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| 1. | What Scottish city is home to Partick Thistle football club? |
| 2. | What two land masses are separated by the Bass Strait? |
| 3. | The Great Bear lake has a surface area of over 31,000 square kilometres. In what country is it located? |
| 4. | What is the second largest city in Turkey? |
| 5. | What is the largest city on the Côte d'Azur (French Riviera)? |
| 6. | In what country is the city of Casablanca? |
| 7. | What U.S. city is served by Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport? |
| 8. | Hungary borders seven countries: Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia are three. Name the other four. |
| 9. | What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? |
| 10. | What U.S. state is hit with more tornadoes in an average year than any other U.S. state?. |
| 11. | According to a 2015 U.N. estimate, what country is it predicted will have the largest population by 2025? |
| 12. | After World War II, to what was the Dutch East Indies renamed? |
| 13. | Which European country is called Suomi in its own language? |
| 14. | What is the largest city in the United States named after a British Prime Minister? |
| 15. | The Ghawar Field is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world. In what country is it? |
| 16. | Lusitania was an ancient Roman province, much of which comprises what modern-day country? |
| 17. | What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? |
| 18. | From where did New Zealand get it's name, the Dutch province of Zealand or the Danish island of Zealand? |
| 19. | What former capital is the most populous city in the Philippines? |
| 20. | What name is given to the Northern tropic, the circle of latitude on the Earth that marks the most northerly position at which the Sun may appear directly overhead? |
| 21. | Which two capital cities face each other on opposite banks of the Congo River? |
| 22. | What is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world? |
| 23. | 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? |
| 24. | The Ganges flows through India and what other country? |
| 25. | In what British Overseas Territory is RAF Mount Pleasant located? |
| 26. | Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya are the three largest islands of what archipelago? |
| 27. | What is the least-populous of Australia's eight states and major territories? |
| 28. | Pashto is an official language of what country? |
| 29. | After Sydney and Melbourne, what is Australia's third most populous city? |
| 30. | List these countries in order, west to east: A. Romania B. Hungary C. Slovenia |
| 31. | In the US, what is nicknamed both 'Brew Town' and 'Beer City'? |
| 32. | Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of what former Soviet state? |
| 33. | What is the highest mountain in the Alps? |
| 34. | How many U.S. states have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean? |
| 35. | The Prime Meridian (zero degrees longitude) passes through five countries in Africa. Name any two of them. |
| 36. | Herm, Jethou and Brecqhou are the smallest inhabited islands of what archipelago? |
| 37. | Running for 425 kilometres through the North Island, what is the longest river in New Zealand? |
| 38. | What is the most sparsely populated country in Europe? |
| 39. | Which of these Australian cities is furthest west? Adelaide, Brisbane, or Melbourne? |
| 40. | Providence is the capital of what U.S. state? |
| 41. | What do the islands of Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey, Grenada, Antigua, Réunion and Puerto Rico all have in common? |
| 42. | What Caribbean country is the only French speaking independent republic in the Americas? |
| 43. | What north-south mountain range forms the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia? |
| 44. | In what country is the city of Mecca? |
| 45. | After Kilimanjaro, what is the second highest mountain in Africa? |
| 46. | By what name was Burkina Faso known prior to being renamed in 1984? |
| 47. | Mahé is the largest island in what archipelago? |
| 48. | In what two countries would you find the Appalachian Mountains? |
| 49. | Flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in Eurasia, discharging into the Caspian Sea, what is the name of this river? |
| 50. | What do the names of the state capitals of Nebraska, Mississippi, Wisconsin and Missouri all have in common? |
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