Geography Quiz #89
Geography Quiz for 26 September 2010
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Q1.
Kingston is the capital of which country?
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Q2.
What building, erected at Sydenham near London in 1852-54 in 200 acres of grounds and given to the public in 1920, was gutted by fire in 1936 and finally demolished in 1941?
Note: This question was updated in August 2022
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Q3.
Cimarron County, Texas County and Beaver County are all in the north west of which US state?
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Q4.
Where is Ho Chi Minh City?
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Q5.
What example of a clipper ship built in 1869 is preserved in a dry dock at Greenwich, London?
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Q6.
Where is Howard Hughes's wooden aeroplane the Hughes H-4 Hercules (the "Spruce Goose") stored?
A
Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, USA
B
In a large dome adjacent to the "Queen Mary" exhibit in Long Beach, California
C
The hangars that were used by the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California
D
The Smithsonian Museum, New York City
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Q7.
What is the name of the sand bank in the North Sea between Britain and Denmark that is famous as a fishing ground?
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