The Rockets Study Geography Trivia Quiz

Answer: Black Pool

Dublin has two Gaelic (Irish) translations, the older being Dubh (black) and Linn (pool or hole). In modern Irish the city is known as Baile Atha Cliath (the town of the hurdled ford). When Irish place names were Anglicized they were not translated, thus often losing the original meaning. The word "baile" town was mostly anglicized to bally thus the vast number of Irish place names that have Bally as part of the name.

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Answer: Colborne

Colborne, Ontario, Canada is situated the Northumberland County of Ontario. Colborne is known for its "Big Apple", which is a great tourist attraction. When you drive along the #401 Highway, you can see the "Big Apple", which is considered to be the world's largest apple. There is a gift shop which has a great apple theme to it. There is a bakery from which you can view pies being made in the kitchens, as well as a restaurant to sit and enjoy some apple treats.

Colborne is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is about midway between Montreal and Toronto.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: funnytrivianna
Source: Wikipedia and WorldWeb

Answer: All of these

The resulting effect from the design of the memorial is a radio-concentric joint pattern, suggesting a "web" symbolic of the entangling nature of the Viet Nam War.

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Answer: 9

The provinces are: Gauteng, Western Cape, Kwa Zulu Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Northwest Province, Free State, Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga.

Prior to South Africa becoming a democratic republic, there were only 4 provinces plus Namibia (then called South West Africa) as a protectorate. After the first democratic elections, in 1994, the country was modeled on the Swiss canton system. Each province has a premier who has his own cabinet of ministers. Each province also has its own capital.
The country capital is Pretoria (Gauteng province), but the Houses of Parliament is in Cape Town (Western Cape). There is a President who presides over the whole country. The first democratically elected president was Nelson Mandela.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: Prefdoors

Answer: Birmingham

While he was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, his parents were English and he grew up in England.
Birmingham is England's second largest city covering 267.8 square kilometres and a population of over one million.
Birmingham is also home to the world famous Cadbury's which has been producing chocolate for well over one hundred years.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: Wisp

Answer: Seward

Kenai Fjords National Park contains one of the four major ice caps in the United States, the Harding Icefield. Established as a National Park in late 1980 visitors can view glaciers right in front of their eyes. There are hikes around the Visitor Center that explore Exit Glacier, a retreating glacier on land. The park get about 250,000 visitors per year.

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Answer: St. Anthony Falls

The present St. Anthony Falls is a series of locks and dams built over the original falls. The dams were constructed without care and no photograph or painting exists of the falls before they were destroyed. There are a few paintings, but they are simply the imagination of the artists. For those of you who heard about the I35W bridge collapse, the falls are just upstream, in fact the downstream entrance to the lower locks is visible in many of the pictures of the fallen bridge.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: Pathetictoo

Answer: The University of Alabama

Governor Wallace barred the entrance to Foster Auditorium to prevent Vivian Malone and James Cook from registering. They were the first African American students to enrol at Alabama. U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach along with National Guard troops forced him to step aside.

My source is personal knowledge; I was there! Info is also in Wikipedia.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: Wandev

Answer: Brooklyn

Founded by the Dutch, Brooklyn has roughly a population of over 2 million people. Brooklyn was also the home of the Major League baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, before they moved to Los Angeles in 1958. It is connected Manhattan by the most famous, and often sold bridge in history.

Contributed by Rocket's team member: TriviaGuy245

Answer: Tun Tavern

The U. S. Marine Corps is the oldest of the modern-day branches of the US armed forces. They were formed from the Continental armed services and are the only branch created in a bar. Semper Fi!


Contributed by Rocket's team member: Wandev