Geography Trivia Questions VIII

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In which city does a wall called the Peace Line separate a Catholic neighborhood called Falls Road from a Protestant district called Shankhill?

       a. London
       b. Belfast
       c. Toronto
       d. Melbourne


How the locals must be embarrassed. What word is misspelled on the Liberty Bell, as well as, in the Constitution?

       a. Pittsburgh
       b. Philadelphia
       c. Pennsylvania
       d. Massachusetts


What former French African colony shares its name with a former British coin worth 21 shillings?

       a. Shilling
       b. Guinea
       c. Dahomey
       d. Mali


What US state borders four of the five Great Lakes?

       a. Indiana
       b. Ohio
       c. Michigan
       d. Ontario


Based on their popular nickname, the British Yeomen of the Guard would most enjoy which of these meals?

       a. Baby back ribs
       b. Hamburger
       c. Chicken breast
       d. Fish and chips


Although no moonstone is found in this state, it has been the state gem since 1970. What state is it?

       a. Texas
       b. Florida
       c. Alaska
       d. California


The Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake. However, if you discount it because it is saltwater, what lake becomes #1?

       a. Lake Superior
       b. Lake Victoria
       c. Lake Tanganyika
       d. Lake Baikal


What country has the world's shortest coastline?

       a. San Marino
       b. Antigua
       c. Monaco
       d. Fiji


Flip Poland's flag and you have the identical flag, aside from their proportions, of what two countries?

       a. Great Britain and Jamaica
       b. Monaco and Indonesia
       c. Italy and France
       d. Canada and Sweden


Just as the Bourbon kings ruled France from Paris, Paris is the seat of Bourbon County in what state?

       a. Tennessee
       b. Kentucky
       c. West Virginia
       d. Louisiana


Excluding the bits of Antarctic territory, they have claimed for themselves, what country comes closest to the South Pole?

       a. South Africa
       b. Chile
       c. Australia
       d. New Zealand


Guayaquil is the largest city and main port of what country?

       a. Indonesia
       b. Ecuador
       c. Dominican Republic
       d. Chile


What group of islands is known to the indigenous Polynesians as Aotearoa, meaning "the land of the long white clouds"?

       a. New Zealand
       b. Fiji
       c. Tahiti
       d. Hawaii


On what US landmark would you find an inscription from Leviticus 25.10?

       a. The Lincoln Memorial
       b. The Statue of Liberty
       c. The Liberty Bell
       d. Supreme Court Building


What word did mining lobbyist George Willing totally make up and propose that Congress use for the area around Pike's Peak?

       a. Idaho
       b. Arizona
       c. Dakota
       d. Alaska




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