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| 1. | In which English county is the UK government agency GCHQ based? |
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Gloucestershire (Benhall, Cheltenham) | |
| 2. | On which continent are the Drakensberg mountains? |
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Africa | |
| 3. | Accounting for just 5.9% of the world's landmass, what is the smallest of the seven traditional continents? |
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Australia | |
| 4. | Completed in November 1964, and with the largest central span of any in the United States, what is the name of the bridge connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City? |
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | |
| 5. | Plovdiv is the second-largest city in what European country? |
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Bulgaria (after Sofia) | |
| 6. | In what country is the ski resort of Cortina? |
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Italy (Cortina d'Ampezzo) | |
| 7. | What 'A' describes a chain or cluster of islands? |
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Archipelago | |
| 8. | Of the five sovereign Nordic states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, which is the only one to use the euro as its currency? |
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Finland (Danish krone, Icelandic króna, Norwegian krone, Swedish krona) | |
| 9. | Of what southern Caribbean nation is Kingstown the capital city? |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| 10. | Luzon is the largest of more than 7,000 islands comprising what country? |
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Philippines | |
| 11. | In which sea are the Dodecanese Islands located? |
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Aegean Sea | |
| 12. | What is the third-longest river in the world? |
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Yangtze / Yangzi | |
| 13. | In the United States, to what was Bedloe's Island officially renamed in 1956? |
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Liberty Island | |
| 14. | In what country would you find the Great Dividing Range, or Eastern Highlands? |
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Australia | |
| 15. | Which is furthest north: Oslo, Stockholm, or Helsinki? |
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Helsinki (59°54′48″N, 59°19′46″N, 60°10′15″N) | |
| 16. | What city was designed from scratch by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 and became a capital city in 1960? |
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Brasília | |
| 17. | What can be metamorphic, sedimentary or igneous? |
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Rocks | |
| 18. | Flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in Eurasia, discharging into the Caspian Sea, what is the name of this river? |
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Ural | |
| 19. | South Ossetia and Abkhazia are breakaway regions of what Eurasian country? |
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Georgia | |
| 20. | The name of what country translates literally as "White Russia"? |
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Belarus (a compound of the Belarusian bel- (бел-, "white") and Rus (Русь, Rus')) | |
| 21. | The Massif Central is a highland region that covers about 15% of what country? |
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France | |
| 22. | At 3,724 metres above sea level, what is the highest mountain in New Zealand? |
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Aoraki / Mount Cook | |
| 23. | In what part of the British Isles would you find Snaefell mountain? |
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Isle of Man | |
| 24. | The southernmost and westernmost region of Japan, Naha is the capital and largest city of what prefecture? |
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Okinawa | |
| 25. | What is Canada's largest province by area? |
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Québec | |
| 26. | The Ligurian and Alboran seas are branches of what larger sea? |
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Mediterranean Sea | |
| 27. | What is the most populous island in the world? |
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Java (143 million) | |
| 28. | The northernmost point in the 48 contiguous states, in what U.S. state is the Northwest Angle? |
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Minnesota | |
| 29. | What 'E' describes a country that is landlocked and surrounded on all sides by just one country? |
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Enclave (Lesotho, South Africa - San Marino, Italy - Vatican City, Italy) | |
| 30. | Name any four of the five U.S. states that have a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida | |
| 31. | Near what Egyptian city would you find the Karnak Temple Complex, the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens? |
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Luxor | |
| 32. | What do the islands of Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Grenada, Antigua, Réunion and Puerto Rico all have in common? |
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'Saint' in the name of their capitals / principal towns (St. Anne, St. Helier, St. Peter Port, St. George's, St. John's, Saint-Denis, San Juan) | |
| 33. | At 4,677 km, what country shares the longest land border with China? |
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Mongolia (Russia 3,645 km, India 3,380 km [disputed]) | |
| 34. | Of what Caribbean country is Port-au-Prince the capital? |
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Haiti | |
| 35. | The Jura Mountains lie on the border of what two European countries? |
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France and Switzerland | |
| 36. | What region of France is home to Europe's Spaceport? |
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French Guiana (Kourou) | |
| 37. | In which borough of New York City would you be if you took a stroll through Central Park? |
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Manhattan | |
| 38. | Draining into the Caspian Sea, what is the largest and longest river in Europe? |
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Volga (3,692 km / 2,294 mi) | |
| 39. | Chittagong is the second largest city in what country? |
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Bangladesh | |
| 40. | What European capital city stands on the Manzanares River? |
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Madrid | |
| 41. | Ulan Bator is the capital of what landlocked Asian country? |
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Mongolia | |
| 42. | The Jura Mountains form much of the border between what two countries? |
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France & Switzerland | |
| 43. | Hungary borders seven countries: Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia are three. Name the other four. |
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Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania | |
| 44. | In what two countries does Mont Blanc stand? |
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France & Italy | |
| 45. | Including border regions, through how many countries does the Mekong River flow? |
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6 (China, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) | |
| 46. | Republika Hrvatska is a European country known in English as what? |
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Croatia (Republic of Croatia) | |
| 47. | What city is the home port of the Russian Pacific Fleet and the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean? |
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Vladivostok | |
| 48. | What is the name of the stone and turf fortification built by the Romans between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde in Scotland? |
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The Antonine Wall | |
| 49. | An uninhabited external territory of Australia, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands are situated in which ocean? |
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Indian Ocean | |
| 50. | Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Peach State? |
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Georgia | |
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