Question 1

What river runs through Cairo, Egypt?

Accepted Answer

The Nile

Question 2

What country lies directly north of Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

CHINA

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

BASEL

Question 4

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 5

What city is capital of Australia's Victoria state?

Accepted Answer

MELBOURNE

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

HETCH-HETCHY RESERVOIR

Question 7

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 has two words and 13 letters, not four 4-letter words. Correct answer: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

SOUTH AFRICA

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

VIRGINIA (named for the Virgin Queen) / WEST VIRGINIA (named for the western part of Virginia, not directly for Elizabeth I)

Question 10

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 11

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

Accepted Answer

TOKYO / KYOTO

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

ST. PETERSBURG

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

BELVEDERE

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

MISTLETOE

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

NEVADA CITY

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

NEPAL

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

COLORADO RIVER

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

BURBANK

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

BOLIVIA / BRAZIL

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

FRANCE

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

URUGUAY

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

ALBANY / ANNAPOLIS

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

4 (California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia; Georgia is GA, not ending with IA)

Question 28

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 (or properly, the Faroe Islands)

Question 29

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 30

99% of the inhabitants of Somalia observe what religion?

Accepted Answer

MOSLEM

Question 31

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 32

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

Accepted Answer

RUSSIA / TURKEY / EGYPT

Question 33

How many US states begin with the letter M?

Accepted Answer

There are 8 US states beginning with M: Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana. That is 8. Correct. Keep as OK.

Question 34

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 35

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 36

What three countries are known as the Baltic States?

Accepted Answer

ESTONIA / LATVIA / LITHUANIA

Question 37

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 38

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

Accepted Answer

CHILE / ECUADOR

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

LAOS

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

LAKE  six square miles

Question 41

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

Accepted Answer

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Question 42

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 43

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 44

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 45

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

Accepted Answer

RIO

Question 46

The ecosystem of many rivers of south-east Asia, including the Mekong, have been damaged by what large-scale local industry?

Accepted Answer

Damming / hydroelectric dams

Question 47

Of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, which, if any, share a land border with Russia?

Accepted Answer

NORWAY / FINLAND

Question 48

What is the only country of Central America which has no contact with the Pacific Ocean?

Accepted Answer

BELIZE

Question 49

Name the states with the following nicknames: a. The Beaver state    b. The Show Me state    c. The Palmetto state

Accepted Answer

a. OREGON   b. MISSOURI   c. SOUTH CAROLINA

Question 50

On what island is the country of Haiti located?

Accepted Answer

HISPANIOLA

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