Around the World in 80 Questions

Answers listed after each set of 20

1 What reconvened on March 12, 1999 after adjourning on March 25, 1707?

2 Which character in Pinocchio shares his name with an Italian volcano?

3 Which country is home to the Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall?

4 Which American state capital can be obtained by adding a vowel to the end of a month?

5 Which building was formerly called the 14th Century Church of St Michael?

6 Which country is to host the 2010 football World Cup?

7 Bloody Point and Sunken Meadow are both the names of what in the USA?

8 In which city was the International Red Cross founded?

9 Until 1469, the Shetland Islands were ruled by which country?

10 In 2006, at which mansion was John Prescott photographed playing croquet?

11 Which city is situated at the eastern end of the Caledonian Canal on an arm of the Moray Firth?

12 Which British city lies on the same line of latitude as Moscow?

13 Which English town is home to England’s largest army base?

14 What is the official residence of the Marquis of Bath?

15 Which two cathedrals in England house original copies of the Magna Carta?

16 The meat substitute Quorn was name after a village in which English county?

17 Which was the first city in the world to have a population in excess of 1 million?

18 Which is the only state in the USA that allows residents to vote in elections from outer space?

19 Which city is served by Aldegrove Airport?

20 In which country was the organisation Greenpeace founded?


 

Answers for 1 –20
 

1 The Scottish Parliament

2 Stromboli

3 Venezuela

4 Augusta

5 Coventry Cathedral

6 South Africa

7 Golf courses

8 Geneva

9 Norway

10 Dorneywood

11 Inverness

12 Edinburgh

13 Catterick

14 Longleat House

15 Lincoln and Salisbury

16 Leicestershire

17 London

18 Texas

19 Belfast

20 Canada

Questions 21 – 40

21 Which Asian city is home to a shopping area known as the Ginza?

22 Which African country was granted independence from Britain in 1962?

23 On which river does the town of Rugby stand?

24 Despite their name in which country did Panama hats originate?

25 On which river does the city of Baghdad lie?

26 In Northern Ireland what is known as the Maiden City?

27 In London what connects Bob Hope, Ivor Novello and Noel Coward?

28 Which European capital city houses an old quarter known as the Plaka?

29 Which country’s name translates into English as big village?

30 Which major river flows through the city of Florence?

31 Which British city is home to the Royal Armouries Museum and Thackeray’s Medical Museum?

32 El Alzhar University, which lays claim to being the world’s oldest university is located in which capital city?

33 The surface of which sea lies 400m below that of the Mediterranean?

34 What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?

35 What four-letter name did the Bank of America’s credit card scheme adopt that became one of the worlds most recognisable brands?

36 Which building houses the world’s largest telephone switchboard?

37 What is the country of origin of Tokay wine?

38 What does the prefix aber signify with regard to the city of Aberdeen?

39 Which island had the Roman name of Mona?

40 The area of Kalimantan covers a large portion of which island?


 

Answers to 21 – 40
 

21 Tokyo

22 Uganda

23 Avon

24 Ecuador

25 Tigris

26 Londonderry

27 All names of theatres

28 Athens

29 Canada

30 Arno

31 Leeds

32 Cairo

33 Dead Sea

34 Madagascar

35 Visa

36 Pentagon

37 Hungary

38 Mouth of a river

39 Anglesey

40 Borneo

 

Questions 41 – 60

41 Which island off the coast of Devon is named from the Norse word for puffin?

42 In China it is called the Huang Ho. The English translation is also the title of a number one hit. What is it?

43 Which Irish county is home to the Blarney Stone?

44 Which European capital city has a name that means, buildings on marsh?

45 Which African country is home to the Hausa tribe?

46 In the USA what does the John Birch Society oppose?

47 What was purchased for the USA in 1867 by the Secretary of State William Seward?

48 Which nation is known as the Switzerland of Africa?

49 Which of the world’s capital cities lies on the River Spree?

50 Which was the first European country to introduce the potato?

51 What is the capital of Tenerife

52 Yell and Unst are both part of which island group

53 Which is the closest city to Gleneagles golf course?

54 Which major river is spanned by the George Washington Bridge?

55 Winnipeg is located in which Canadian province?

56 What is the closest capital city to the equator?

57 In which area of London was the Salvation Army founded?

58 In which country is the source of the Amazon?

59 What did the Dutch East Indies change its name to?

60 The Gulf of Riga lies off the coast of which country?


 

Answers 41 – 60
 

41 Lundy

42 Yellow River

43 Cork

44 Brussels

45 Nigeria

46 Communism

47 Alaska

48 Swaziland

49 Berlin

50 Spain

51 Santa Cruz

52 Shetland Islands

53 Perth

54 Hudson

55 Manitoba

56 Quito

57 Whitechapel

58 Peru

59 Indonesia

60 Latvia



 

Questions 61 – 80

61 Pilsner beer named after the town of Pilsen was first produced in which country?

62 In which country’s mythology is Osiris is the son of Nut?

63 What is known as the Duna in Hungary?

64 Which model of Volkswagen car if said twice is the name of an island in the South Pacific?

65 The state capital of Missouri was named after which American President?

66 Which British river was the first in the world to be spanned by a cast iron bridge?

67 On September 21, 1981 which small nation was granted full independence from the UK?

68 Which sea does the adjective Pontic apply to?

69 Which town is the administrative centre of Kent?

70 Which South African city is served by Louis Botha Airport?

71 Which county is the oldest Dukedom in England?

72 Who is the Air Commodore in Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force?

73 Which state did the USA take possession of from Spain in 1821?

74 After which famous man was the university at Uxbridge named?

75 What is the country of origin of Havarti cheese?

76 Crossair Airline is based in which European country?

77 In which city is the Newlands cricket stadium located?

78 Which four states of the USA have a name ending with E?

79 Which nation did Errol Flynn represent in the Olympic games?

80 Which three African countries are collectively known as Maghreb?


 

Answers to 61 – 80
 

61 Czechoslovakia

62 Egypt

63 Danube

64 Bora Bora

65 Thomas Jefferson

66 Severn

67 Belize

68 Black Sea

69 Maidstone

70 Durban

71 Norfolk

72 Prince Charles

73 Florida

74 Isambard Kingdom Brunel

75 Denmark

76 Switzerland

77 Cape Town

78 Tennessee, Maine, Delaware, New Hampshire

79 Australia

80 Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria