Geography 02 - (Questions Submitted By Yoda & Lindsey) |
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001 | In Which Country Will You Find The Bay Of Pigs? | Cuba |
002 | What Is The Largest Of The Channel Islands | Jersey |
003 | The Entrance To Which Bay Is Spanned By (The Golden Gate Bridge) | San Francisco Bay |
004 | What Is The Capital Of Portugal | Lisbon |
005 | In Which Sea Is The Country Of Cuba Located | Caribbean |
006 | On which River does the City of Dublin stand | The Liffey |
007 | On which River does the City of Budapest stand | The Danube |
008 | On which River does the City of Cairo stand | The Nile |
009 | On which River does the City of New York stand | The Hudson |
010 | Which country has taken its name from a line of latitude? | Ecuador |
011 | In Which Town In London Will You Find The William Morris Gallery | Walthamstow |
012 | What Was So Special About Brooklyn Bridge | It Was The Worlds First Steel Suspension Bridge |
013 | How Many Times Was Tower Bridge Raised In 1990 | 460 Times |
014 | Which Was The First Suspension Bridge In London | Hammersmith Bridge |
015 | Why Is The Golden Gate Bridge Painted In International Orange | The Colour Helps Visibility In The Frequent Early Morning Fog |
016 | Which Famous City Bridge Is Known Locally As The Coathanger | Sydney Harbour Bridge |
017 | Which Bridge Was The First Major Suspension Bridge In The World | The Menai Strait Bridge In Wales |
018 | Constructed In 1333 Which Is The Oldest Wooden Bridge In Europe | The Kapellbrucke In Lucerne Switzerland |
019 | Which Bridge Connects Europe With Asia | The Galata Bridge Over The Bosphorus In Istanbul |
020 | Which Bridge That Opened In 1988 Connected Japans 4 Main Islands By High Speed Rail For The First Time | The Seto Ohashi Bridge |
021 | Where Is The Original London Bridge Now Situated | At Lake Havasu Arizona |
022 | Which Is The Oldest Surviving Thames Crossing In London | Richmond Bridge |
023 | How Many Bridges Are There In St Petersburg | 365 |
024 | What Type Of Shop Predominates On The Ponte Vecchio In Florence | Jewellers Have Had The Monopoly Since 1593 |
025 | In Which Country Is The Bridge Over The River Kwai | Burma (Myanmar) |
026 | Which Bridge In Scotland Replaced The Much Loved(Ferry At The Kyle Of Lochalsh) | The Skye Bridge |
027 | Which Bridge Connects Nepal To Tibet | The Friendship Bridge |
028 | Which Bridge In London Was Officially Named William Pitt Bridge In 1769 | Blackfriars Bridge London |
029 | Which Cambridge Bridge Took It's Name From An Architectural Masterpiece In Venice | The Bridge Of Sighs (St Johns College) |
030 | What Is The More Famous Name Of The Dancing (St Benezet Bridge) | Le Pont D'Avignon |
031 | What Record Does The 2nd Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Hold | It Is The Longest Bridge In The World 23.9 M / 38.4 KM |
032 | Which Bridge Had Van Gogh Just Finished Painting Before He Cut Of His Ear | The Lanlois Bridge In Arles |
033 | Which London Bridge Had A Gate Over It On Which The Heads Of Criminals Were Displayed On Spikes As A Deterrent | London Bridge |
034 | Which Cambridge Bridge Was Put Together In The 18th Century Without The Use Of A Nail | The Mathematical Bridge (Queens College) |
035 | Which Bridge Features On The Poster To The Woody Allen Film Manhattan | Queensboro Bridge |
036 | What Was So Important About The Oresund Bridge Between Malmo & Copenhagen Which Opened In July 2000 | Because It Was The First Permanent Link Between Europe & The Swedish Peninsula |
037 | Which Woman Lived With Natives In West Africa & Became The First European To Visit Parts Of Gabon In 1894 | Mary Kingsley |
038 | Which King Hired Henry Stanley To Carve Out An Empire For Him In Central Africa | King Leopold II Of Belgium |
039 | Which Country Sent The Most Explorers To Africa | Scotland |
040 | Who Found The True Source Of The River Nile | Sir Richard Burton & John Speke |
041 | What Nationality Was The First Person To Sail Round Northern Canada Through The Bering Strait | Norwegian Roald Amundsen |
042 | Who Accidently Sailed Around The Cape Of Good Hope In 1488 | Bartolomeu Dias |
043 | On Whose Real Life Exploits Is James Clavells Novel Shogun Based | Will Adams An Elizabethan Adventurer |
044 | Why Did David Livingstone Go To Africa | He Was A Missionary |
045 | Who Paid For Christopher Columbus 's First Voyage Across The Atlantic | Ferdinand & Isabella Of Spain |
046 | Which Famous Egyptian Queen Ordered The Expedition To Punt & Insisted On Dressing As A King While Wearing A False Beard | Hatshepsut |
047 | What Was The Name Of Sir Francis Drakes Most Famous Ship | The Golden Hind |
048 | From 1835 - 1843 14,000 Dutch Boers Moved Inland To Set Up New Colonies, What Was This Journey Called | The Great Trek |
049 | Who Employed Henry Hudson To Search For The North West Passage | The Dutch East India Company |
050 | How Did Henry Stanley Carry His Boat, The Lady Alice Overland | He Divided It Into 8 Sections |
051 | Which Continent Did Captain Cook Discover In 1768 | Australia |
052 | Who Were The First Europeans To Reach Mount Kilimanjaro In Tanzania | 2 Germans , Johannes Rebmann & Ludwig Krapf |
053 | For Which Newspaper Did Henry Stanley Work? | The New York Herald |
054 | What Was The First Town Founded By Europeans In Southern Africa | Cape Town |
055 | Which Carthaginian Navigator Founded 6 Colonies Along The African Coast & Reach The Bight Of Benin | Admiral Hanno, Who Set Sail In 425 Bc |
056 | What Nationality Was Vasco Da Gama | Portugese |
057 | Which Viking Chief , Banished From Iceland, Founded The Norse Colonies On Greenland | Erik The Red |
058 | Of Which Settlement Did Local People Invite Sir Francis Drake To Become King | San Francisco |
059 | Which French Explorer Of West Africa Convinced Many African Leaders To Cede Power To France | Pierre Ne Brazza |
060 | Where Was Henry Stanley When He Uttered The Phrase (Dr Livingstone I Presume) | Ujiji On The Shores Of Lake Tanganyika |
061 | Who Established A Colony At Roanoke Island & Christened It (Virginia) In Honour Of Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen | Sir Walter Raleigh |
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