Geography General Knowledge 2

General geographical and historical knowledge, A-Z #2
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A) The birthplace of modern democracy
Athens
A) Nazi concentration camp that endured the most Jewish deaths
Auschwitz
B) Formerly called Peking
Beijing
B) Area consisting of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Baltic
C) The Mile High City is located in this state
Colorado
C) Massive ancient Maya complex in Yucatan, Mexico
Chichen Itza
D) Largest city in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
D) This river runs through 4 major capitals of central Europe
Danube
E) Highest peak in the world
Everest
E) Major Texan city on the Rio Grande border with Juarez, Mexico
El Paso
F) South Carolina fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
F) AKA the Sunshine State
Florida
G) Capital of Botswana
Gaborone
G) Tequila is produced exclusively in this Mexican city
Guadalajara
H) Capital of Bermuda
Hamilton
H) Capital of Tasmania
Hobart
I) Town on the southern coast of New Zealands South Island
Invercargill
I) Largest island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
Isle of Skye
J) Virginia colony established by English settlers in 1607
Jamestown
J) The largest city in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil
Joinville
K) Capital of Nepal
Kathmandu
K) 2nd largest city in Nigeria, after Lagos
Kano
L) Hometown of the Beatles
Liverpool
L) Largest city in western Ukraine
Lviv
M) Home of the F1 Grand Prix and Monte Carlo
Monaco
M) Island nation in the Mediterranean south of Sicily
Malta
N) Capital of Cyprus
Nicosia
N) The country music capital of the world
Nashville
O) Arabic country on the Persian Gulf
Oman
O) Its cities include Toronto, Sudbury, Thunder Bay
Ontario
P) Capital of Kosovo
Pristina
P) Popular Thai island, famous for its nightlife
Phuket
Q) Capital of Ecuador
Quito
Q) Largest of the 5 boroughs of NYC
Queens
R) Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
R) Most famous Spanish soccer club
Real Madrid
S) Home to Starbucks and the Space Needle
Seattle
S) Central Canadian plains province
Saskatchewan
T) Capital of Estonia
Tallinn
T) Large city on the Mexico border with California
Tijuana
U) Its name translates to "Red Hero"
Ulaanbaatar
U) 4th largest city in the Netherlands
Utrecht
V) Pacific island nation, its capital is Port Vila
Vanuatu
V) Melbourne is the capital of this Australian province
Victoria
W) Western Poland city on the banks of the Oder River
Wroclaw
W) Capital of Manitoba
Winnipeg
W) John Denver wrote a song about this Appalachian state
West Virginia
X) Persian king who led his massive army against the Spartans at Thermopylae
Xerxes
X) Chinese megacity near the Taiwan strait
Xiamen
Y) In Norse mythology, it is the Tree of the 9 Worlds
Yggdrasil
Y) Arabic country to the south of Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Z) Capital of Croatia
Zagreb
Z) The biggest city in Switzerland
Zurich
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