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Brazil shares borders with all but which 2 South American countries?

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Ecuador and Chile

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Berumuda is closest to which US state? What is it a dependency of?

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North Carolina; the UK

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What is the only continental African country to have its capital on an island?

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Equatorial Guinea, the capital is Malabo

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Luzon is the largest island of what country?

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Philippines

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True or False: the Island of Mauritius is larger than the neighboring island of Reunion?

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False, Reunion is larger

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Who is the Celsius scale named after?

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Anders Celsius (An Astronomer)

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What is the largest city in the Irish county of Leinster?

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Dublin

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Mandalay is one of the biggest cities of what country?

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Myanmar

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The prime meridian is where GMT time is respected. What does this stand for?

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Greenwich Meridian Time

Followed by 8 countries that it passes through except France, Algeria, and Spain

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What is the official mascot of Singapore?

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Merlion- a half lion, half fish creature

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What is the largest desert in the Americas? Where is it located

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Patagonian Desert aka the Patagonian Steppe and is located in Argentina (8th largest in the world)

Capital of Argentina = Buenos Aires

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How many countries are completely surrounded by another country?

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3

San Marino- within Italy

Vatican City- within Italy

Lesotho- within South Africa

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Mosquito Coast is located in what country?

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Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

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The remains of the Aral Sea falls between what two countries? Capitals?

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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan = Nur-Sultan

Uzbekistan = Tashkent

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Sioux City, located in the US state of Iowa, is only a river crossing away from what other 2 US states?

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Minnesota and South Dakota

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Zante is the popular name for a Greek Tourist area- what is the Greek word for it?

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Zakynthos

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What country is the largest producer of Soybean?

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Brazil (was US but Brazil took over as of May 2020)

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What is the self-declared capital of Transnistria?

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Tiraspol- this is a frozen conflict area between Ukraine and Moldova which Russia has interest in

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Between the 6 European Microstates how many countries do they collectively border?

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5 (Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy)

Microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Sovereign order of St. John, and Malta

Malta is an Island

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The Sea of Azov is stricly speaking in what ocean?

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Atlantic Ocean (it is a marginal sea of the Black Sea)

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The US state of Michigan borders how many 5 great lakes?

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4 (all but Ontario)

Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie

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Tivoli Gardens is located in what city?

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Copenhagen

Note it is an amusement park!

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What island nation may be found in the Mozambique Channel? Capital? What body of water does it sit in?

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Seychelles, Victoria- Indian Ocean

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What is the name of the town at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, and the most northerly permanently inhabited place in the world?

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Alert

Ellesmere Island is up by Greenland. It is part of Canada. It is more north than Utqiagvik (Barrows) but that is in America

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What country has the smallest coastline with the Persian Gulf?

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Iraq

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What European country has the largest amount of active volcanoes?

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Iceland

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Zakynthos is the local name for what poplar Greek tourist destination

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Zante

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What does the strait- Beb-El-Mandeb connect?

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The Red Sea to the Arabian Sea

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Praia, the capital of Cape Verde is closest to which mainland African country?

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Senegal

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Mainland Denmark basically encompasses what peninsula?

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Jutland peninsula

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Tiraspol is the capital of what self-declared republic?

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Transnistria

A frozen conflict with Russia in between Moldova and Ukraine

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Often incorrectly listed as Yaren, which island nation does not have a capital city?

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Nauru

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Motown is another name for what US city?

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Detroit

Named after a record company called Motown records located there but reflects the sound from Detroit blues

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What religion has the 3rd largest amount of followers?

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Hinduisim (after Christianity and Islam)

Christianity 31.2%, Islam 24.1%, and Hinduism 15.1%

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The island of Malaku belongs to what country?

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Indonesia

The largest in Indonesia is Java on which the capital is located- Jakarta

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Belgium’s capital- Brussels- is located in what Belgian region?

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Flanders

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What strait connects the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea?

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Beb-El-Mandeb

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38
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The Arc De Triomphe in Paris has how many Avenues leading to it?

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12

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What was the name of the territory set aside for black people during South Africa’s Apartheid era?

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Bantustan i.e. Bantu homeland

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What is the worlds largest Binational Border? 2nd Largest?

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Canada-US and then Kazakhstan-Russia

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Merlion, a half lion, half imaginary fish creature, is the mascot of what island nation?

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Singapore

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What island is the most populous in the world?

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Java (even more so than Honshu)

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43
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Which 2 US states are rectangular?

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Colorado and Wyoming

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What is the only country to exhibit every major climatic zone?

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USA from polar to tropical

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45
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How many sovereign country flags are only red and white?

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16 (18 if the maroon shade is counted)

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Harar, often said to be the 4th Holy City of Islam, may be found in what country?

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Ethiopia

47
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What was a Bantustan?

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Used during apartheid era- this was an area for black people to live in South Africa during the apartheid era

48
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What is the largest island of the Philippines?

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Luzon

49
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Whast is the name of the most easterly state of Mexico and home to the popular tourist city of Cancun?

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Quintana Roo

50
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Othonoi is the westernmost island of what country?

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Greece

51
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The Tuvan People’s Republic was a state from 1922-1946 that is now a part of what modern day country?

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Russia

52
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Cappadocia is a large plateau in what country?

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Turkey

53
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How many countries as of 2020 have an official ideology of Marxism-Leninism?

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4- Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and China

54
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What river, flowing into the Congo River, does Central African Republic’s capital- Bangui, lie on?

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Ubangi River

55
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The US state of Tennessee borders how many other US states?

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8: North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

56
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Tribhuvan International Airport is closest to what Asian Capital?

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Kathmandu (Capital of Nepal)

57
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What is the westernmost island of Greece?

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Othonoi

58
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What US state would you be in if you crossed the Mississippi River from Memphis, TN?

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Arkansas

59
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What is the largest national forest in the USA?

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Tongass in Alaska- it is about the size of West Virginia

60
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The Corinth Canal separates the Greek Mainland from what peninsula?

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The Peloponnesse Peninusla

61
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Marie Curie named an element after the country that she was born in what was the country?

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Poland (Polonium)

She also discovered Radium. She died of aplastic anemia

62
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What is the highest volcano in Europe?

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Mt. Elbrus (Russia)

Mt. Etna is highest active volcano

63
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Which state is the southernmost tip of India located in?

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Tamil Nadu

64
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What is the southernmost island of Italy?

A

Lampedusa

65
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Nihongo is the endonym for which language?

i.e. what are people who speak Nihongo said to speak by others?

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Japanese

66
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If the official name for France is the French republic, what is the official name for Mexico?

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United Mexican States

67
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Which African capital is named after an American President

A

Monrovia which is the capital of Liberia which was founded by free people of color in the US

68
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Baarle-Hertog is a city found in an exclave of what country?

A

Belgium

69
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A tropical climate in the Koppen Classification is one officially defined as no month dropping below what average temperature?

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18 C (64.4 F)

70
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To the closest 10%, what percentage of the world lives in a temperate climate?

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50%

71
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Mount Nimba is the highest point of what two African countries? Capitals?

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Cote D’ Ivoire and Guinea

Ivory Coast capital: Yamoussoukro

Guinea: Conakry

72
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How many stars are on the flag of the European Union?

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12

73
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In what city is the NATO headquarters located?

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Brussels

74
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How many Canadian provinces and territories border the Hudson Bay?

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4: Nunavut, Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario

75
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Nur-Sultan is the capital of _____

Tashkent is the capital of ______

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Nur-Sultan = Kazakhstan

Tashkent = Uzbekistan

76
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Of the 8 countries that the Prime Meridian passes through, how many of these countries do not observe GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time)?

Capitals?

A

3 (France, Spain, and Algeria)

77
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Often marked as the end of the British empire, when was Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule?

A

1997

78
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Martinique is a Caribbean island and located between 2 independent island countries- Dominica to the north and what to the south?

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St. Lucia

79
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How many time zones are found in Africa?

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6

80
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What strait separates Singapore from the Riau Islands

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Singapore Strait

81
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What is the name of the strait that separates the North and South Island of New Zealand?

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Cook Strait

Capital: Wellington

82
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What is the distinction between the Holy See of Rome and Vatican City

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Kind of the same. Vatican City when referring to the country; Holy See when referring to the area governed by the Bishop of Rome

83
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How many countries have a capital of the same name as the country?

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11

Algeria-Algiers

Brazil- Brasilia

Djibouti- Djibouti City

Guatemala- Gautemala City

Kuwait- Kuwait City

Luxembourg- Luxembourg City

Mexico- Mexico City

Monaco- Monaco

Panama- Panama City

Sao Tome and Principe- Sao Tome

Singapore- Singapor

84
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What is the main spoken language in Eswatini?

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Siswati

This is a country in Southern Africa capital is Mbabane

85
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Part of the Great Rift Valley is submerged under what sea?

A

Red Sea

Runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Africa and goes through the Red Sea (under) basically

86
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Heligoland, an island that was once owned by the UK is now part of what country?

A

Germany

87
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What is a prefecture i.e. in China?

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An area under the government by a prefect which are basically like governors

88
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Ragusa is the Italian name for the now Croatian city of _____

A

Dubrovnik

89
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What is the German name for the city of Munich?

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Munchen

90
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By population, what is Iran’s 2nd largest city after Tehran?

A

Mashhad

91
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What two states have a Kansas City?

A

Missouri and Kansas

92
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What country has land the closest to the North Pole?

A

Canada

93
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What is the highest point of both Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea?

A

Mt. Nimba

94
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Having lost its sovereignty in 1492, what was the last Islamic Emirate in Spain?

A

Emirate of Grenada

95
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Helvetia is the latin name for what country?

A

Switzerland

96
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What do San Marino, Vatican City, and Lesotho have in common?

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They are the 3 countries that are completely within another country.

San Marino is in Italy

Vatican City is in Italy

Lesotho is in South Africa

97
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Mafia Island is a part of what country? Capital?

A

Tanzania- Dodoma

98
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Lampedusa is the southernmost island of what country?

A

Italy

99
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What Irish county is Dublin located in?

A

Leinster County

100
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What is the largest religious structure in the world?

A

Angkor Wat in Cambodia

Capital: Phnom Penh

101
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The Gulf of Paria lies between Venezuela and which other country?

A

Trinidad and Tobago

102
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12 avenues in Paris lead to this large monument

A

Arc-De-Triomphe

103
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Switzerland is unique for its policy of privacy in which profession?

A

Banking

Hence whey mob people put money in Swiss Banks

104
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Morocco administers the majority of Western Sahara and what other state administers the remaining part? What is the capital of Morocco?

A

SADR (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

A partially recognized state

Capital of Morroco: Rabat

105
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Which oceanic current brings a year round mild climate to coastal Namibia (South/West Africa)

A

Benguela Current

106
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The Singapore Strait separates Singapore from which group of Islands belonging to Indonesia?

A

Riau Islands

107
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Romansh is an official language of what country?

A

Switzerland (not THE official, just AN official)

108
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What is the capital of Xinjiang, the largest prefrecture of China?

A

Urumqi

109
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The Rio De La Plata is a river with the capitals of what two countries lying on it? What are the capitals?

A

Argentina and Uruguay

Argentina = Buenos Aires

Uruguay = Montevideo

110
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A tundra climate in the Koppen classification is one officially defined as no month exceeding an average of what temperature?

A

10 celsius (50 Fahrenheit)

111
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New Zealand is named after a province in what country?

A

Netherlands (Province of Zeeland)

Note: there is an island Zealand where the capital of Denmark (Copenhagen) is

Named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman hence why it is the Dutch and not the Danish

112
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Part of Nanuvut, Ellesmere Island is west of what?

A

Greenland

113
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What is the Italian name for the now Croatian city of Dubrovnik

A

Ragusa

114
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The Kara Sea may be found in what ocean?

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Artic Ocean (it is north of Russia)

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