1. ‘Las Malvinas’ are better known by what name?
(a) Canary Islands
(b) Falkland Islands
(c) The Azores
(d) Straits of Gibraltar
2. This city is at the eastern end of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
(a) Vladivostok
(b) Mockba
(c) Chelyabinsk
(d) Moscow
3. Lake Ladoga is closest to which of these cities?
(a) Kyoto
(b) Nagoya
(c) Hiroshima
(d) St. Petersburg
4. Which of these are all real places in or near London?
(a) Battersea, Shepherdton, Millton and Belton
(b) Dorking, Wapping, Tooting and Epping
(c) Tooting, Essing, Sonning and Battersea
(d) Frisking, Belting, Sonning and Manning
5. What is the southernmost capital city of any country in the world?
(a) Canberra, Australia
(b) Santiago, Chile
(c) Wellington, New Zealand
(d) Port Stanley, Falklands
6. Tanzania was formed when what two African states combined and achieved independence?
(a) Zanzibar and Tanganyika
(b) Zambia and Zanzibar
(c) Zambia and Tangiers
(d) Zambia and Tanganyika
7. Journeying eastward, what is the next major expanse of water you would reach after the Black Sea and the
Caspian Sea?
(a) Lake Baikal
(b) Sea of Japan
(c) Sea of Azov
(d) Aral Sea
8. Put the continents in matching order with these mountains: Kosciusko, Atlas, Erebus, Ben Nevis, Denali
(a) South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America
(b) South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America
(c) Australia, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, North America
(d) Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America
9. What river runs through the city of Vienna?
(a) Rhine
(b) Rhone
(c) Volga
(d) Danube
10. On a world map, which of these rivers flows most ‘horizontally’?
(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(c) Mackenzie
(d) Mississippi
11. The capital city of the Incan Civilization, which once thrived high in the South American Andes, was called…
(a) Machhu Pichhu
(b) Cuzco
(c) Huascar
(d) Titicaca
12. There are two ‘Christmas Island’s in the world, what two oceans can they be found in?
(a) Atlantic and Pacific
(b) Indian and Pacific
(c) Atlantic and Arctic
(d) Arctic and Indian
13. What is the name of the cold current which runs up the western South American coast?
(a) La Nina Current
(b) Humboldt Current
(c) del Fuegan Current
(d) Gulf Stream
14. Germany handed control of South West Africa to South Africa who in turn granted independence to the nation
which is now known as…
(a) Mozambique
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) Angola
(d) Namibia
15. On the subject of getting things done, which of these statements holds the most truth?
(a) The Panama Canal was completed first.
(b) The Suez Canal was completed before the Panama Canal.
(c) The Suez Canal was completed, but not freely opened before the Panama Canal.
(d) They were completed within a year of each other
16. Which answer has these countries or territories correctly listed from north to south?
(a) North Korea, Pakistan, Latvia, New Caledonia, Fiji
(b) Latvia, North Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, New Caledonia
(c) Latvia, Pakistan, Singapore, North Korea, Fiji
(d) New Caledonia, Latvia, Pakistan, North Korea, Fiji
17. What country would you be in, if you took a bus from Dumfries to Gorbals?
(a) Scotland
(b) The Netherlands
(c) Belgium
(d) Canada
Answer key: 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (a)