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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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North Sea. The Elbe flow through Germany and enters the North Sea northwest of Hamburg.
In which city, overlooked by a castle, do you find Princes Street? | EZ World Quiz
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In which country would you most likely go to an Eisteddfod? | EZ World Quiz
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Wales. An eisteddfod is a yearly festival of Welsh poets and musicians
East Anglia. East Anglia includes all of Suffolk and Norfolk, and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire.
Egypt is bigger in area than Ethiopia. True or False? | EZ World Quiz
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f. Ethiopia 1,098,000 square km. Egypt 997,739 square km
Which has the larger population - Ecuador or El Salvador? | EZ World Quiz
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Ecuador. Ecuador over 11 million. El Salvador between 5 and 6 million
Two rivers irrigate the area known as the 'Cradle of Civilization' and the 'Fertile Crescent'. One is the Tigris. What is the other? | EZ World Quiz
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Euphrates. The Euphrates rises in Turkey, runs through Syria and joins up with the Tigris in Iraq.
South of Saudi Arabia. Thanks to a FunTrivia player, I learned that in 1994, the Yemen Arab Republic the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen joined together again into one country.
You could dance to the Blue Danube Waltz in Ulm. It's located on the Danube River in which country? | U International Quiz
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Germany. Ulm was the birthplace of Albert Einstein.
Burkina Faso. Upper Volta gained its independence from France in 1960 and changed its name to Burkina Faso in 1984.
Beer in the Netherlands. Budels Meibock is a pale seasonal beer available in The Netherlands only in the spring.
Saskatchewan. Once a flourishing mining town, Uranium City now has about 200 residents enjoying life near Lake Athabasca.
Usk directions to the Usk River and you would most likely be in which U country? | U International Quiz
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United Kingdom. The Usk River is in Wales.
Kiev. Chernobyl is the site of the 1986 nuclear, disaster. Odessa is the Ukraine's principal seaport.
My favorite chicken dish is called--in English--Chicken Kiev.
Mongolia. Should ANY OF you you adventurous travelers need a cash infusion, Ulan Bator's ATM machine is located on Peace Avenue, close to Sukhbaatar Square.
What great poet wrote about Xanadu, the palace of Kublai Khan visited by Marco Polo? | X International Quiz
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Coleridge. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE wrote: "In Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree."
One more China X. Thousands of life-sized terra cotta warriors and horses were found in which X? | X International Quiz
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Xi'an. In 1974, peasants digging a well made a discovery that has been called the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. The Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses has become one of China's major tourist attractions.
The confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile create the world's longest river. In what country do these tributaries meet? | W International Quiz
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Sudan. The confluence of the two river is at Khartoum, Sudan's capital and largest city.
Japan's Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Park is considered one of the most beautiful areas in the country. It is located on which island?
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Honshu. Wakasa Bay in off the Sea of Japan north of Kyoto.
Cardiff. Cardiff is in South Glamorgan on the Bristol Channel which divides southern Wales from England.
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