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Quiz: Geography

Round 1at the Old Pequliar on August 12, 2008
Average score: 7.18/10 (11 teams)

1) Three lakes within Seattle city limits lie north of the Montlake Cut. Name two of them for one point.
2) What two European countries recently engaged in armed conflict over the territory of South Ossetia?
3) What country contains the westernmost point in continental Europe?
4) Bharat and Aryadesa are alternate names for what country?
5) What Canadian city lies across the Detroit River from Detroit?
6) The Cook Strait, also known as Raukawa, separates the two largest islands in what country?
7) The vast majority of Yellowstone National Park lies within what state?
8) Electric City, the Weather Capital of the World, and the Sweetest Place on Earth are nicknames for three cities in what state?
9) Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste all share land borders with what island nation?
10) What’s the second-highest mountain in Washington?

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Geography

1) If you list all United Nations member states in alphabetical order, which one comes first?
2) Which is the most populous province in Canada?
3) Four states have capital cities named after US presidents. Name three of those states.
4) By population, what’s the largest country in the world with a majority Muslim population?
5) What country has unsuccessfully petitioned to join the United Nations every year since 1991?
6) Islam’s two holiest sites are in Saudi Arabia. Which Middle East country is home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site?
7) The Ganges River flows from India into the Bay of Bengal through what country?
8) In 1827, René Caillié earned a 10,000 Franc prize from the Société de Géographie when he became the first non-Muslim to visit and return from what city in Mali?
9) What country, located south of the equator, is the world’s largest exporter of beef?
10) In 1975, what city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City?

Average score (21 teams): 6.95

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