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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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Geography

Used Jan 9, 2007, at the Old Pequliar.

  1. What’s the tallest peak in the Olympic Mountains?
  2. What strait connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
  3. What country is Mount Kilimanjaro in?
  4. What word meaning “mapmaking” combines the Greek words for “map” and “write”?
  5. Colorado has the highest average elevation in the US. What state has the highest average elevation east of the Mississippi?
  6. Name one of the two Mexican states that borders Arizona.
  7. Name two of the three US states that contain parts of Yellowstone National Park.
  8. What’s the largest city by population in the UTC -6 time zone, a.k.a. Central Time?
  9. In 2005, what Asian city surpassed Singapore as the busiest port in the world, measured by total shipping tonnage? (shipping tonnage = total mass of cargo transported though the port)
  10. Within Seattle city limits, Washington State Route 522 is known as what street?

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