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Question | Answer |
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Where does the largest animal migration take place? | Serengeti Plain |
What is the cultural center and capital city of the Netherlands? | Amsterdam |
What park is located in Central California and is famous for its cliffs and waterfalls? | Yosemite |
What is the highest waterfall in the world? | Angel Falls |
What is the large sandstone rock formation in Australia? | Uluru |
What is the largest and hottest sand desert in the world? | Sahara |
What city has 118 islands? | Venice |
What park has a native herd of red deer? | Killarney |
What waterfall's original name means "the smoke that thunders"? | Victoria Falls |
What is the cultural and spiritual symbol of Japan? | Mt. Fuji |
What wildlife sanctuary is located in a dormant volcanic crater? | Ngorongoro |
In what city will you find the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral? | Paris |
What park is located mostly in Wyoming and on top of a super volcano? | Yellowstone |
What river's watershed drains parts of 31 states? | Mississippi |
What is the dormant volcano in Tanzania? | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
What is the name of the largest pyramid in the world? | Great Pyramid of Giza |
In what city will you find Westminster palace and Piccadilly Circus? | London |
What park is home to the gorge created by the Colorado River? | Grand Canyon |
What is the second longest river in the world? | Amazon |
What is the highest plateau in South America? | Mt. Roraima |
What is the symbolic guard of Great Britain? | White Cliffs of Dover |
What city was founded by a Czar of Russia | St. Petersburg |
What park has 5 of the 10 largest trees on earth? | Sequoia |
What waterfall is in the shape of a horseshoe? | Niagara |
What is the world's tallest mountain peak? | Everest |
What ancient city in Jordan is carved into the rocks? | Petra |
What is the largest religious monument in the world? | Angkor Wat |
What is the world's largest coral reef? | Great Barrier Reef |
What connects France and Great Britain | Channel Tunnel |
What city was founded by the British in 1788 as a penal colony? | Sydney |
What city is located on two different continents? | Istanbul |
What was built by the Ming Dynasty in China? | Great Wall of China |
What island has 887 statues called Moai? | Easter Island |
What is a river of grass found in southern U.S.? | Everglades |
What city is home to Wall Street and is the financial capital of the world? | New York City |
What city is the holiest for the Jewish people? | Jerusalem |
What Inca site is found high in the mountains of Peru? | Machu Picchu |
What natural water feature has limestone rock islands? | Ha Long Bay |
What wilderness area is located in northern Minnesota? | Boundary Waters Canoe Area |
What city was founded by the Spanish and is the center of TV and movies and Hollywood? | Los Angeles |
What city is holiest for Muslims? | Mecca |
What is an ancient Maya pyramid in Mexico? | Chichen Itza |
Where did Charles Darwin study his theory of evolution? | Galapagos Islands |
What is the world's oldest and deepest lake? | Lake Baikal |
Where does one-fifth of the population live in slums called favelas? | Rio de Jainero |
What city-state is head of the Catholic Church? | Vatican City |
What is the name of the white mausoleum in India? | Taj Mahal |
What beautiful island is near Tahiti and is an expensive vacation spot? | Bora Bora |
What water feature is the lowest land elevation on earth and is very salty? | Dead Sea |
What city has the highest population? | Tokyo |