Mastermind Club
Quiz 2020
No 9
Geography
Answers
Set by Mel Kinsey
1/ The Strait of Otranto separates which two countries?
Italy & Albainia
2/ Which is the smallest independent country in South America?
Surinam
3/ How many points of the compass are there?
32
4/ Which Spanish region has the same name as a region of eastern Europe spanning south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine?
Galacia
5/ With which countries does Spain have a land border (i.e. there is a border post)
Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco (Ceuta and Melilla, U.K. (Gibralter)
6/ Valentia Island is of the coast of which European country?
Ireland
7/ Which country had, until 2011, a flag with only a solid colour?
Libya (the Libyan Arab Jamahriya)
8/ Where are the Tivoli Gardens?
Copenhagen (also a less well known one in Ljubljana)
9/ Abuja is the capital of the seventh most populous country in the world, which?
Nigeria
10/ Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
The Colorado River
11/ Which African city derives its name from "Three Cities"
Tripoli (from 'Regio Tripolitana', region of the three cities)
12/ Port Moresby (Pot Mosbi) is the capital city of which country?
Papua New Guineas
13/ Which country has 37 official languages, more than any other? ( the first languge mentioned in the constitution and the most widely spoken is Spanish)
Bolivia
14/ Out of the ten most populous islands i the world, only two are outside Asia, can you name them?
Great Britain (3rd) and Hispaniola (10th)
15/ Where would you find the letters BCE ,ECB, EZB , EKT, and EKP together?
On Euro bank notes (the initials of the European Central Bank in different languages)
16/ The Merlion, an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, is used as the mascot of which island nation?
Singapore
17/ How is French Somaliland now known?
Djibouti
18/ Which three countries have a flag which is simply a circle on a solid background?
Japan, Bangladesh and Palau
19/ The Gulf of Bothnia lies between which two countries?
Sweden and Finland
20/ Yellowstone National Park is located mainly in Wyoming but also extends into which two other states?
Idaho and Montana
21/ The Juan de Fuca Strait seperates which two countries?
Canada and the USA (between Washington state and Vancouver Island)
22/ Which European capital city is served by Schwechat airport?
Vienna