Geography Quiz #233
Geography Quiz for 30 June 2013
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Q1.
Where is El Nino, a warm current that affects the world's weather?
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Q2.
Which of these was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, thus being the first European to lead an expedition to reach the Pacific from the New World?
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Q3.
What is Russia's largest port city on the Pacific Ocean at the head of the Golden Horn Bay not far from Russia's border with China and North Korea, and the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet?
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Q4.
The national flag of which country consists of just a horizontal red stripe top and bottom, and a white stripe across the centre?
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Q5.
The 328 metre high Sky Tower is in which city?
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Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
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Q6.
Where is the palace called Istana Nurul Iman?
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Q7.
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mosel Valley, Germany, is known for its Roman architecture incuding the Porta Nigra, the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps?
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