Cases Closed Trivia Quiz

Answer: Russia

Cossacks are the legendary horsemen of the Russian steppes. A Cossack hat has a fur brim and a material, often leather, top. Red Square is in the centre of Moscow, the capital of Russia, and contains several famous buildings, The Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral among them.

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Answer: Australia

The indigenous people of Australia hunt native animals using boomerangs, which are curved wooden throwing weapons which were sometimes made to return if they did not hit their target. Many were elaborately carved with sacred symbols. A didgeridoo is a wind instrument, made from a trunk or branch of a tree which has been hollowed out by termites. It produces an eerie droning noise. It is thought to have been used for over 1500 years in northern Australia.

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Answer: Japan

I'm heading to Japan, which is often referred to as the Land of the Rising Sun. Manga are printed cartoons and comics and are highly popular. "Case Closed" is written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama, and is called "Detective Conan" in Japan. Our hero is Jimmy Kudo, a teenager who helps police solve crimes, but criminals fed him a drug, which turned him into a young boy. He goes to elementary school, under the name of Conan, and has his friends in the Junior Detective League help him continue to solve crime. You may have seen the anime version of "Case Closed" on television.

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Answer: Brazil

Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world. It is also the only country in South America where Portuguese is the main official language. The statue of Jesus Christ, called Christ the Redeemer, overlooks Rio De Janeiro.

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Answer: Panama

The Panama canal is a 77 km (48 mile) ship canal which was built between the years 1904 and 1914. One of the most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, the canal made a tremendous difference to shipping between the two oceans. For example a ship sailing from New York on the east coast of USA to San Francisco on the west coast travels 9,500 km (5,900 miles) via the canal which is well under half the 22,500 km (14,000 mile) route around the tip of South America.

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Answer: Italy

Mount Vesuvius's most famous eruption took place in 79 AD, destroying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The ruins were perfectly preserved in the volcanic ash and were subsequently excavated. Today they are a tourist attraction.

Question by gracie3

Answer: Iceland

Iceland is sometimes called the "land of ice and fire". As well as glaciers it also has active volcanoes and hot geysers. The capital is Reykjavik. Despite being just outside the Arctic Circle the climate is fairly temperate thanks to the Gulf Stream.

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Answer: New Zealand

Fiordland is one of fourteen National Parks in New Zealand and is located in the far southwestern corner of the South Island. It was given World Heritage status in 1990.

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Answer: Alaska

For years Texas had boasted of being the biggest state but in 1959 Alaska became the forty-ninth state in the United States and more than twice the size of Texas. It also has the highest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley. When it was purchased from Russia in 1867, its cost was about $0.02 per acre, less expensive than the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 at about $0.03 per acre.

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Answer: Jamaica

"Cool Runnings" is a 1993 comedy about Jamaica's first attempt at bobsledding in the Winter Olympics. Although far from a true account, it is a fun movie.

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