Geography

Question 1

What is ANA?

Answer 1

All Nippon Airways. Largest airline in Japan (by revenues & passengers)

Question 2

What does NoHo & SoHo stand for?

Answer 2

North of Houston & South of Houston (in New York City)

Question 3

What is the Cambridge Lover’s Knot?

Answer 3

A tiara belonging to the royal family in the UK

Question 4

Where is Oviedo?

Answer 4

Spain

Question 5

What are the Azors?

Answer 5

A collection of islands off the coast of Portugal

Question 6

What is Sao Miguel Island?

Answer 6

One of the islands in the Azors (group of islands off the coast of Portugal)

Question 7

What is the capital of Bolivia?

Answer 7

La Paz

Question 8

What currency is used in Peru?

Answer 8

Sol or Soles

Question 9

What is the capital of Syria?

Answer 9

Damascus

Question 10

What is the capital of Oman?

Answer 10

Muscat

Question 11

What kind of government is used in Oman?

Answer 11

Sultanate

Question 12

What is this?

Answer 12

Roti - Indian unleavened flatbread

Question 13

What is Java?

Answer 13

An island in Indonesia. Known for its rare species of rhinos.

Question 14

What is an Afrikaner?

Answer 14

An ethnic group in South Africa descended predominantly from Dutch settlers

Question 15

Where is Bryn Mawr College located?

Answer 15

Pennsylvania.

Women’s Liberal Arts college

Question 16

What is the Cleveland State mascot?

Answer 16

The Cavaliers

Question 17

Whose flag is this?

Answer 17

Sweden

Question 18

Whose flag is this?

Answer 18

Denmark

Question 19

Whose flag is this?

Answer 19

Finland

Question 20

Whose flag is this?

Answer 20

Norway

Question 21

What is the Nordic Cross?

Answer 21

The sideways cross that can be seen in the flags of the countries in the Nordic area of Europe

Question 22

What is this?

Answer 22

Souvlaki - Greek dish consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables on a skewer and served with pita bread

Question 23

What car brand is this?

Answer 23

Renault - European car brand

Question 24

What car brand is this?

Answer 24

Aston-Martin - UK car brand

Question 25

What is a well-known group of Native American tribes in the Southwest American states?

Answer 25

Apache

Question 26

In which city is Iowa State University located?

Answer 26

Ames, Iowa

Question 27

What university is ORU?

Answer 27

Oral Roberts University located in Tulsa, OK

Question 28

Where is “Down East”?

Answer 28

Parts of the eastern coast of New England and Canada (primarily parts of Maine and some of Canada's Maritime Provinces)

Question 29

What is Southfork Ranch?

Answer 29

Home of the Ewing Mansion in Parker, Texas (conference & event center) Setting of the TV show “Dallas”

Question 30

What are the Canary Islands?

Answer 30

Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Morocco in an area called Macaronesia

Question 31

What is Las Palmas?

Answer 31

The capital city of the island Gran Canaria (one of the Canary Islands)

Question 32

What is an archipelago?

Answer 32

An island group or island chain, sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands

Question 33

Where is Macaronesia?

Answer 33

A collection of four volcano archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Africa and Europe

Question 34

What is the capital of Latvia?

Answer 34

Riga

Question 35

What is the US Army Installation in Kentucky?

Answer 35

Fort Knox

Question 36

What is the capital of Cuba?

Answer 36

Havana

Question 37

What is the habanera?

Answer 37

The Cuban form of the contradanza or country dance. Named after the capital Havana.

Question 38

What do you call a Japanese mat?

Answer 38

Tatami