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Geography 2 - WQC Style Flashcards

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401. Originating in the Naukluft Mountains to the Hardap Dam near Mariental and the site of its eponymous canyon (the largest canyon in Africa) the Fish River is the longest interior river in which country?

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  1. Namibia
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  1. Built on the ruins of the Silk Road city of Konjikala which world capital city was named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927? Situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range its chronic water shortage is alleviated by the Karakum Canal that carries in water from the Amu Darya river.
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  1. Ashgabat
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  1. Located in an ancient lakebed bounded by the valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers that join to form the Tamsui river which Asian capital city is served by two airports named Taoyuan and Songshan?
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  1. Taipei
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  1. Named in honour of a 19th-century European statesman which sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean lies within Papua New Guinea to the south of its namesake archipelago and the Admiralty Islands?
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  1. Bismarck Sea
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  1. Its name literally meaning ‘warm location’ due to the presence of numerous sulphuric hot springs which world capital city was founded in the 5th century AD by the Chosroid king Vakhtang I of Iberia? Lying on the banks of the Kura River it is overlooked by the ancient Narikala Fortress shown in this photograph.
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  1. Tbilisi
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  1. Meaning ‘huge mountain’ in the native language and located just north of the Inle Lake the city of Taunggyi (population around 380000 as of 2014) is one of the most populous in which Asian country? It is famous for its hot air/ fire balloon festival held annually on the full-moon day of Tazaungmon.
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  1. Myanmar
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  1. Located on the southern banks of the Ganges which capital city of the Indian state of Bihar is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world serving as the capital of various empires such as the Mauryan Shunga and Gupta? It is also the second-largest city (by population) in East India after Kolkata.
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  1. Patna
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  1. Named after a free territory in Central Europe where part of it was constructed which Swiss-designed Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe reached Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in January 1960?
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  1. Trieste
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  1. Nicknamed the ‘Elephant Building’ for its resemblance to the pachyderm in which capital city would you (unsurprisingly) see this construct?
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  1. Bangkok Thailand
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  1. With around 2.7 million inhabitants the most populous city of the Philippines forms part of the Metro Manila and was indeed the Filipino capital from 1948-1976. It shares its name with a province in the CALABARZON region of Luzon island – both of them are named after which individual the second President of the Philippines who died in the US in 1944 after establishing a government in-exile there due to the threat of Japanese invasion during WWII?
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  1. Manuel L. Quezon (Quezon City and Quezon)
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  1. One of the world’s favorite challenges for rock climbers and BASE jumpers the granite monolith known as El Capitan is located in which US state?
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  1. California (Yosemite National Park)
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  1. Located within the Indian Ocean which sea located to the west of Kerala is bordered by India Sri Lanka and the Maldives?
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  1. Laccadive Sea/ Lakshadweep Sea
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  1. Founded in 1818 as a military outpost on the Sunzha River which city of around 280000 population is the capital city of the Russian republic of Chechnya?
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  1. Grozny
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  1. With its capital at Chengdu which southwest Chinese province is said to have derived its name from its four major rivers : the Jialing Jinsha Min and Tuo?
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  1. Sichuan
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  1. The setting of Shakespearean plays such as ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ the city of Verona is located in which region of Italy?
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  1. Veneto
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  1. The capital of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan which city on the island of Borneo did President Sukarno consider as the country’s possible new capital – an idea that was revived in 2017 by reports of a new study by the Indonesian government?
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  1. Palankaraya
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  1. At around 155m below sea level Lake Assal is the lowest point on land on mainland Africa. Located at the western end of the Gulf of Tadjoura at the top of the Great Rift Valley in which small country can Lake Assal be found?
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  1. Djibouti
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  1. In which city is this building located?
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  1. Amritsar (The Golden Temple)
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  1. One of the world’s smallest tectonic plates and once part of the larger Farallon plate which plate is currently subducting under the northerly portion of the western side of the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone? It is named after a Greek-born maritime pilot who under service to King Philip II of Spain supposedly explored parts of western North America.
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  1. Juan de Fuca plate
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  1. Joining the United Arab Emirates in 1971 which emirate is the only one of the seven that was a coastline solely on the Gulf of Oman and none on the Persian Gulf? It is linked by the Sheikh Khalifa Highway to Dubai.
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  1. Fujairah
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  1. Bordered by the Lei Yue Mun Strait to the east Stonecutter’s Island to the west and Victoria Harbour to the south the name which urban area of Hong Kong means ‘Nine Dragons’ in Mandarin? Its famous Walled City was demolished in 1994.
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  1. Kowloon
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  1. Around 300 miles long the Denmark Strait lies between Greenland and which country?
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  1. Iceland
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  1. Its history as a city dating back to 1600 when the daimyo Date Masamune relocated there which capital of the Miyagi prefecture is also known as the ‘City of Trees’? Its name in kanji translates as ‘hermit/ deity on a platform’ and is derived from a Chinese poem praising a palace built by the Emperor Wen of Han China.
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  1. Sendai
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  1. In geology what term denotes the process that takes place at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle?
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  1. Subduction
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  1. One of the top 14 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition the Jeita Grotto is a system of interconnected limestone caves found in which Middle Eastern country? Situated in the Nahr al-Kalb valley it houses the world’s largest known stalactite amongst other attractions.
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  1. Lebanon
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  1. The birthplace of the scientist Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz composer Richard Wagner and communist leader Walter Ulbricht which city at the confluence of the White Elster Pleisse and Parthe rivers is the most populous city in the German federal state of Saxony?
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  1. Leipzig
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  1. Giving its name to two World War One battles the Masurian Lakeland is a now a popular tourist attraction for boating enthusiasts anglers hikers and nature-lovers. Containing more than 2000 lakes in an area of roughly 52000 km2 in which European country is the Masurian Lakeland located?
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  1. Poland
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  1. Around three times the size of London which lake in Jiangxi province was the site of a naval battle in 1363 that saw Zhu Yuanzhang emerging victorious and paved his way to become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty? The largest freshwater lake in China its size tends to fluctuate with the seasons but it almost dried up completely in 2016 leading to fears that it will go the way of the Aral Sea.
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  1. Lake Poyang
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  1. An industrial city on the left branch of the Songchon River and a port on the Kyongsong Bay – Hamhung and Chisong (respectively) are the second and third most populous cities in which Asian country?
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  1. North Korea
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  1. Highlighted in red in this map which northern exclave of Angola is separated from the rest of the country by a narrow strip of territory belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Some of the largest offshore oil fields sit adjacent to its coastline and it has seen a continuation of armed secessionist struggle since the 1960s.
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  1. Kabinda/ Cabinda
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  1. Characteristically consisting of alternating dark and light-coloured bands which metamorphic rock has subtypes known as Augen Henderson Lewisian and Archean? Its name is derived from the Middle High German word for ‘spark’.
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  1. Gneiss
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  1. Part of the ancient giant prehistoric Lake Minchin Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat at 10582 square kilometers. Containing up to 70% of the world’s known lithium reserves it is located in the Daniel Campos province of which South American country?
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  1. Bolivia
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  1. Derived from Latin meaning ‘mound’ which seven-letter term denotes a depositional landform formed when an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow strip of land (spit or bar)?
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  1. Tombolo
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  1. Opened in March 1988 the 54-km long Seikan Tunnel is currently the world’s longest tunnel with an undersea segment. It travels under which strait of water between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido?
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  1. Tsugaru Strait
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  1. What name after that of a nearby town is given to the huge impact crater buried beneath the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico? Caused by the impact of a massive asteroid or comet around 66 million years ago it marked the end of the Mesozoic Era and the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
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  1. Chicxulub crater
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  1. Lying on a fertile plain between the Greater Zab and Lesser Zab rivers which ancient city is dominated by its majestic Citadel (photo) that dates back possibly to the 5th millennium BC? Near to the site of the Battle of Gaugamela where Alexander the Great defeated the Persian king Darius III it is currently the de facto capital city of the Kurdistan region in Iraq.
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  1. Erbil/Arbil/Irbil/ Arbela/ Arba-ilu
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  1. The region known as Manchuria also known as Northeast China (Dongbei) consists of the three provinces of Heilongjiang Liaoning and ________ (map)? Its name translating as ‘Auspicious Forest’ and with its capital city at Changchun it is the province that has the longest land border with North Korea.
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  1. Jilin
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  1. Situated in the northwest part of the European portion of Russia which body of water is the second largest lake in Europe? Containing more than 1600 islands it is fed by over 50 rivers but drains only into the Svir River.
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  1. Lake Onega/Onezhskoye/ Ozero Onezhskoe
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  1. One of the longest in Asia which mountain range stretches eastward from the Pamirs in Tajikistan along the border between Xinjiang and Tibet to the Sino-Tibetan ranges in Qinghai? Running along the southern edge of the Tarim Basin and the Taklamakan & Gobi deserts it takes its name from a mythical Taoist paradise mountain that houses the Jade Palace of the Yellow Emperor.
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  1. Kunlun Mountains
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  1. The UNESCO World Heritage Site shown in this photograph is located in which autonomous community in northwestern Spain?
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  1. Galicia (Santiago de Compostela Cathedral)
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  1. With a population of around 150000 Darwin (the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory) is located on the shores of which body of water?
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  1. Timor Sea
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  1. Which South American capital city situated in the basin of the Guayllabamba River wraps around the eastern slopes of the active Pichincha stratovolcano?
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  1. Quito
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  1. Consisting of Reunion Mauritius and Rodrigues the three Indian Ocean islands that are situated in a line along a submarine ridge east of Madagascar is named after which 16th-century Portuguese explorer who first visited them in April 1512?
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  1. Pedro Mascarenhas (The Mascarene Islands)
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  1. Which Asian capital city on the banks of the Mekong River has a name from the Pali language that translates as ‘City of Sandalwood’?
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  1. Vientiane
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  1. Constructed in the 19th-century this iconic suspension bridge spans which southwest English river?
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  1. River Avon Bristol (the Clifton Suspension Bridge)
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  1. A remnant of the prehistoric Lake Cahuilla which shallow saline endorheic lakelocated directly on the San Andreas Fault in California has a salinity that is almost double that of the Pacific Ocean?
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  1. Salton Sea
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  1. The birthplace of the writer Thomas Mann and politician Willy Brandt which city and seaport in Schleswig-Holstein northern Germany was one of the main commercial centers and chief city of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages?
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  1. Lubeck
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  1. Originating from a mass of storm clouds at a height more above 1km the weather phenomenon known as ‘________ lightning’ takes its name from which Venezuelan river as it empties into Lake Maracaibo? The frequency of lightning occurrence can exceed 1500 times per hour.
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  1. Catatumbo
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  1. Previously known as the Gulf of Chihli which shallow northwestern arm of the Yellow Sea is enclosed by the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas? The Yellow River discharges into it and prominent cities along its coast include Tianjin and Dalian.
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  1. Bo(hai) Sea/ Gulf
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  1. Which country shares land borders with Montenegro Kosovo North Macedonia and Greece?
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  1. Albania
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  1. Name the CAPITAL CITY highlighted in red in this map.
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  1. Bangkok
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  1. Previously known as Frobisher’s Bay before its traditional Inuktitut name (meaning ‘place of fish’) was restored in 1987 which is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut?
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  1. Iqaluit
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  1. Opened in January 1972 and based on classical & postclassical architecture as well as popular art influences following the White Revolution the monument known as the Azadi (‘Freedom’) Tower is located in which CAPITAL CITY?
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  1. Tehran
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  1. Approximately 400km southwest of Moscow which city on the River Dnieper has seen several battles throughout history against foes such as the Mongols First French Empire and Nazi Germany? In 2010 a plane carrying then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed near its vicinity killing all on-board.
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  1. Smolensk
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  1. One of the largest public squares in the world in which CAPITAL CITY is the Black Star Square located? It is bordered by the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum.
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  1. Accra Ghana
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  1. Located on the Tuul River (a tributary of the Selenge) which WORLD CAPITAL CITY has a name that translates as ‘Red Hero’? It contains almost half of its nation’s population and stands alone as an independent municipality rather than belonging to any of the 21 aimags (provinces).
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  1. Ulaanbaatar
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  1. Also known as the Assi which chief river of the Levant rises in Lebanon and flows through Syria and Turkey before entering the Mediterranean? Classical cities on its banks include Antioch and Kadesh – where a 1274BC battle took place between Rameses II and Muwatalli II of the Hittites.
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  1. Orontes
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  1. Located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland which capital city was known by its historic German name Reval from the 13th century to first half of the 20th century?
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  1. Tallinn
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  1. Located 63 km south of Marrakesh which 4167 m-tall mountain is the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains and North Africa as a whole? The first recorded ascent was on 12 June 1923 by the Marquis de Segonzac Vincent Berger and Hubert Dolbeau.
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  1. Toubkal
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  1. With major features including the ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization at Kalibangan the Jain pilgrimage site of Dilwara Temples and most of the massive Thar Desert which northwestern state (with capital at Jaipur) is India’s largest by land area?
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  1. Rajasthan
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  1. With an estimated population of around 150000 which city is indicated by the blue star in this map?
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  1. Dundee
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  1. The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo was founded on its shores – which 439km-long (second longest in North Korea) river rises in the Rangrim Mountains and flows southwest through the capital Pyongyang before emptying into Korea Bay?
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  1. Taedong River
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  1. At a maximum depth of 5267m the deepest part of the Mediterranean located in the Ionian Sea southwest of Pylos is named after which figure in Greek myth?
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  1. Calypso
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  1. Including the 21m-tall obelisk King Ezana’s Stela the Northern Stelae Park is located in which town in northern Ethiopia which was once the capital of a powerful kingdom that ruled the region from about 400 BCE into the 10th century?
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  1. Axum/ Aksum
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  1. Named after its namesake city that served as its country’s capital until it was replaced by Manama in 1932 what is the name of the second largest island in the archipelago of Bahrain?
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  1. Muharraq Island
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  1. Despite being fed by over 300 rivers (including the Selenga and Barguzin) Lake Baikal is drained by which single river? It courses through Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai before joining the Yenisei.
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  1. Angara River
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  1. Including the Irish capital Dublin which is the southeastern of the four Provinces of Ireland as shown in this map? It is the most populous (approximately 2.6 million) and its traditional flag features a golden harp on a green background.
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  1. Leinster
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  1. The world’s tallest statue with a height of 182m the Statue of Unity is a colossal representation of the statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel and stands on the Narmada River in WHICH WESTERN INDIAN STATE?
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  1. Gujarat
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  1. Named for the French Chancellor and Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XIV of France which brackish lake in southern Louisiana is crossed by a namesake bridge that is considered the world’s longest bridge over water (continuous)? In 2005 its waters inundated New Orleans when the storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed its levees.
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  1. Lake Pontchartrain
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  1. Located off the Tanzanian mainland the Zanzibar Archipelago consists of many small islands and two large ones – Pemba Island and which larger one colloquially referred to as Zanzibar? The historical old city of Stone Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
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  1. Unguja
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  1. Which landlocked country is bordered by Zambia (to the northwest) Tanzania (northeast) and Mozambique (easy south and west)?
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  1. Malawi
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  1. Which body of water is indicated by the red square?
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  1. Lake Maracaibo
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  1. The third longest in Japan (after the Shinano and Tone) and the longest on the island of Hokkaido which 268-km long river has a name derived from the Ainu for ‘making itself go around’ due to its once-meandering course? Originating in its namesake mountain the river flows through the major cities of Sapporo and Asahikawa before discharging into the Sea of Japan.
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  1. Ishikari River
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  1. Which CITY IS THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST of the U.S. state highlighted in this map?
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  1. Denver (Colorado)
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  1. The Pennsylvanian city of Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and which other river with which it forms the Ohio River? The river in question rises in West Virginia and has a name derived from the Unami language for ‘falling banks’ a reference to the geological instability of its banks.
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  1. Monongahela River
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  1. With a name that derives from the Slavic for ‘settlement where the linden trees stand’ which former East German city located at the confluence of the White Elster Pleiße and Parthe is the most populous in the German state of Saxony?
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  1. Leipzig
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  1. Also known as the Tebrau Strait the narrow strait of water that separates Singapore and Malaysia is more commonly known by the name of which Malaysian state the most southerly in Peninsular Malaysia?
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  1. Johor
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  1. Officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2019 which Myanmese city on the Irrawaddy River with over 2000 temples and pagodas was the capital of its namesake kingdom (9th to 13th century AD) that was the first to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar?
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  1. Bagan/ Pagan
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  1. Also known as the Timtumili minanya by the local Aborigines the 239-km river (Tasmania’s second-longest) that flows through Hobart also shares which name with several English rivers located in Cumbria Yorkshire and Derbyshire?
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  1. Derwent
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  1. Which US city (named after a Connecticut-born soldier and surveyor) is highlighted in this map?
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  1. Cleveland Ohio
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  1. Named after a city located on the banks of the Mahananda River which narrow 22-km stretch of land (colloquially called the ‘Chicken Neck’) in West Bengal is the only connection between the northeastern states and the rest of India? Nepal and Bangladesh lie on either sides of it.
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  1. Siliguri Corridor
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  1. Located in the valleys of the Chillon Rimac and Lurin rivers which is the only national capital city that appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
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  1. Lima
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  1. The course of which major river is outlined in blue in the map shown here?
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  1. Zambezi River
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  1. WHICH CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRY (indicated by the ?) is bordered on its four respective sides by these countries (represented in this image by their state flags)?
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  1. Tajikistan
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  1. Settled by the Lapita people around 3500 years ago which sovereign member of the Commonwealth and United Nations consists of two main islands (Savai’i and Upolu) and four smaller ones? The capital Apia is located on the northern coast of Upolu.
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  1. Samoa
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  1. Named after the hereditary title of Francis Egerton (a 19th-century British politician and traveller) which part of the Qikiqtaaluk region in Canada’s Nunavut territory is the country’s third largest island and the world’s tenth largest?
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  1. Ellesmere Island
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  1. Rising in the Triglav group of the Julian Alps which major European river connects three national capitals (Ljubljana Zagreb and Belgrade) before joining the Danube? It forms part of the northern boundary of the Balkan Peninsula.
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  1. Sava/ Save/ Szava
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  1. Translating from the Sanskrit for ‘goodness’ which 26-110 km wide channel between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java shares its name with a west Javan kingdom that spanned the 7th to the 18th century?
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  1. Sunda Strait
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  1. What is the CAPITAL CITY of the country highlighted here in red?
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  1. N’Djamena (Chad)
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  1. Completed in 1747 as Frederick the Great’s summer palace in WHICH GERMAN CITY on the banks of the River Havel is this UNESCO World Heritage Site located?
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  1. Potsdam (the Sanssouci Palace)
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  1. Named after a small island near its entrance what name is given to the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that separate the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aqaba? Egypt’s blockade of them in May 1967 is cited as a major cause of the Six-Day War.
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  1. Straits of Tiran
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  1. Its name thought to derive from the Malayalam meaning ‘small lagoon’ which port city in the Indian state of Kerala on the shores of the Laccadive Sea is nicknamed the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’ for its importance as spice-trading hub from the 14th century onward?
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  1. Kochi/ Cochin/ Ernakulam
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  1. Which Asian capital city is shown here?
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  1. Taipei
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  1. Named after a sister-goddess of Krishna the city of Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu is located on a rocky headland with what alliterative two-word name? It forms the southernmost point of the Indian subcontinent.
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  1. Cape Comorin
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  1. Rising in the Chatyr-Dag mountains the Salhir River flows through WHICH CITY – the second largest on the Crimean Peninsula and capital of the (Autonomous) Republic of Crimea? The name of the city means ‘City of Common Good’ in Greek.
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  1. Simferopol
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  1. Name the capital of the island nation shown in this map.
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  1. Nassau (Bahamas)
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  1. ounded in 1907 by the German administrator and explorer Richard Kandt which African capital city is bordered on its southwestern sides by the Nyabarongo River - part of the upper headwaters of the Nile?
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  1. Kigali
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  1. Part of the Volcanic Seven Summits mountaineering challenge which stratovolcano in the Alborz mountain range was the site where the three-headed dragon Azi Dahaka was chained in Zoroastrian myth? It is the highest peak in Iran.
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  1. Mt. Damavand
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  1. Located east of the Ural Mountains and bisected by the River Miass which major Russian city of around 1 million inhabitants takes its name from a 18th-century fortress established to protect trade-routes against attacks by Bashkir outlaws? In February 2013 a 20-meter near-earth asteroid exploded over it with energy equivalent to 30 Hiroshima atom bombs.
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  1. Chelyabinsk
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  1. Opening eastwards into the Molucca Sea the Gulf of Tomini separates the northern Minahasa Peninsula and the East Peninsula of which major island in the Greater Sunda chain? Its largest city (around 1.5 million population) is Makassar on the South Peninsula.
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  1. Sulawesi
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  1. Part of the longer Scandinavian Mountains range which mountainous region in southern Norway has a name derived from Nordic myth? The 29 tallest mountains in Norway can all be found within including the 2469m Galdhøpiggen - the tallest in Scandinavia and Northern Europe.
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  1. Jotunheimen
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  1. Named after an indigenous people who were its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans which archipelago in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprises The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands? It lies north of the Antilles and east & southeast of Florida.
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  1. Lucayan Archipelago
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  1. Located on the banks of the Perfume River in central Vietnam which city was the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) and also that of the French protectorate of Annam? It was the location of one of the longest and bloodiest battles (fought between January and March 1968) of the Vietnam War.
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  1. Hue
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  1. Derived from the Sanskrit for ‘burning weather island’ due to its hot and humid tropical climate what name is given to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo (which it shares with Malaysia and Brunei)? Divided into five provinces its largest city (indeed the largest city on Borneo itself) is Samarinda.
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  1. Kalimantan
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  1. Formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River in southwestern Tocantins it is the habitat of babassu palm trees and tropical fauna and a popular ecotourism destination. Which Brazilian island is the largest known inland river island in the world?
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  1. Bananal Island
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  1. Located on a broad plateau southwest of the convergence of the Ruvyironza and Rurubu rivers which city (the seat of the Kingdom of Burundi before its abolition in 1966) regained its status as Burundi’s capital in December 2018? Bujumbura will remain the country’s economic capital and centre of commerce.
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  1. Gitega
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  1. Located in the eastern Trilateti mountain range which 1647m mountain is the site of a famous victory won by the Georgian king David IV over the Seljuk armies in August 1121? This impressive monument consisting of dozens of massive swords pushed into the ground and colossal sculptures of dismembered bodies was constructed in the 1990s.
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  1. Mt. Didgori
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  1. Which city is this? It is located in a coastal basin with the Blue Mountains to the west and the Woronara Plateau to the south and spans two geographic regions : the Cumberlan Plain and the Hornsby Plateau. The Nepean River wraps around its western edge before becoming the Hawkesbury River which empties into Broken Bay.
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  1. Sydney
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  1. Deriving from the Greek for ‘monastic estates’ Metohija is the name given to the region covering the southwestern part of which European state? Drained by the White Drin River and mountain ranges such as the Prokletije and the Sar the area is also known as Dukagjini.
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  1. Kosovo
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  1. Explored by Franz Boas in 1884 it empties via the Koukdjuak River into the Foxe Basin. With an area of 5542 square kilometres Nettilling Lake is the world’s largest lake located on an island – which island?
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  1. Baffin Island
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  1. The 2772m Mt. Roraima (said to be the inspiration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel ‘The Lost World’) and the Kaieteur Falls (world’s largest single-drop waterfall by volume of water) are sites of natural wonder found in which country? According to the Oxford English Dictionary the country’s name comes from an indigenous Amerindian language and means ‘land of many waters’ likely referencing its many rivers such as the Courantyne the Berbice and the Demerara (on whose east bank sits the country’s capital).
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  1. Guyana
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  1. Which world capital city is indicated here? Its name derives from that of a wealthy noblewoman who legend has it found four Buddha statues in a hollow tree trunk that washed up to her house during a flood prompting her to build a temple on a hill near her home.
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  1. Phnom Penh
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  1. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Chicago of China’ due to its role as a major transportation hub which capital of Hubei province is one of the nine National Central Cities of China and also the most populous in Central China? The famous Yellow Crane Tower was first erected here in the 3rd century AD during the Three Kingdoms periods and it is also the birthplace of the Grand-Slam winning tennis player Li Na.
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  1. Wuhan
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  1. The birthplace of the queen consort of James II of England the operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti and the motor entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari which city on the south side of the Po Valley houses the second-oldest university in Italy and is also noted for its production of balsamic vinegar?
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  1. Modena
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  1. Important as a reservoir of water for the operation of the canal locks which long artificial lake in Panama constituting part of the Panama Canal system was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents?
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  1. Lake Gatun
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  1. Originating in the Drakensberg Mountains which main river of the KwaZulu-Natal Province was decided on as the border between Zululand and the Republic of Natalia after the Battle of Blood River in 1838?
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  1. Tugela River
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  1. Known as the Chikuma in its upper reaches which river in Honshu is the longest and widest river in Japan? Rising in the Japanese Alps it flows generally northeast through Nagano and Niigata Prefectures before emptying into the Sea of Japan.
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  1. Shinano River
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  1. Charted on maps of Africa from 1798 through to the late 1880s which non-existent mountain range were once thought to begin in West Africa near the highland source of the Niger River then continue east to the also fictitious Central African Mountains of the Moon? It takes its name from a pre-colonial African Muslim state (1710-1898) centered in northeastern Ivory Coast.
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  1. Mountains of Kong
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  1. Consisting of three tropical coral atolls (Atafu Nukunonu and Fakaofo) the name of which dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean means ‘north wind’ in Polynesian?
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  1. Tokelau
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  1. The Four Ancient Capital Cities of China are Beijing Nanjing Xi’an (Chang’an) and which city located in western Henan Province? It served as the capital of various dynasties such as the Eastern Zhou Eastern Han and Later Tang.
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  1. Luoyang
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  1. Stretching for 16 km along Algoa Bay which major seaport was founded in 1820 by the British army officer Rufane Shaw Donkin who was on extended leave following the untimely death of his beloved young wife and built this pyramid as a memorial to her?
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  1. Port Elizabeth
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  1. What collective name is given to the 1796 islands lying between the Malacca Strait the Karimata Strait and the South China Sea that became an Indonesian province in 2002? The capital is Tanjung Pinang and the largest city is Batam.
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  1. Riau Islands
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  1. Lying in the southeast of the country between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Nokoué which city is the most populous as well as the economic center and seat of government of Benin (despite the capital being Porto-Novo)?
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  1. Cotonou
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  1. Which European city takes its name from the legend of a mythical giant who guarded a toll bridge and was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo who cut off the giants hand and flung it into the river? The Brabo fountain commemorating this legend is located in the city itself.
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  1. Antwerp
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  1. Rising where the Andean subranges Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental separate and generally flowing northward about 1528 kilometres to reach the Caribbean Sea at the city of Barranquilla the principal river of Colombia is named after which biblical character?
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  1. Mary Madgdalene (Magdalena River)
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  1. Located in the eastern Timor Sea off the coast of the Northern Territory which island forms the Tiwi Islands together with Bathurst Island? Named after a British First Lord of the Admiralty it is the second biggest island in Australia after Tasmania.
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  1. Melville Island
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  1. Fought in February 1904 the Battle of Port Arthur (which marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War) took place in which current Chinese city and seaport? It is the southernmost city of the Liaodong Peninsula and has a name that means ‘great connection’.
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  1. Dalian
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  1. Meaning ‘island of currents’ which is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands? The capital Torshavn is located on its southeast coast.
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  1. Streymoy
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  1. Completed in 2002 and meant to embody a folktale about a mythical tree of life and a magic bird of happiness which 105m-tall monument and observation tower in Nur-Sultan has a name that means ‘tall poplar tree’? It is considered a symbol of post-independence Kazakhstan.
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  1. Bayterek Tower
130
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  1. Believed to be derived from the Mikmaq word meaning opposite the lofty cliffs” which Canadian strait divides the Nova Scotia peninsula from Cape Breton Island?
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  1. Strait of Canso
131
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  1. If you are a member of 5QG I don’t think you will have a problem identifying the capital of Mongolia. What city however is the capital of the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia? Known as Hushi in Chinese and located to the north of the Hetao Plateau its Mongolian name means ‘Blue City’.
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  1. Hohhot
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  1. Around 60000 square miles in area the saucer-shaped tableland known as the Khorat Plateau is located in the northeastern Isan region of which Asian country? It is divided by the Phu Phan Mountains into two basins and is drained by the Chi and Mun rivers.
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  1. Thailand
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  1. Bordering Slovenia which second largest of the nine Austrian federated states was the birthplace of Arnold Schwarzenegger and former world No.1 tennis player Thomas Muster? It’s capital city is Graz.
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  1. Styria
134
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  1. Built in 1625 as the summer residence of Inqusitor Onorato Visconti the Girgenti Palace near Siġġiewi is now an official residence of the Prime Minister of which country?
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  1. Malta
135
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  1. The setting of Yukio Mishimas ‘The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea’ and James Clavell’s ‘Gai-Jin’ which city on the Ooka River has a name that translates as ‘horizontal beach’?
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  1. Yokohama
136
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  1. Bordered by states including Colima and Nayarit which state in west-central Mexico contains Lake Chapala the county’s largest freshwater lake? Its capital city is Guadalajara.
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  1. Jalisco
137
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  1. Named after a mythological queen of Thrace (wife of King Haemus) who were both changed into mountains by Zeus and Hera as a punishment for offending the gods which mountain range in Southeastern Europe with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece has Golyam Perelik as its highest peak?
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  1. Rhodope Mountains
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  1. Supposedly the birthplace of Dangun (the founder of the first Korean kingdom Gojoseon) and Bukūri Yongšon (ancestor of the Manchus) which major mountain range in Northeast Asia extends from the Northeast Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang Jilin and Liaoning and across the border between China and North Korea where its highest peak Mt Paektu lies? Its Chinese name literally means Perpetually-White Mountains’.
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  1. Changbai Mountains
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  1. Its name translating as ‘Cauldron Mountain’ (believed to reference Mt Hwangryeong) which major city on the Nakdong River became its country’s first international port under the terms of the Treaty of Ganghwa (1876)?
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  1. Busan
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  1. Its name deriving from the original Khoikhoi language for place of big noises the Augrabies Falls with three times the average season flow rate of the Niagara Falls is situated on which major river?
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  1. Orange River
141
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  1. Which seven-letter word of Greenlandic origin refers to an exposed often rocky element of a ridge mountain or peak which pokes out of an ice field or glacier?
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  1. Nunatak
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  1. Said to be a gift from Rama to the sage Agastya this South Indian river flows from the Western Ghats through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu forming the Sivanasamudra Falls.
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  1. Cauvery/ Kaveri River
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  1. The rivers Ouse and Witham flow into this marshy bay between Norfolk and Lincolnshire. It is famous for a historical event that occurred around 1216 AD.
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  1. The Wash
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  1. Its name deriving from an Algonquian word referring to a village ‘at a big river’ which inlet of the Atlantic Ocean is bounded by the Delmarva Peninsula to the east with the northern portion lying within Maryland and the southern portion within Virginia?
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  1. Chesapeake Bay
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  1. The Chesapeake Bay is actually a ria (or drowned valley) of which major river of the northeastern USA? Its northern branch rises out of Otsego Lake in New York and joins the western branch at Northumberland County Pennsylvania. Its name comes from the Lenapi (Delaware Indian) term meaning ‘Oyster River’.
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  1. Susquehanna River
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  1. The drainage basin of the Susquehanna River includes portions of this large dissected plateau area encompassing areas of the states of New York Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Part of the larger Appalachian Plateau it derives its name from the Lenapi for ‘Fine River’.
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  1. Allegheny Plateau
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  1. This southern Spanish river empties into the Gulf of Cadiz but not before flowing past Cordoba and Seville. It is the second-longest river entirely within Spain.
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  1. Guadalquivir River
148
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  1. Situated 300km northwest of Buenos Aires on the western shore of the Parana River which city is the largest in the province of Santa Fe and the third largest city (by population) in Argentina?
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  1. Rosario
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  1. With a population of 175245 (as of Jan 2016) which city on the island of Funen is the third largest city (by population) in Denmark? Hans Christian Andersen was born there in 1805.
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  1. Odense
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  1. Located on the plains of the Zayanderud River which city flourished from especially the 16th century under the rule of the Safavid dynasty? The Naghsh-e Jahan square in the city center is one of the largest city squares in the world.
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  1. Isfahan
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  1. Named after a town in the province of Lecce which body of water connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania? In 1997 and 2004 nearly 100 people lost their lives trying to illegally cross the strait following the political unrest and harsh economic conditions in Albania.
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  1. Strait of Otranto
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  1. In which city - its countrys chief port and most populous - will you find a statue commemorating a 1822 meeting between Bolivar and San Martin to discuss the future of Peru and South America?
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  1. Guayaquil
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  1. The Strait of Tartary and La Perouse Strait (also called Soya Strait) are straits that separate which island from its neighboring land masses?
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  1. Sakhalin Island
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  1. Also known as the ‘Putrid Sea’ in Russian (Gniloye More) which system of shallow lagoons on the northern and eastern coasts of the Crimean Peninsula is separated from the Sea of Azov by the 110km-long Arabat Spit?
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  1. Sivash/ Syvash
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  1. A blank map showing one of the states of the USA. Name the city indicated by the yellow star.
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  1. Detroit (Michigan)
156
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  1. Meaning ‘fine pasture’ in the Oirat language which city had its name changed by the Qing Emperor Qianlong to Dihua (‘to enlighten the uncivilized’)? Commanding the northern end of a gap from the Tarim Basin into the Junggar Basin its distance of 2500km from the nearest coastline leads Guinness Book of Records to name it ‘the most remote city from any sea in the world’.
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  1. Urumqi
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  1. Its name deriving from the Mi’kmaq meaning ‘end of the land’ the Gaspé Peninsula is located at the mouth of which major world river? Slightly larger than Belgium in area it lies to the east of the Matapedia Valley and north of Chaleur Bay and Restigouche River.
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  1. St. Lawrence River
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  1. Cape Chelyuskin in north-central Siberia the northernmost in Russia and also of the entire Eurasian landmass is situated on which peninsula that lies between the Kara and Laptev Seas?
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  1. Taymyr Peninsula
159
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  1. Lying on the coast of the Black Sea at the foot of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains which historical geographic and political-administrative region of Georgia includes Batumi the country’s second-largest city?
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  1. Adjara
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  1. Its name first mentioned by the 8th-century Byzantine chronicler Theophanes the Confessor which city (known in antiquity as Odessos) is located on terraces descending from the Franga Plateau on the north and the Avren Plateau on the south and is its country’s third largest city and major seaport?
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  1. Varna
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  1. After the four main islands and Okinawa and excluding the disputed Kurils which is Japan’s 6th largest island? Part of Niigata Prefecture it used to be a place of banishment for difficult or inconvenient Japanese figures.
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  1. Sado Island
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  1. Meaning ‘big water’ in the Wiradjuri language which major tributary of the Murray River and the second longest river in Australia rises from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains and flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory?
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  1. Murrumbidgee River
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  1. Linking the Bismarck Sea to the Solomon Sea the strait in Papua New Guinea that separates Umboi Island and New Britain is named after which explorer who first sailed through it in 1700 in HMS Roebuck? He was the first person to circumnavigate the world three times.
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  1. William Dampier
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  1. Explored by Portuguese explorers Diogo Cao and Bartolomeu Diaz which African city located just north of the Tropic of Capricorn in the Kuiseb River delta takes its name from the large numbers of Eubalaena australis attracted there by its rich marine (esp plankton) life?
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  1. Walvis Bay
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  1. Subdivided into Gizhigin Bay and Penzhina Bay which large gulf (named after an 18th-century Russian seafarer) in the northeastern corner of the Sea of Okhotsk separates the Russian mainland from the Kamchatka Peninsula?
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  1. Gulf of Shelikhov
166
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  1. Its southernmost portion ends in the Sõrve Peninsula which is separated from Latvia’s Courland Peninsula by the Irbe Strait. Which Estonian island (the second-largest in the Baltic Sea) with its capital at Kuressaare is located at the entrance of the Gulf of Riga?
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  1. Saaremaa
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  1. Władysław Reymonts ‘The Promised Land’ (1898) Joseph Roths ‘Hotel Savoy’ (1924) and Israel Joshua Singers ‘The Brothers Ashkenazi’ (1937) were all partially or wholly set in which city the third most populous in its country? Its name translates as ‘boat’ even though it is located right in the middle of the country.
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  1. Lodz
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  1. Officially named Professor Doctor Ingenieur W. J. van Blommestein Meer (after an Indonesian-born Dutch hydrological engineer) the Brokopondo Reservoir (created by the construction of the Afobaka Dam) is one of the largest reservoirs in the world. With a surface area of approximately 1560 square km it floods nearly one percent of the country in which it is located - which country?
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  1. Suriname
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  1. Opened by Queen Beatrix in 1997 and controlled by a supercomputer the Maeslantkering is a storm-surge barrier on the Nieuwe Waterweg that protects which major city from floods?
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  1. Rotterdam
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  1. In the heart of which capital city (whose name translates variously as ‘port on the river Kelani‘ or ‘harbour with leafy/ green mango trees’) would you find the 65-hectare (160-acre) Beira Lake? A distinctive landmark it was used for centuries by colonists to defend the city.
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  1. Colombo
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  1. Its construction credited to the Roman emperor Augustus son-in-law and aide Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa around the year 19 BC the ancient Roman aqueduct bridge Pont du Gard was to carry water over 50 km which present-day city in the Occitanie region of southern France?
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  1. Nîmes
172
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  1. Completed in 1998 and at 1991 meters the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge links Kobe on the island of Honshu to which Iwaya on which island - the largest in the Seto Inland Sea?
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  1. Awaji Island
173
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  1. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997 being the only place on earth where rocks from the earths mantle are being actively exposed above sea-level which island in the southwest Pacific Ocean about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica is named after a 19th-century Governor of New South Wales?
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  1. Macquarie Island
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  1. Notable residents include former Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and psychologist Lev Vygotsky. First mentioned in the Hypatian Codex as being territory of the princes of Chernigov around 1140 which city on the banks of the Sozh river is its country’s second-most populous with around 500000 inhabitants (2015)?
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  1. Gomel
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  1. Surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century as the citys defence system and which receive water from the Mincio River which city ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708 is the place where the composer Monteverdi premiered his opera ‘LOrfeo’ and where Romeo was banished in Shakespeares play ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
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  1. Mantua
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  1. Located at the confluence of the Beberibe and Capibaribe rivers before they flow into the South Atlantic Ocean which major city is known as ‘Venice of Brazil’ due to its many rivers small islands and over 50 bridges? It is the capital of Pernambuco state.
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  1. Recife
177
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  1. Named after a small oasis town what term refers to the strip of land in northern Chad which lies along the border with Libya that played a significant role in the Chadian–Libyan conflict in the 1970s and 80s?
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  1. Aouzou Strip
178
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  1. Active from 1976 to 2005 the separatist group GAM fought for the independence of which westernmost province of Indonesia? Located on the northern end of Sumatra it was devastated in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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  1. Aceh
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  1. Also known as the Ogasawara Islands what name (which translates as ‘no people’ or ‘uninhabited’) refers to an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands some 1000 kilometres directly south of Tokyo? Nicknamed ‘The Galápagos of the Orient’ for their unique flora & fauna the only inhabited islands of the group are Chichijima (‘Father Island’) and Hahajima (‘Mother Island’).
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  1. Bonin Island
180
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  1. Nicknamed ‘Colombias Golden Gate’ due to its industrialization and modernity which capital city of Colombia’s Atlántico Department has a name that refers to the canyons that existed in the area adjacent to the Magdalena River where the city arose? It is the country’s fourth-most populous city after Bogotá Medellín and Cali.
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  1. Barranquilla
181
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  1. Formerly known as Gombroon which capital city of Iran’s Hormozgān Province on its southern coast occupies a strategic position on the Strait of Hormuz and is the location of the main base of the Iranian Navy?
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  1. Bandar Abbas
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  1. Located on its namesake river and its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdzimba Mountains which African capital city is located 16 km away from Lobamba the legislative and traditional capital?
A
  1. Mbabane (Eswatini)
183
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  1. Located near the center of Rio Muni and formerly known as Oyala the city of Ciudad de la Paz (‘City of Peace’) is currently being built to replace which city as its nation’s capital?
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  1. Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)
184
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  1. First mentioned historically during the emigration of the powerful Taira Clan during the late Heian period which port city located on Tokyo Bay is known for having the longest suspended monorail in the world? Its name translates as ‘thousand leaves’.
A
  1. Chiba
185
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  1. Located in the south of the Varesine Prealps along the Olona valley which commune about 20km from central Milan gives its name to an 1176 battle that saw Lombard League victorious over Frederick Barbarossa? It is said that for this reason it is the only town other than Rome named in the Italian national anthem.
A
  1. Legnano
186
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  1. One of four rivers/ bodies of water named in the German national anthem which river rising in the Alps in the province of South Tyrol flows generally in a southeast direction past the Lagarina Valley and the cities of Verona and Adria before entering the Adriatic Sea?
A
  1. Adige
187
Q
  1. Known locally as the Valley of the Dragons since it is a source of many fossil finds the Nemegt Basin is a vast geographical area in the northwestern part of which desert? Its main geological formations include the Nemegt Barun Goyot and Djadochta – all dating to around the Late Cretaceous Period.
A
  1. Gobi
188
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  1. Its name derived from an archaic title for supporters of the citys ancient Ikuta Shrine which capital city of Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture forms the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto? It gives its name to a type of Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle.
A
  1. Kobe
189
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  1. With less famous examples in Guayaquil (Ecuador) Cartagena (Colombia) and Jalisco (Mexico) what term in Spanish-speaking countries refers to a stone-built embankment or esplanade along a waterfront - with the most well-known one found in Havana Cuba?
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  1. Malecon

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