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1. Four of the 14 countries and territories whose name starts with "E" or "F", four are in Africa. Which of those counties, the world's 27th-largest, covers the most ground?
2. Listed here are four national or territorial capital cities beginning with "E" or "F". Which one is the capital of a country, now independent, that was previously known by a name also starting with "E" or "F"? To help you out the picture shows the country's current flag.
3. There is only one "E" or "F" U.S. state, Florida. Floridians have a wide choice of sports teams to root for, with nine teams playing in the four major leagues. In 2013, which of these nine franchises became the first Florida team to win their sport's championship for a third time?
4. Founded some 7,400 years ago, Eridu has claims as the world's first city. Home to the Abzu temple of the Sumerian god Enki, by 4,000 B.C. the population had grown to around 10,000, making Eridu the world's largest city at the time. In which modern-day country can the site of Eridu be found?
5. There are some 63 "E" cities with populations above 100,000. Two of them share the same name, one (whose city flag is pictured here) is in the central Dutch province of Gelderland, the other is a town on the Osum River in southwestern Nigeria. What name do these two cities share?
6. Of the 66 "F" cities with populations above 100,000, twelve are in Japan, eleven in China and eight in Brazil. Which of these South American cities, founded in 1817 and famous for the 'Piedra del Sol', a large rock with spirals and circles carved 1,000 years ago, is NOT in Brazil?
7. Of the 176 rivers in the world that are longer than 625 miles (1,000km), only four begin with either "E" or "F". Which one of those four flows 650 miles through western Papua New Guinea? The largest river by volume in Oceania, it is the world's largest river systems without a dam.
8. There are four mountain ranges in Africa starting with "E". Which of these mountain ranges is a chain of shield volcanoes in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia, including the country's most active volcano, a 2011-foot high peak named after the range.
9. Of the 293 U.S.A. cities with populations above 100,000 at the time of the 2013 census, 11 started with "E" and 12 with "F". Which of these 23, whose skyline is pictured, was the largest "E" or "F" city in the country?
10. We began this quiz with the 14 countries and territories whose name begins with "E" or "F", and we finish with them too. Which of the 14 that are islands is the smallest? To assist you, its coat of arms is pictured here.
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