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QUIZ 77 – Geography

1 What is the world’s longest man-made waterway?

2 Where are the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia?

3 Which city-state is 0.44 square kilometres in area?

4 The Gettysburg Battlefield is in which US state?

5 Which country comes first in an alphabetical list of the Commonwealth nations?

6 Which Pakistani city was known as Lyallpur until 1979?

7 North Ronaldsay is the northernmost inhabited island in which group?

8 Which country has the largest proven oil reserves in Africa?

9 Which lake has the largest volume of freshwater in Great Britain?

10 The Ilz and the Inn enter which river at the Bavarian city of Passau?

11 Famously photographed by Ansel Adams, Half Dome is perhaps the most recognised landmark of which national park?

12 Located on the River Alun, what is Britain’s smallest city by size and population?

13 Which mountain’s north wall has the German nickname Mordwand (‘murder wall’)?

14 The USA’s only military base in Africa, Camp Lemonnier, is in which country?

15 What is the most populous US city to have been founded in the 20th century?

16 Which Caribbean nation is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere?

17 The largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century hit which country in May 1960?

18 The world’s largest flower market is in which Dutch town?

19 Which prison island was named by Juan Manuel de Ayala after the pelicans that roosted there?

20 Name the pictured French mountain –


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