Geography Trivia Questions XVI

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The San used to be called the Bushmen. Where do they live?

       a. Australian Outback
       b. Great Rift Valley
       c. Kalahari Desert
       d. Amazon Jungle


The international terminal at what airport is named for Tom Bradley, the city's first black mayor?

       a. JFK
       b. LAX
       c. O'Hare
       d. Logan


Also, the "capital" of the Italian Riviera, what capital of Leguria is now Italy's largest port?

       a. Genoa
       b. Venice
       c. Milan
       d. Naples


The Northwest Angle is the only part of the Lower 48 north of the 49th parallel. What state is it in?

       a. Maine
       b. Washington
       c. Minnesota
       d. New York


Frederick Law Olmstead's career in park design began with his work on what 843-acre expanse, whose real estate value today is a half trillion dollars?

       a. Central Park in Manhattan
       b. Mount Royal Park in Montreal
       c. Prospect Park in Brooklyn
       d. Jackson Park in Chicago


As of 2009, only two nations have square flags. What country borders both of them?

       a. Russia
       b. El Salvador
       c. Italy
       d. Niger


Formerly known for their headhunting, the Dayak are largely Hindu these days, and live on which island?

       a. Borneo
       b. Sri Lanka
       c. Madagascar
       d. Tahiti


At which city's Century 21 world's fair in 1962 would you ride the monorail to the Space Needle?

       a. Montreal, Quebec
       b. Seattle, Washington
       c. Osaka, Japan
       d. Sydney, Australia


What "devilish" island is separated from Australia by the Bass Strait?

       a. New Guinea
       b. Borneo
       c. Tasmania
       d. New Zealand


Located on a key trade route, the Tuareg nomads founded the fabled city of Timbuktu in what present-day country?

       a. Iran
       b. Mali
       c. Yemen
       d. India


Devout visitors slip sheets of paper in the cracks of which famous structure?

       a. Taj Mahal
       b. Wailing Wall
       c. Blarney Castle
       d. Forbidden Palace


As the story goes, Finn MacCool built the Giant's Causeway, a set of rocky stepping stones made of basalt, off the North Antrim Coast of Ireland, so that he could walk to what country?

       a. Ulster
       b. Wales
       c. Scotland
       d. England


What former member of the Hanseatic League is Germany's second largest city and its principal port?

       a. Cologne
       b. Hamburg
       c. Frankfurt
       d. Dresden


Home to about a million Mexican free-tailed bats, Carlsbad Caverns is in what state?

       a. California
       b. Kentucky
       c. New Mexico
       d. Texas


The Saami used to be known as something else, something they now consider derogatory. What would this be?

       a. Laplanders
       b. Eskimos
       c. Gypsies
       d. Hottentots




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