Geography Quiz #133
Geography Quiz for 31 July 2011
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Q1.
The River Volga runs through which capital city?
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Q2.
What country in Southeast Asia about 640 km (400 miles) northwest of Australia that occupies half of one island and two smaller ones, was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, declared independence on 28 November 1975, was invaded by Indonesia 9 days later and became a sovereign state on 20 May 2002?
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Q3.
The US state of Alabama is known as what?
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Q4.
The national flag of which country differs from the Italian tricolor only because it contains the national coat of arms?
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Q5.
Where is the Topkapi Palace?
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Q6.
Which state of the USA has a 389-mile (626 km) international border with the states of Sonora and Baja California in Mexico, and despite being the largest landlocked US State by population is sometimes considered part of the West Coast region?
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Q7.
Which of these is in North America?
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