Geography Quiz #730
Geography Quiz for 8 January 2023
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Q1.
Where is the Thorntonbank Wind Farm which provides electricity to Belgium?
B
Charleroi, 50 km (30 miles) from Brussels
C
The Sonian Forest in south-east Brussels
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2
Q2.
The city of Kolkata, previously known as Calcutta, is a port on …?
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3
Q3.
If you flew due west from Libreville, capital of the Gabon, where would you first make landfall?
B
The mouth of the Amazon River
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4
Q4.
Which of these countries occupies almost half of the continent that it is on and has nearly half the population of that continent?
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5
Q5.
Where are the Shikmona and Mers a-Matruh gyres?
A
In the sea on Africa's north-eastern Mediterranean coast
B
Off the coast of Madagascar
C
At the tip of the Cape of Good Hope
D
Down the coast of Somalia
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6
Q6.
The three countries which border the Gulf of Aden are Yemen, Djibouti, and...?
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7
Q7.
On which continent are there native fauna called ostrich, lion, giraffe and okapi?
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