Geography Quiz #251
Geography Quiz for 3 November 2013
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Q1.
What country would you get to first if you went due East from the port of Bari, Italy?
Note: This question was updated in June 2017
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2
Q2.
What is the primary intelligence agency of Albania that was created in 1991?
A
Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)
B
The State Intelligence Service (SHISH)
D
The Public Security Intelligence Agency
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3
Q3.
Which of these Mediterranean islands is the most eastern?
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4
Q4.
What navigation canal, when it opened in 1894, was the world's largest, and, now the 8th longest in the world, is still operating?
B
Birmingham Canal, England
C
Singelgracht Canal, Netherlands
D
Manchester Ship Canal, England
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5
Q5.
What is the highest mountain in Queensland, Australia (1622 metres), named in 1873 after a British colonial administrator who later became president of the Royal Geographical Society?
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6
Q6.
What term describes a deep ravine with sloping sides that is often dry in summer?
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7
Q7.
Where is the European Court of Human Rights?
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