A-Z of Places

A What is nicknamed the Herring Pond?

B Which is the only country in the world that has a name in English ending in H?

C Poldark Mine is a tourist attraction in which county?

D Mile High Airport serves which American city?

E In which country was the operatic character Aida born?

F What is the capital and main town of Madeira?

G What was ceded to Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht?

H What do London cabbies refer to as the Gasworks?

I Which country has the highest Muslim population in the world?

J Kingston is the capital of which Commonwealth country?

K Which Yorkshire town is home to the Timothy Taylor Brewery?

L What is the capital of Zambia?

M An image of which mountain is depicted on the outer packaging of Toblerone bars?

N Waikato is the longest river in which country?

O Which city is served by Uplands International Airport?

P Which US city is known as the City of Brotherly Love?

Q Wills Neck is the highest point in which range of hills?

R Which country’s flag depicts a large letter R at its centre?

S Which Cornish town is home to a branch of the Tate Gallery?

T The name of which African city derives from the Greek for three towns?

U What is the second largest lake in England?

V In which city is Romeo and Juliet set?

W What did London replace as the capital of England?

X Which Brazilian river is a major tributary of the Amazon?

Y In 1872 what was designated as the first national park in the USA?

Z On which island was Freddie Mercury born?

Answers to A-Z of Places

Atlantic Ocean
Bangladesh
Cornwall
Denver
Ethiopia, although the opera was chiefly set in Egypt, Princess Aida was born in Ethiopia
Funchal
Gibraltar
Houses of Parliament
Indonesia
Jamaica
Keighley
Lusaka
Matterhorn
New Zealand
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Quantocks
Rwanda
St Ives
Tripoli
Ullswater
Verona
Winchester
Xingu
Yellowstone National Park
Zanzibar