Geography Quiz #100
Geography Quiz for 12 December 2010
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Q1.
The second longest river in China, the Yellow River, is known locally as what?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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2
Q2.
What entertainment venue in New York City's Rockefeller Center, nicknamed "the Showplace of the Nation", opened to the public in December 1932?
B
The Ed Sullivan Theatre
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Q3.
What word was used by poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists in English as a romantic name for Ireland, that is the name sometimes given to the female personification of Ireland?
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Q4.
Which North American country reaches the furthest north?
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Q5.
Which of these is the greatest distance apart in a straight line?
A
Miami, Florida to Chicago, Illinois
B
New York, New York to San Francisco, California
C
Phoenix, Arizona to Boston, Massachusetts
D
Seattle, Washington to New Orleans, Louisiana
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Q6.
Which state of the USA has a Union Jack on its state flag?
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Q7.
Persia is the former name of which country?
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