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1. I have been to the United States more than a couple of times, but one trip I'll never forget was when I arrived in the early morning of September 11, 2001, before the airports closed. It so happened that the U.S. President and I were both in the same state when we heard the news about the World Trade Center. It is the southernmost state in the continental U.S. and known for, among other things, the Everglades and Cape Canaveral. Which state is this?
2. If you did my earlier quiz, you know that I have spent quite some time in mega-cities. The first of these I visited was Mexico City. Before the conquistadors crushed the Aztec empire, the site of today's downtown Mexico City was the Aztec capital city. What was it called?
3. South Africa is a beautiful country that deserves the nickname "The Rainbow Nation" in more ways than one. It is also, of course, the southernmost country on the continent. What is the name of the southern tip of Africa?
4. Kuala Lumpur, or simply "K.L.", is a vibrant town with great contrasts in one of the former Tiger Economies of Southeast Asia. You may have seen Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones climb the impressing Petronas Towers, a major landmark. In which country is K.L. the capital?
5. I once spent a few weeks in the countryside town of Phitsanulok where I took a bicycle rickshaw to work every morning--very exotic for a European. But I also had the opportunity to see parts of the capital city, including the famous Reclining Buddha and Emerald Buddha, and to spend a weekend at a seaside resort on the island of Phuket, later hit hard by the 2004 tsunami. In which country did I do all this?
6. The South American capital city whose name translates into English as "good air" (which is not at all true in real life) resembles Madrid or Rome, except not as well-kept. The country, one of the richest in the world in the 1930s, has gone through tough times with corrupt governments for decades. But Madonna asked it not to cry over her. Where was I?
7. You may have heard of Dubai, a place on the Arabian Peninsula where they keep building skyscrapers as if there was no tomorrow. What you may not know is that it is not its own country. It, together with Abu Dhabi (that I have visited on one occasion to do a sales pitch) and five other small "city states", has banded together to form what?
8. The cedar tree is the national symbol of a country in the Middle East and is shown on its flag. Its brief history as a French colony has left its mark: many locals speak French as a second or third language. The country is immersed in history and has what many consider to be the oldest port, maybe even the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, Byblos. What is the name of this fabulous but troubled country?
9. When I was in school, I thought it hard to learn the names of the countries in Central America: they are all so small and close together. After having visited one of them, a country whose Spanish name means "savior" in English, I can keep better track. Which country is that?
10. Let's finish off this quiz with a really good one. The Silk Market, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Wall of China are all great tourist attractions in the capital of the world's most populous country, China. It was also the host of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympics Games. Name it.
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