The Place to B Trivia Quiz

Answer: France and Spain

The Bay of Biscay, an inlet of the Atlantic known for its rough seas, occupies about 86,000 square miles between southwestern France and Northwestern Spain. Its ports include Brest, Nantes, and Bordeaux in France, and Bilbao, Santander, and Avilés in Spain.

Answer: Bath

The south England city of Bath, famous for its health spas, has the country's only hot springs. Today you can explore the ruins of the baths built by the Romans and rediscovered in 1755. Bath was also the one-time home of famous novelist Jane Austen, who is remembered at the Jane Austen Centre.

Answer: Babylon

Babylon, one of the major cities of the ancient world, was situated on the Euphrates River, 56 miles south of what is now Baghdad, Iraq. The area was settled in prehistoric times, and became an independent city-state in 1894 BC. It later became the Babylonian Empire, which it remained until it was captured by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.

Answer: Spain

These Mediterranean islands consist of eleven islets and four large islands: Ibiza, Mallorca, Minorca, and Formentera. The capital is Palma, located on Mallorca, the largest of the islands. They are popular resort islands, particularly Ibiza, which has recently become the party spot of the Mediterranean.

Answer: Brunswick

The city of Brunswick is located on a landlocked harbor in Oglethorpe Bay in southern Georgia. It is known as the Gateway to the Golden Isles because of its proximity to the islands of St. Simons Island, Little St. Simons, Sea Island, and Jekyll Island.

Answer: India

The city of Bhopal was in the news in 1984, when it was the site of the worst industrial accident in history; deadly methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant, killing nearly 4,000 people. It is also the site of the Taj-ul-Masjid, India's largest mosque. The cities of Bhagalpur and Bhatpara are both located in northern India.

Answer: Barcelona

The Mediterranean city of Barcelona is Spain's second largest in population and the capital of the autonomous region of Catalonia. The city was supposedly founded in about 230 BC by the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Its best-known feature may be the huge, unfinished Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia (Church of the Sacred Family), famous for its ornate spires.

Answer: Slovakia

The Slovak Republic, or Slovakia, was established in January 1993 when Czechoslovakia split into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. There are over 200 castles in Slovakia!

Answer: Benin

The small African nation of Benin, originally called Dahomey, gained its independence from France in 1960. Benin is situated between Togo and Nigeria on the North Atlantic.

Answer: Barbados

This B-eautiful Caribbean island was uninhabited when British explorers happened upon it in 1627. Its capital is Bridgetown, and its major industries are tourism and sugar cane production.

Answer: Brisbane

Brisbane is Australia's third largest city and the capital of Queensland. It was settled in 1824 and established as the capital of Queensland in 1859, when Queensland split from New South Wales.

Answer: Boston

Boston, the capital of Massachusetts and one of America's most historic cities, is famous for the Freedom Trail, a series of painted footprints on the sidewalk that lead you to 16 different historic sites. Some of the things you'll see are Paul Revere's house, the Old State House, and Boston Common.

Answer: Somalia

Somalia, or the Somali Democratic Republic, is a republic in east Africa that juts out into the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Mogadishu. Baraawe, located 170 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, is famous for its leather tannery.

Answer: Argentina

The city of Bahia Blanca is a seaport at the head of the Bahia Blanca, an arm of the Atlantic. It's now the most important city in eastern Argentina following the construction of a railroad through the town in 1885.

Answer: Africa

The Benue, or Binue, River in central Africa is the main tributary of the Niger River. Rising in Cameroon, it flows for 870 miles into the Niger in Nigeria.