geography Trivia Quiz # 32
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Arkansas Fun Facts - What's unusual about Eureka Springs' St. Elizabeth's Chapel, which is featured in 'Ripley's Believe It or Not'?
The correct answer is 'You enter the church through the bell tower'
The church was built in 1904. The bell tower was built over the entrance to the grounds; it's not even attached to the chapel. Note: For more fun facts about Arkansas, check out The Arkansas Roadside Travelogue at www.aristotle.net.
Geography Question 2
Touring The Golan Heights - This site, located in a national park, is known as 'The Masada of the North'?
The correct answer is 'Gamla'
In 1968, Itzhak Gal was the first to suggest the location of Gamla recalling information from Josephus' "The Jewish Wars".Here was a young man who retained what he read, and fit the landscape into the historical record almost two thousands years later!
Geography Question 3
Physical Geography and Processes - In terms of of plate tectonics, what geological process is occurring underneath the Himalayas? (both in the past and right now)?
The correct answer is 'Convergence'
Convergence boundaries occur where two continental plates collide into one another, and one begins to force the other underneath it, causing the crust of the earth to buckle and produce mountains. This process occurs under the Himalayas, where the Indian and Eurasian plates are converging. Conversely, mountains may also form from the collision of a continental plate and a oceanic plate, where similar folding of the earth's crust occurs, however, the mountain range does not appear directly above the point of collision. The Rocky Mountains in central USA are an example of this.
Geography Question 4
British Columbia - The capital of BC is what city?
The correct answer is 'Victoria'
Victoria is located on Vancouver Island.
Geography Question 5
Montana--The Treasure State - What would you call a person from Montana?
The correct answer is 'Montanan'
Some more famous Montanans are Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy, David Lynch, and Sacajewea.
Geography Question 6
No Longer Capitals - Astana (Akmola), Kazakhstan.
The correct answer is 'Almaty'
This is tricky, too. Former capital was Almaty, called so from 1994. It was called Alma-Ata 1921-94 and Vernyi 1854-1921. Hence the latest name of the city would be right answer, the others wrong, even if it is the same city.
Geography Question 7
Michigan's Upper Peninsula - What state (other than the Lower Peninsula of Michigan) does the U.P. border?
The correct answer is 'Wisconsin'
Today, many residents of the western half of the Upper Peninsula still associate themselves with Wisconsin, largely because its universities and urban areas (particularly Green Bay) are much more accessible than those in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Geography Question 8
States and Similarly Sized Nations 4 - What country, formerly part of the Soviet Union, is close in area to North Carolina?
The correct answer is 'Tajikistan'
North Carolina is 53,885 square miles and Tajikistan is 55,251 square miles.
Geography Question 9
Cook Islands - True Or False - You can pay your bills on the Cook Islands with New Zealand Dollars. True or False?
The correct answer is 'True'
You also can pay with Cook Island Dollars.
Geography Question 10
The Great State of Connecticut - What, is the name for a resident of Connecticut, according to Webster?
The correct answer is 'Connecticuter'
All other terms were found in print in history, but the 1993 "Webster's New International Dictionary" calls Connecticut state residents Connecticuters.