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Quiz about Around the World in 10 Questions 8
Quiz about Around the World in 10 Questions 8

Around the World in 10 Questions [8] Quiz


A quick trip around the world, from England to Australia via South Africa, Central Asia and Western Europe...

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
329,440
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
1207
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which British motorway services the towns of Worcester, Cheltenham and Weston-super-Mare? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Lilongwe is the capital of which African country? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The London Underground opened in 1863 and the New York Subway in 1870. Which city was the first outside Europe and the USA to open a Metro system? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest point, is in which state/territory?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. TV presenter Zoe Ball, Cynthia Powell (the first wife of John Lennon), Maddie Pryor of 'Steeleye Span', comedian Syd Little, and Graham Nash of 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' were all born in which town in the northwest of England? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Mainland European France is divided into 22 régions, which are then sub-divided into 96 what? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Africa's newest airport, "King Shaka International Airport", which is also known as "La Mercy" after the area where it is located, serves which South African city? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of Canada's 13 provinces and territories is named after the ancestral home of Great Britain's King George III? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Lake Issyk-Kul is the world's second-largest high-mountain lake (after South America's Lake Titicaca) and the second-largest saline lake (after the Caspian Sea). In which Asian country is it located? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. There are two places named "Salisbury Island" in the world. One is in Canada and the other belongs to which European country? Hint



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1. Which British motorway services the towns of Worcester, Cheltenham and Weston-super-Mare?

Answer: M5

Built between 1962 and 1977, the M5 runs 162.9 miles from the West Midlands to northern Devon. At its northern end it joins the M6 at West Bromwich. At the southern end, it joins the A30 on the outskirts of Exeter. Major populations centers along the route include Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Worcester, Cheltenham, Bristol, West-super-Mare, Bridgewater and Taunton.
2. Lilongwe is the capital of which African country?

Answer: Malawi

Although Blantyre is the largest city, Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa bordering Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. Prior to independence from Great Britain in 1964, Malawi was known as Nyasaland. Of the alternatives, Botswana's capital is Gaborone, Mali's is Bamako, whilst Lobamba and Mbabane are joint-capitals of Swaziland.
3. The London Underground opened in 1863 and the New York Subway in 1870. Which city was the first outside Europe and the USA to open a Metro system?

Answer: Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires Subway (known locally as 'Subte' -- short for subterranean) opened in 1913 and was the first of its kind outside Europe and the USA. Almost a century on, it is still the only Metro system in Argentina, although there are plans to develop one in Cordoba. These were followed by Tokyo in 1927, Osaka in 1933 and Toronto in 1954. The Shanghai Metro, now the longest in the world, remarkably did not open until 1995.
4. Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest point, is in which state/territory?

Answer: New South Wales

Located in the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia's highest point rises 7,310 feet above sea-level. Polish explorer Count Strzelecki named it in honor of the Polish-Lithuanian national hero and hero of the American Revolution General Tadeusz Kooeciuszko in 1840.
5. TV presenter Zoe Ball, Cynthia Powell (the first wife of John Lennon), Maddie Pryor of 'Steeleye Span', comedian Syd Little, and Graham Nash of 'Crosby, Stills & Nash' were all born in which town in the northwest of England?

Answer: Blackpool

Located on the Irish Sea coast about 30 miles north of Liverpool, Blackpool is England's fourth most densely-populated local authority district outside London. In the northwest region, only Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington have larger populations than Blackpool's 142,000.
6. Mainland European France is divided into 22 régions, which are then sub-divided into 96 what?

Answer: Departments

Mainland France's 22 "regions" are split into 96 "departments". These are then further sub-divided into 329 "arrondissements", then into "3,879" cantons and, finally, into more than 36,000 "communes".
7. Africa's newest airport, "King Shaka International Airport", which is also known as "La Mercy" after the area where it is located, serves which South African city?

Answer: Durban

Known as "KSIA", King Shake International is now the principal airport serving Durban. This state-of-the-art facility opened in May 2010, one month before the FIFA World Cup, replacing the aging "Durban International Airport". Of the alternatives, Port Elizabeth is served by "H. F. Verwoerd Airport", Johannesburg by "OR Tambo International Airport", and Cape Town by "Cape Town International Airport".
8. Which of Canada's 13 provinces and territories is named after the ancestral home of Great Britain's King George III?

Answer: New Brunswick

The name of New Brunswick, one of Canada's three 'Maritime Provinces' comes from the English/French transcription of the city of 'Braunschweig' in northern Germany, ancestral home of the British Hanoverian kings. Unexpectedly, perhaps, it is New Brunswick and not Quebec that is Canada's only constitutionally bilingual province - around one third of the population are Francophones.
9. Lake Issyk-Kul is the world's second-largest high-mountain lake (after South America's Lake Titicaca) and the second-largest saline lake (after the Caspian Sea). In which Asian country is it located?

Answer: Kyrgyzstan

With the Tian Shan mountain region covering more than over 80% of Kyrgyzstan, it is understandable why is sometimes known as "the Switzerland of Central Asia". Lake Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake (i.e. it has no outflow) located high in the mountains.

Despite the severe winter temperatures of the region, though, it never freezes because of the high salt content in the water, hence its name - 'hot lake' in the local language.
10. There are two places named "Salisbury Island" in the world. One is in Canada and the other belongs to which European country?

Answer: Russia

Russia's Salisbury Island is located within the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Long, narrow and almost entirely glacierized, Salisbury Island covers 960 sq km -- marginally smaller than Hong Kong. The island was named after Rollin D. Salisbury of the University of Chicago, who was second-in-command on the Peary relief expedition.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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