

a. MT. ELBERT   b.  MT. HOOD

Question 18

What is the only U.S. state capital city named after a Biblical character?

Accepted Answer

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

Question 19

If you travelled directly south from London until you reached a foreign country, which one would it be?

Accepted Answer

FRANCE

Question 20

How many U.S. states' spellings end with the letters IA?

Accepted Answer

5 (California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)

Question 21

Can you name a former California ghost town, now a revived tourist town, named after another state?

Accepted Answer

NEVADA CITY

Question 22

If all the state capital cities in the USA were listed in alphabetical order, what would be first two?

Accepted Answer

ALBANY / ANNAPOLIS

Question 23

In terms of both area and population, what is the name of the smallest independent country in South America?

Accepted Answer

SURINAME

Question 24

Founded in 1609, and now the capital city of its state, what is the oldest city in America west of the Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

SANTA FE, New Mexico

Question 25

The Grand Canyon was carved out of solid rock by the cutting action of what river?

Accepted Answer

COLORADO RIVER

Question 26

The only country without a rectangular flag is which mountainous country in Asia?

Accepted Answer

NEPAL

Question 27

It has served as a fortress, royal court, prison, torture chamber, place of execution, and museum since it was built by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago. What is it?

Accepted Answer

TOWER OF LONDON

Question 28

Peru is bordered by five countries. In alphabetical order, name the first two.

Accepted Answer

BOLIVIA / BRAZIL

Question 29

What cold, rocky islands in the Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles north of Scotland are politically related to Denmark, even though their name sounds Egyptian?

Accepted Answer

FAROE ISLANDS

Question 30

The residents of which city of the world call themselves Cariocas?

Accepted Answer

RIO

Question 31

What is the only land-locked country of South-East Asia?

Accepted Answer

LAOS

Question 32

Brazil borders all but two countries of South America. What are they?

Accepted Answer

CHILE / ECUADOR

Question 33

Name the U.S. states with the following nicknames: a. The Wolverine state  b. The Volunteer state  c. The Gopher state

Accepted Answer

a. MICHIGAN   b. TENNESSEE   c. MINNESOTA

Question 34

Which river rises in the Himalayas of Tibet and flows about 3,000 km through India and Pakistan into the Arabian Sea?

Accepted Answer

INDUS

Question 35

If you wanted to travel from the birthplace of Mohammed to the birthplace of Jesus, in which of these directions would you travel? Northeast, northwest, southeast, or southwest?

Accepted Answer

NORTHWEST

Question 36

In which state would you find each of these cities? a. Tuscaloosa?  b. Rapid City?  c. Wichita Falls?

Accepted Answer

a. ALABAMA b. SOUTH DAKOTA c. TEXAS

Question 37

If mountains were measured from their base rather from sea level, this would be the world's tallest, since its base is on the ocean floor. Which mountain is this?

Accepted Answer

MAUNA KEA  4,208 m  13,796 ft  plus distance to bottom of sea from which it springs, rather than from a highland plateau like Mt. Everest

Question 38

99% of the inhabitants of Somalia observe what religion?

Accepted Answer

MOSLEM

Question 39

From one of America's major cities you can drive south under a body of water, and arrive in Canada. Which cities, and which body of water?

Accepted Answer

DETROIT / WINDSOR, ONTARIO / DETROIT RIVER

Question 40

Windermere is the largest ... what... in England?

Accepted Answer

LAKE  six square miles

Question 41

When this country was admitted to the United Nations in 1993, it became the smallest country represented there (in terms of both area and population). Which country is this?

Accepted Answer

MONACO

Question 42

What three countries are known as the Baltic States?

Accepted Answer

ESTONIA / LATVIA / LITHUANIA

Question 43

There are three countries of the world found in two continents each. Can you name them?

Accepted Answer

RUSSIA / TURKEY / EGYPT (Kazakhstan and Indonesia are others)

Question 44

Beale Street is famous for its blues clubs, located in a black section of what U.S. city?

Accepted Answer

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Question 45

How many US states begin with the letter M?

Accepted Answer

8 (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana)

Question 46

Three former republics of the USSR that are now independent states border Afghanistan, and all end with the same letters. Name two of them.

Accepted Answer

TURKMENISTAN / UZBEKISTAN / TAJIKISTAN (any two)

Question 47

The world's highest waterfall, 980 m (3,212 ft) high, has what heavenly name, and is located in which country?

Accepted Answer

ANGEL FALLS / VENEZUELA

Question 48

The largest lake in Africa, (also the third largest lake in the world), was named after a person of royalty. What is this lake?

Accepted Answer

LAKE VICTORIA

Question 49

Capital Cities of countries: a. Chile  b. Jordan   c. Laos

Accepted Answer

a. SANTIAGO   b.AMMAN   c. VIENTIANE

Question 50

The Ohio River originates at which city, and into which greater body of water does it eventually flow?

Accepted Answer

starts in PITTSBURGH / flows into the MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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