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Geography Quiz #326

Geography Quiz for 12 April 2015

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Q1. A major fire in February and March 2015 threatened which Argentinian National Park in the Patagonia region, home to larch trees dating back more than 1,000 years?

Note: This question was updated in July 2024
A
Tongariro National Park
B
Torres del Paine National Park
C
Jaú National Park
D
Los Alerces National Park
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Q2. In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat for a white passenger on December 1, 1955, becoming an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement?

A
Birmingham, Alabama
B
Montgomery, Alabama
C
New Orleans, Louisiana
D
Memphis, Tennessee
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Q3. Which of these countries is closest to France?

A
Zimbabwe
B
China
C
Denmark
D
Pakistan
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Q4. Of all of the capitals of sovereign countries that are closest to each other, which two are the furthest apart?

A
Washington DC, USA and Ottawa, Canada
B
Wellington, New Zealand and Canberra, Australia
C
London, UK, and Paris, France
D
Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden
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Q5. This city was a frequent target of pirates in the early years of its European founding, for a time was keen to secede from the country of which it is currently the second largest city, and is still staunchly independent; which city is it?

Note: This question was updated in April 2025
A
Maracaibo, Venezuela
B
Montevideo, Uruguay
C
Havana, Cuba
D
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Q6. What are tectonic plates?

A
Flat parts of the Earth's inner core
B
Plates sitting on the Earth's crust
C
Plates into which the Earth's lithosphere, i.e. the crust and upper mantle, is broken up
D
Flat areas of lava ejected by volcanic eruptions
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Q7. Which is the nearest large high altitude lake to Lake Poopó in Bolivia?

A
Lake Managua
B
Lake Nicaragua
C
Lake Titicaca
D
Lake San Luis
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