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O! Where Is It? Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about these worldwide Os?

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
17,675

Updated
Sep 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
11857

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where are the Orkney Islands? Hint

off the coast of Russia

off the coast of Norway

off the coast of Scotland

off the coast of Argentina

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which English university city is known as the 'city of dreaming spires'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. An airport serving Paris starts with O. What is its name? Hint

Orhei

Orsay

Orly

Orczy

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Oberammergau famous for? Hint

Passion Play

Hitler's hideaway

Ski resort

Wines

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which is the only country in the world whose name in English starts with O ?

Answer: (One Word four letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which state is the Olympic peninsula? Hint

Washington

Michigan

Oregon

Virginia

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which country can you find the Ob River? Hint

Russia

Angola

Japan

Venezuela

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Question 8 of 10

8. If you are sailing from England to continental Europe you may land in Ostend. In what country is Ostend? Hint

France

Germany

The Netherlands

Belgium

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Question 9 of 10

9. What do English speakers call Osterreich or Oesterreich?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was named for a US state?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where are the Orkney Islands?

Answer: off the coast of Scotland

The Orkneys are a group of about 70 islands off the northeast coast of Scotland. Very few are inhabited.

2. Which English university city is known as the 'city of dreaming spires'?

Answer: Oxford

Oxford University is one of the oldest in the world.

3. An airport serving Paris starts with O. What is its name?

Answer: Orly

Orsay is from the Quai of Orsay, a Paris street by the Seine. Baroness Orczy wrote 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' Orhei is a place in Moldova.

4. What is Oberammergau famous for?

Answer: Passion Play

Oberammergau in Bavaria is famous for the Passion Play which is held once every ten years. The townspeople vowed to do this after an outbreak of plague in 1633.

5. Which is the only country in the world whose name in English starts with O ?

Answer: Oman

Oman is a sultanate in the Arabian peninsula. Its capital is Muscat.

6. In which state is the Olympic peninsula?

Answer: Washington

Most of the Olympic peninsula in northern Washington, is a national park. The snowclad Olympic Mountains are here, and it has one of the finest virgin rainforest areas in the Pacific Northwest.

7. In which country can you find the Ob River?

Answer: Russia

It flows into the Arctic Ocean.

8. If you are sailing from England to continental Europe you may land in Ostend. In what country is Ostend?

Answer: Belgium

Ostend was a German submarine base in WWI. In WWII it was badly damaged by bombs.

9. What do English speakers call Osterreich or Oesterreich?

Answer: Austria

Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe. Its neighbours to the north are Germany and the Czech Republic. Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia lie to the south. On the east are Hungary and Slovakia.

10. What Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was named for a US state?

Answer: Oklahoma

This musical opened on Broadway in 1943.

Source: Author minch

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