Sunday, April 18, 2010

Trivia

Which island country of the Greater Antilles uses English as its official language?
Jamaica

If you were in Chicago, Illinois, which would you be closest to?
The answer was Tropic of Cancer

One of the world's oldest parliamentary governments was founded in A.D. 930 on which island?
The answer was Iceland

Biologists are trying to remove lake trout from Yellowstone Lake because they are predators of native fish. Yellowstone Lake is located in which state?
Wyoming

Name Ecuador's most populous city and chief port.
Guayaquil.

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs through which state?
Pennsylvania

Excluding Antarctica, which continent is the least populous?
Australia

Which African country is largest in area?
Libya

Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in the United States, is just east of which mountains?
Sierra Nevada

The Chicago River flows across northeastern Illinois from which lake?
Lake Michigan

lthough Sierra Leone's name has Portuguese origins, what is the country's official language?
English.

Which state has a greater population density?
Ohio

Peking is to Beijing as Salisbury is to WHAT?
Johannesburg.

What is the term for the flow of cultural ideas and traits from one culture group to another?
cultural diffusion

Malaysia, China, and the Philippines are among the countries that claim sovereignty over a group of islands in the South China Sea. Name these islands.
Spratly Islands.

Which city is located on the northeastern shore of San Francisco Bay?
Oakland.

Which U.S. state borders more Canadian provinces than any other state?
Montana

The Ebro River, which flows into the Balearic Sea, is in which European country?
Spain

The Asian insect called the woolly adelgid has killed many hemlocks in Shenandoah National Park. This park, in the Appalachian Mountains, is in which state?
Virginia

Countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations have political and historical ties to which country?
United Kingdom

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