GEOGRAPHY TRIVIA Flashcards
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What city does Beacon Hill light?
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Boston
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What country consists mainly of the Jutland Peninsula?
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Denmark
3
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What British abbey contains Poet’s Corner?
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Westminster Abbey
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What country produces Carlsberg, Tuborg, and Wiibroe beer?
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Denmark
5
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Where does the Rialto Bridge span the Grand Canal
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Venice, Italy
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What country’s capital is Tripoli?
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Libya
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What South American city has the world’s highest commercial landing field?
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La Paz, Bolivia
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What continent is Sierrre Leone in?
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Africa
9
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What river forms the Pennsylvania - New Jersey border?
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The Delaware River
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What two Iberian cities does the Lusitania Express run between?
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Lisbon (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain)
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What peninsula do Spain and Portugal share?
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The Iberian peninsula
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What U.S. state has the longest border with Canada?
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Alaska
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What U.S. state is known as ‘The Last Frontier’?
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Alaska
14
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Where is Mount Kennedy?
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Yukon
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What country covers more than 194,000 square miles of the Iberian peninsula?
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Spain
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What city does the Trinidad Hilton overlook from a cliff on Belmont Hill?
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Port-of-Spain
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What are the colors of the Italian flag?
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Green, white, red
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What U.S. state has the longest name?
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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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What was once called ‘America’s Attic’?
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The Smithsonian Institute
20
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What state borders Alabama to the north?
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Tennessee
21
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What country’s flag flies over the island of Ibiza?
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Spain?
22
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Where is the island of Ibiza?
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Ibiza is one of the Balearic islands, an archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea.
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What’s the world’s warmest sea?
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The Red Sea
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What U.S. state has sagebrush as its state flower?
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Nevada
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What fame ranch can you see from Ranch Road No. 1 near Stonewall, Texas?
The LBJ ranch
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What's the most populous country in Africa?
Nigeria
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What country did the fandango originate in?
Spain
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What U.S. State doesn't have borders?
Hawaii
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What maritime country has the shortest coastline, at three and a half miles?
Monaco
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What's the most common Spanish surname?
Garcia
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Where are the Union Stockyards?
Chicago
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What city has the world's largest black population?
New York
33
What U.S. state's biggest lake is Lake Sam Rayburn?
Texas's
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What is Abyssinia now called?
Ethiopia
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What's the capital of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam
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How many points are there on the Statue of Liberty's crown?
Seven
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What three colors are on the French flag?
Blue, white, red
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What country is Angel Falls in?
Venezuela
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Who is the only president carved in Mount Rushmore wearing glasses?
Theodore Roosevelt
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Which presidents are carved in Mount Rushmore??
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt
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What's the most densely-populated country on the American mainland?
El Salvador
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What body of water does the Yukon River empty into?
The Bering Sea
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What city is at the eastern end of the St. Lawrence Seaway?
Montreal
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What two countries is Andorra nestled between?
France and Spain
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What ocean surrounds the Maldive Islands?
The Indian Ocean
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Which is farthest west - Dublin, Glasgow, or Lisbon?
Lisbon
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What city gained renown for its pea-soup fogs?
London
48
How many dollars a day did Arthur Frommer say you could get by on in Europe in 1968?
Five
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What country's flag flies over the Canary Islands?
Spain's
50
What U.S. state are you visiting if you drive the Natchez Trail from Tupelo?
Mississippi
51
Where is the Yucatan Peninsula?
Mexico
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Where is the Amundsen Scott Station?
The South Pole / Antartica
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What is Katmandu the capital of?
Nepal
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What country is home to Olympic Airways?
Greece
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What is the official language of Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco?
Arabic
56
What river is spanned by the George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
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What's the most rural state in the U.S.?
North Dakota
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What queen were the Virgin Islands name for in 1627?
Queen Elizabeth I
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Where's the Black Forest?
Germany, specifically West Germany
60
What country sprang from the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar?
Tanzania
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What's the capital of Australia?
Canberra
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Where's the Costa del Sol?
Spain
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What two countries have their flags flying over the Caribbean Virgins?
The United States and Great Britain / England
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What's the capital of East Germany?
East Berlin
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Where's the Trevi Fountain?
Rome
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What country has the highest per capital consumption of cheese?
France
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What's the most exclusive hotel on Brook Street in London?
Claridge's
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Where on the Iberian peninsula is the Trafalgar Graveyard?
Gibraltar
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What river runs through Liverpool?
The Mersey River
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What U.S. state's name begins but doesn end with the letter A?
Arkansas
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What the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
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What U.S. city is 'The Queen of the Pacific'?
San Francisco
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What North American city has the longest subway system?
New York
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What bay does the Golden Gate strait lead into?
San Francisco Bay
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What Pacific trench is the world's deepest, at 36,198 feet?
The Mariana Trench
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Where is the Isthmus of Corinth?
Greece
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What country's people call they language Magyar?
Hungary's
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What mountain range is traversed by the highest railroad in the world?
The Andes
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What's the smallest state in the U.S.?
Rhode Island
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What's the state flower of Alaska?
The Forget-Me-Not
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What country boasts the southernmost point in continental (i.e., mainland) Europe?
Spain
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What's the nickname of Kentucky?
The Bluegrass State
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What color are the castellated walls of the Kremlin?
Red
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What U.S. state capital has more than 30 Buddhist temples?
Honolulu
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What ocean does the Zambezi River empty into?
The Indian Ocean
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What is the southernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Punta de Tarifa, Spain
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What is the northernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), Norway
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What is the westernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Cabo da Roca, Portugal
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What German city do Italians call 'The Monaco of Bavaria'?
Munich
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How many rooms are there in the White House?
132
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What's the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
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What country owns the Azores?
Portugal
93
What London traffic circle was 'The Hub of the British Empire'?
Piccadilly Circus
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What country has 100 lepta to the drachma?
Greece
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What's the speed limit on the German autobahns?
Unlimited
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What railroad has 97 stops on its 5,799-mile route?
The Trans-Siberian Railway
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What the official language of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Italian
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Where is San Marino?
San Marino, small republic situated on the slopes of Mount Titano, on the Adriatic side of central Italy between the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions and surrounded on all sides by the republic of Italy. It is the smallest independent state in Europe after Vatican City and Monaco and, until the independence of Nauru (1968), the smallest republic in the world.
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What's the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
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What's 'The City of Brotherly Love'?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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What was known as Russian America before 1867?
Alaska
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What Russian city used to be called Leningrad?
St. Petersburg, also called Petrograd at one point
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What are the world's four oceans?
Atlantic, Artic, Indian, Pacific
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What's the only U.S. state named for a president?
Washington
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What three South American countries does the equator cross?
Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia
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What the world's deepest land gorge?
The Grand Canyon
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Where are 47 czars buried?
The Kremlin
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What's Europe's longest river?
The Volga
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Where would you find Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino?
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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How many lions stand vigil in Trafalgar Square?
Four
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What famed falls are split in two by Goat Island?
Niagra
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What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Ireland
113
What is the geographical term for a ring-shaped coral island?
Atoll
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What U.S. city was named for St. Francis of Assisi?
San Francisco
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What country borders Denmark to the south?
Germany, specifically West Germany
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Who's buried beneath the alter of St. Peter's Basilica?
St. Peter
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What sea did the Romans call mare nostrum?
The Mediterranean
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Where is the Holy Kaaba?
Mecca
119
Which of the Great Lakes do all the other flow into?
Lake Ontario
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What two rivers join forces on the outskirts of St. Louis?
Mississippi and Missouri
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What's the highest mountain in the 48 contiguous U.S. states?
Mount Whitney
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What country owns the island of Corfu?
Greece
123
What does a German call Munich?
Munchen
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What U.S. state is Fort Knox in?
Kentucky
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What capital city's old section centers on Puerta del Sol?
Madrid Spain
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What river's basin constitutes one-third of the European Soviet Union?
The Volga River
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What U.S. state has the largest Native American population?
Oklahoma
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What is 'ganja' in Jamaica?
Cannabis / marijuana
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What city has a newspaper called 'The Plain Dealer'?
Cleveland
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What state boasts the Duncan Tavern Museum, where Daniel Boone often drank?
Kentucky
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What's the capital of Missouri?
Jefferson City
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What country consumes the most wine per capita?
Italy
133
What building built in 1897 contains 327 miles of bookshelves?
The Library of Congress
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What city is home to Europe's tallest building?
Moscow
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What the largest lake in the world?
The Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea
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What river tumbles over Victoria Falls?
The Zambezi River
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What city is home to almost half of Michelangelo's statues?
Florence Italy
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What New Mexico resort town was named for a radio game show?
Truth or Consequences
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What's the southernmost state in the U.S.?
Hawaii
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What country's capital is Montevideo?
Uruguay
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What Communist country is closest to the U.S.?
Russia / The Soviet Union (previously)
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What U.S. state does the Continental Divide leave to enter Canada?
Montana
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What arch can you see from the Place de la Concorde?
Arc de Triomphe
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What U.S. state receives the least sunshine?
Alaska
145
What country was originally know as Terra Australis Incognita?
Australia
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What continent is Barbados considered part of?
North America
147
What European capital boasts the Luxembourg Garden?
Paris France
148
What's the capital of Bavaria?
Munich
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What two Caribbean countries share the island of Hispaniola?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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What Manhattan edifice has 10 million bricks in it?
The Empire State Building
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What's the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
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What U.S. state is Mammoth Cave National Park in?
Kentucky
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What country is home to Sabena Airlines?
Belgium
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What three European countries begin with the letter A?
Austria, Andorra, Albania
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What South American country took its name from the Latin for 'silvery'?
Argentina
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What flag flies over the fortress enclave of Gibraltar?
The Union Jack. The flag of England
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What's the square in the center of Moscow?
Red Square
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What is no longer falling down in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
London Bridge
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What was once called Martin's Vineyard?
Martha's Vineyard
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What country boasts the most cars per mile of road?
Britain
161
What country contains Africa's northernmost point?
Tunisia
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What is the largest one-person residence in the world?
The Vatican
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What South American body of water is known as 'The Lake of the Clouds'?
Lake Titicaca
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What two South American countries share the regiona of Patagonia?
Argentina and Chile
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Where is Lake Titicaca located?
Between Peru and Bolivia
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Where is Kruger National Park?
South Africa
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What country contains the medieval seaport of Dubrovnik?
Yugoslavia
168
What mountain erupted to destroy Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius
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What U.S. state's ocean shores have yielded the most sunken treasure?
Florida
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What U.S. city was called 'The Birthplace of the Skyscraper'?
New York City
171
What river flows between Minneapolis and St. Paul?
The Mississippi River
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What country ranks first in an alphabetical list?
Afghanistan
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What country is called Bharat in Hindi?
India
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What was known as Spice Island?
Zanzibar
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What city boasts the Billingsgate fishmarket?
London
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Where is Nelson's monument?
Trafalgar Square, London
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What borough forms the central core of New York City?
Manhattan
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What does a Sinophobic Russian fear?
China
179
What was Britain's possession on the Chinese mainland?
Hong Kong
180
What U.S. state is known as 'The Land of 10,000 Lakes'?
Minnesota
181
What side of the road do law-abiding citizens of Japan drive on?
The left
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What country boasts the most dams?
The United States
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What sea separates Britain from Norway?
The North Sea
184
What do the French call La Manche?
The English Channel
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What country to the Galapagos Islands belong to?
Ecuador
186
What gate opens on East and West Berlin?
The Brandenburg Gate
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What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
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What country's national folk hero is called Holger Danske?
Denmark
189
What part of New York City was called 'broken land' by the Dutch?
Brooklyn
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What is the largest city in India?
Bombay
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What body of water does the Colorado River empty into?
The Gulf of California
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What foreign city is visited most by Americans?
Tijuana, Mexico
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What capital city lies at the junction of the Sava and Danube rivers?
Belgrade is the capital of the southeast European country of Serbia. Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvrđava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city’s strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires
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What country's citizens are called Kiwi's?
New Zealand
195
Where did gangster Bugsy Siegel build the Flamingo Hotel in 1946?
Las Vegas
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What do Tyrone, Antrim, Down, Londonderry, Fermanagh, and Armagh make up?
Northern Ireland
197
How many official languages does Switzerland recognize?
Four
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What are the official languages of Switzerland?
German, French, Italian, and Romansh
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What is Spain's biggest source of income?
Tourism
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Where is Drury Lane?
London
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Where does the phone ring if you dial 202-456-1414?
The White House
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What is the largest country on the second-largest of the British Isles?
Ireland
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What is the Red Cross called in Arab countries?
The Red Crescent
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What country owns October Revolution Island?
Russia (previously the Soviet Union)
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What does the Statue of Liberty wear on her feet?
Sandals
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What city's main thoroughfare is O'Connell Street?
Dublin
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Where are the Vosges Mountains?
France
208
What Polynesian people inhabit New Zealand?
The Maori
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What country is Timbuktu in?
Mali
210
Where is Mount Olympus?
Greece
211
What U.S. state contains the counties of Macon and Bacon?
Georgia
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What color are Venetian gondolas, except those of high public officials?
Black
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What is the largest Scandinavian country?
Sweden
214
What country would you visit to ski in the Dolomites?
Italy
215
What U.S. state borders only one other?
Maine
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What is the second-most common surname in America?
Johnson
217
What African mountain is known as 'The Mountain of the Cold Devils'?
Mount Kilimanjaro
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What river does the Grand Coulee Dam dam?
The Columbia River
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What tower is topped by Big Ben?
The Clock Tower
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What was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975?
Saigon Viet Nam
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What three Canadian provinces border Montana?
British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
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What is the longest river in the United States?
The Mississippi River
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What country's travel requirements include a $3 contribution to save Nubian monuments?
Egypt
224
What road links Dawson Creek, British Columbia and Fairbanks, Alaska
The Alaska Highway
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What country covers an entire continent?
Australia
226
What bay divides Maryland's Eastern and Western Shores?
The Chesapeake Bay
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What is the only Arab country without a desert?
Lebanon
228
What is the largest airline in the world?
Aeroflot
229
What lake is the source of the White Nile?
Lake Victoria
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What African kingdom was ruled by Hassan II?
Morocco
231
What royal residence has 600 rooms?
Buckingham Palace
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Where are three-quarters of the world's pineapples grown?
Hawaii
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What body of water does the Euphrates River empty into?
The Persian Gulf
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What World War II road ran from Lashio, Burma to Chungking, China?
The Burma Road
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What ocean surrounds Pitcairn Island?
The Pacific Ocean
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What is the largest city in Africa?
Kinkasha, The Democratic Republic of the Congo or Lagos, Nigeria
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What U.S. state has the lowest highest elevation at 60 feet?
Delaware
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What was the last country to join the European Economic Community?
Greece
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What European city has the world's busiest port?
Rotterdam
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What river does the Budapest Hilton afford a spectacular view of?
The Danube River
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What New England state doesn't border the Atlantic?
Vermont
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What U.S. state boasts the Carlsbad Caverns National Park?
New Mexico
243
What U.S. state are the Finger Lakes in?
New York
244
What is the largest inhabited castle?
Windsor Castle
245
What London park are the Kensington Gardens part of?
Hyde Park
246
Which is farther east - Reno, Nevada, or Los Angeles?
Los Angeles
247
What were Baffin, Frobisher, and Franklin looking for?
The Northwest Passage
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What are the only two land-locked countries in South America?
Paraguay and Bolivia
249
What city's bus terminus boasts the world's busiest pay phone, at 270 calls per day?
Chicago
250
Where is Old Faithful?
Yellowstone National Park
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Who is considered the patron saint of travelers?
St. Christopher
252
What Canadian province was named for the daughter of Queen Victoria?
Alberta
253
Where did the 'Orient Express' end is run from Istanbul?
Paris
254
What is 'The Big Apple'?
New York City
255
Where did the Rainbow Bridge replace the Honeymoon Bridge?
Niagara Falls NY
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What Italian city is home to da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'?
Milan
257
Where are Graz and Linz?
Austria
258
What is the largest communist city in the world?
Shanghai
259
What is the color of mourning in Muslim contries?
White
260
What ocean's area is 64,186,000 square miles?
The Pacific Ocean
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What country was formerly East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
262
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
263
What city contains the Quartier Latin?
Paris
264
What nationality is a Sicilian?
Italian
265
Where is the 1,046-foot-high Chrysler Building?
New York City
266
What Free World city was behind the iron curtain?
West Berlin Germany
267
What famed fountain was featured in the movie 'Three Coins in the Fountain'?
The Trevi Fountain in Rome
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What desert embraces the sunniest spot on Earth?
The Sahara
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What is the largest bay in the world?
Hudson Bay
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What country is home to the Dresdner Bank?
Germany, specifically West Germany
271
What island is home to statues called Mauis?
Easter Island
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What is the capital of Columbia?
Bogota
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What is the official language of India?
Hindi
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Where was baloney first served?
Bologna, Italy
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What Chinese river is known as 'The Child of the Ocean'?
The Yangtze
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What is the largest province in Canada?
Quebec
277
What city does Orly Airport serve?
Paris France
278
What U.S. state is the home of the headwaters of the Mississippi River?
Minnesota
279
What country is proud to claim Volcano National Park?
The United States
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What do you catch at a 'stazione ferroviaria' in Italy?
A train
281
What country would you have to visit to see the ruins of Troy?
Turkey
282
What lake is Sheboygan on?
Lake Michigan
283
What U.S. city is at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers?
Pittsburgh
284
What continent has the most people per square mile?
Europe
285
What are you forbidden to fly an airplane over in India?
The Taj Mahal
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What is the former name of Cape Canaveral?
Cape Kennedy
287
What London street is the home of British journalism?
Fleet Street
288
What is the official residence of the president of France?
The Elysee Palace
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What city's main thoroughfare is the Grand Canal?
Venice, Italy
290
Where do you pass through the Pedro Miguel Lock?
The Panama Canal
291
What is the most common surname in the world?
Chang
292
What lake is Buffalo on?
Lake Erie
293
What was the capital of West Germany
Bonn
294
What mountains separate Europe from Asia?
The Ural Mountains
295
What two countries border the Dead Sea?
Israel and Jordan
296
What government position is held by the resident of 11 Downing Street, London?
Chancellor of the Exchequer
297
What is the nickname of Texas?
The Lone Star State
298
What country exports goods through the port of Durban?
South Africa
299
What state contains the geographic center of the United States?
South Dakota
300
What is the capital of Taiwan?
Taipei
301
What national capital rises where the Blue Nile and White Nile converge?
Khartoum, Sudan
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What airport is on the Piccadilly subway line?
Heathrow
303
What river flows above the Holland Tunnel?
The Hudson River
304
What arrives at your table in Madrid if you say "La cuenta, por favor"?
The bill
305
What ocean is almost exactly half the size of the Pacific?
The Atlantic
306
What zone lies between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?
The Tropical Zone
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Where is Nob Hill?
San Francisco
308
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portugese
309
Where is the Hall of Mirrors?
The Palace of Versailles
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Where is Gorky Park?
Moscow Russia
311
Where is Bond Street?
London England
312
What would you be exploring if you followed the Bright Angel Trail down to the Colorado River?
The Grand Canyon
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What's a 'hotel-Dieu' in France?
A hospital
314
What Italian island has been called 'The Jewel of the Mediterranean'?
Sicily
315
What was Canada's first national park?
Banff National Park
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What is the 'hotel de ville' in Lyon France?
The city hall
317
What major city is served by Gatwick Airport?
London England
318
What country is Ulan Bator the capital of?
Mongolia
319
What admiral stands over London's Trafalgar Square?
Horatio Nelson
320
What are the two official languages of South Africa?
Afrikaans and English
321
What country is name for a line of latitude that runs through it?
Ecuador
322
What is New York City's "Street of Forgotten Men"?
The Bowery
323
What U.S. National Park contains Gumbo Limbo Trail?
Everglades National Park
324
What Country's flag is incorporated most often in others?
Britain's
325
What is the largest lake in the Americas?
Lake Superior
326
What city did the Mormons establish as their headquarters in 1847?
Salt Lake City
327
What Rocky Mountain ridge separates North America's eastward and westward flowing rivers?
The Continental Divide
328
What was the capital of Yugoslavia?
Belgrade
329
What is the largest fresh-water lake in the world?
Lake Superior
330
What is the highest mountain in the United States?
Mt. McKinley
331
What country bustles with the highest population density in Asia?
The Republic of Singapore
332
What is Miami's most famous suburb?
Miami Beach
333
How many U.S. states border on the Great Lakes?
Eight
334
What U.S. city had the first subway?
Boston
335
What city is famed for it Rive Gauche?
Paris
336
What U.S. state is George Washington's Mount Vernon in?
Virginia
337
What two cities are at the ends of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Moscow and Vladivostok
338
What island is Pearl Harbor on?
Oahu
339
What four seas are named for colors?
Red, Black, Yellow, White
340
Where is the White Sea?
The White Sea is an inland sea in the north of the European part of Russia that belongs to the Arctic Ocean.
The White Sea is covered with ice for six to seven months every year.
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What continent does Lake Titicaca beautify?
South America
342
What are the Benelux countries?
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
343
Where is Britain's Royal Observatory?
Greenwich
344
What is the third-largest lake in the world?
Lake Victoria
345
What two Japanese cities are spelled with the letters K, O, O, T, and Y?
Tokyo and Kyoto
346
What language is 'klutz' an insult in?
Yiddish
347
What continent has the lowest highest mountain?
Australia
348
What statue overlooks Piccadilly Circus?
Eros
349
What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
350
What is the wettest state in the United States?
Hawaii
351
What is the easternmost U.S. state capital?
Augusta, Maine
352
What country does the tourist mecca of Bali belong to?
Indonesia
353
What U.S. state has the second-longest coastline?
Florida
354
What is the capital of Bermuda?
Hamilton
355
What is the notable rocky island in San Francisco Bay?
Alcatraz
356
What is the most common surname in Sweden?
Johansson
357
What French district produces Graves, Medoc, and St. Emilion wines?
Bordeaux
358
What is the world's largest coral reef?
The Great Barrier Reef
359
Where is the biggest Chinatown in the United States?
San Francisco
360
What state is Mount McKinley in?
Alaska
361
What country's capital is Lagos?
Nigeria
362
What city boasts the only royal palace in the United States?
Honolulu
363
What is the capital of Kentucky?
Frankfurt
364
What Irish city is renowned for its crystal?
Waterford
365
What river flows past the Temple of Karnak?
The Nile
366
What is the only U.S. state with a cactus for its state flower?
Arizona
367
What is the state flower of Mississippi?
The magnolia
368
What London museum features a Chamber of Horrors?
Madame Tussaud's
369
Where does a car with a sticker bearing the letters CH come from?
Switzerland
370
What is the largest-selling soft drink in Morocco?
Coca-cola
371
What is the most common German surname?
Schultz
372
What California city is home to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography?
San Diego
373
What two countries are joined by the Harwich-Ostende Ferry?
England and Belgium
374
Home many floors are there in the Empire State Building?
102
375
Where are the Nazca Lines?
Peru
376
What is the telephone area code for Chicago?
312
377
What U.S. state hosts the World's Champion Chili Cookoff every fall?
Texas
378
What city is 'The Christian Science Monitor' based in?
Boston
379
What South American city features the exclusive Copacabana Beach and Ipanema?
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
380
How many stars were on the U.S. flag in 1958?
Forty-eight
381
What letters areas on the cold-water tap in Spain?
F
382
What country is the largest per capita consumer of beer?
Germany
383
Where would you be if your train's engine had S.N.C.F. painted on it?
France
384
What U.S. state is proud to call itself 'The Beaver State'?
Oregon
385
What country did Siam become?
Thailand
386
What is the national anthem of France?
Le Marseillaise
387
What island was first sighted from a Dutch ship on Easter Day, 1772?
Easter Island
388
Where is the loop?
Chicago
389
What takes place every July in Pamplona?
Running of the Bulls
390
What country contains the Waterloo battlefield?
Belgium
391
Where is the Austerlitz train station?
Paris
392
Where are Leipzig, Dresden, and Magdeburg?
East Germany
393
How many stripes are there on Israel's flag?
Two
394
What European capital celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1951?
Paris
395
What national capital is heated by underground hot-water springs?
Reykjavik, Iceland
396
What is the world's southernmost national capital?
Wellington New Zealand
397
What U.S. state borders Illinois to the north?
Wisconsin
398
What lake lies between the Soviet Union and Iran?
The Caspian sea
399
Where is the Sears Tower?
Chicago
400
What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
401
What is the national airline of Australia?
Qantas
402
What is the former name of John F. Kennedy Airport?
Idlewild
403
What is the principal language of Trinidad and Tobago?
English
404
What mountain can you view from the windows of a train called the 'Bullet'?
Mount Fuji
405
What is the claim to fame of Leadville, Colorado?
It is the highest city in the United States
406
What city does Leonardo da Vinci airport serve?
Rome
407
What country contains the largest icefield in Europe?
Norway
408
What is the official currency of Monaco?
The French franc
409
What country's most popular tourist area is called the Algarve?
Portugal's
410
What city is home to the famed Manneke Pis fountain?
Brussels
411
What is the largest office building in the world?
The Pentagon
412
Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
The moon
413
What city is the original Dixie?
New Orleans
414
What city is served by Dulles International Airport?
Washington D.C.
415
What sea lies between New Zealand and Australia?
The Tasman Sea
416
What is found at 1313 Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim, California?
Disneyland
417
What Rome ruin is inhabited by hundreds of cats?
The Colosseum
418
What Manhattan thoroughfare was nicknamed "Millionaires Row"?
Fifth Avenue
419
Where is the Guggenheim Museum?
New York City
420
What county is Chicago in?
Cook County
421
What is the world's smallest independent state?
Vatican City
422
What sea sparkles between Asia Mino and Greece?
The Aegean
423
What coast of Australia is Sydney on?
The east
424
How many states border the Pacific Ocean?
Five
425
What is the largest lake in South America?
Lake Maracaibo
426
What city is home to the Mayo Clinic?
Rochester Minnesota
427
What are the world's largest oceans in order of size?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
428
What street contains "The Great White Way"?
Broadway
429
Where is Battery Park?
New York City
430
What are the Twin Cities?
Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota
431
What Chinese region is nicknamed "The Roof of the World"?
Tibet
432
What country has been called "The Queen of the Antilles"?
Cuba
433
What bay does the Ganges River flow into?
The Bay of Bengal
434
What is the oldest city in the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida
435
Where was the 1939 World's Fair?
New York City
436
What country produces Rioja wines?
Spain
437
What has 1,792 steps?
The Eiffel Tower
438
What country owns Corsica?
France
439
What are South American cowboys called?
Gauchos
440
What sea separates Italy from Yugoslavia?
The Adriatic
441
What two countries are linked by the Brenner Pass?
Austria and Italy
442
What is the largest country entirely within the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia
443
What country saw the origin of the term Holy Toledo?
Spain
444
What state is across the lake from Milwaukee?
Michigan
445
Where is the Henry Ford Museum?
Dearborn, Michigan
446
What U.S. city has been called Little Havana?
Miami, Florida
447
What sits on a 5,000-acre landfill at the head of Jamaica Bay, near New York City?
J.F.K. Airport
448
What is the largest train station in Britain?
Waterloo station
449
What is the world's highest mountain that isn't part of a range?
Mount Kilimanjaro
450
Where is Lake Como?
Italy
451
What is the telephone area code for New York City?
212
452
What is the second-largest country in the world?
Canada
453
What country is Mount Everest in?
Nepal
454
What college enlivens Hanover, New Hampshire?
Dartmouth College
455
What is the largest U.S. City on the Great Lakes?
Chicago
456
Where did Queen Elizabeth II live when when she was in London?
Buckingham Palace
457
What ocean is zero degrees longitude, zero degrees latitude, found in?
The Atlantic Ocean
458
What color was the hammer and sickle on the Soviet Union's flag?
Gold (Yellow)
459
What ocean does Mauritania border?
The Atlantic Ocean
460
What is the capital of Delaware?
Dover
461
What country forms all of Hungary's northern border?
Czechoslovakia
462
Where are the O.K. Corral and Boot Hill?
Tombstone, Arizona
463
Which is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing?
The Great Pyramid of Khufu
464
What river is known as "The Father of Waters"?
The Mississippi River
465
What ocean does the Gulf of Panama lead into?
The Pacific
466
What is 'The Hoosier State'?
Indiana
467
What is the capital of Nevada?
Carson City
468
What is the biggest island in New York State?
Long Island
469
What is the 'rathaus' in Frankfurt?
The city hall
470
What does an Austrian call Austria?
Osterreich
471
What is the smallest of the Great Lakes?
Lake Ontario
472
What is the most common color on the fields of the U.S. state flags?
Blue
473
What U.S. state contains the resort of Myrtle Beach?
South Carolina
474
What is the fifth-largest country in the world?
Brazil
475
What famed zoo is in California's Balboa Park?
The San Diego Zoo
476
Where is 'Le Figaro' published?
Paris
477
What country was the Bridge of San Luis Rey in?
Peru
478
What U.S. state's highest point is Mount Hood?
Oregon
479
What does it say on the bottom of New Jersey license plates?
Garden State
480
What country shares a 1,030-mile border with Sweden?
Norway
481
Which is farthest north - Helsinki, Oslo, or Stockholm?
Helsinki
482
What is the official language of Austria?
German
483
What German city is famed for a scent it produces?
Cologne
484
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
485
What is the only U.S. state that ends with a 'K'?
New York
486
What European city would you visit to stroll on the Via Veneto?
Rome
487
What is the only country crossed by both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn
Brazil
488
What European city's subway system is called the Metropolitana?
Rome's
489
What country is the world's largest exporter of frog's legs?
Japan
490
What cap was first made in and named for a Moroccan city?
The fez
491
What two countries are joined by the Ambassador Bridge?
Canada and the United States
492
What does the Greek word 'polis' mean, as in Minneapolis?
City
493
What two countries do Tyroleans come from?
Austria and Italy
494
What is the largest country in Africa?
The Sudan
495
What two countries did Hadrian's Wall separate?
England and Scotland
496
What dropped 1,313 feet in 1980?
Mount St. Helens
497
What is the capital of Norway?
Oslo
498
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
499
What Kenyan city is the safari center for East Africa?
Nairobi
500
What country, after Canada and Mexico, is closest to the United States?
Russia (Bering Straight)
501
How many U.S. states border California?
Three (Oregon, Nevada, Arizona)
