World Stuff

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

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

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

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? Spain San Marino Mexico Vatican City

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? Sweden; Helsinki Vietnam; Hanoi Peru; Lima Portugal; Lisbon