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1. Which of the following are two islands off the tip of the Seward peninsula, Alaska?
a) Diomede
b) Socorro
c) Nunivak
d) Kodiac

2. What island 32 km/20 mi long lies off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA?
a) Martha's Vineyard
b) Santa Catalina
c) Key West
d) Long Island

3. What is the capital of Surinam?
a) Nieuw Nickerie
b) Paramaribo
c) Nieuw Amsterdam
d) Brokopondo

4. Cuba is the largest of the islands of the West Indies, which island group is it a part of?
a) Florida Keys
b) Azores
c) Windward Islands
d) Greater Antilles

5. The largest city in the state of Alaska is not the capital but the chief port. What is it called?
a) Anchorage
b) Vancouver
c) Seattle
d) San Francisco

6. Which wooded area of Nottinghamshire was once a royal park and hunting ground?
a) Sherwood Forest
b) The Forest of Arden
c) Waltham Forest
d) The New Forest

7. Which country in Western Europe is on the North Sea and is bounded east by Germany and south by Belgium?
a) France
b) Austria
c) The Netherlands
d) Switzerland

8. Known as Hellas in its native tongue, what is the English name of this country?
a) Cyprus
b) Turkey
c) Greece
d) Finland

9. Which unit of currency is equal to 100 kopecks?
a) Schilling
b) Dinar
c) Guilder
d) Rouble

10. What is another name for the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory?
a) Komandorski Islands
b) Keeling Islands
c) Kermadec Islands
d) Juan Fernández Islands

11. Which is the largest desert in the world?
a) Gobi
b) Mojave
c) Sahara
d) Kalahari

12. What is the name of the mountains in the Dakotas and Wyoming, USA?
a) Blue Mountains
b) Blue Stack Mountains
c) Black Hills
d) Rocky Mountains

13. In which country did fireworks originate?
a) England
b) China
c) USA
d) Spain

14. Name the town in the German state of Saxony which has been famous for its porcelain industry since 1710.
a) Leipzig
b) Limoges
c) Halle
d) Meissen

15. What is the capital of North Korea?
a) Pyongyang
b) Nampo
c) Wonsan
d) Chongjin

16. Which river flows through the capitals of Austria, Hungary, and Serbia from the Black Forest to the Black Sea?
a) Danube
b) Volga
c) Rhine
d) Seine

17. What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
a) Bo
b) Freetown
c) Koidu
d) Kenema

18. What was the ancient city, carved out of red rock in Jordan, that was forgotten by Europeans until the 19th century?
a) Petra
b) Pompeii
c) Aqaba
d) Jerash

19. Which district of London gave its name to the Prime Meridian?
a) Kingston upon Thames
b) Greenwich
c) Westminster
d) Woolwich

20. Which river flows through Washington, USA?
a) Hudson
b) Colorado
c) Mississippi
d) Potomac

21. Which city and seaport is the capital of Sri Lanka?
a) Lahore
b) Dhaka
c) Kandy
d) Colombo

22. In which European capital city is the Rijksmuseum art gallery?
a) Bonn
b) Amsterdam
c) Rome
d) Brussels

23. What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
a) Gyandzha
b) Baku
c) Sumgait
d) Yerevan

24. Which great river has tributaries named Nitra, Prut, Sava and Vah?
a) Volga
b) Mekong
c) Amazon
d) Danube

25. What is the capital of the Alsace region of France?
a) Strasbourg
b) Nice
c) Boulogne
d) Lyons

26. Famous for its coffee and the nuts named after it, which country occupies almost half the continent of South America?
a) Peru
b) Brazil
c) Chile
d) Colombia

27. In which country on the American continent is Mount Logan the highest point?
a) USA
b) Brazil
c) Canada
d) Mexico

28. What is the name of the hill over 244 m/800 ft in height overlooking the Scottish city of Edinburgh?
a) Arthur's Seat
b) Mull of Kintyre
c) Arthur's Mount
d) Michael's Tump

29. Which range of hills forms a natural border between England and Scotland?
a) Lammermuir Hills
b) Cairngorms
c) Pennines
d) Cheviot Hills

30. Which cape is situated at the most southerly point of South America?
a) Cape Cod
b) Cape Horn
c) Cape Disappointment
d) Cape Fear

31. Which city was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great who made it the new capital of Russia?
a) St Petersburg
b) Stalingrad
c) Tomsk
d) Moscow

32. Which Russian seaport is the largest city within the Arctic Circle, with a population of 452,000?
a) Amderma
b) Onega
c) Murmansk
d) Archangel

33. What South African headland forms a peninsula between Table Bay and False Bay, Cape Town?
a) Cape St Vincent
b) Cape Verde
c) Cape of Good Hope
d) Cape Catastrophe

34. Of what is pumpernickel a German variety?
a) Bread
b) Cheese
c) Sausage
d) Wine

35. Bretagne is the French name for what?
a) The United Kingdom
b) The British Isles
c) Great Britain
d) Brittany

36. Which country mainly makes up the Horn of Africa?
a) South Africa
b) Somalia
c) Ethiopia
d) Namibia

37. Which area of Newfoundland in Canada, is also the name of a breed of dog?
a) Labrador
b) Dachshund
c) Retriever
d) Alsatian

38. Which mountain system is sometimes referred to as `the backbone of England`?
a) The Cambrian Mountains
b) The Grampian Mountains
c) The Cumbrian Mountains
d) The Pennines

39. Which group of islands in the Aegean Sea has a name meaning `Twelve Islands`?
a) Antilles
b) Hebrides
c) Dodecanese
d) Balearics

40. By what name is the former Portuguese West Africa now known?
a) Goa
b) Angola
c) Namibia
d) Malawi

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