Geography Quiz #285
Geography Quiz for 29 June 2014
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Q1.
What links Samarkand, Tashkent, and Bukhara (or Bokhara)?
A
Their names all mean "big city"
B
They are major exporters of natural gas
C
They are cities on the old central Asian silk route
D
They all now exist only as archaeological excavations
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Q2.
Which of these is in North America?
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Q3.
Which country has the longest straight stretch of railway line?
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Q4.
Which of these, father and son, between them over the period 1486 to 1548 explored first the east coast of the Americas from parts of Canada to Uruguay, including parts of Argentina, and later the west coast?
A
Amerigo and Julius Vespucci
B
Ferdinand and Marco Magellan
C
John and Sebastian Cabot
D
Christopher and Diego Columbus
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Q6.
What mythical creature is a symbol of Wales?
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Q7.
Memphis, Tennessee, lies in the river valley of which river?
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