Sunday: Geography

Question 1

Name this island off the southern coast of Australia.

Answer 1

Tasmania

Question 2

This range includes the Maritime Alps, and the tallest mountain in this range is Corno Grande.

Answer 2

Apennines

Question 2

This range includes the Maritime Alps, and the tallest mountain in this range is Corno Grande.

Answer 2

Apennines

Question 3

This region includes Tenaya Valley, and an old tradition here consisted of pushing a bonfire off a cliff in a namesake “firefall” on Glacier Point.

Answer 3

Yosemite

Question 4

This city’s broadest street, called the “widest avenue in the world,” was modeled by Georges-Eugène Haussmann after the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Answer 4

Buenos Aires

Question 5

Its subway system consists of eleven spoke lines connected by a 20-kilometer ring line, and some of its ornate stations are decorated with once-royal chandeliers.

Answer 5

Moscow

Question 5

One of this country’s islands is also called Bird of Paradise Island, and it is home to the mud volcano system known as the Devil’s Woodyard.

Answer 5

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 5

Its large cities include Toliara, Antsirabe, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa.

Answer 5

Madagascar

Question 6

Delicias City and Hidalgo del Parral are other cities in this state.

Answer 6

Chihuahua

Question 7

The Rodo Park is located in this city to the north of the Punta Carretas.

Answer 7

Montevideo

Question 8

Hobart and Darwin are the capitals of two of its states.

Answer 8

Australia

Question 9

Identify this nation named for its two major islands which lies northeast of Venezuela in the Caribbean and has its capital at Port of Spain.

Answer 9

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 9

Prominent ethnic groups in this country include the Invincible and Inseparable Multitudes and the Elevated People, or Merina, and the main traditional deity of this country is Zanahary

Answer 9

Madagascar

Question 10

Mountain ranges in this country include the Espinhazo, Serra do Mar and Mantiqueira while it is the owner of the archipelagos Fernando de Norhonha, Trinidade and Martim Vaz, the Rocas Atoll and Marajo Island.

Answer 10

Brazil

Question 10

Also called las Islas Malvinas, identify this island group in south Atlantic that was the target of a two-year war between the Argentines and the British.

Answer 10

Falkland Islands

Question 10

The Kaibab Plateau borders one part of this geological feature known as the North Rim

Answer 10

Grand Canyon

Question 11

The Tiber River flows from, which mountain range, often called the “backbone of Italy”?

Answer 11

Apennines

Question 12

Name this island nation with capital at Antananarivo.

Answer 12

Madagascar

Question 13

These features are characterized by large drainage basins, which deposit sediment.

Answer 13

Deltas

Question 13

Flowing into the Beaufort Sea, identify this river that begins at Great Slave Lake, the longest in Canada.

Answer 13

Mackenzie River

Question 14

Identify this South American city whose name means “I see a mountain” and is the capital of Uruguay.

Answer 14

Montevideo

Question 15

The Kakabeka Falls are located on a tributary of this body of water, the Kaministiquia River, and it is also fed by the Nipigon and St. Louis Rivers.

Answer 15

Lake Superior

Question 15

The northern range of the wild Bactrian camel lies in this country, which lies north of Xinjiang and south of Tuva and which also contains the cold Gobi Desert.

Answer 15

Mongolia

Question 16

As of 2007, this city’s disproportionate size led poet and philosopher Ezequiel Martínez Estrada to liken it to “The Head of Goliath.”

Answer 16

Buenos Aires

Question 17

One mountin in this range is Mount Alvernia, and one subrange of this range is the Sibillini.

Answer 17

Apennines

Question 18

Its eastern portion, home to the Chelif river valley, is populated by Berbers.

Answer 18

Atlas Mountains

Question 19

This city's broadest street, called the “widest avenue in the world,” was modeled by Georges-Eugène Haussmann after the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Answer 19

Buenos Aires

Question 20

This city is located near the confluence of the Parana River and the Rio de la Plata, and the larger province that shares its name is characterized by flat, grass-covered plains known as the Pampas

Answer 20

Buenos Aires

Question 21

Name this state, the largest in Mexico, which is home to Ciudad Juárez on the south of the Rio Grande and shares its name with a breed of dog.

Answer 21

Chihuahua

Question 21

A trail that can be followed in this site travels along the Bright Angel Fault.

Answer 21

Grand Canyon

Question 22

Many dolerite columns named "Organ Pipes" lie on this island’s Mount Wellington, which overlooks its largest city as well as the Derwent estuary.

Answer 22

Tasmania

Question 22

Its namesake peninsula contains Port Arthur, a former settlement for convicts, and another name for it is van Dieman's Land

Answer 22

Tasmania

Question 23

Name this country of steppes with a capital at Ulan Bator that is landlocked between China and Russia.

Answer 23

Mongolia

Question 23

The Liard River joins it at Fort Simpson, and the Redstone and Keele rivers enter it north of Wrigley.

Answer 23

Mackenzie River

Question 23

This geological feature has a Vishnu Group that consists of the Vishnu, Brahma, and Rama Schists.

Answer 23

Grand Canyon

Question 23

As of 2007, this city's disproportionate size led poet and philosopher Ezequiel Martínez Estrada to liken it to “The Head of Goliath.”

Answer 23

Buenos Aires

Question 24

Name this home of the Kremlin and capital of Russia.

Answer 24

Moscow

Question 26

This home of the Bolshoi Ballet and St. Basil's Cathedral is centered on Red Square

Answer 26

Moscow

Question 27

Storm Bay and the Bay of Fires lie off the coast of this island, whose northwest contains a temperate rainforest, the Tarkine.

Answer 27

Tasmania

Question 28

Name this geological feature that occurs when a river flows into a lake or ocean, which is named for the shape of the Greek letter formed by the Nile one.

Answer 28

Deltas

Question 29

Its notable features include El Capitan and Half Dome

Answer 29

Yosemite

Question 29

Its delta begins to form shortly before Arnheim

Answer 29

Rhine River

Question 30

Name this national park located in the Sierra Nevadas of eastern California.

Answer 30

Yosemite

Question 31

Russian satellite Cosmos 954 plunged into this river's source in 1978

Answer 31

Mackenzie River

Question 32

This geological feature has a Vishnu Group that consists of the Vishnu, Brahma, and Rama Schists.

Answer 32

Grand Canyon

Question 32

This city is located near the confluence of the Parana River and the Rio de la Plata, and the larger province that shares its name is characterized by flat, grass-covered plains known as the Pampas

Answer 32

Buenos Aires

Question 33

Its large cities include Toliara, Antsirabe, Toamasina, and Fianarantsoa.

Answer 33

Madagascar

Question 34

The south of this country is home to the Nullarbor Plain, which is north of its "Great Bight.

Answer 34

Australia

Question 35

This river broadens to four miles in width at Norman Wells, and its water transportation routes terminate at Tuktoyaktuk, North of the Sans Sault Rapids.

Answer 35

Mackenzie River

Question 36

The Sieg joins this river at Niederkassel, and the Neckar joins it after flowing past Heidelburg and Mannheim, where it turns west.

Answer 36

Rhine River

Question 37

This and other broad avenues unofficially divide the city into several distinctive neighborhoods, the one of which is La Boca, now an artists' colony.

Answer 37

Buenos Aires

Question 37

This range is home to San Marino, and it ends in Calabria and runs through Umbria.

Answer 37

Apennines

Question 38

Lake Khovsgol lies near this nation's Khangai Mountains and drains north into the Selenge River.

Answer 38

Mongolia

Question 39

Name this Southeast Asian nation that was reunified in 1975 after a bloody war between the communist north and U.S.-aligned south.

Answer 39

Vietnam

Question 40

In 2007, a glass skywalk was opened at this site for public use

Answer 40

Grand Canyon

Question 42

The peninsula that forms the southern portion of its east island is called Lafonia, and Mount Usborne is the highest peak on these islands.

Answer 42

Falkland Islands

Question 43

Name this largest of the Great Lakes.

Answer 43

Lake Superior

Question 45

The Canal Street, Riverfront, and (\*) St. Charles Street lines are all that remains of this city's historic streetcar system.

Answer 45

New Orleans

Question 46

Name this island nation with capital at Antananarivo.

Answer 46

Madagascar

Question 48

Rivers in this nation include the Araguaia, a tributary of the Tocantins, and its largest, the Sao Francisco, while the Iguazu Falls are formed by another.

Answer 48

Brazil

Question 49

Khuiten Peak is part of the Five Saints Peaks in this nation's section of the Altay Mountains, which form part of the northwestern boundary of this nation.

Answer 49

Mongolia

Question 51

This geographical feature was once home to its continent's only native bear species, now extinct.

Answer 51

Atlas Mountains

Question 52

The Bay of Antongil is located on this country's east coast, and the island of Nosy-Be in this country was a stop on the Russian Baltic Fleet's journey to Japan.

Answer 52

Madagascar

Question 53

Name this mountain range spanning Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, named after a Greek titan who held up the sky.

Answer 53

Atlas Mountains

Question 54

Called Gichigami in Ojibwe, the Mesabi Iron Range is to its northwest, and its western terminus is at Duluth, Minnesota

Answer 54

Lake Superior

Question 55

This nation's capital includes the Temple of the Trung Sisters and is located on the Red River.

Answer 55

Vietnam

Question 57

This nation's capital city was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin.

Answer 57

Australia

Question 58

This range is home to San Marino, and it ends in Calabria and runs through Umbria.

Answer 58

Apennines

Question 60

The Battle of Teutoburg Forest established it as the Roman northern frontier, and its namesake crisis occurred when Adolphe Thiers discussed making it a border

Answer 60

Rhine River

Question 61

The Kaibab Plateau borders one part of this geological feature known as the North Rim

Answer 61

Grand Canyon

Question 61

In 2007, a glass skywalk was opened at this site for public use

Answer 61

Grand Canyon

Question 63

The Jason Islands lie northwest of the main group of this political entity.

Answer 63

Falkland Islands

Question 64

A giant sandstone formation in this country is called Uluru by its aboriginal inhabitants, and is also known as Ayers Rock

Answer 64

Australia

Question 65

Name this city south of Lake Ponchartrain whose Lower Ninth Ward was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and whose French Quarter is famous for Mardi Gras.

Answer 65

New Orleans

Question 67

Treme is a notable African-American neighborhood in this city, and the old red-light district was known as Storyville.

Answer 67

New Orleans

Question 68

Name this capital of Argentina.

Answer 68

Buenos Aires

Question 70

Its namesake capital is found in the Sierra Madre Occidental and is home to Quinta Luz, a former home of Pancho Villa.

Answer 70

Chihuahua

Question 71

One mountin in this range is Mount Alvernia, and one subrange of this range is the Sibillini.

Answer 71

Apennines

Question 73

The Porcupine Mountains are to its south, and Copper Island is an extension of Keweenaw Peninsula in this feature.

Answer 73

Lake Superior

Question 74

Name this geological feature of northern Arizona that was created by the Colorado River.

Answer 74

Grand Canyon

Question 75

This is the equivalent of an alluvial fan located in water.

Answer 75

Deltas

Question 76

The Tiber River flows from, which mountain range, often called the "backbone of Italy"?

Answer 76

Apennines

Question 78

It is separated from the mainland by the Bass Strait and its capital is Hobart

Answer 78

Tasmania

Question 79

This city's Garden Ring is a series of roads which follow the path of sixteenth-century fortifications.

Answer 79

Moscow

Question 81

The Arafura Sea is directly north of this country's Gulf of Carpenteria

Answer 81

Australia

Question 82

Name this geological feature of northern Arizona that was created by the Colorado River.

Answer 82

Grand Canyon

Question 84

Gratham Sound divides the island group in half, and Port Louis served as the former capital of these islands, but since 1845 the capital had been located in Stanley.

Answer 84

Falkland Islands

Question 85

This city is home to a theater whose ballet company premiered Spartacus and a church whose many sanctuaries are each toped with onion domes.

Answer 85

Moscow

Question 86

This state's natural features include the Basaseachic waterfall and Copper Canyon

Answer 86

Chihuahua

Question 87

This and other broad avenues unofficially divide the city into several distinctive neighborhoods, the one of which is La Boca, now an artists' colony.

Answer 87

Buenos Aires

Question 89

Manitou and Madeline are among the Apostle Islands in this lake, which drains via the St. Marys River and also contains Isle Royale.

Answer 89

Lake Superior

Question 90

Name this country whose largest cities include Salvador, Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.

Answer 90

Brazil

Question 91

Prominent ethnic groups in this country include the Invincible and Inseparable Multitudes and the Elevated People, or Merina, and the main traditional deity of this country is Zanahary

Answer 91

Madagascar

Question 92

Containing the Draa valley, its "Tell" subrange contains the Er-Rif region, while its "Anti" range connects to the "High" range via Mount Siroua.

Answer 92

Atlas Mountains

Question 93

It is found between Coahulia on its east, Durango on its south, and Sinaloa and Sonora on its west.

Answer 93

Chihuahua

Question 94

The Keo Nua Pass in this country is one of the few passes through the Annamese Cordillera (CORE-dee-YARE-uh).

Answer 94

Vietnam

Question 95

This country celebrates Arrival Day for its substantial Indian minority.

Answer 95

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 96

Name this capital of Argentina.

Answer 96

Buenos Aires

Question 97

A war including the Battle of Caudine Forks, the Samnite wars, took place in this mountain range

Answer 97

Apennines

Question 99

Suburbs of this city include Gretna and Kenner.

Answer 99

New Orleans

Question 100

The imperial citadel of Dai Noi is found in this country's onetime capital Hue (hway)

Answer 100

Vietnam

Question 101

A trail that can be followed in this site travels along the Bright Angel Fault.

Answer 101

Grand Canyon

Question 102

With its highest peak at Jbeb Toubkal, 60 kilometers south of Marrakesh, it is bordered to the south by the Sahara Desert.

Answer 102

Atlas Mountains

Question 103

This country contains the asphalt deposit of Pitch Lake, and the major island of this nation is separated from the South American coast by the Gulf of Patria.

Answer 103

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 104

This park is near a cliff of polygonal basalt columns, Devils Postpile National Monument, and it includes Bridalveil Fall.

Answer 104

Yosemite

Question 105

his city's namesake department is bordered by Canelones on the north and San Jose on the northwest

Answer 105

Montevideo

Question 106

Name this river of West Germany.

Answer 106

Rhine River

Question 107

This geological feature retreats in a process known as transgression, and it can grow outward and upward in progradation and aggradation, respectively.

Answer 107

Deltas

Question 108

Caroni Swamp is the home of the national bird of this country, the scarlet ibis

Answer 108

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 110

To the west of this city, the Santa Lucia River empties into an isthmus formed by the Rio de la Plata.

Answer 110

Montevideo

Question 111

With its highest point at Neblina Peak, this nation is the source for both the Uruguay and Parana Rivers

Answer 111

Brazil

Question 112

This feature can be described as cuspate, arcuate, bird-foot, or estuarine.

Answer 112

Deltas

Question 113

Its namesake, discovering that it did not terminate in Cook Inlet, dubbed it “Disappointment River” after exploring from a trading post of Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca

Answer 113

Mackenzie River

Question 114

A war including the Battle of Caudine Forks, the Samnite wars, took place in this mountain range

Answer 114

Apennines

Question 115

Its namesake (\*) falls drop into the Merced River, and, like Sequoia National Park, its creation was instigated by John Mui

Answer 115

Yosemite

Question 116

It contains Cradle Mountain and its tallest point is at Mount Ossa

Answer 116

Tasmania

Question 117

This city has a "sister city" relationship with the seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, with which it shares its name.

Answer 117

Montevideo

Question 118

Deserts in this country include the Gibson, Great Sandy, and Great Victoria.

Answer 118

Australia

Question 119

The Treaty of Versailles declared the area around it a demilitarized zone, and it flows past Bonn and Cologne on its way to the North Sea.

Answer 119

Rhine River