January 2014 Travel Trivia: Are You A Maphead?
15 Questions
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As the Yeah Yeah Yeahs sang in their 2003 hit “Maps,” “They don’t love you like I love you. ” It’s true that most people don’t find maps particularly lovable: confusing, hard to fold, seemingly replaceable by a cheap GPS device. But to geography geeks, maps aren’t just an inconvenience. They’re a way of life. Are you a maphead? Find out on this month’s quiz.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What famous pioneer trail stretched 2,000 miles northwest from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley?
- 2.What European country’s capital, anciently called Serdica, is now named for the city’s Holy Sophia Church?
- 3.Of the six states of New England, which is by far the largest in area?
- 4.On the longest day of the year every June, the sun is directly overhead along what line of latitude, roughly 23 degrees north of the Equator?
- 5.King Carl XVI Gustaf has his royal palace in what largest city of Scandinavia?
- 6.Mount Palomar in southern California, Arecibo in Puerto Rico, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii are all sites for what kind of facility?
- 7.Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province, has been much in the news lately. In what country is Tacloban?
- 8.The Pyrenees mountains run between France and what other country?
- 9.The West Bank, disputed between Israel and Palestine, is found on the west bank of what river?
- 10.The vast Takla Makan, which is the world’s second largest sand dune desert, is found in what country?
- 11.If you spot the distinctive “hump” of Camelback Mountain while flying into Sky Harbor Airport, what U.S. city are you visiting?
- 12.What African nation is named for the republics of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united to form it in 1964?
- 13.On what continent would you find Iguazu Falls, the world’s second largest waterfall in terms of discharge volume?
- 14.What Canadian province borders both Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes?
- 15.The Lena River arises in what country’s Baikal Mountains?
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