geography Trivia Quiz # 41
This is Geography Quiz # 41, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Geography Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Geography Question 1
Big Dig, Boston MA - True/False: One of the new tunnels has sprung a leak?
The correct answer is 'True'
It was the Ted Williams Tunnel. Thankfully they not only had someone on watch twenty-four hours a day, but they caught the water in time so that it did not flood Downtown Boston. Unfortunately it did destroy hundred of thousands of dollars worth of heavy machinery and other equipment and tools.
Geography Question 2
No Longer Capitals 2 - This city was seat of Greek provisional government 1916.
The correct answer is 'Saloniki'
Called the "national schism": Venizelos formed a rebel pro-allied government while royalists remained neutral. (In World War I).
Geography Question 3
Geography of Ireland - What county is known as "The Garden of Ireland"?
The correct answer is 'Wicklow'
Co. Wicklow is famous for its scenery and is on Ireland's east coast.
Geography Question 4
Pot Pourri of European Countries - Which city's name is Gaelic for Black Pool?
The correct answer is 'Dublin'
Gaelic: dubh linn. Dublin is capital of the Republic of Ireland. It is a port on the mouth of the river Liffey and is the site of one of the largest breweries in the world (Guinness).
Geography Question 5
All About Israel - Who was the Prime Minister of Israel in 2003?
The correct answer is 'Ariel Sharon'
Ariel Sharon of the Likud won the elections against Amram Mitzna.
Geography Question 6
The Blue Danube - In which German state is the source of the river Danube?
The correct answer is 'Baden Württemberg'
The Danube begins as a small mountain stream deep in the Black Forest near Donaueschlingen not far from the French border.
Geography Question 7
Lake Erie Islands - Which of these islands is not in the United States, instead is on the other side of the Canadian border?
The correct answer is 'Middle Island'
Middle Island, not to be confused with Middle Bass Island, is in Canada, along with Pelee Island. Mouse Island is very close to the Ohio mainland, unlike Starve Island and Kelleys Island. Starve is near the Bass Islands.
Geography Question 8
Which Irish County Or Town? - Samson and Goliath, Harland and Wolff's cranes are located in which Irish town or city?
The correct answer is 'Belfast'
The twin cranes nicknamed 'Samson and Goliath' tower over the Harland and Wolff shipyard in East Belfast and are visible throughout most of the city.
Geography Question 9
The Beautiful Oregon - Who is known as the "Father of Oregon"?
The correct answer is 'John McLoughlin'
The 1957 Legislature named Dr. John McLoughlin the "Father of Oregon" to recognize his great contributions to the early development of the Oregon Territory. Dr. McLoughlin originally came to the Northwest region in 1824 as a representative of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Geography Question 10
American Regional Stereotypes - A notorious movie made in the early 70's rather unsubtly reinforced stereotypes of this US region as a backward place inhabited by dangerous, bestial inbred cousin-marriers proficient only at banjo-strumming. To what part of the US are these unfortunate stereotypes linked?
The correct answer is 'The south'
Bill Clinton, out of Hope, Arkansas, south of the benighted Ozarks, was a Rhodes Scholar with an IQ close to infinity (and certain other proclivities to match), but many snooty Northerners persist in believing that Southerners are, by and large, dumb. William Styron, perhaps the greatest living American writer, is a Virginian and a graduate of Duke U., the "Harvard of the South". (William Faulkner was another noted "dummy" from the South.) The movie "Deliverance", by the way, was made (faithfully) from a book by a very good southern writer and poet, James Dickey. A scary, scary film.