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1. What is the capital of Brazil?
a) Brasília
b) Belo Horizonte
c) Rio de Janeiro
d) S o Paulo
2. The port of Tobruk was the scene of heavy fighting during World War II. In which north African country is it?
a) Egypt
b) Morocco
c) Libya
d) Sudan
3. Which 100-mile-long waterway links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?
a) Straits of Gibraltar
b) Panama Canal
c) Suez Canal
d) River Nile
4. Which island lies to the north of Australia across the Torres Strait?
a) Sumatra
b) Fiji Islands
c) New Guinea
d) Java
5. What is the present name of the capital city that used to be known as Edo?
a) Beijing
b) Dacca
c) Lhasa
d) Tokyo
6. Which name is shared by mountain ranges in Spain and the USA?
a) Sierra Nevada
b) Appalachians
c) Rockies
d) Sierra Madre
7. In ancient Greece, what is the area of the northern Peloponnese called?
a) Boii
b) Arcadia
c) Achaea
d) Dalmatia
8. Which Sicilian volcano is the highest in Europe at 3,323 m/10,906 ft?
a) Mount St Helens
b) Stromboli
c) Etna
d) Fuji
9. Which desert region in Harar province, southeastern Ethiopia, borders on Somalia?
a) Great Namaland
b) Ovamboland
c) Kalahari Desert
d) Ogaden
10. In ancient Greece, what is the area of the northern Peloponnese called?
a) Boii
b) Achaea
c) Arcadia
d) Dalmatia
11. Captain Cook called them the Sandwich Islands. What is their name now?
a) Windward Islands
b) Trinidad and Tobago
c) Hawaii
d) Cook Islands
12. Which is the largest country in area in the British Commonwealth?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Canada
d) Malaysia
13. What is the name of the inlet on the south coast of Cuba about 145 km/90 mi Southwest of Havana?
a) Campeche Bay
b) Bay of Pigs
c) Montego Bay
d) Banes
14. In which group of islands is Formentera?
a) Peloponnese Islands
b) Canary Islands
c) Frisian Islands
d) Balearic Islands
15. What is the southernmost cape in Africa?
a) Agulhas
b) Cape Columbine
c) Cape of Good Hope
d) Durban
16. What is the name of the active volcano situated to the South of Quito in Ecuador?
a) Cotopaxi
b) La Paz
c) Formosa
d) Cuzco
17. What is the capital of Finland?
a) Turku
b) Helsinki
c) Vaasa
d) Tampere
18. What is the Turkish form of Imbros, an island in the Aegean Sea?
a) Imroz
b) Ikaria
c) Khios
d) Skiros
19. What is the capital of the Republic of Haiti?
a) Malé
b) Port-au-Prince
c) Belmopan
d) Nassau
20. Which is the largest Greek island, situated at the eastern end of the Mediterranean?
a) Gibraltar
b) Rhodes
c) Crete
d) Madeira
21. Which of the following is a town in the Borders Region, Scotland?
a) Alford
b) Dundee
c) Melrose
d) Perth
22. Which country in the Indian Ocean had the former name Ceylon?
a) Fiji Islands
b) Sri Lanka
c) The Maldives
d) The Seychelles
23. What name is given to the annual festival of music and poetry held in Wales?
a) Stettfoddier
b) Eisteddfod
c) Eiddetisfott
d) Gorsedd
24. What is the largest island in Greece?
a) Corfu
b) Cyprus
c) Rhodes
d) Crete
25. Which mountain in Thessaly did the ancient Greeks believe to be the home of the gods?
a) Olympus
b) Helicon
c) Parnassus
d) Pelion
26. What name is given to the peninsula comprising part of Thailand, western Malaysia, and Singapore?
a) Gaspe Peninsula
b) Malay Peninsula
c) Kobe Peninsula
d) Kola Peninsula
27. What is the capital of Iran?
a) Isfahan
b) Tabriz
c) Tehran
d) Mashhad
28. Mauritius, Nepal and the Seychelles all use which currency?
a) Rupee
b) Pound
c) Dinar
d) Dollar
29. What is the name of the salt lake in Kazakhstan, area 17,300 sq km/6,678 sq mi?
a) Timanskiy
b) Ustyurt
c) Caspian depression
d) Balkhash
30. What is the name of the park area of wetlands on the Guadalquivir delta, Southern Spain?
a) Cordoba National Park
b) Dońana National Park
c) Huelva National Park
d) Nerva National Park
31. From which country does the spicy birds' nest soup originate?
a) China
b) Japan
c) India
d) Russia
32. Which of the following is a lake in County Donegal, northwestern Ireland?
a) Lough Leane
b) Lough Neagh
c) Lough Derg
d) Lough Lomond
33. What is the capital of Micronesia?
a) Lelu
b) Moen
c) Kolonia
d) Colonia
34. What city in northeastern China is now known as Zhangjiakou?
a) Kalgan
b) Kashgar
c) Jehol
d) Jiangxi
35. What is the name of the strong alcoholic drink distilled in Scandinavia from potato or grain and flavoured with caraway seeds?
a) Applejack
b) Poteen
c) Armagnac
d) Aquavit
36. Of which country is Monrovia the capital?
a) Belize
b) Liberia
c) Guyana
d) Syria
37. What is the former name of the Israeli seaport of Akko?
a) Acre
b) Hefa
c) Netanya
d) Ashdod
38. What is another name for the castle of St Antoine, built about 1370 as part of the fortifications of Paris?
a) Lyon
b) Cennen
c) Versailles
d) Bastille
39. What is the capital of Benin?
a) Porto Novo
b) Abomey
c) Parakou
d) Natitingou
40. Which is the smallest country in Africa?
a) Gambia
b) Senegal
c) Lesotho
d) Rwanda
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