IF YOU WERE TO TRAVEL FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI, WHERE, EXACTLY, WOULD YOU BE GOING?

TO THE CAPITALS OF MEXICO & LIBYA

NAME THE 4 FACES ON MOUNT RUSHMORE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, LINCOLN

WHAT ARE THE BENELUX COUNTRIES?

BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, & LUXEMBOURG

CONTINENT WITH THE HIGHEST AVG. ELEVATION...7,500 FEET

ANTARCTICA ( ICECAP IS 1 MILE THICK)

IF YOU'RE SAILING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WANT TO GET OUT, YOU HAVE 3 EXITS. WHAT ARE THEY?

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR, SUEZ CANAL, AND AEGEAN SEA-DANDANELLES-BOSPORUS-BLACK SEA

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ANNUAL GEO QUIZ

Question	Answer
CLIVE JAMES ONCE DESCRIBED THIS AUSTRALIAN LANDMARK AS LOOKING LIKE "A PORTABLE TYPEWRITER FULL OF OYSTER SHELLS"	SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
THANKS TO A MISTAKE BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN, THIS SOUTH AMERICAN REGION'S NAME MEANS, ROUGHLY, "LAND OF THE PEOPLE WITH BIG FEET"	PATAGONIA
WHICH SINGLE CANADIAN PROVINCE HAS GIVEN ITS NAME TO TWO DOG BREEDS?	LABRADOR & NEWFOUNDLAND
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SOVEREIGN STATE	VATICAN CITY
NATIONAL PARK WHICH STRADDLES NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA	DEATH VALLEY
NATIONAL PARK WHICH STRADDLES IDAHO, MONTANA, AND WYOMING	YELLOWSTONE
OLDEST NATIONAL PARK?	YELLOWSTONE
ARE ALL OF THE "STAN" COUNTRIES CONTIGUOUS OR DOES ANY "STAN" STAND ALONE?	CONTIGUOUS
IN BUDAPEST, WHAT GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE SEPARATES BUDA FROM PEST?	DANUBE
WHICH 2 COUNTRIES FACE EACH OTHER ACROSS THE YALU RIVER?	CHINA & NORTH KOREA
ABOUT HOW MANY ISLANDS MAKE UP THE PHILIPPINES?	7,100
A CENTURY AGO, THIS NOTORIOUS SAN FRANCISCO CRITIC & SATIRIST, FAMOUSLY WROTE, "WAR IS GOD'S WAY OF TEACHING AMERICANS GEOGRAPHY"	AMBROSE BIERCE
THE PHILIPPINES WERE NAMED FOR THIS EUROPEAN MONARCH	PHILIP II OF SPAIN
THIS LANDLOCKED EUROPEAN NATION IS THE ONLY SOVEREIGN GRAND DUCHY LEFT IN THE WORLD	LUXEMBOURG
THIS COUNTRY'S NAME COMES FROM A NATIVE TERM FOR "BIG VILLAGE"	CANADA
THIS COUNTRY HAS SET ASIDE A WILDERNESS RESERVE FOR THE YETI	BHUTAN
THIS LANDLOCKED SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY HAS A NAVY WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND SAILORS	PARAGUAY
DUELING IS STILL LEGAL IN THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY...AS LONG AS BOTH PARTIES ARE ORGAN DONORS	PARAGUAY
ITS NATIONAL RAILWAY IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST EMPLOYER, WITH MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL	INDIA
THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH A BILL OF RIGHTS SPECIFICALLY FOR COWS	INDIA
WHAT EUROPEAN CAPITAL IS BELOW SEA LEVEL?	AMSTERDAM
IF YOU WERE TO TRAVEL FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI, WHERE, EXACTLY, WOULD YOU BE GOING?	TO THE CAPITALS OF MEXICO & LIBYA
NAME THE 4 FACES ON MOUNT RUSHMORE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT	WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, ROOSEVELT, LINCOLN
A VISITOR TO THIS COUNTRY CAN HIT THE BEACH ON THE SHORES OF 4 DIFFERENT SEAS: BLACK SEA, AEGEAN, MEDITERRANEAN, & THE SEA OF MARMARA	TURKEY
MANCHURIA IS PART OF WHICH NATION?	CHINA
THIS NATION, WHICH BORDERS BURMAN (MYANMAR), WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF PAKISTAN. NAME IT.	BANGLADESH
THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS 4 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, & ROMANSH (A DERIVATIVE OF LATIN)	SWITZERLAND
WHAT ARE THE BENELUX COUNTRIES?	BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, & LUXEMBOURG
THE MOUNTAIN AORANGI, ON NEW ZEALAND'S SOUTH ISLAND, IS BETTER KNOWN TO NON-MAORIS AS WHAT?	MT. COOK
SMALL COUNTRY WEDGED BETWEEN ROMANIA & UKRAINE	MOLDOVA
THE TAKLIMAKAN DESERT COVERS 100,000 SQUARE MILES, MUCH OF IT SAND DUNES. WHERE WOULD YOU FIND IT?	WESTERN CHINA
CONTINENT WITH THE HIGHEST AVG. ELEVATION...7,500 FEET	ANTARCTICA ( ICECAP IS 1 MILE THICK)
DRIEST CONTINENT, IT GETS ON AVG. ONLY 2" OF PRECIPITATION A YEAR	ANTARCTICA
IF YOU'RE SAILING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WANT TO GET OUT, YOU HAVE 3 EXITS. WHAT ARE THEY?	STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR, SUEZ CANAL, AND AEGEAN SEA-DANDANELLES-BOSPORUS-BLACK SEA
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE NATION OF CHAD?	CENTRAL AFRICA
THIS RENAISSANCE MAN DREAMED UP THE BASIC DESIGN FOR THE LOCKS USED IN THE PANAMA CANAL (AND MOST OTHER CANALS & RIVERS)	DAVINCI
POUTINE...FRENCH FRIES SMOTHERED IN CHEESE CURD AND GRAVY...IS A DELICACY HERE	FRENCH CANADA
A PAINTING OF THE LAST SUPPER ON DISPLAY HERE SHOWS JESUS & HIS DISCIPLES DINING ON CUY...ROASTED GUINEA PIG	PERU
SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK SERVED AS AMBASSADOR TO WHICH 2 COUNTRIES?	GHANA & CZECHOSLOVAKIA
WHO IS CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE WORD "LUGGAGE"?	SHAKESPEARE
WHAT 2 LAND MASSES WAVE AT EACH OTHER ACROSS THE TORRES STRAIT?	AUSTRALIA & NEW GUINEA
THE ALPS ARE A MOUNTAIN RANGE. WHAT IS A SINGLE "ALP"?	HIGH PASTURE
THE NATION OF MONGOLIA WAS ONCE KNOWN AS OUTER MONGOLIA. WHERE WOULD YOU FIND INNER MONGOLIA?	CHINA
THIS U.S. STATE IS DIVIDED INTO 2 PARTS CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE. THE NORTHERN PEOPLE ARE KNOWN AS YOOPERS, AND THE SOUTHERN GROUP ARE CALLED "TROLLS"	MICHIGAN
THIS LANDMARK WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN AND SOLD FOR SCRAP 20 YEARS AFTER IT WAS BUILT.	EIFFEL TOWER
2 DOUBLY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD (LANDLOCKED COUNTRY SURROUNDED BY OTHER LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES)	UZBEKISTAN & LIECHTENSTEIN
THERE IS A CITY NAMED FOR THIS WORLD CAPITAL ON EVERY CONTINENT EXCEPT ANTARCTICA	ROME
TRADE WINDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD BLOW IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION. WHAT IS IT?	EAST TO WEST
TULIPS ARE NATIVE TO WHAT COUNTRY?	TURKEY
AFRICA'S LARGEST LAKE	LAKE VICTORIA
SOURCE OF THE NILE	LAKE VICTORIA
LAKE VICTORIA SITS AT THE JUNCTURE OF THESE 3 AFRICAN NATIONS.	KENYA, UGANDA, & TANZANIA
THE ONLY 2 U.S. STATES WHERE TEA IS GROWN	HAWAII & SOUTH CAROLINA
WHICH U.S. STATE FLAG HAS THE BIG DIPPER ON IT?	ALASKA
THIS NATION'S FLAG IS SOLID GREEN	LIBYA
THIS STATE'S FLAG LOOKS LIKE A PENNANT WITH A BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT	OHIO
THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN SEE LIONS, TIGERS, AND BEARS IN THE WILD	INDIA
THE ONLY U.S. STATE TO ALLOW ITS RESIDENTS TO CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS FROM SPACE	TEXAS
IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW HOVER AT A POINT IN SPACE JUST ABOVE THE EQUATOR, ROUGHLY HOW FAST WOULD THE GROUND BELOW BE MOVING RELATIVE TO YOU?	1,000 MPH
THE MORE COMMON NAME OF THE STRUCTURE ORGINALLY CALLED THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATER	ROMAN COLISEUM
2 COUNTRIES WHOSE NAME BEGINS WITH AN "A" BUT DO NOT END WITH AN "A"	AFGHANISTAN & AZERBAIJAN
THE ONLY 2 COUNTRIES TO HAVE COASTLINES ON 3 OCEANS	USA & CANADA
THIS NATION OFFICIALLY FLIES ITS FLAG UPSIDE DOWN DURING TIMES OF WAR	PHILIPPINES
MIDDLE EAST CAPITAL ONCE KNOWN AS PHILADELPHIA	AMMAN, JORDAN
THE ONLY ACTIVE VOLCANO ON THE EUROPEAN MAINLAND	VESUVIUS
THIS U.S. STATE HAS THE HIGHEST DENSITIES OF PEOPLE, SHOPPING MALLS, AND TOXIC WASTE SITES	NEW JERSEY
HOW MANY U.S. CAPITALS ARE WEST OF LOS ANGELES?	6
WHICH COUNTRY IS LONGEST FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...SPANS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DEGREES OF LATITUDE?	USA
AFRICA'S LARGEST COUNTRY IN TERMS OF LAND MASS	SUDAN
# OF BRIDGES THAT SPAN THE AMAZON RIVER	0
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE DOLDRUMS?	EQUATOR
THIS BUILDING IS OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE CHURCH OF MARY & THE MARTYRS, BUT EVERYONE CALLS IT BY ITS ROMAN NAME. WHICH IS?	PANTHEON
THE ONLY U.S. STATE WITH JUST ONE SYLLABLE	MAINE
WHAT 3 NATIONAL FLAGS WERE COMBINED IN 1801 TO FORM THE UNION JACK?	ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND
THE ONLY COUNTRY NAMED FOR A PRECIOUS METAL	ARGENTINA (SILVER)
WHAT RIVER FORMS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CHINA AND NORTH KOREA?	YALU
STATE THAT IS HOME TO THE WWE (FORMERLY THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION)	CONNECTICUT (STAMFORD)
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT HANGUK	SOUTH KOREA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT SUOMI	FINLAND
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT BHARAT	INDIA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT CYMRU	WALES
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT ZHONGGUO	CHINA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT HRVATSKA	CROATIA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT SHQUIPERIA	ALBANIA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT MAGYARORSZAG	HUNGARY
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT OSTERREICH	AUSTRIA
CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT DRUK-YUL	BHUTAN
BOTH CHINA & RUSSIA SHARE BORDERS WITH THIS MANY NEIGHBORS	14
WHICH NATION IS IN BOTH ASIA & AFRICA	EGYPT
THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ARE CALLED THIS BY MUCH OF LATIN AMERICA	MALVINAS
THIS PROMINENT MOUNTAIN, HIGHEST ON ITS CONTINENT, WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED KAISER WILHELM-SPITZE	MOUNT KILIMANJARO
THIS IOWA COUNTY IS HOME TO THE LEADING U.S. MANUFACTURER OF MOTOR HOMES AND CAMPERS	WINNEBAGO
CAPITAL CITY WITH THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NAMED FOR A NUN	TIRANA, ALBANIA
THE ONLY CONTINENT THROUGH WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE RUNS	ANTARCTICA
CHINOOK WINDS BLOW IN THIS COUNTRY	USA
FOHN WINDS BLOW IN THIS COUNTRY	SWITZERLAND
HABOB WINDS BLOW IN THIS COUNTRY	SUDAN
MISTRAL WINDS BLOW IN THIS COUNTRY	FRANCE
SIROCCO WINDS BLOW IN THIS COUNTRY	NORTH AFRICA
WILLIWAW WINDS BLOW IN THIS REGION	PATAGONIA
ONLY ONE LAND BATTLE HAS BEEN FOUGHT ON U.S. SOIL SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. WHERE WAS IT?	ALEUTIAN ISLANDS (1942)
THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY FINALLY JOINED THE UNITED NATIONS IN 2002	SWITZERLAND
THIS LEGENDARY ROCK DRUMMER ONCE FILMED A COMMERCIAL FOR APPLESAUCE IN JAPAN, LARGELY BECAUSE HIS FIRST NAME MEANS "APPLE" IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE	RINGO STARR
THIS ATLANTIC COAST STATE DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE NATURAL LAKE	MARYLAND
VILAKAZI ST. IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG, ONCE CLAIMED TO BE THE ONLY STREET IN THE WORLD WITH 2 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS LIVING ON IT. WHO WERE THEY?	NELSON MANDELA & DESMOND TUTU
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE FURTHER NORTH THAN THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT IN ALASKA? LONDON, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, DUBLIN, WARSAW	ALL
THE ONLY LANDLOCKED STATE IN NEW ENGLAND	VERMONT
IN THE MOVIE, "THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN", TO WHICH FOUNTAIN ARE THEY REFERRING?	TREVI FOUNTAIN (ROME)
HOW MANY INHABITED ISLANDS COMPRISE JAPAN?	600
IN WHAT CITY CAN YOU CROSS THE RIVER LIFFEY ON THE HA'PENNY BRIDGE?	DUBLIN
THE MODERN NATION OF TANZANIA RESULTED IN 1964 FROM THE MERGER OF THE FORMER COLONY OF TANGANYIKA AND WHAT LARGE ISLAND OFF ITS COAST?	ZANZIBAR
THIS ISLAND IS THE USA'S CLOSEST POINT TO RUSSIA	LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND
IT'S OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ECUADOR	GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
IF YOU'RE IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, WHICH DIRECTION IS DETROIT?	NORTH
WHAT ISLAND LOOKS LIKE A SOCCER BALL ABOUT TO BE KICKED BY THE BOOT OF ITALY?	SICILY
THE ONLY 2 SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS THAT DO NOT BORDER BRAZIL	ECUADOR & CHILE
THE 4 U.S. STATES THAT ARE COMMONWEALTHS	PENNSYLVANIA, KENTUCKY, VIRIGINA, & MASSACHUSETTS
WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT IN ORLANDO IS LARGER THAN THIS NYC BOROUGH	MANHATTAN
MOUNT ELBRUS IS THE HIGHEST POINT ON THIS CONTINENT	EUROPE (CAUCASUS MTNS., RUSSIA)
HALF OF ALL THE WORLD'S LAKES ARE FOUND IN THIS SINGLE COUNTRY	CANADA
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS?	VENICE
COUNTRY WITH THE LARGEST # OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS	BRAZIL
NEWFOUNDLAND DIDN'T JOIN CANADA UNTIL 1949. TO WHOM DID IT BELONG BEFORE THAT?	BRITISH DOMINION
THE ONLY U.S. FLAG THAT INCLUDES IN ITS DESIGN THE BRITISH UNION JACK	HAWAII
IF YOU THROW A COIN OFF THE PONTE VECCHIO IN FLORENCE, IN WHICH RIVER WOULD IT LAND?	ARNO
THE SPOT WHERE STANLEY MET LIVINGSTONE IS IN WHICH PRESENT AFRICAN NATION?	TANZANIA
NAME 2 PREVIOUS NAMES FOR ISTANBUL	BYZANTIUM & CONSTANTINOPLE
ON WHICH ISLAND GROUP CAN YOU FIND PENGUINS ON THE EQUATOR?	GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
2 U.S. CAPITALS THAT CANNOT BE REACHED BY CAR FROM SAN FRANCISCO	HONOLULU & JUNEAU
YOU'RE RUNNING TO CATCH A PLANE AT MOHAMMED V AIRPORT. WHERE ARE YOU? HINT: YOUR ANSWER MAY NOT AMOUNT TO A HILL OF BEANS	CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
MORE COMMON NAME OF MOUNT GODWIN-AUSTEN	K2
3 OF ASIA'S GREAT RIVERS...THE GANGES, INDUS, AND BRAHMAPUTRA...BEGIN WITHIN A FEW MILES OF EACH OTHER, AND OF THIS SACRED TIBETAN PEAK. NAME IT.	KAILASH
WHICH CITY IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING?	KUALA LUMPUR
THIS BODY OF WATER, THE LARGEST LAKE IN THE WORLD, IS BORDERED BY RUSSIA, IRAN, AZERBAIJAN, KAZAKHSTAN, AND TURKMENISTAN. NAME IT.	CASPIAN SEA
WHAT WAS THE LAST COUNTRY IN EUROPE TO GIVE UP LEFT-SIDE DRIVING?	SWEDEN
NAME 3 COUNTRIES NOT IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH WHERE THEY DRIVE ON THE LEFT.	JAPAN, INDONESIA, THAILAND
NAME THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD WITH A FLAG THAT IS NOT RECTANGULAR.	NEPAL
WHICH U.S. CITY HAS THE LONGEST SUBWAY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD?	WASHINGTON, DC
WHICH U.S. STATE SHARES A BORDER WITH ONLY ONE OTHER STATE?	MAINE (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
MIDWAY ISLAND IS, TECHNICALLY, PART OF WHAT U.S. CITY?	HONOLULU
THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS ARE LOCATED IN WHICH OCEAN?	INDIAN OCEAN
THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE RINGGIT	MALAYSIA
THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE DONG	VIETNAM
THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE ESCUDO	PORTUGAL
THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE ZLOTY	POLAND
THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE NGULTRUM	BHUTAN
THE POLISH PORT OF GDANSK WAS FORMERLY KNOWN BY WHAT NAME?	DANZIG
IN 1916 IT WAS THE EUROPEAN TERMINAL FOR THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CALL.	EIFFEL TOWER
ONLY PLACE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO USE THE EURO AS ITS OFFICIAL CURRENCY	MARTINIQUE (FRANCE)
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANCIENT ASSYRIAN WORDS "EREB" MEANING "WHERE THE SUN SETS", AND "ASU", MEANING "WHERE THE SUN RISES"	THEY EVOLVED INTO "EUROPE" AND "ASIA"
NAME THE 2 MOST SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS THAT DIVIDE EUROPE AND ASIA	URAL MTNS. (RUSSIA) AND THE BOSPORUS STRAIT (ISTANBUL)
WHICH STATE IS CONSIDERED BOTH THE EASTERNMOST AND WESTERNMOST IN THE U.S.?	ALASKA
THE WORLD'S SOUTHERNMOST CAPITAL, WELLINGTON, IS IN WHAT COUNTRY?	NEW ZEALAND
WHAT COUNTRY IS THE HELVETIAN REPUBLIC?	SWITZERLAND
THE THREE GORGES DAM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA, SPANS WHAT RIVER?	YANGTZE
WHAT IS THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY?	MEXICO
THE ASWAN HIGH DAM CREATES A RESERVOIR THAT EXTENDS FROM EGYPT INTO WHAT COUNTRY?	SUDAN
WHAT SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WAS NAMED AFTER A EUROPEAN CITY?	VENEZUELA (VENICE)
WHAT 2 CURRENT-DAY COUNTRIES DID HADRIAN'S WALL SEPARATE?	ENGLAND & SCOTLAND
WHAT IS THE CURRENT NAME OF THE COUNTRY ONCE KNOWN AS ZAIRE?	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
WHAT IS THE CURRENT NAME OF THE COUNTRY ONCE KNOWN AS DUTCH GUYANA?	SURINAME
WHEN YOUR CRUISE SHIP SAILS THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE PACIFIC, WHAT DIRECTION IS IT HEADING?	EAST
IT'S KNOWN AS LA MANCHE TO THE FRENCH. WHAT DO WE CALL IT?	ENGLISH CHANNEL
SURPRISINGLY, SIR EDMUND HILLARY RETURNED FROM THE SUMMIT OF MT. EVEREST, AND NEIL ARMSTRONG FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, WITHOUT THIS COMMON SOUVENIR	PHOTOGRAPH
WHAT CITY IS SERVED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI AIRPORT?	ROME
TAP IS THE NATIONAL AIRLINE OF WHAT COUNTRY?	PORTUGAL
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE TRANSVAAL AND ORANGE FREE STATE PROVINCES?	SOUTH AFRICA
HIGHEST POINT IN EUROPE	MT. ELBRUS (RUSSIA)
HIGHEST POINT IN AUSTRALIA	MT. KOSCIUSKO
HIGHEST POINT IN SOUTH AMERICA	MT. ACONCAGUA (ARGENTINA)
WHAT DO MALI, PARAGUAY, AUSTRIA, & BHUTAN HAVE IN COMMON?	ALL ARE LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES
THE ONLY CELEBRITY RESIDENT OF WASHINGTON, DC TO HAVE HIS OWN ZIP CODE, OTHER THAN THE PRESIDENT.	SMOKEY BEAR
THE GURKHAS, THE LEGENDARY FIGHTING FORCE THAT HELPED THE BRITISH TURN THE TIDE IN THE FALKLANDS WAR, HAIL FROM WHAT COUNTRY?	NEPAL
NAME THE FRENCH-CANADIAN CITY FOUNDED ON AN ISLAND IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER	MONTREAL
NAME 4 COUNTRIES IN WESTERN EUROPE THAT ARE SMALLER THAN WASHINGTON, D.C.	LIECHTENSTEIN, MONACO, SAN MARINO, AND VATICAN CITY
HAITI & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHARE THIS ISLAND	HISPANOLA
NAME THE SMALL ISLAND COUNTRY LINKED TO THE ASIAN MAINLAND BY A CAUSEWAY	SINGAPORE
WHICH U.S. STATE IS HOME TO THE GORE RANGE?	COLORADO
WHERE ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO FIND A "BUSH PUB"?	AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
THIS TINY HIMALAYAN KINGDOM MEASURES ITS WEALTH IN GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS?	BHUTAN
WHICH SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY RECENTLY ADOPTED THE U.S. DOLLAR AS ITS OFFICIAL CURRENCY?	ECUADOR
WHAT DO WICKER-WRAPPED CHIANTI BOTTLES HAVE IN COMMON WITH THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION?	THEY'RE BOTH FIASCOS
THE INDIGENOUS NAME OF THIS MOUNTAIN IS CHOMOLUNGMA (GODDESS MOTHER)	MOUNT EVEREST
THE INDIGENOUS NAME OF THIS MOUNTAIN IS DENALI (THE GREAT ONE)	MOUNT MCKINLEY
THE INDIGENOUS NAME OF THIS MOUNTAIN IS AORANGI (CLOUD PIERCER)	MOUNT COOK
THE NAMES OF THESE 2 MAJOR JAPANESE CITIES ARE ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER.	TOKYO/KYOTO
IF YOU RODE A FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY RIVER, WHERE WOULD YOU BE?	LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
THE NAME FOR THIS BLACK DISTRICT OF JOHANNESBURG IS AN ABBREVIATION OF SOUTHWEST TOWNSHIP	SOWETO
SIAM IS TODAY KNOWN BY THIS NAME	THAILAND
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA?	CANBERRA
THE REGION KNOWN AS THE TYROL COVERS PARTS OF THESE 2 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES	ITALY & AUSTRIA
RUDYARD KIPLING WROTE: "THE STRANGEST DREAMS OF KEW ARE JUST THE FACTS IN KATHMANDU". WHAT AND WHERE IS KEW?	KEW IS THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS JUST OUTSIDE OF LONDON
WHAT'S THE OLDEST CAPITAL CITY IN THE AMERICAS?	MEXICO CITY
PARIS IS AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LATITUDE AS THIS NORTH AMERICAN CITY	VANCOUVER
THE WORLD'S ORIGINAL TOURIST DESTINATION	EGYPT
THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE ARAB WORLD	EGYPT
THEME PARK LARGER THAN MANHATTAN	WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT IN ORLANDO
MOUNT ELBRUS, THE HIGHEST POINT IN EUROPE, IS FOUND IN THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE	CAUCASUS MTNS. (RUSSIA)
THIS COUNTRY BOASTS HALF OF ALL THE WORLD'S LAKES	CANADA
WHERE IS THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS?	VENICE
IN WHAT COUNTRY DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS LIVE?	BRAZIL
GLOBAL WARMING HAS EXPOSED SOMETHING THAT COUNTLESS EXPLORERS, FROM JOHN CABOT TO CAPTAIN COOK, TRIED IN VAIN TO FIND. WHAT IS IT?	NORTHWEST PASSAGE
IN 1906 HE DISCOVERED THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE	AMUNDSEN
THE WORLD'S NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL	REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
THE WORLD'S SOUTHERNMOST CAPITAL	WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
APPROXIMATELY HOW BIG IS THE WORLD?	197 MILLION SQUARE MILES
ROUGHLY WHAT PERCENT OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS LAND?	30%
WHICH IS LARGER, NORTH AMERICA OR SOUTH AMERICA?	NORTH AMERICA
CONTINENT WITH THE LOWEST HIGH POINT AND THE HIGHEST LOW POINT	AUSTRALIA
MORE COUNTRIES BEGIN THEIR NAME WITH THIS 3-LETTER COMBINATION THAN ANY OTHER.	"MAL" (2ND IS "BEL")
THE SURFACE AREAS OF THESE 3 SEAS ARE BELOW SEA LEVEL	DEAD SEA, CASPIAN SEA, SEA OF GALILEE
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE STRAIT THAT CONNECTS THE BLACK SEA AND THE SEA OF MARMARA?	BOSPORUS STRAIT (IT CUTS THRU ISTANBUL)
WHERE ON EARTH WOULD YOU FIND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON? (PTOLEMY THOUGHT THEY WERE THE SOURCE OF THE NILE)	RUWENZORI MTNS. (CENTRAL AFRICA)
WHERE IS THE ONLY PLACE OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA (AND A TINY SWATH OF OREGON) WHERE YOU CAN FIND NATIVE REDWOOD TREES?	CHINA
THIS TINY SOUTH PACIFIC NATION EARNS $4 MILLION PER YEAR BY LEASING OUT ITS INTERNET DOMAIN NAME, .tv	TUVALU
OF THE WORLD'S 100 TALLEST MOUNTAINS, APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENT ARE LOCATED IN ASIA?	100%
WHERE WAS THE ONETIME OVERSEAS POSSESSION OF NAZI GERMANY CALLED NEW SWABIA LOCATED?	ANTARCTICA
WHICH EMPIRE HAD QUECHUA AS ITS LANGUAGE?	INCA
WHAT 2 COUNTRIES ARE CONNECTED BY THE TUNNEL UNDER MONT BLANC?	FRANCE & ITALY
# OF U.S. STATES WITH PERFECTLY SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR BORDERS	0
THE GREATEST TIME CHANGE AT ANY INTERNATIONAL BORDER IS 3 HOURS, 30 MINUTES. WHERE IS IT?	AFGHANISTAN-CHINA
THIS CITY ON THE ADRIATIC, ONCE THE MAIN PORT FOR THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, NOW BELONGS TO ITALY. WHAT IS ITS NAME?	TRIESTE
WHICH STATE LEADS THE NATION IS TOXIC SUPERFUND SITES?	CALIFORNIA
WHAT WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST CITY TO REACH A POPULATION OF 1 MILLON?	ROME
WHICH COUNTRY CAN BOAST THAT ITS NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS COMPOSED BY MOZART?	AUSTRIA
IN WHAT COUNTRY CAN YOU FIND TIMBUKTU?	MALI
THE CELEBRATED HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS MISSING FOUR OF ITS ORIGINAL LETTERS. WHAT ARE THEY?	"LAND"
MORE THAN 40% OF THIS COUNTRY IS BELOW SEA LEVEL	NETHERLANDS
WHICH IS LARGER...ENGLAND OR NEW ENGLAND?	NEW ENGLAND
TO WHICH NATION DOES THE ISLAND OF ZANZIBAR BELONG?	TANZANIA
NAME THE ONLY NATION THAT HAS 2 OTHER INDEPENDENT NATIONS ENTIRELY WITHIN ITS BORDERS	ITALY
OFFICIALLY, A CITY HAS ONE OF THESE AND A TOWN DOESN'T	CATHEDRAL
OFFICIALLY, A VILLAGE HAS ONE OF THESE AND A HAMLET DOESN'T	CHURCH
NAME THE 6 COUNTRIES OF AFRICA THRU WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES	GABON, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UGANDA, KENYA, SOMALIA
NAME THE 3 ASIAN COUNTRIES THRU WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES	MALDIVES, INDONESIA, KIRIBATI
NAME THE ONLY CONTINENT WITH A SINGLE INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODE...672	ANTARCTICA
THE NATIONAL SPORT OF INDIA	FIELD HOCKEY
THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH LATIN AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE	VATICAN CITY
WHAT IS THE LARGEST NATION IN THE WORLD THAT SHARES A LAND BORDER WITH ONLY ONE NEIGHBOR?	CANADA
WHEN THE SOVIET UNION BROKE UP, WHO GOT STUCK WITH CHERNOBYL?	UKRAINE
WHAT IS THE MORE COMMON NAME FOR ZERO DEGREES LATITUDE?	EQUATOR
WHAT IS THE MORE COMMON NAME FOR ZERO DEGREES LONGITUDE?	PRIME MERIDIAN
"HOG BUTCHER TO THE WORLD"	CHICAGO
THIS SEA IS NORTH OF ALASKA IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN	BEAUFORT SEA
THE 3 LARGEST COUNTRIES OF AFRICA?	SUDAN, ALGERIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
WHICH NATION CLAIMS THE BIGGEST SLICE OF ANTARCTICA...42%?	AUSTRALIA
WHICH LAKE IS ON THE UGANDA-KENYA BORDER?	LAKE VICTORIA
RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BY GDP PER PERSON	LUXEMBOURG
WHAT IS, BY FAR, THE MOST COMMON 3-COLOR COMBINATION ON THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD'S NATIONS?	RED, WHITE, & BLUE
CAPE HORN BELONGS TO WHAT NATION?	CHILE
THIS ISLAND WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS FORMOSA	TAIWAN
THIS ISLAND IS HOME TO MANY SPECIES OF LEMURS, FOUND NO WHERE ELSE ON EARTH	MADAGASCAR
THIS MUCH-PHOTOGRAPHED GREEK ISLAND IS ACTUALLY THE RIM OF AN ANCIENT VOLCANO	SANTORINI
NAME THE 2 ISLAND NATIONS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE ASIAN MAINLAND BY A CAUSEWAY	SINGAPORE & BAHRAIN
IF YOU CROSSED THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI, WHAT COUNTRY WOULD YOU BE IN?	THAILAND
THIS RIVER PASSES THROUGH OR FORMS THE BORDER OF, 9 EUROPEAN NATIONS AND 4 CAPITALS	DANUBE
WHICH CAPITAL IS BISECTED BY THE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER?	BANGKOK
NEARLY HALF THE PEOPLE IN ASIA GET THEIR WATER FROM 4 RIVERS THAT ORIGINATE NEAR A SACRED AND UNCLIMBED MOUNTAIN IN TIBET. NAME IT.	KAILAS(H)
WHAT IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST RIVER CONFINED TO ONE NATION?	YANGTZE
WHICH PACIFIC NORTHWEST CITY WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "NEW YORK ALKI" AND LATER, "DUWAMPS" BEFORE ARRIVING AT ITS CURRENT NAME?	SEATTLE
AN INLET IN ALASKA, A MOUNTAIN IN NEW ZEALAND, A TOWN ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII, AND AN ISLAND GROUP IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ARE NAMED FOR A FORMER GROCER'S APPRENTICE FROM YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. NAME HIM.	CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
VANCOUVER, B.C. IS NAMED FOR A ONETIME UNDERLING OF THIS MAN (GEORGE VANCOUVER)	CAPT. JAMES COOK
THIS CITY IN IOWA WAS ONCE KNOWN AS "FORT RACCOON". WHAT DO WE CALL IT TODAY?	DES MOINES
SPEAKING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY CALL IT CYMRU. WHAT DO THE REST OF US CALL IT?	WALES
WHICH NATION'S NAME DERIVES FROM AN ACRONYM OF ITS ORIGINAL REGIONS: PUNJAB, AFGHANIA, KASHMIR, AND SIND?	PAKISTAN
WHICH EUROPEAN CAPITAL TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE CAPITAL OF A NATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST?	TIRANA, ALBANIA
WHAT IS THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD NAMED AFTER A MOUNTAIN?	KENYA
THE NAME "RAROTONGA" IS OFTEN INTERPRETED TO MEAN "SOUTH OF TONGA". SO WHAT DIRECTION IS THIS ISLAND FROM TONGA?	EAST
WHAT DIRECTION IS THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF KRAKATOA FROM JAVA?	WEST
IF YOU WERE TO VISIT THIS PAIR OF ISLANDS YOU COULD SEE INTO TOMORROW OR YESTERDAY. WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?	THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE PASSES BETWEEN LITTLE DIOMEDE AND BIG DIOMEDE ISLANDS IN THE BERING STRAIT.
THE RESIDENTS OF AN ATOLL CALLED KIRIMATI IN THE REPUBLIC OF KIRABATI NEVER EXPERIENCE DEC. 31, 1994. WHAT HAPPENED?	THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE WAS MOVED.
MOST OF KAZAKHSTAN LIES ON THIS CONTINENT.	ASIA
THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD	KAZAKHSTAN
THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPACEPORT IS LOCATED IN THIS COUNTRY	KAZAKHSTAN (BAIKONUR COSMODROME)
KOMODO DRAGONS ARE FOUND IN THIS COUNTRY	INDONESIA
WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY WHO'S NAME ORIGINALLY MEANT "LAND OF THE RABBITS"	SPAIN
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE SPANISH STEPS?	ROME
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE SWISS GUARD?	VATICAN CITY
WHAT ANIMAL ARE THE CANARY ISLANDS NAMED FOR?	DOG
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THE LUXEMBOURG GARDENS?	PARIS
WHERE IS TABASCO SAUCE MADE?	LOUISIANA
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND HARRY'S NEW YORK BAR?	PARIS
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND WATERLOO STATION?	LONDON
IN WHAT SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WILL YOU FIND THE PAMPAS?	ARGENTINA (& A LITTLE BIT OF URUGUAY)
LAKE TAHOE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE 2ND-LARGEST ALPINE LAKE IN THE WORLD. WHAT'S THE LARGEST?	LAKE TITICACA
LAKE TITICACA IS FOUND ON THE BORDERS OF WHICH 2 SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES?	PERU & BOLIVIA
CONTINENT THAT IS HOME TO QUEEN MAUD LAND AND VINSON MASSIF; THE ENTIRE CONTINENT IS COVERED BY A SINGLE INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODE	ANTARCTICA
THIS ECUADORAN ISLAND CHAIN'S OFFICIAL NAME IS THE ARCHIPELAGO DE COLON. WHAT DO WE KNOW IT AS?	GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
MOUNT GODWIN-AUSTEN IS BETTER KNOWN BY THIS ALPHA-NUMERIC DESIGNATION	K2
THE 2 BETTER KNOWN NAMES OF THE VERMILLION SEA	GULF OF CALIFORNIA & SEA OF CORTEZ
WHAT INDEPENDENT NATION'S NAME DERIVES FROM "WHITE RUSSIA"	BELARUS
WHERE DO PANAMA HATS COME FROM?	ECUADOR
4 WORLD CAPITALS ARE NAMED BY THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY PLUS "CITY"	MEXICO CITY GUATEMALA CITY PANAMA CITY KUWAIT CITY
WHAT NAME DID EUROPEANS GIVE TO THE SMALLISH ORANGES SHIPPED FROM THE MOROCCAN PORT OF TANGIERS?	TANGERINES
WHAT STATE CELEBRATES THE CALIFORNIA GULL AS ITS OFFICIAL STATE BIRD?	UTAH
WHAT IS THE ONLY CONTINENT WITHOUT AN ACTIVE VOLCANO?	AUSTRALIA
IF A PARISIAN DESCRIBED YOU AS GAUCHE, ON WHICH SIDE OF THE RIVER SEINE WOULD YOU PRESUMABLY BE?	LEFT
IN THE NAMES OF THE 50 STATES YOU CAN FIND EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET EXCEPT THIS ONE	Q
BERNARDO O'HIGGINS WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF WHAT NATION?	CHILE
WHAT'S FURTHER NORTH? VENICE OR VLADIVOSTOK, SIBERIA?	VENICE
EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS NAMED FOR A FIGURE FROM ROMAN OR GREEK MYTHOLOGY EXCEPT THIS ONE	EARTH
IN VENICE, ALL GONDOLAS ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE PAINTED THIS COLOR	BLACK
THE TWIN CITIES OF ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS ARE SEPARATED BY WHAT RIVER?	MISSISSIPPI
IN WHAT CITY WOULD YOU FIND THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS ELEPHANT AND CASTLE?	LONDON
IN WHAT NATIONAL PARK WOULD YOU FIND FAIRY FALLS, HELLROARING CREEK, AND THE FIREHOLE RIVER?	YELLOWSTONE
IN WHAT COUNTRY IS TRANSYLVANIA?	ROMANIA
WHICH PART OF NYC WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN A NAME BY THE DUTCH THAT MEANS "BROKEN LAND"	BROOKLYN
THE NATIONS OF EAST TIMOR, EL SALVADOR, AND ECUADOR ALL USE THIS SAME CURRENCY	US DOLLAR
WHAT, EXACTLY, IS A HOOSIER?	RESIDENT OF INDIANA
INTO WHICH SEA DOES THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA JUT?	BLACK SEA
THE HOOVER DAM IS FOUND BETWEEN THESE 2 STATES	NEVADA & ARIZONA
THE WHITE & BLUE NILES CONVERGE IN THIS AFRICAN CITY	KHARTOUM, SUDAN
NIGERIA, NIGER: WHICH ONE IS LANDLOCKED?	NIGER
WHAT MOUNTAIN RANGE SEPARATES CHINA FROM PAKISTAN?	KARAKORAM RANGE
THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT SHARE BORDERS WITH NORTH KOREA	SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, & RUSSIA
NEW ZEALAND'S CAPITAL, WELLINGTON, CAN BE FOUND ON THE SOUTH END OF THIS ISLAND	NORTH ISLAND

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