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Quiz about World Cities  As The Crow Flies
Quiz about World Cities  As The Crow Flies

World Cities: As The Crow Flies Quiz


Each question in this quiz asks you to look at four pairs of famous cities from around the world and tell which pair is separated by the longest great circle distance. Only one answer will be a close call. I hope it is easier to play than it was to make

A multiple-choice quiz by scalar. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
scalar
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
213,005
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
7592
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: stackerd (0/10), ken kramer (8/10), szabs (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which pair of the following cities are the farthest apart? Even though the questions are written for a little variety, all ask for the FARTHEST distance. Knowing where these cities are is part of the quiz, but states or countries will be provided here and there for clarity. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Again, which pair of cities are the farthest apart, traveling along a great circle (the shortest distance possible)? Think of a great circle as a plane intersecting the earth and passing through its center. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The proverbial crow has to fly the farthest between which two cities? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Bees take a direct route from their hives to their food source, too. Which is the longest great circle beeline between these four pairs of cities? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Flying the same kind of airplane at the same speed, say 500 MPH, which trip along a great circle route would take the longest between the named cities? You may safely disregard winds, etc. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these pairs of cities are the farthest apart? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Unless they are exactly opposite one another, there is only one great circle (also known as a geodesic circle) connecting any two points on the earth's surface. Here are four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of these four pairs of cities lie the greatest distance from one another along a great circle route? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Finally, since I live in Northern California, I am looking for the farthest city of the following four from San Francisco. This is a close one. Hint



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1. Which pair of the following cities are the farthest apart? Even though the questions are written for a little variety, all ask for the FARTHEST distance. Knowing where these cities are is part of the quiz, but states or countries will be provided here and there for clarity.

Answer: Alice Springs and Anchorage

Alice Springs and Anchorage: 7198 statute miles, 11,585 kilometers
Algiers and Amsterdam: 1075 miles, 1721 km
Albuquerque and Andorra: 5417 miles, 8718 km
Amarillo and Asuncion: 5075 miles, 8168 km
2. Again, which pair of cities are the farthest apart, traveling along a great circle (the shortest distance possible)? Think of a great circle as a plane intersecting the earth and passing through its center.

Answer: Bangkok and Bangor, Maine

Bangkok and Bangor: 8331 miles, 14307 km
Beijing and Beirut: 4332 miles, 6971 km
Boston and Brussels: 3466 miles, 5578 km
Butte, MT and Bogota: 3669 miles, 5906 km
3. Four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart?

Answer: Chicago and Cape Town

Chicago and Capetown: 8555 miles, 13,769 km
Cleveland and Caracas: 2317 miles, 3278 km
Copenhagen and Carlsbad, NM: 5304 miles, 8536 km
Canton and Cairo: 4978 miles, 8012 km
If you used Canton, OH and Cairo, IL, you didn't travel very far.
4. The proverbial crow has to fly the farthest between which two cities?

Answer: Detroit and Dar es Salaam

Detroit and Dar es Salaam: 8160 miles, 13,133 km
Dallas and Damascus: 6931 miles, 11154 km
Denver and Dublin: 4398 miles, 7078 km
Douglas, Isle of Man and Djibouti: 3912 miles, 6295 km
5. Bees take a direct route from their hives to their food source, too. Which is the longest great circle beeline between these four pairs of cities?

Answer: Hamburg and Honolulu

Hamburg and Honolulu: 7209 miles, 11,603 km
Gabrone, Botswana and Gibraltar: 4672 miles, 7519 km
Glasgow and Guatemala City: 5237 miles, 8429 km
Grand Junction, CO and Georgetown, Guyana: 3833 miles, 6170 km
6. Flying the same kind of airplane at the same speed, say 500 MPH, which trip along a great circle route would take the longest between the named cities? You may safely disregard winds, etc.

Answer: Houston and Hong Kong

Houston and Hong Kong: 8337 miles, 13,417 km (16.7 hours)
Helsinki and Havana: 5399 miles, 8689 km (10.8 hours)
Hanoi and Harare, Zimbabwe: 5699 miles, 9173 km (11.4 hours)
Hammerfest, Norway and Hamilton, Bermuda: 4089 miles, 6581 km (8.2 hours)
7. Which of these pairs of cities are the farthest apart?

Answer: Kabul and Kansas City

Kabul and Kansas City: 7242 miles, 11655 km
Kathmandu and Khartoum: 3463 miles, 5573 km
Kuala Lumpur and Kiev: 5217 miles, 8396 km
Kuwait City and Kinshasa: 3175 miles, 5110 km
8. Unless they are exactly opposite one another, there is only one great circle (also known as a geodesic circle) connecting any two points on the earth's surface. Here are four more pairs of cities. Which are farthest apart?

Answer: Mexico City and Manila

Mexico City and Manila: 8831 miles, 14,212 km
Madrid and Miami: 4405 miles, 7088 km
Mecca and Moscow: 2368 miles, 3812 km
Minneapolis and Monaco: 4612 miles, 7423 km
9. Which of these four pairs of cities lie the greatest distance from one another along a great circle route?

Answer: Perth, Australia and Phoenix

Perth and Phoenix: 9667 miles, 15557 km
Prague and Panama City: 5914 miles, 9518 km
Portland, OR and Paris: 5121 miles, 8241 km
Pretoria and Phnom Penh: 5753 miles, 9259 km
10. Finally, since I live in Northern California, I am looking for the farthest city of the following four from San Francisco. This is a close one.

Answer: Sydney

Sydney: 7420 miles, 11,941 km
Amman: 7416 miles, 11,935 km
Lhasa: 7292 miles, 11,735 km
Tashkent: 6922 miles, 11,139 km
I was surprised to find such close distance similarities in these widely scattered cities.
I would like to ask that corrections be substantial, not simply small differences found in other references.
I started researching this quiz in several atlases and almanacs I have around, but relied finally on data available on the fine java-based, interactive website provided by the Western Cotton Research Laboratory of the US Department of Agriculture; distances on this resource are by cities or by geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude). I hope you enjoyed playing it.
Source: Author scalar

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