QUIZZING ALL OVER THE WORLD

1 Which city lies at the confluence of the river Sava and the Danube?

2 Which European nation is divided into nine states two of which are called Burgenland and Tyrol?

3 In the 1950s which English city acquired the nickname of Britain’s Detroit, due to the large concentration of car production plants in the area?

4 Which country’s flag depicts a wheel known as the Ashoka Chakra?

5 Manchester’s coat of arms depicts three diagonal stripes. The stripes in question are representative of which three rivers?

6 Which two cities are home to the world’s greatest number of ethnic Poles?

7 What item of clothing is also a language spoken in the Western Pyrenees?

8 In Moscow what is the shorter name of the Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Mound?

9 Which area in New York derives its name from the Dutch for broken valley?

10 Which British building celebrated its 900th anniversary in December 1965?

11 What is the entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames known as?

12 Which area in Italy is sometimes referred to as Chiantishire?

13 Which Alaskan mountain was first climbed in 1913?

14 What name is shared by an American state and a European country that forms a border with the Black Sea?

15 Which was the first country to mass produce cars in France?

16 The confluence of which two major rivers is located in the New South Wales town on Wentworth?

17 Which group of Greek islands do Zante and Corfu belong to?

18 Which four US state capitals include a Presidents surname in their name?

19 Which British TV company shares its name with a city in Spain?

20 Which city is home to the Italian stock exchange?

21 Which river, the world’s lowest river empties into the Dead Sea?

22 Which country’s national basketball team are known as the Tall Blacks?

23 Which lake in Hyde Park is so named because of its winding shape?

24 In September 1976 which world leader’s funeral took place in Beijing?

25 The Japanese company Bridgestone specialise in the manufacture of what?

26 Which newspaper based in Paris has a name that translates into English as, The World?

27 If one flew directly from Paris in France to Milan in Italy which other country would one fly over?

28 Which island did armed forces led by General Hudson Austin take control of in October 1983?

29 What was the name of King’s Lynn prior to the dissolution of the monasteries?

30 Which English county shares its name with districts in California and New Zealand?
 

Answers

1 Belgrade

2 Austria

3 Coventry

4 India

5 Irwell, Medlock, Irk

6 Warsaw and Chicago

7 Basque

8 St Basils

9 Brooklyn

10 Westminster Abbey

11 Traitor’s Gate

12 Tuscany

13 Mount McKinley

14 Georgia

15 Citroen

16 Murray - Darling

17 Ionian

18 Lincoln, Madison, Jefferson City and Jackson

19 Granada

20 Milan

21 River Jordan

22 New Zealand

23 Serpentine

24 Mao Tse Tung

25 Tyres

26 Le Monde

27 Switzerland

28 Grenada

29 Bishop’s Lynn

30 Derbyshire