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| How many presidents' faces are sculpted on Mount Rushmore? |
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| Four (Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jefferson) |
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| The Galápagos Islands are a provincial territory of which South American country, 600 miles away on the same equatorial latitude? |
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| Which is the longest mountain range in the world? |
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| Mount Vinson Massif is the highest peak in which continent? |
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| Which country has the longest coastline? |
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| In which country is Timbuktu? |
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| How tall is the Leaning Tower of Pisa? |
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| Who was the first person to reach the South Pole? |
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| What is the world's largest sea? |
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| In which country are the Cariboo Mountains? |
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| Canada (British Columbia) |
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| What is the capital of Romania? |
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| Which country has the shortest coastline? |
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| What is the capital of Peru? |
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| What is the world's longest river? |
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| Which US state has the longest shoreline? |
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| What is the capital of the Philippines? |
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| Where is the deepest lake in the world? |
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| Siberia (Russia - Lake Baikal, 5,712ft deep) |
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| Yellowstone National Park is in which US state? |
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| Wyoming (the first area to be designated a national park in the USA, in 1872) |
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| What is the capital of Canada? |
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| What language do the locals speak in Bogota? |
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| Spanish (Bogota is the capital of Columbia) |
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| Which capital city has the highest population (as at 2006)? |
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| Which is the least populated state in the USA? |
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| What is the largest country in the world? |
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| Russia (c.17 million square kilometres) |
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| What is the smallest country in the world? |
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| The headquarters of Greenpeace is in which European city? |
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| What river runs through Baghdad? |
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| Which is the world's deepest ocean? |
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| Pacific (10,924m at its deepest, in the Mariana Trench) |
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| What is Thailand's biggest island? |
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| Which sea has no land borders? |
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| Which states are a part of the Four Corners? |
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| Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah |
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| The Orinoco river meets the sea on which country's coast? |
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| Winnipeg is the capital city of which Canadian province? |
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| What are the top 5 most spoken languages? |
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| 1 Mandarin, 2 Hindi, 3 Spanish, 4 English, 5 Arabic |
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| What is the largest lake in the world? (by surface area) |
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| The Euxine Sea was the ancient name for which body of water? |
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| If you were attending Miami University, which U.S. state would you be in? |
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| – Ohio. FYI – the name refers to Miami River Valley named after the Miami Indians who lived in the area. |
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| Mt. Godwin Austen is better known as what? |
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| What is the capital of Australia? – |
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| In the Continental US, which state has the northernmost point? |
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| Approximately how long is the Panama Canal? |
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| What part of the world was once known as Cathay? |
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| Which body of water lies between Greece and Turkey? |
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| Name the 3 Baltic countries - |
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| Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia |
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| Which city in the Americas has the largest population? |
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| What is the capital city of Ethiopia? |
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| What’s the worlds deepest point? |
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| Challenger Deep – part of the Mariana Trench |
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| What river flows through Rome? |
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| Yale is located in what state? |
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| Where is Harvard located? |
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| - Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| What city does the blue nile and the whie nile meet? |
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| What city has 3 major teams wear the same colors? |
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| Pittsburgh Steelers, Pirates, Penguins |
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| Where is Motown Records located? |
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| What was the city Columbus Ohio originally called? |
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| What name did the country of Iran used to have? |
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| The Asian country of Thailand used to be called what? |
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| Russian city formerly and currently called St.Petersburg once had another name? |
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| What was the city Atlanta Georgia originally called? |
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| The Turkish city of Istanbul used to be called what? - |
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| Ho Chi Minh City used to be known as what? |
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| The new name of the country of Burma is what? |
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| What was the city Tampa Bay Florida originally called? - Fort Brooke |
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| Fort York is now the major Canadian metropolis? |
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| The island of Ceylon is now called what? |
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| Mt. McKinley is also know by what name? |
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| True or False? The highest and lowest points in the lower 48 states are in the same county. |
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| True. Inyo County in CA. Death Valley and Mt. Whitney |
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| What is the capital of the Arab country Oman? |
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| What river runs through Vienna? |
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| The Danube. The longest river in europe, empties into the black sea. |
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| What is the capital of Sweden? |
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| In which city would you find the Brandenburg Gate? |
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