In terms of area, what is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro is a city in which South American country?
Brazil
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Which Middle Eastern city is also the name of a type of artichoke?
Jerusalem
Which nation suffered a 9.0 earthquake in March 2011?
Japan
Fukushima earthquake
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1 August 1990 saw 100,000 Iraqi troops invade which neighbouring state, sparking off the first Gulf War?
Kuwait
Tags: War,Which city was the first capital of the Russian Empire in the ninth century?
- Yeliky Novgorod
- Omsk
- St Petersburg
Yeliky Novgorod
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The Virgin Islands of the United States, a territory in the West Indies, were bought by the USA in 1917 from which European country?
Denmark
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At the end of the 18th century, where did a man named Toussaint-L'Ouverture lead a rebellion?
Haiti
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Which is larger by area - The Sahara Desert or Brazil?
The Sahara Desert
9.2M km square vs 8.5M for Brazil
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What is the capital city of Morocco?
Rabat
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Which 3 countries share a border with Spain?
France, Andorra and Portugal
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Which city is closest to London in the UK? Manchester or Newcastle?
Manchester
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The now-abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is within which modern-day country?
Ukraine
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When placed in alphabetical order, which country appears first under the letter C?
Cameroon
Cambodia is officially called the Kingdom of Cambodia
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Which volcano erupted in 1906, causing huge damage and over 100 deaths in the city of Naples?
Mount Vesuvius
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Honshu island is the largest island belonging to which Asian country?
Japan
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In which country would you find 8 of the world's 10 highest mountains?
Nepal
some are wholly in Nepal (3), others are partly in China (4), 1 is partly in India) All are all in the Himalaya range
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Which country comprises a group of islands in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
Bahrain
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Which two South American countries are landlocked?
Bolivia and Paraguay
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In which European city is the Sagrada Familia Cathedral?
Barcelona
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Which two countries are joined by the Bridge of No Return?
North and South Korea
It was used for prisoner exchanges at the end of the Korean War
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How much of Australia is classified as desert?
- 15%
- 25%
- 35%
35%
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Originating in Germany, the Danube River empties into what body of water?
Black Sea
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The Trevi Fountain is a famous fountain found in which European capital city?
Rome
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Which countrys flag consists of red, yellow, and green horizontal stripes with a black star in the middle?
- Ghana
- Zambia
- Lesotho
Ghana
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Which U.S. state has the lowest average rainfall annually?
Nevada
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Which European country generates over 70% of its annual electricity from nuclear power, the highest such proportion of any country in the world?
France
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Opened in 1913, the oldest underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere can be ridden in which South American city?
Buenos Aires
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The island of Hispaniola is shared between Haiti and which other country?
Dominican Republic
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