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Quiz: Geography

1) Metro Transit is to King County as Community Transit is to what?

2) What state has been the nation’s leading producer of milk since 1993?

3) In 1282, which neighboring country was the first future member of the UK to be conquered by England: Ireland, Scotland, or Wales?

4) What two countries occupy the vast majority of the Iberian Peninsula?

5) If you flew to the busiest airport in the country named after someone who’s still alive, what state would you be in in?

6) If you want to visit the site of the Battle of Waterloo, what country do you need to visit?

7) What country, the most populous member of the European Union, also contains its geographic center?

8) Four Asian countries belong to La Francophonie, a group of countries whose culture, language, and history have been influenced by France. Name two of them.

9) Iraq called it their 19th province. What do we call it?

10) Which Seattle neighborhood is named after a chief of the Nisqually tribe who was hanged for murder in 1858 but exonerated by a Historical Court of Inquiry in 2004?

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on Sept. 4, 2007.

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Quiz: Geography

From the Old Pequliar on Jan. 23, 2007

1) What’s the most populous city on I-5 between Seattle and Portland?
2) As of 2006, according to the Economist Intelligence Group, what Scandinavian city is the most expensive in the world?
3) The total land area of Japan is closest to the total land area of which state: California, Michigan, Montana, or Oregon?
4) What river forms part of the border between Ontario and New York?
5) Which California city is the most populous city in the US that doesn’t contain at least 1,000,000 people?
6) Name one of the two Central American countries that borders Mexico.
7) Land’s End, the westernmost point in England, is located in which county?
8) Measured by total passenger traffic, which airport is the busiest on the European continent?
9) Name one of the two countries in the world that borders 14 other countries.
10) Seattle’s Empire Way was officially renamed in 1982. What’s it known as today?

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