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Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) > Geography > Flashcards

Geography Flashcards

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Where can you find the Coral Reef?

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Australia

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What was the Panthalasa Ocean?

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The surrounding ocean of the super continent Pangaea.

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What country is the Maccuu Piccuu landmark in?

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Peru

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What is the altitude of Mount Everest to the nearest 10,000 feet?

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30,000 feet (29,035)

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This mountain is the highest peak above sea level.

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Mount Everest

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What is the highest point on the island of Hawaii?

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Manua Kea

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Baffin Island has a steep cliff 4,100 feet high. What is its name?

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Mount Thor (in 1985 2 people scaled it in 33 days)

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What country did Christopher Columbus sail from to look for a short route to India?

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Spain

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The first National Horse Show took place at Madison Square Garden in this city.

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New York City

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10
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Exxon Valdez runs aground in this state.

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Alaska

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What city in the Midwest is known as “Motor City”?

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Detroit, Michigan

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What state lies between Ohio and Illinois?

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Indiana

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Which state is spread out across the tops of old volcanoes?

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Hawaii (the only state that consists entirely of islands)

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“Mark Twain” was actually a river call that told the boat pilots that the water in a certain spot was this many fathoms deep.

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Two

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Mark Twain spent most of his childhood in this city.

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Hannibal, Missouri

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Mark Twain wrote about these two characters.

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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

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The Russian River and the Kenai Penninsula had gold located in this state.

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Alaska (it officially became a state in 1959)

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The home where Albert Einstein spent his last 20 years is in this state.

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New Jersey

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Jack London, author of Call of the Wild and White Fang is from Sonoma County in this state.

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California

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What state is Green Bay located in?

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Wisconsin

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What state is Tulane University located?

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Louisiana

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California had their first one of these in 1934 with one loud speaker for all the cars.

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Drive-In Movie Theater

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In 1942, this state had the world’s first controlled nuclear reaction.

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Illinois

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This color is the name of an Alabama town and University.

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Auburn

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Latvia and Lithuania have a coastline on this sea.
Baltic Sea
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What are the two island countries that are entirely in the Mediterranean?
Cyprus and Malta
27
"At the foot of the Ngong hills" is written by Isak Dinesen in this memoir
Out of Africa
28
What is the national language of Trinidad and Tobago?
English
29
What state can you find the cities Astoria and Tillamook in?
Oregon
30
What state has the Forget Me Not as the state flower?
Alaska
31
What state can you find the Crazy Horse Memorial?
South Dakota
32
What state can you find the 9/11 tribute center?
New York
33
What state can you find the Bandlands National Park?
South Dakota
34
What are the names of all eight islands of Hawaii?
Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Molokai, Nihau, Kauai, Lanai, Kahoolawe
35
What state is famous for their philly cheesesteak sandwiches?
Pennsylvania
36
What state can you find the Alamo in?
Texas
37
What state can you find Disney World in?
Florida
38
What is the state bird of Colorado?
Lark Bunting bird
39
Where was toilet paper invented?
New York City, New York
40
What state's name means 'Place of the Gods'?
Hawaii
41
Where can you find Fort Glenn and Kenai Fjords National Park?
Alaska
42
What state can you find Saguaro National Park?
Arizona
43
What state can you find Pembroke Pines and Hialeah?
Florida
44
What Carribean island has famous fortifications in San Juan?
Puerto Rico
45
What state can you find the Chandelier Tree that is 2,400 years old and 21 feet in diameter?
California
46
What is the state bird of Oregon?
the western meadowlark
47
What's the most widely spoken first language in Israel?
Hebrew
48
Peking is another name for this city
Beijing
49
The Nile is longer, but in terms of volume, this is the world's largest river
Amazon
50
Stretching for about 5,500 miles, the world's longest land mountain range is this South American one
Andes
51
277 miles long and often 1 mile deep, it's the largest gorge in the U.S. of A.
Grand Canyon
52
About 23 degrees N. of the equator is the Tropic of Cancer; about 23 degrees S. of the equator is the Tropic of this
Capricorn
53
The largest peninsula on earth is mostly made up of this Middle Eastern country.
Saudi Arabia
54
What state can you find the Santee River?
South Carolina
55
What state can you find the Blue Ridge Mountains and James River?
Virginia
56
What state can you find the Sanoran Desert?
Arizona
57
Which island out of the Hawaiian islands is known as the "garden island"?
Kauai
58
What US state can you find Kokomo in?
Indiana
59
U.S. States: It leads the world in producing sardine cans, but it's called the Pine Tree State
Maine
60
What state would you find the city Dodge City?
Kansas
61
Mt. Sunflower is the highest point in this state
Kansas
62
This president grew up in Kansas and was elected president in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
63
Nebraska: The Good Life: In 1927 Edwin Perkins of Hastings, Nebraska invented this powdered soft drink.
Kool-Aid
64
U.S. States: There's New York, New Jersey, New Mexico and "New" this as well
New Hampshire
65
Its capital is Salem, but its largest city is Portland
Oregon
66
This state is the smallest in area
Rhode Island
67
Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth in this "Sunshine" State
Florida
68
Points of interest in this state include the San Joaquin Valley and the Sacramento River
California
69
World Capitals: The Kremlin sits atop Borovitsky Hill in this capital city
Moscow
70
The name of this capital of Belgium might remind you of "sprouts" that Mom tries to make you eat
Brussels
71
Toronto is the capital of Ontario, but this other Ontario city is the capital of Canada
Ottawa
72
Key West, Florida is only about 100 miles away from this foreign capital
Havana, Cuba
73
The name of this capital of Argentina means "fair winds" or "good air"
Buenos Aires
74
Where in the United States will you find the cities Litchfield, Groton and Mystic?
Connecticut
75
What state can you find Yale University?
Connecticut
76
What US state can you find the Mackinac bridge?
Michigan
77
Motown is short for motor city which is a nickname for which city?
Detroit
78
State Superlatives: A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
California
79
State Superlatives: With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline
Alaska
80
State Superlatives: It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Texas
81
State Superlatives: Its Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett is the world's largest building by volume
Washington
82
RIVERS: This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon
The Colorado
83
U.S.A.: Mount Rainier is the highest peak in Washington state and in this mountain range
The Cascades
84
STATE YOUR BUSINESS: Wal-Mart
Arkansas
85
STATE YOUR BUSINESS: Kellogg's: You read the side of the box a million times, now it pays off
Michigan
86
ONLY GEOGRAPHY: The only state whose name ends in 3 vowels
Hawaii
87
ONLY GEOGRAPHY: The only continent without glaciers
Australia
88
CAPITAL CITY OVERLAPS: Cuba and Kenya
Havannairobi
89
CAPITAL CITY OVERLAPS: Australia and; Morocco
Canberrabat
90
CAPITAL CITY OVERLAPS: Afghanistan and Mongolia
Kabulaanbaatar
91
BEST SHORT FILM OSCARS: A 1947 Short Subject Oscar went to "Climbing" this mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy
the Matterhorn
92
ISLANDS: Some call it the island continent
Australia
93
Obviously!: Leonardo da Vinci was born near this small Tuscan town in 1519
Vinci
94
THIS PLACE IS DUELSVILLE: In 2008 Bobby Fischer died in this island city, site of his 1972 chess duel with Boris Spassky
Reykjavik
95
WHAT A COUNTRY!: Famed cube-ist Erno Rubik was born in this country
Hungary
96
LET'S SET SOME BOUNDARIES: The Mason-Dixon Line was originally the boundary between these 2 states
Pennsylvania and Maryland
97
MAUI? WOWIE!: Maui came under Hawaiian rule when it was conquered in 1795 by this "great" king
Kamehameha
98
CALIFORNIA CITIES: The oldest city in California that was founded by the Spanish; it's named for St. Joseph
San Jose
99
STATE OF EMERGENCY: Hurricane Katrina devastated La. and also this state's coastal communities of Dauphin Island and Bayou La Batre
Alabama

Mr. B's General Knowledge Trivia (clues from NPR Wait Wait, Jeopardy!, and some I made up myself) (75 decks)

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