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Geographic General Knowledge 2

Geographic general knowledge questions of varying difficulty. #2
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1) Where can you find the Smithsonian
Museums, White House and Capitol?
Washington DC
2) What city it spelled Caerdydd in
its native language?
Cardiff
3) What is the remote region of northern
Finland called?
Lapland
4) What ancient Mali city was once famous
for its 14th century gold trade?
Timbuktu
5) What is called the unofficial capital of
the Scottish highlands?
Inverness
6) What state was once unflatteringly called
Sewards Folly?
Alaska
7) What massive lake separates New Orleans
from Slidell, LA?
Pontchartrain
8) What connects Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden?
Oresund Bridge
9) What city has Europes busiest container port?
Rotterdam
10) Andorra is located within which mountain range?
Pyrenees
11) What futuristic city is planned in the Saudi
Arabian desert designed to be 170 km long?
The Line
12) Qantas is the national airline of what country?
Australia
13) Mt McKinley in Alaska is now known as what?
Denali
14) What remote city in the Amazon was once a
major rubber baron hub?
Manaus
15) Aruba and Curacao are territories of what
country?
Netherlands
16) What Egyptian city is home to the famous
Valley of the Kings?
Luxor
17) What famous region of Turkey is home to rocky
outcroppings called Fairy Castles?
Cappadocia
18) St Basils Cathedral is in which city?
Moscow
19) Ponta Delgada is capital of what territory?
Azores
20) What country does the above belong to?
Portugal
21) What city was once called Smyrna during
Greek rule?
Izmir
22) What is either a city in Texas or a major US
military cemetery in Virginia?
Arlington
23) Cabo San Lucas is located in what Mexican
state?
Baja California Sur
24) Badlands National Park and Mt Rushmore are
in what US state?
South Dakota
25) UAE has 7 of these that make up the country
Emirates
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26) What city was once called the Paris of the
Middle East?
Beirut
27) Hallgrimskirkja is a famous spired church in
what city?
Reykjavik
28) This Kansas town was once the "wickedest city
in the old west"
Dodge City
29) What country is spelled Sakartvelo in its native
tongue?
Georgia
30) What city was previously known as Nur Sultan?
Astana
31) This Asian capital is ranked as the coldest
on Earth
Ulaanbaatar
32) What city is near the site of the tomb of
emperor Shi Huang and his terracotta army?
Xian
33) Where would you find Sugarloaf mountain
and Christ the Redeemer?
Rio De Janeiro
34) What 2 islands are about 2 miles between
Alaska and Russia, but are 21 hours apart?
Diomedes
35) What is the largest borough of NYC by area?
Queens
36) Stalingrad, now Volgograd, sits on what major
river?
Volga
37) What Brunei exclave is surrounded by the
Malaysian province of Limbang?
Temburong
38) What remote lake in Siberia is the worlds
deepest?
Baikal
39) What US "Fort" city is the largest?
Fort Worth
40) What Italian city was Marco Polo from?
Venice
41) What is the name of the Angolan exclave
bordering the DRC and RC?
Cabinda
42) Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas,
is in what country?
Argentina
43) Mt Whitney in CA is part of what mountain range?
Sierra Nevada
44) Where can you find the town of Interlaken?
Switzerland
45) Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia share what
massive island?
Borneo
46) What major lake is located northeast of
St Petersburg, Russia?
Ladoga
47) What channel of water between Malaysia and
Indonesia is one of the worlds busiest passages?
Malacca
48) This steep passage connects Pakistan to
Afghanistan thru the Safēd Kōh mountains
Khyber
49) What city in Japan is home to the famous prized
beef?
Kobe
50) What city is home to the famous Oktoberfest?
Munich
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