Geography Quiz #146
Geography Quiz for 30 October 2011
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Q1.
There are 354 steps from where to where?
A
The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, New York, USA, to the crown
B
Ground level to the top of the Empire State Building, New York, USA
C
The floor of St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK, to the Whispering Gallery inside the dome
D
To the top of the Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy from ground level
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Q2.
Basel, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz, Koblenz, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf are on which river?
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Q3.
Botany Bay is in which of these countries?
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Q4.
Which of these is the name given to a strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the Sahara, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula?
Note: This question was updated in October 2018
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Q5.
The Mason-Dixon line, which came to symbolise the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern United States, was originally surveyed to define the border between Maryland and which other state?
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Q6.
Which of these mountains is in the Swiss Alps?
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Q7.
Which of these capital cities is not on the River Danube?
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