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Quiz: Geography

13-August-08 / James Callan

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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Quiz: All or Nothing

26-September-07 / James Callan

1) The New York Times‘ motto is “all the news that’s” what?
2) What 1984 film is about a young boy’s efforts to save Fantasia from The Nothing?
3) Name two of the three artists who sang “All for Love” on the soundtrack of 1993’s The Three Musketeers.
4) The anti-consumerist protest Buy Nothing Day takes place the day after what holiday?
5) What All My Children actress was nominated for a Daytime Emmy 18 years in a row before winning in 1999?
6) Being and Nothingness, the treatise that kick-started existentialism, was written by what French philosopher?
7) The All Blacks are the rugby union team for what country?
8) Cordelia is told that “nothing will come of nothing” in which Shakespeare play?
9) Dennis Haysbert, who tells you that “you’re in good hands with Allstate,” used to play the president on what TV show?
10) What word completes these Talking Heads lyrics? “From the age of the dinosaurs / Cars have run on gasoline / Where, where have they gone? / Now, it’s nothing but” what?

Average score: 7.3

Quiz: Geography

7-February-07 / James Callan

1) According to RandMcnally.com, the driving distance from Seattle to Portland is closest to the driving distance between Chicago and which city: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, or St. Louis?
2) What city is the SuperMall in?
3) What’s the most populous city in the US named after a person who was alive when it was founded?
4) The city of Oslo, Norway, is closest in population to which US city: Albuquerque, Charlotte, Detroit, or Las Vegas?
5) New Zealand is named after the province of Zeeland in what country?
6) What country is the world’s leading producer of avocados?
7) What’s the longest river in the U.S. that doesn’t share its name with a state?
8) On March 26, 1971, Bangladesh declared its independence from what country?
9) The mouth of the Cedar River, where it flows into Lake Washington, is located in what city?
10) When the Denny Party landed at Alki Point in 1851, the site was part of what U.S. territory?

Average score, out of 17 teams: 5.06. Low score 2, high score 8. Continue reading