World Stuff

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1. What Hungarian city is split by the Danube River? Budapest Belgrade Berlin Tripoli

2. What is the longest and most voluminous river in Europe? Mekong Danube Thames Volga

3. What is the only country to sport a non-rectangular flag? Nepal Argentina Libya Cambodia

4. What is the name of the extremely dry desert in northern Chile? Atacama Sahara Mojave Kalahari

5. What is the only independent state to be 100 percent Roman Catholic? San Marino Spain Vatican City Mexico

6. Which city is closest to the Great Pyramids? Aswan Luxor Alexandria Cairo

7. What is the largest Scandinavian country in land area and population? Finland Denmark Norway Sweden

8. In what present day country would you find the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu? Brazil Peru Italy Mongolia

9. In which country is the tallest waterfall in the world? Brazil Congo Venezuela Canada

10. What is the westernmost Mexican state? Yucatan San Luis Tabasco Baja California

11. What is the largest city in South America? Sao Paulo, Brazil Rio de Janero, Brazil Santiago, Chile Buenos Aires, Argentina

12. What flood-prone country's capital is Dhaka? Pakistan Bangladesh Vietnam Indonesia

13. What country has the highest ratio of sheep to human beings? Finland Australia United Kingdom New Zealand

14. Through how many countries does the Arctic Circle pass? 8 2 11 5

15. Which of these countries is incorrectly matched with its capital? Portugal; Lisbon Peru; Lima Sweden; Helsinki Vietnam; Hanoi