Geography and History Trivia Questions
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Which city, originally founded in A.D. 43 as the Roman town of Londinium, is now a major metropolis in the United Kingdom?
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london
What country is home to Bursa, the first significant capital of the Ottoman Empire?
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turkey
Which North American country discovered its first oil fields near Tampico on the Gulf Coast at the turn of the century?
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mexico
Which continent was designated as a scientific preserve by a treaty signed by 12 nations on December 1, 1959?
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antarctica
What type of stone from New Hampshire quarries was used to build the Library of Congress?
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granite
What natural substance was over a mile thick over the area that's now Detroit about 18,000 years ago?
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ice
In 1971, the first oil field on the Norwegian sector of which sea went into production?
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north sea
What city suffered incalculable damage to its art treasures due to flooding from the Arno river in 1966?
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florence
In which country is the city of Cadiz, believed to have been the Phoenician settlement of Gadir?
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spain
What is the name of Israel's northernmost region where Jesus spent most of his life?
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galilee
Which island, known for its abundance of copper, lent its name to the element?
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cyprus
In which state is Ogden, the sixth-largest city named after an Old West fur trapper?
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utah
What is the name shared by William McKinley's first vice president and the capital of Tasmania?
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hobart
What sultanate has Muscat as its capital, which the Portuguese captured around 1508 and were driven out of in 1650?
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oman
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