Drop Bear's World Tour Trivia Quiz

Answer: A hurricane

Belmopan is located in the interior of Belize and is centrally located. It was installed as the capital in 1970 after Hurricane Hattie destroyed the previous capital which was located on the eastern coast. Belmopan is very small with a 2010 census population of 16451 (Belize City is the largest with 57 000 people).

While it was constructed well away from the coast to avoid hurricanes the new town was not placed directly on the Belize River. This avoided flooding damage. The new capital is built around a ring road that is 4km in circumference.

The Government buildings and parklands are all located within this ring road.

Answer: Maldives

Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with 133,000 people crammed into less than six square kilometres. It enjoys a tropical monsoon climate, with both wet and dry seasons, but with relatively stable temperatures. It is served by Velana International Airport. Most people travel around the island by bus or ferry.

Answer: Mozambique

Maputo was formerly known as Lourenço Marques after the country gained independence for Portugal. It is situated on the Indian Ocean, not far from the South African border. Its population passed the million mark in the early part of the 21st century.

Abidjan is the capital of Ivory Coast, Luanda is in Angola and Kigali is the capital of Rwanda.

Answer: Seoul

Officially known as Seoul Special City, this was for a time the fourth largest metropolitan economy in the world, sitting behind only Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles. It is the home of powerhouses such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai. With a history that goes back some two thousand years, its economic standing sees it playing host to numerous financial conferences such as the 2010 G-20 Summit.

Answer: Sweden

Gamla Stan is in Stockholm. It is called an "old town" because it represents either the city's historic or original core. Gamla stan/Stockholm are situated on Sweden's east coast, where Sweden's third largest lake, Lake Mälaren, flows into the Baltic Sea. It is located just south of the 60th parallel, meaning reduced hours of sunlight in winter. The 1912 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm. Its nickname is "the Venice of the North" due to the many lakes there.

Answer: Niger

Niamey is an industrial city located in West Africa, on the Niger River. Among the goods produced are ceramic goods and weaving. It became a colonial post of the French in the 1890s and from that time, grew to be an important centre of trade. The Abaaba National Park is located here.

Answer: Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)

Captain John Moresby, in 1873, was the first Briton to see Port Moresby and he named it in honour of his father Fairfax Moresby. As its name indicates, it sits on a body of water, in this case, the Gulf of Papua. Economically, the city is booming thanks to the mountain of natural resources that the entire country is sitting on. An indication of rapid rise in world recognition is that the 2018 APEC Summit was held there.

Answer: True

Bandar Seri Begawan, which sits on the Brunei River, has a population of approximately 100,000, which is slightly more than 35% of the entire island's population. The city is a centre for furniture and textile production. It is also the home of the Sultan's palace, which has been recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest residential palace in the world.

Answer: Located on the Red Sea

Djibouti is a new country formed in 1977 when it sought independence from Ethiopia which forms it southern and western borders. Somalia is to the south east and Eritrea to the north. The eastern boundary is the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In an unusual twist the country is named after the capital as Djibouti the city previously existed within the Ethiopian boundaries.

It has over half a million residents which is over 70% of the country's population. Its strategic location near busy shipping lanes makes its leading industry refuelling and transshipment services.

Answer: When the Europeans landed on Barbados, it was uninhabited but there was a bridge across the swamp

Barbados is a small island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies off the north-east coast of South America. About half of the country's quarter of a million people live in the capital Bridgetown. When the British landed there in 1628, they found the island was uninhabited but there was a bridge spanning the Careenage (swamp). The settlement became a town and was then called Town of Saint Michael but became Bridgetown when a new bridge was built across the swamp in 1654. Barbados is the only city outside the United States that George Washington visited.