Geography Quiz #298
Geography Quiz for 28 September 2014
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Q1.
Which Venezuelan river has the same name as a Womble?
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2
Q2.
What sea or ocean borders the country of Niger?
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Q3.
What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon?
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Q4.
Miami, Florida, sits near the southernmost point of what land form?
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Q5.
Which country would you go to in order to travel up the Amazon River?
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Q6.
What is the Maracaibo Beacon?
A
Frequent lightning storms in the area
B
Lighthouse built by pirates in 1669
C
A major South American radio station
D
Maracaibo's city newspaper
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Q7.
The Persian Gulf runs between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the south and what country to the north?
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