FunTrivia Geography Mix: Vol 2 Quiz

Answer: Italy

Rome is the capital of Italy, which is a country is Western Europe. It was the capital city of the Roman Empire, as well. Archeological evidences shows that it has been inhabited with humans for at least 10,000 years. Paris is the capital city of France, Berlin is the capital city of Germany, and Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

Question by player portgleep

Answer: Australia

The Gibson Desert in Western Australia is the fifth largest in Australia and covers about 155,000 sq km (60,000 sq miles). The camels are feral, descendants from those imported in the 1800s mainly from India and Pakistan to provide transport in the Australian interior.

Question by player suomy

Answer: Shenandoah and Great Smokey Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains traverse 550 miles through Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The range includes Mount Mitchell which at 2,037 m (6,684 ft) is the highest point east of the Mississippi River.

Shenandoah National Park is located in Virginia and it was the first park created from a large, populated area of land owned by private individuals. Great Smokey Mountains National Park is located in Tennessee and North Carolina and with 12.5 million visitors in 2019 it was by far the most visited National Park in the United States.

Question by player Triviaballer

Answer: Seattle

The Space Needle was built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (also known as the Ballard Locks) are part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Built in 1916, they connect Lake Washington and Lake Union. The MoPOP is part of the The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame housed in an architecturally-controversial building on the campus of the Seattle Center.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Palmetto Tree

In 1775, Colonial William Moultrie successfully defended Sullivan Island (off the coast of South Carolina) against the far superior British naval forces. Moultrie believed that since the fort was built from newly cut palmetto trees, British cannon balls sank into the spongy wood instead of blasting through it.

Question by player Blindlady-27

Answer: Sri Lanka

The other three mentioned above belong in the Pacific Ocean.

Question by player Ragavee

Answer: French

Haiti has a population of approximately 7 million people. It shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

Question by player Ettrick

Answer: Michigan

The Mackinac Bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of the state of Michigan and was the third longest suspension bridge in the world at the time it opened. The Kellogg's cereal factory is one of the largest cereal factories in North America. Finally, the Mariners Church of Detroit was commemorated by Gordon Lightfoot in his 1976 hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

These are just a few points of interest to see in the great state of Michigan, which is nicknamed "The Wolverine State".

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: Australia

Located in the Wimmera Mallee of Victoria, the Little Desert National Park covers over 132,000 hectares. From Dimboola the park extends to the Wimmera River and continues to South Australia near Naracoorte. The park is the home to the Mallee Fowl, known for its nest building.

Question by player ClaudiaCat

Answer: Capitol Hill

Treme, also known as Fauborg Treme, was created as a multi-ethnic housing area in the late 18th Century. Congo Square, where slaves gathered, was originally known as the "Place des Nègres". From 1897-1917, it was home to New Orleans' red light district. Treme's strong link to jazz is reflected in its New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, originally created to honour Louis Armstrong in the 1970s. You will also find there the oldest African-American Catholic Parish and the New Orleans African American Museum.

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