FunTrivia Geography Mix: Vol 13 Quiz

Answer: Yalta and Sevastopol

Yalta gained fame in 1945 as the site of the famous meeting between the heads of the three main allied powers, at which meeting the shape of post-war Europe was discussed. Sevastopol is noteworthy as the site of a Russian naval base, housing the Russian Black Sea fleet under a 1997 treaty with Ukraine.

Ipoh and Seremban are located on the Malay Peninsula, Aalborg and Aarhus on the Jutland Peninsula, and Puson and Inchon are on the Korean Peninsula.

Question by player chessart

Answer: China

Peking is now known as Beijing. Though Shanghai is the biggest city in China, Beijing is the capital.

Question by player MarkyBarky

Answer: Arizona

The Saguaro National Park is covered by the Sonoran desert, which covers parts of California and Arizona, and extends into Mexico. The saguaro cactus is native to this desert region. The Tucson Mountains and the Rincon Mountains are mountain ranges located nearby. Animals like coyote, bobcats and cougars can be found here.

Question by player angikar

Answer: Northern Africa

Believe it or not, over 56% of the dust that fertilizes the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest in the world, comes all the way from Chad, in the eastern Sahara, which is located in northern Africa. The Sahara dust, about 27.7 million tons of it, is blown over the Atlantic ocean and brings with it important phosphorous, essential for plant growth.

In fact, the Sahara releases about 182 million tons of dust every year with the large majority of it remaining airborne.

Question by player LeoDaVinci

Answer: Mozambique

Mozambique lies on the southeastern coast of Africa, on the Mozambique Channel. Across the channel is Madagascar. Mozambique was colonized first by Portugal, in a search for gold. Its slave trade and forced labor were so intense that they were referred to as slave armies.

After much war, internal conflict and poverty, it won its independence and became a democracy. Mozambique has titanium, tropical weather, five major rivers and several lakes, all of which have boosted economic growth.

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Answer: Crete

Chania, Heraklion and Rethymno are located on the island of Crete, with Heraklion being its capital. Crete is in the southern part of the Aegean Sea and is one of the biggest islands in the Mediterranean sea.

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Answer: Monaco

The world's second-smallest sovereign state, the Principality of Monaco grew around the tall monolith known as the Rock of Monaco, a coveted possession overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The Rock was first settled by the Ligures, the ancient population that gave its name to the neighbouring Italian region of Liguria; later, in the 6th century BC, a group of Phocaean Greeks from Massalia (present-day Marseille) founded the colony of Monoikos ("Monoecus" in Latin).

The colony's name - from the Greek "monos" (alone, single) and "oikos" (house) - is believed to have originated from the only temple in the area, the temple of Heracles (Hercules) that stood on the Rock. According to a legend, during his travels Heracles built a road that connected Italy with Spain, passing through the area where Monaco is now located.

This legend was documented in the writings of two renowned Greek historians, Diodorus Siculus and Strabo (both active in the 1st century AD). The only deep-water port in Monaco, which has been in use since ancient times, is named Port Hercule ("Port Hercules" in French).

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: Bratislava

Mentionned as Brezalauspurc in a 10th c text, Bratislava (capital of Slovakia) was called Preßburg when it was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, which collapsed in the autumn of 1918. When the Ottoman Turks invaded Hungary, Bratislava was chosen as the new capital of Hungary in 1536.

It is only 60 km from Vienna, hence its historically sizable German-speaking population and its German-sounding name, Preßburg.

Question by player chabenao1

Answer: Papua New Guinea

New Britain, along with the rest of New Guinea, were ceded to Australia from Germany, under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. The country was renamed Papua New Guinea in 1971 and declared themselves independent in 1975. New Britain is the 39th largest island in the world, roughly the same area as Maine.

Question by player ozzz2002

Answer: Texas doesn't border Arizona.

A cable television readout stated that "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" was based on a true story (which is correct) about murders that happened in Texarkana (which is correct) which was a "Texas/Arizona border town" (which is completely wrong, because New Mexico separates Texas and Arizona). Texarkana is partially in ARKANSAS and Texas, not Arizona.

The movie itself is notable because the killer was never caught because he wore a hood over his head when he killed people in broad daylight, which looks like the hood Jason Voorhees later wore in "Friday the 13th: Part Two". If they show "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" on cable again and it says the Arizona/Texas border town, you will know their mistake.

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