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1
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How many people live in Nigeria?

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186 million

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How many people live in Lagos?

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Around 21 million

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3
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What is the largest mega city? How many people live there (2015)?

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Tokyo, Japan 35 million

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What was the population of Lagos in 1970? What about now?

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1.4 million, now around 20 million

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By 2050 Lagos is expected to be the _ largest city in the world?

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3rd

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6
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What is the number of births per woman in Nigeria on average?

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5.65

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How may primary schools are there in Lagos? What about secondary schools?

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11,226 primary and 2,565 secondary

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Nigeria has increased in sanitation and has got better healthcare over the years. From 1960-2015 how many years has the Nigerian life expectancy increased by?

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15 years

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What is Lagos’ GPD? How does this compare to Nigerias as a whole?

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Lagos $90 billion, 15.7% Nigerias $573 billion

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What percentage of children in Lagos are in education?

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98%

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How many main hospitals does Lagos have?

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12

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What is the unemployment rate in Lagos? does this fluctuate?How is this not accurate?

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25%, it fluctuates but doesn’t account for jobs that are made up (particularly from those who live in slums by the lagoon)

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What is the population of Birmingham?

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Around 1,100,000

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Birmingham is the _ most populated city in _

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2nd most populated city in England

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15
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What century’s was Birmingham a market town?

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16th and 17th

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16
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When did the industrial revolution take place? Century’s

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19th and 20th

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17
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What is the percentage of white British people in the CBD in Birmingham? What about in the outer suburbs?

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0-12.5% CBD

75-85% outer suburbs

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18
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How many universities are there in Birmingham? How many students attend these?

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5, over 50,00 students

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19
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How many tonnes per year of rubbish in Birmingham is converted to electricity?

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350,00 tonnes

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20
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How many green spaces are there in Birmingham?

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Over 500

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21
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When was the tram/ Midland Metro opened in Birmingham?

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1999

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22
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How many major train stations are there at the moment in Birmingham?

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3

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23
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How many passengers a day can be handled on the redeveloped New Street station in Birmingham?

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300,000

24
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How many ring roads are there in Birmingham?

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2, an inner and middle

25
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How man years is Birminghams long term transport plan?

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20 years

26
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In Birmingham what percentage of waste comes from food?

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30%

27
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What is the average life expectancy in Birmingham? How much does this range by? What about the UK’s life expectancy as a whole?

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78 in Birmingham, ranges by 8 years from 76 in central area to 84 on outskirts, UK as a whole is 81.6 years

28
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What was included in Birmingham’s big city plan?

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£2.1 billion more to economy each year, 50,000 new jobs, £600 million investment in station, expands city core by 25%

29
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Why was an investment in Birmingham’s station needed? Think about passengers

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170,00 passengers a day were using it, triple the 60,000 maximum it was designed for.

30
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Birmingham’s population is growing _ times faster than ____ are being built.

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5 times faster than houses are being built

31
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What is the population of Curitiba?

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1.765 million in 2010

32
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How many parks are there in the city?

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28

33
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How many passengers a day does the Bus Rapid Transport system carry a day in Curitiba? What percentage of travellers use it?

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2 million passengers a day, 80% people

34
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A bus in Curitiba arrives every _ _____

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Every 60 seconds

35
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What percentage of its garbage des Curitiba recycle?

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2/3

36
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Only the wealthiest __% of Lagos has a reliable piped water?

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Only the wealthiest 10%

37
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In 2011 how many people visited Kenya?

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1.8 million people

38
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How much has Kenyas HDI increased from 2005-2014?

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0.47-0.55, a rapid increase of 0.08

39
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What percentage of Kenyas population are directly or indirectly employed by the tourism industry?

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10%

40
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What decade did manufacturing start to decline due to mining strikes and increased competition?

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1970s

41
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How many people were freelancing in 1997, and 2007?

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1997 4% working at home, 2007 8.9% working at home

42
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When was the Cambridge science park built

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1971

43
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How many technology firms are in Cambridge science park and how many people are employed by this?

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1200 technology firms, 35000 people

44
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Give some key stats about Jaguar Land Rover

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£77.5 billion to the UK economy
814000 people employed
1.35 million exported
95% vehicles recycled 
14 years average lifespan
45
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From 1995-2000 UK lost what percentage of its vital institutions?

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20%

46
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How much money do traffic jams cost the UK annually?

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In 2016 £9 billion was wasted through traffic jams

47
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What percentage capacity does Heathrow work at? How often does a plane arrive and take off?

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98% capacity, a plane landing and taking off every 45s

48
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How my freight passes through UK airports each year?

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2 million tonnes

49
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How my freight passes through UK ports each year?

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500 million tonnes

50
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Give an example of a recent port development in the UK?

A

Liverpool 2

51
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How much money was invested in Liverpool 2?

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£400 million

52
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What was the main opponent for expanding Heathrow? Why weren’t they chosen?

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Manchester, not a popular option with big airlines, wouldn’t boost economy as much

53
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International flights from the uk depart to how many in airports in how many countries?

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400 airports in 114 countries

54
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How many vehicles are there in the UK?

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35 million

55
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What rail network is being built from London to Birmingham?

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HS2

56
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When did the UK join the EU?

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1973

57
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How much money does the UK have to pay a week to be part of the EU?

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£350 million a week

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