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Geography Containing the Letter Z

Can you guess these geographical answers which contain the letter Z?
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Last updated: July 3, 2020
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First submittedJuly 3, 2020
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The longest river in South America
Amazon
Phoenix is its capital
Arizona
Longest river in China
Yangtze
The largest and most populous island in the Philippines
Luzon
Archipelago about 1360 km west of Portugal
Azores
Term for a Middle Eastern marketplace, also known as a souq
Bazaar
City formerly known as Canton
Guangzhou
Only country in Central America whose official language is English
Belize
Country formed by the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Tanzania
Country which has over 200 million cows
Brazil
One of two Palestinian territories
Gaza
City of more than 10 million people on Hong Kong's northern border
Shenzhen
Largest landlocked country in the world
Kazakhstan
Term for a person of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent in Latin America
Mestizo
Country that consists of a confederation of cantons
Switzerland
Spanish island in the Mediterranean home to some of the world's top dance clubs
Ibiza
Mountainous region of Missouri and Arkansas
Ozarks
Short version name of the Czech Republic
Czechia
Country bordering the Caspian Sea which hosts a Formula One race
Azerbaijan
Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Sea
Suez
City in Tenerife, California, or Bolivia
Santa Cruz
21 Comments
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Level 79
Jul 4, 2020
Ozark Mountain Daredevils are one of my favourite bands !
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Level 51
Jul 8, 2020
100% in 47 seconds!
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Level 67
Aug 15, 2020
Ooooooooh. TANganyika and ZANzibar. How have I never put that together?
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Level 76
Aug 15, 2020
Also, Tanga is a town in NE Tanzania and the Nyika plateau is in the SW. Is that how Tanganyika got its name - the land from that place to that place?
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2023
Tanganyika probably got its name from lake Tanganyika
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2023
I always assumed it was the other way around, but you're right.
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Level 27
Aug 17, 2020
The funny part is that in portuguese "Azores" is written AÇORES.
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Level 81
Aug 19, 2020
Learned something new with that Latin American question
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Level 71
Aug 21, 2020
Shouldn't "Mestiza" also be accepted? A little love for the ladies, Quizmaster! ;)
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Level 64
Apr 11, 2021
nitpicker detected
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Level 88
Nov 30, 2022
He just crushes a lot
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2023
How's this one nitpicking? The current answer is only including half of the people.
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Level 75
Feb 29, 2024
No, in Spanish if you have both males and females, you use the masculine plural.
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Level 73
Aug 11, 2023
Amazing how many z's are out there!
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Level 69
Aug 11, 2023
I like that the quiz still accepts "Yangtse" as a correct answer! ;-)
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Level 51
Aug 11, 2023
"Country which has over 200 million cows"

Country *that* has...

"Country bordering the Caspian Sea which hosts a Formula One Race"

Country bordering the Caspian Sea *that* hosts...

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Level 67
Apr 8, 2024
Country *that* consists of a confederation of cantons...nice alliteration btw
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Level 61
Aug 11, 2023
Doesn't JetPunk usually merge Guangzhou and Shenzhen? I always forget Shenzhen exists because that's what most city quizzes do.
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Level 70
Aug 12, 2023
20/21, just missed Ozarks
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Level 70
Aug 12, 2023
So many zzzzz's I fell asleep 😴
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Level 66
Aug 13, 2023
Damnit, I put "Senzhen", didn't get it, figured I was way off, and just skipped over it.