Geography Quiz #313
Geography Quiz for 11 January 2015
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Q1.
Gruyère is a town in which country?
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2
Q2.
What is the highest mountain on the continent of Australia?
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Q3.
The Pan-American Highway, a network of roads nearly 48,000 km (29,800 miles) long links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system, except for an 87 km (54 mile) stretch called what?
B
Patagonian Canal Region
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Q4.
Why is the most southern part on the South American continent, Cape Horn, so called?
A
It was named by a Dutch sailor who was born in Hoorn
B
It looks like a cow's horn on the map
C
It is populated by many cows
D
The wind through the caves makes a sound like a trumpet
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Q5.
Which country used to be called Southern Rhodesia?
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Q6.
What is the coastal region of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel known as?
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Q7.
Which previously independent country, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25-50 km (15-30 miles) off the coast of Africa, united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964?
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