Year
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Question
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Answer
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1989
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Name the flat intermontane area located at an elevation of about 10,000 feet in the Andes.
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Altiplano
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1990
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Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent?
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Antarctica
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1991
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What type of landform is associated with orographic precipitation?
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Mountain
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1992
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What do the initials EEZ stand for?
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Exclusive Economic Zone
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1993
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Tagalog is one of the three main languages of which country in Asia?
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Philippines
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1994
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The Tagus River divides which country into two agricultural regions?
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Portugal
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1995
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Pashtu and Dari are the official languages of which country in Asia?
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Afghanistan
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1996
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Which country is ruled by the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell?
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Andorra
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1997
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What is the most densely populated country in Asia?
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Singapore
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1998
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Which country with over 80 million people is the most populous in the EU?
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Germany
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1999
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What is the name for usually cold ocean temperatures in the east Pacific?
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La Nina
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2000
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Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its mainland peninsula and two largest islands.
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Two of the three: Jutland | Sjaelland | Fyn
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2001
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Below the equilibrium line of glaciers there is a region of melting, evaporation, and sublimation. Name this zone.
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Zone of Ablation
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2002
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Lop Nur, a depression in the Tarim Basin, is in which country?
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China
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2003
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Goa, a state in southwestern India, belonged to which country until 1961?
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Portugal
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2004
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Peshawar, a city in Pakistan, is near what historic pass?
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Khyber Pass
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2005
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Lake Gatún, a lake part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river?
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Chagres River
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2006
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Name the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.
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Cambrian Mountains
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2007
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Which city, Vietnam's capital from 1802-1945 is still an important cultral center?
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Hue
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2008
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Cochabamba is the third-largest city in what country?
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Bolivia
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2009
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Timis County is in the western part of what European country?
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Romania
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2010
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Which city, the largest in northern Haiti was renamed in 1804?
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Cap-Haitien
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2011
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The southern part of Mt. Everest is located in which Nepalese national park?
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Sagarmatha National Park
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2012
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Which Bavarian city was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806
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Regensburg
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2013
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Which Ecuadorian peak is the farthest point from the earth's center?
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Chimborazo
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2014
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Oyala, a planned city in the rainforest 65 miles east of Bata is being built as a future capital for which country? * Note: Oyala was renamed Ciudad de la Paz in 2017
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Equatorial Guinea
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2015
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Mariupol, is city on which sea, an arm of the Black Sea?
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Sea of Azov
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2016
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Isla Wolf has abundant wildlife and is in what archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?
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Galapagos Islands
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2017
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What mountain range separates the Taklimakan Desert from the Tibetan Plateau?
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Kunlun Mountains
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2018
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Lebanon has a population most similar to which South American country?
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Paraguay
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2019
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One-third of Norway’s northernmost county is in what plateau?
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Finnmark Plateau
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2020
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Cancelled due to COVID-19
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-
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2021
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I actually got most of these, although some of them I feel like they are just testing your vocabulary a little bit more.