Around the World in Ten Questions (17) Quiz

Answer: Melanesia

Located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, this region includes the countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.

Answer: Albania

Located on the southwestern part of the Balkan Peninsular, Albania is only 45 miles from Italy's east coast across the Strait of Otranto.
Estonia is "Eesti" in its native language, Montenegro is "Crna Gora" and Hungary is "Magyarország".

Answer: Canada

Called "Qikiqtaaluk" by the native population, Baffin is Canada's largest island (and the world's fifth-largest). It is about the same size as Spain and larger than California. It has a population of just over 10,000 people, about 70% of whom live in the largest settlement, Iqaluit.

Answer: Venezuela

Originally a Spanish colony, Trinidad was discovered by Columbus in 1498. British from 1802 until becoming a republic in 1976, it lies in the Caribbean Sea just five miles off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.

Answer: Newcastle upon Tyne

Pons Aelius was a fort and settlement at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall, on the north bank of the River Tyne. In the 1170s, "The Castle" (for which the city is named) was built on the site.
The alternatives are all cities dating back to Roman times: Chester was known as "Deva Victrix", Colchester as "Camulodunum" and Lincoln as "Lindum Colonia".

Answer: Lake Garda

Forty miles from one end to the other, Lake Maggiore is the longest Italian lake. Lake Garda (32 miles long and 10 miles wide), though, has the largest surface area: it is slightly larger than Malta. It is located in the north of the country, about halfway between Venice and Milan.
The capital of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic was established in a villa in the town of Salò on the shores of Lake Garda.

Answer: Tanzania

Peaking at 19,341 feet above sea level, Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain. Comprising three dormant volcanic cones named "Kibo", "Mawenzi" and "Shira", it is in northeastern Tanzania, near to the border with Kenya. It was first climbed in 1899 by a German-Austrian partnership.

Answer: The Mayor of New York City

Built in 1799, Archibald Gracie Mansion sits in Carl Schurz Park at the junction of East 88th St and East End Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Its chequered history includes use as a public restroom, and ice cream stand and school classrooms before it became the site for the Museum of the City of New York in 1924.

It became the official residence of the Mayor under Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1942.

Answer: Brunei

Officially called "Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace", this country of just over 400,000 people is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Delaware. The country has a short coastline on the South China Sea and is otherwise surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

Answer: Antarctica

Although only 20 miles long, the Onyx River is Antarctica's longest. It flows into the three-mile long Lake Vanda, which is more saline than the Dead Sea. The record high temperature here is 0°C.
The Xanadu Hills lie between Ward Valley and the Alph River in Victoria Land, a massive expanse on the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf.