1 |
Lake Victoria's shores touch all of the following countries except: |
Rwanda
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
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2 |
Which two European countries compose the iberian Peninsula? |
Spain & Porugal
Albania & Greece
Italy & San Marino
Norway & Sweden
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3 |
Which is the largest country of Europe according to area excluding Russia? |
Germany
Italy
Spain
Ukraine
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4 |
This ancient city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire. |
Constantinople
Carthage
Istanbul
Ur
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5 |
Which is the largest desert in Australia? |
Simpson and Stony Sturt Desert
Great Sandy Desert
Great Victoria Desert
Tanami Desert
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6 |
Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is located in the southern Doda district of the Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, It was constructed on |
Ravi River
Sutlej River
Chenab River
Indus River
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7 |
What is the largest rock (Monolith or Monocline) in Australia? |
Mt, Whaleback
Uluru
Mt, Augustus
Bungle Bungles
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8 |
Where is the Wakhan Corridor? |
Afghanistan
Qatar
Vietnam
China
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9 |
The equator runs through which country? |
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Burundi
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10 |
What is the largest country in terms of area in Africa? |
Sudan
Nigeria
Algeria
Chad
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11 |
Mt. Kilimanjaro is in what country? |
Kenya
Ethiopia
Uganda
Tanzania
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12 |
What is Africa's newest country? |
South Sudan
Cole D'lvori
Burkina Faso
Erilrea
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13 |
What is Mount Godwin Austen's original name? |
Aconcagua
Denali
Choguri
Aoraki
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14 |
What countries flag has a dragon in the center, in between two yellow and orange triangles? |
Laos
Nepal
Thailand
Bhutan
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15 |
Mohenjo-Daro was ancient city in the valley of what river? |
Euphrates River
Indus River
Huang He River
Yangtze River
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16 |
What is Asia's longest river? |
Huang He
Yangtze
Mekong
Ganges
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17 |
Which country shares the longest continuous border with China? |
Russia
Kazakhstan
India
Mongolia
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18 |
Of these Asian 'seas', Which one is actually a real sea, and not a landlocked lake? |
Aral Sea
Caspian Sea
Dead Sea
Flores Sea
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19 |
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are called? |
Balkan States
Yugoslavia
Scandinavia
Baltic States
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20 |
Between which two Scandinavian countries would you find the Oresund? |
Sweden and Finland
Sweden and Denmark
Denmark and Norway
Norway and Finland
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21 |
'Pampas' are areas of: |
Grassland
Desert
Rain forest
Mountain
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22 |
Against what country did Britain declare war in 1982? |
Argentina
Colombia
Brazil
Guyana
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23 |
Where is Easter Island located? |
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
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24 |
Which country of Asia has the most islands? |
Indonesia
Philippines
Japan
Malaysia
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25 |
Using the International Date LIne as the limit, as geographers usually do, which country stretches farthest to the east? |
China
North Korea
Japan
Russia
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26 |
The only line of latitude which is as large as any line of longitude is the: |
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricom
Tropic of cancer
Equator
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27 |
Equator passes through? |
Pakistan
Malta
Malaysia
Indonesia
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28 |
Which of the following is a warm current? |
South Pacific current
Kuroshiwo current
Labrador current
Rip current
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29 |
Oozes are associated with: |
Volcanic deposits
Terrigenous deposits
Pelagic deposits
Coral reefs
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30 |
Who was the first person to cross what is now known as the Antarctic Circle? |
Robert Amundsen
Fabien Bellingshausen
James cook
John Davis
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31 |
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? |
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Nitrous oxide
Argon
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32 |
Which country's flag was planted upon first arrival at the South Pole? |
Great Britain
Japan
France
Norway
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33 |
The southernmost point of South America, Cape Horn, belongs to which country? |
Chile
Ecuator
Argentina
Peru
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34 |
Which country has the equator pass through its capital of Quito? |
Ecuador
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
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35 |
In the capital city of Bogota you will find the Gold Museum. Where are you? |
Chile
Paraguay
Bolivia
Colombia
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36 |
What Indian tribe lived in Peru and had their capital city at Cuzco? |
Aztecs
Tortudians
Mayans
incas
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37 |
What was discovered in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo in 1914? |
Oil
Pearl
Gold
Mermaid
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38 |
What South American city is the world's highest national capital? |
Lima
Sao Paulo
La Paz
Montevideo
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39 |
In which country was the Battle of Waterloo fought? |
The Netherladns
France
Belgium
England
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40 |
Yerevan is the capital of which country, formerly part of the Soviet Union? |
Lithuania
Chechnya
Armenia
Turkmenistan
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41 |
In February 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met at this town on the Black Sea. What was the town Called? |
Yalta
Sevastopol
Istanbul
Odessa
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42 |
Where can you find the so-called "Pompeii of America"? |
Mexico
El Salvator
Ecuador
Peru
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43 |
San Francisco Golden gate located in which state? |
California
Washington
Texas
Arizona
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44 |
In what state is Devil's Tower located? |
Colorado
Washington
South Dakota
Wyoming
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45 |
Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes? |
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
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