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1. Which pair of the following cities are the farthest apart? Even though the questions are written for a little variety, all ask for the FARTHEST distance. Knowing where these cities are is part of the quiz, but states or countries will be provided here and there for clarity.
2. Again, which pair of cities are the farthest apart, traveling along a great circle (the shortest distance possible)? Think of a great circle as a plane intersecting the earth and passing through its center.
3. Four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart?
4. The proverbial crow has to fly the farthest between which two cities?
5. Bees take a direct route from their hives to their food source, too. Which is the longest great circle beeline between these four pairs of cities?
6. Flying the same kind of airplane at the same speed, say 500 MPH, which trip along a great circle route would take the longest between the named cities? You may safely disregard winds, etc.
7. Which of these pairs of cities are the farthest apart?
8. Unless they are exactly opposite one another, there is only one great circle (also known as a geodesic circle) connecting any two points on the earth's surface. Here are four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart?
9. Which of these four pairs of cities lie the greatest distance from one another along a great circle route?
10. Finally, since I live in Northern California, I am looking for the farthest city of the following four from San Francisco. This is a close one.
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