Re: Geography trivia
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try to do these without looking at a map or other referrences. I'll post the answers tommorrow
<u>US Trivia</u>
What is the most populous city east of Reno NV and west of the Mississippi River?
<u>Los Angeles</u>
What is the first foriegn country that one reaches when travelling due south of Detriot Michigian?
<u> brazil </u>
Not Counting Alaska, which state extends the furthest north?
<u>minnesota</u>
What state extends the furthest east?
<u>alaska</u>
What state capital has the highest elevation?
<u>carson city, nv?</u>
What state has the highest population density( per sq mile)?
<u>New Jersey</u>
Not Counting Alaska, which state has the longest coastline?
<u>florida</u>
What is the only city in the world(of course it happens to be in the US) where a boat can sail, under a train driving, underneath a car driving, underneath a plane flying(I think I worded that one right)?
Hmmm, seems like a TON of cities would qualify. I know <u>Tacoma, WA</u> qualifies.
What is the only state capital to not have a McDonalds?
<u>montpelier, VT</u>
What state east of the mississippi has the largest land area
<u>VA</u>
<u>World Trivia</u>
What're the two countries in the world which start with a "A" and don't end in one?
<u>azerbajan (not sure how it's spelled...part of former USSR) and I dunno...Argentino.</u>
How many continents have a city named "Rome"?
<u>6</u>
What is the only country to have a non-rectangular flag?
<u>nepal</u>
What country's flag is flown Blue Side up during peace time and Red Side up during war time(this is the only country in the world who changes their flag for peace and war time)?
<u>vatican?</u>
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, literally translates into what word in the Korean Language?
no idea
Which county has the highest population density(per sq. mile)?
<u>Bahrain</u>
The Airport with the world's highest elevation is in which city?
<u> Sucre, Boliva...maybe La Paz, Bolivia</u>
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