Around the World in 10 Questions (11) Quiz

Answer: Milan

Da Vinci's 15 foot by 29 foot masterpiece, created between 1495 and 1498, is a mural painted directly onto an end wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

Answer: Greenland

Although a member of the European Union and considered part of Europe, Iceland's nearest neighbour is Greenland, just 178 miles away, which (geographically speaking) is considered part of the North American continent. The Faroe Islands are 261 miles away. Iceland is much nearer to continental Europe than to the North American mainland, though - New York City is 2,600 miles away. Iceland's nearest European neighbours are Scotland, about 470 miles away, and Norway, 600 miles off.

Answer: Lincolnshire

Other famous people born in Lincolnshire include composer William Byrd, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Methodism founders John & Charles Wesley, actors Jim Broadbent and dame Sybil Thorndike, comedienne Jennifer Saunders, novelist (Inspector Morse) Colin Dexter and songwriter Bernie Taupin.

Answer: Nepal

The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, situated at the heart of the Himalayas, is the world's most mountainous country, with some 240 peaks that rise to more than 20,000 feet, and 90 topping 7,000 meters (22,966 feet). Nepal is bordered to the north along a 1,236 km border with Tibet, and on the other three sides by a 1,690 km border with India.

Answer: Washington Redskins

Opened in 1997, FedEx Field took over from the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium as the home ground of the Washington Redskins. Expanded in 2005 to provide seating for 91,700, it was the largest venue in the NFL until a 2010 redesign reduced the capacity to 79,000, leaving it as the third largest in the league.

Answer: Zero

Greenland is not strictly speaking a country, but an autonomous region within Denmark. With an area of 836,000 sq miles, Greenland would rank as the world's 12th largest country, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia. This makes it about 25% larger than the largest US state, Alaska, which has an area of 663,000 sq miles.

With a population of little more than 50,000, Greenland ranks 241st in terms of population density with only 0.069 people/sq mile (ie about 7 people per 100 sq miles). Compare that with Alaska, which has a population density of 1.26 people/sq mile, by far the lowest of the 50 US states.

Answer: German Bight

German Bight lies immediately east of the Humber and Dogger areas. The German Bight is the southeastern area of the North Sea, bordered by Germany and The Netherlands to the south and by Denmark and Germany to the east. Prior to 1956, this area was designated as Heligoland for the BBC Shipping Forecast purposes.

Of the alternatives, Forties is immediately north of Dogger, and Viking is north of Forties. Fisher is to the east of Forties, so northeast of Dogger.

Answer: 3,515

All of the island nations within the Caribbean Sea consist of more than a single island. The Bahamas alone incorporates a whopping 501 individual islands. Puerto Rico has 142 islands, Turks & Caicos 58, Martinique 50, all the way down to Barbados which has just 2. Some of the continental countries also contain Caribbean islands - Venezuela has 15, Colombia 10, etc

Answer: Antrim

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, the Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns located on the northern coast of Northern Ireland in County Antrim. Located in the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland, Antrim is one of the six counties that comprise Northern Ireland.

Answer: Outer Hebrides

Located in the Outer Hebrides, Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland, and the largest in the British Isles other than the two main islands (Ireland and Great Britain). 24 miles from the nearest point on the mainland, Lewis and Harris covers 841 sq miles, slightly more than half the size of the US state of Rhode Island. If it were an independent country, it would rank 180th in the world, between Luxembourg and Mauritius.