racz_jay25
02/24/08, 08:36 AM
1. What word does a vacuum cleaner have in common with the Colorado River?
(The one word answer also has something to do with electricity.)
2. Enough typing, just choose which of the following explorers hailed from the coastal English town of Whitby.
Sir Walter Raleigh
James Cook
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
3. Journeying eastward, what is the next major expanse of water you would reach after the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?
Lake Baikal
Sea of Japan
Sea of Azov
Aral Sea
4. Put the continents in matching order with these mountains: Kosciusko, Atlas, Erebus, Ben Nevis, Denali
South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America
South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America
Australia, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, North America
Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America
5. What river runs through the city of Vienna?
Rhine
Rhone
Volga
Danube
6. On a world map, which of these rivers flows most 'horizontally'?
Nile
Amazon
Mackenzie
Mississippi
7. The small, hairy fruit 'Zespri' was also known as the 'Kiwifruit', what country did its even older name relate it to?
Syria
Japan
China
Prussia
8. The capital city of the Incan Civilization, which once thrived high in the South American Andes, was called...
Machhu Pichhu
Cuzco
Huascar
Titicaca
9. There are two 'Christmas Island's in the world, what two oceans can they be found in?
Atlantic and Pacific
Indian and Pacific
Atlantic and Arctic
Arctic and Indian
10. What is the name of the cold current which runs up the western South American coast?
La Nina Current
Humboldt Current
del Fuegan Current
Gulf Stream
11. Where would you find the Baranof Islands?
Alaska
Norway
Laptev Sea
White Sea
12. Germany handed control of South West Africa to South Africa who in turn granted independence to the nation which is now known as...
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Angola
Namibia
13. On the subject of getting things done, which of these statements holds the most truth?
The Panama Canal was completed first.
The Suez Canal was completed before the Panama Canal.
The Suez Canal was completed, but not freely opened before the Panama Canal.
They were completed within a year of each other.
14. Which answer has these countries or territories correctly listed from north to south?
North Korea, Pakistan, Latvia, New Caledonia, Fiji
Latvia, North Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, New Caledonia
Latvia, Pakistan, Singapore, North Korea, Fiji
New Caledonia, Latvia, Pakistan, North Korea, Fiji
15. And finally, what country would you be in, if you took a bus from Dumfries to Gorbals?
Scotland
The Netherlands
Belgium
Canada
(The one word answer also has something to do with electricity.)
2. Enough typing, just choose which of the following explorers hailed from the coastal English town of Whitby.
Sir Walter Raleigh
James Cook
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
3. Journeying eastward, what is the next major expanse of water you would reach after the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?
Lake Baikal
Sea of Japan
Sea of Azov
Aral Sea
4. Put the continents in matching order with these mountains: Kosciusko, Atlas, Erebus, Ben Nevis, Denali
South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America
South America, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America
Australia, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, North America
Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, North America
5. What river runs through the city of Vienna?
Rhine
Rhone
Volga
Danube
6. On a world map, which of these rivers flows most 'horizontally'?
Nile
Amazon
Mackenzie
Mississippi
7. The small, hairy fruit 'Zespri' was also known as the 'Kiwifruit', what country did its even older name relate it to?
Syria
Japan
China
Prussia
8. The capital city of the Incan Civilization, which once thrived high in the South American Andes, was called...
Machhu Pichhu
Cuzco
Huascar
Titicaca
9. There are two 'Christmas Island's in the world, what two oceans can they be found in?
Atlantic and Pacific
Indian and Pacific
Atlantic and Arctic
Arctic and Indian
10. What is the name of the cold current which runs up the western South American coast?
La Nina Current
Humboldt Current
del Fuegan Current
Gulf Stream
11. Where would you find the Baranof Islands?
Alaska
Norway
Laptev Sea
White Sea
12. Germany handed control of South West Africa to South Africa who in turn granted independence to the nation which is now known as...
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Angola
Namibia
13. On the subject of getting things done, which of these statements holds the most truth?
The Panama Canal was completed first.
The Suez Canal was completed before the Panama Canal.
The Suez Canal was completed, but not freely opened before the Panama Canal.
They were completed within a year of each other.
14. Which answer has these countries or territories correctly listed from north to south?
North Korea, Pakistan, Latvia, New Caledonia, Fiji
Latvia, North Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, New Caledonia
Latvia, Pakistan, Singapore, North Korea, Fiji
New Caledonia, Latvia, Pakistan, North Korea, Fiji
15. And finally, what country would you be in, if you took a bus from Dumfries to Gorbals?
Scotland
The Netherlands
Belgium
Canada