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A) What is the highest peak in the Americas?
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Aconcagua
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B) In what city would you find the Brandenburg Gate?
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Berlin
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C) What mountain range runs through much of Eastern Europe, with the largest in Romania?
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Carpathian
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D) What peak, formerly Mt McKinley, is the highest in North America?
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Denali
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E) What ancient Greek city, now in Turkey, was home to the Temple of Artemis?
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Ephesus
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F) What city is Germanys financial capital?
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Frankfurt
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G) This city in Mali was center of the Songhai empire in the 1500s
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Gao
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H) Japanese island where Sapporo is located
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Hokkaido
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I) What Scottish city is often referred to as the capital of the highlands region?
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Inverness
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J) What Florida city is home to the Jaguars?
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Jacksonville
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K) What empire ruled Cambodia and parts of Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in the middle ages?
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Khmer
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L) What megacity was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535?
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Lima
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M) What current capital sits on the former site of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan?
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Mexico City
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N) What is the currency of Eritrea?
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Nakfa
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O) Florida city home to Disney World
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Orlando
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P) What ancient Bulgarian city was a Roman stronghold, home to the Theater of Philippopolis?
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Plovdiv
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Q) What is the currency of Guatemala?
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Quetzal
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R) What Finnish city is often called capital of the Lapland region and home of Santa?
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Rovaniemi
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S) What US city translates to Holy Faith?
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Santa Fe
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T) What famous battle pitted Greek Leonidas against the mighty Xerxes and Persia?
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Thermopylae
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U) What ancient Sumerian city, now in modern day Iraq, was one of the first megacities?
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Uruk
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V) What New England state was at one time an independent country?
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Vermont
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W) What is the French speaking region of Belgium called?
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Wallonia
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X) What Chinese city is where Qin Shi Huang and his terracotta army were discovered?
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Xian
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Y) What walled city in England was built by the Romans in 71 AD?
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York
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Z) What ancient wonder in Greece was dedicated to the king of the Greek gods before being destroyed in the 500s?
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Zeus
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