Geography Quiz #448
Geography Quiz for 13 August 2017
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Q1.
What type of building is famous in Milan, Venice, Florence, Seville, Paris, Chartres, Amiens, Rheims, Cologne, Mainz and Trèves?
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2
Q2.
Which area is particularly favoured for building observatories and powerful astronomical telescopes?
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3
Q3.
Which is most likely to be seen wild in Laos?
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4
Q4.
Apart from its shape what is seen as the reason for the name of an island known for its part in an expedition by Sir Ernest Shackleton 1914-17?
A
Shackleton's dog at his home in London
B
Hens which the explorers carried with them
C
Dolphins which accompanied the ship round the island
D
Its colony of elephant seals
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5
Q5.
What is at the centre of the flag of Brazil?
A
A dark blue oval carrying one white star
B
A dark blue disc carrying 27 white stars, crossed by a curved white band carrying a motto
C
A gold globe crossed by a straight white bar, set in a circular blue band with white stars
D
A dark blue disc carrying 21 white stars
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6
Q6.
Which award winning building was built directly underneath Waterloo Bridge, London, in the 1980s and has stalactites (from water leaking through the Bridge) growing in it?
D
Museum of the Moving Image
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7
Q7.
Which river runs through the city of Paris, France?
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