A GEOGRAPHY LESSON

1 What is the third oldest university in England after Oxford and Cambridge?

2 Which Tuscan city lent its name to a brown pigment used by artists?

3 Which capital city lies on Lake Malaren?

4 Which island in the Western Caribbean Sea is named after a member of the crocodile family?

5 Shrewsbury, Worcester and Gloucester all lie on which river?

6 Which town in South Wales was named after a martyred princess?

7 Which state of the USA has a Spanish name meaning, “colour red”?

8 Which country is bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Peru?

9 Which German city is home to the Olympic Stadium?

10 Which national park opened in the USA in September 1890?

11 What did Wellington replace as the capital of New Zealand?

12 What are the only two cathedrals in the county of Kent?

13 In 2002 which country was suspended from the Commonwealth?

14 What is the family surname of the Dukes of Argyle which is also a name of a popular brand of soup?

15 What generic name is given to the French speaking inhabitants of Belgium?

16 An Haligonian is the name given to an inhabitant of which town in England?

17 What is the capital of the German region of Saxony?

18 What is the closest African capital city to the equator?

19 Two Archbishops and three Bishops of England can by right sit in the House of Lords. Name all five.

20 Which three nations beginning with H are members of Interpol? Note that in Interpol lists Holland is classed as the Netherlands.

21 In which country was the gold for Princess Diana’s wedding ring mined?

22 What word represents Q in the phonetic alphabet?

23 Which sea in the North Atlantic is known for its proliferation of migrating breeding eels?

24 The Pilkington Brothers factory in St Helens is known for the manufacture of what?

25 In 1668, which Irish distillery was granted its licence, making it the oldest whisky distillery in the world?

26 Which three British mountains are scaled in a climb known as the Three Peak Challenge?

27 Which South American capital city is also the name for a variety of bean?

28 Which Welsh mountain range is so named because it was an ancient practice to light signal fires on its peaks to warn of impeding attacks by English troops?

29Which city is home to David Ben Gurion Airport?

30 Name the five shipping forecast areas around Britain that are named after rivers.

Answers

1 Durham University

2 Sienna

3 Stockholm

4 Cayman Islands

5 Severn

6 Merthyr Tydfil

7 Colorado

8 Chile

9 Munich

10 Yosemite

11 Auckland

12 Canterbury and Rochester

13 Zimbabwe

14 Campbell

15 Walloons

16 Halifax

17 Dresden

18 Kampala

19 Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, Bishops of London, Durham, Winchester

20 Honduras, Haiti, Hungary

21 Wales

22 Quebec

23 Sargasso Sea

24 Glass

25 Bushmills

26 Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scafell Pike

27 Lima

28 Brecon Beacons

29 Tel Aviv

30 Shannon, Tyne, Thames, Humber, Forth