Geography Quiz #276
Geography Quiz for 27 April 2014
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Q1.
If you went directly south from France, which sea would you meet first?
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Q2.
What city was once known as Lutèce?
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Q3.
Where is the greatest tidal range in the southern hemisphere, second greatest in the world
A
Kimberley, West Australia
B
Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand
C
Halona Blowhole, Hawaii, USA
D
Wingan Inlet, Victoria, Australia
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Q4.
In 1961, the office of the Postmaster General of Australia introduced which emergency telephone number in major population centres and, near the end of the 1980s, extended the coverage nationwide?
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Q5.
What is the only African country that has a coastline on both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?
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Q6.
The Tuareg are the principal inhabitants of which area?
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Q7.
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the third longest continuous rail service and spans how many time zones?
Note: This question was updated in March 2024
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