Around the World in 10 Questions [10] Quiz

Answer: Montana

At 147,042 sq miles, Montana in America's 4th-largest state (after Alaska, Texas and California). It has a similar land area to Japan. With just under 1 million residents, though, it is the 44th-largest state in terms of population. With less than 7 inhabitants per square mile, only Alaska and Wyoming are less densely populated.

Answer: Greenland

The main body of Scoresby Sund stretches some 70 miles into Greenland's east coast from the Greenland Sea. The entire branch-like system of fjords cover 14,700 square miles with the longest extending more than 220 miles from the coast.

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

The Celtic Sea ('La mer Celtique' to the French), is part of the Atlantic Ocean. It has coastlines in southern Ireland, Brittany in France and the English counties of Devon and Cornwall. Its sea borders are with the Saint George's Channel to the northeast, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel to the east, and the Bay of Biscay to the south.

Answer: Namibia

At 481,400 sq miles, Angola is the world's 23rd-largest country, and Africa's 7th-largest. Almost three times the size of California, only Alaska of the US states is larger. Angola has an Atlantic coastline to the west and land borders with Zambia to the east, Democratic Republic of Congo to the north and Namibia to the south. (South Africa is south of Namibia.)

Answer: Red and green

Bangladesh is one of the world's newer countries, having gained independence from Pakistan in 1971. It was formerly known as East Pakistan. Its flag features a slightly offset red disc on a green background. The green field represents the lush land and the red disc is the Sun rising over Bengal.

Answer: France

With a land area of 11,787 sq miles, Belgium is slightly smaller than the US's 42-largest state, Maryland, and about one and a half times the size of Wales in the UK. Its longest land border is with France (620km). It also has borders with the Netherlands (450km), Germany (167km) and Luxembourg (148km).

Answer: Exeter

Although Plymouth is the largest city in Devon (with a population in excess of 250,000), the City of Exeter is the official county capital. The county's other principal population center is Torbay, which encompasses the towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. Truro is also a county town, but it is the administrative HQ of neighboring Cornwall.

Answer: Jersey

Although Alderney is the nearest of the main islands to the French coast, just 10 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, whilst Jersey lies some 14 miles offshore, it is Jersey that has the easternmost point of all the main islands. Jersey is also the largest and the southernmost of the main islands in the group.

Answer: Cook Strait

Named after Captain James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it, in 1770, Cook Strait separates New Zealand's imaginatively-named North Island and South Island. In Maori it is called Raukawa Moana. The major city on the Cook Strait is Wellington, on the southern coast of the North Island.

The Tasman Sea separates New Zealand from Australia. Craddock Channel connects the Hauraki Gulf northeast of New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, to the Pacific Ocean. Tamaki Strait separates the North Island from Waiheke Island.

Answer: Connecticut

Connecticut has two principal nicknames, 'The Nutmeg State' and 'The Constitution State'. Other names that also refer to the country's 48th-largest state (only Delaware and Rhode Island are smaller) include 'The Provisions State', 'The Land of Steady Habits', 'The Blue Laws State', 'The Brownstone State' and 'The Freestone State'.
Of the alternatives, Rhode Island is 'The Ocean State', Pennsylvania is the 'Keystone State' or 'Quaker State' and New Hampshire is 'The Granite State' or 'White Mountain State'.