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What is the capital of Cape Province in South Africa?
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cape town
Which Scottish lake was first reported to be inhabited by a monster in the 5th century A.D.?
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loch ness
What country has Crete as its largest island among approximately 1,400 islands?
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greece
In which mountain range is Bolivia's highest peak, Sajama, located?
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andes
Which country is the city of Bucharest located in?
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romania
What city serves as the county seat of King County in Washington state?
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seattle
What is the name of the English forest in Nottinghamshire where most of the trees were cut down years ago?
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sherwood forest
Which city, now the capital of Belgium, was once the capital of the Spanish Netherlands?
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brussels
Which U.S. city is located at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers?
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washington, d.c.
In which mountain range do South America's Apurimac and Marinon Rivers originate in the permanent snows and glaciers?
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andes
What 'great' lake, which geologists say evolved from Lake Bonneville, contains no fish?
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great salt lake
In which city can you find the Benaki Museum, known for its collection of Greek costumes?
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athens
What is the capital of Hungary that is regarded as one of Europe's most beautiful cities?
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budapest
In which country is Puerto Vallarta located?
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mexico
Which country's name is derived from the Koryo dynasty that ruled until the 1300s?
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korea
Which city in Argentina, like Washington, D.C., is a federal district?
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buenos aires
What Middle East canal remained closed from the Six-Day War in 1967 until 1975?
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suez canal
Which capital city is home to the Staszic Palace, the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences?
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warsaw
Which mountain had its official height set at 29,028 feet by a 1954 survey conducted by the Indian government?
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mount everest
In which country is the rural region of Basilicata located, found in the ankle and instep of a boot-shaped peninsula?
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italy
Which country contains the deserts named Gibson, Great Sandy, and Great Victoria?
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australia
What is the largest city in Alberta, known for its stampede and called Canada's oil and gas capital?
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calgary
On what Florida island is the southernmost city in the continental U.S. located?
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key west
In which U.S. state do about half of the residents live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area?
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minnesota
What is the name of the Florida lake that covers about 700 square miles but has a mean depth of only 7 feet?
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lake okeechobee
Which city, authorized by William Penn and named after a British city famous for its white cliffs, is the capital of Delaware?
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dover, delaware
Which city served as the capital of West Germany until 1990?
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bonn
What South American mountain range appears to extend into the mountains of the Antarctic peninsula?
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andes
In which country is Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Great Britain, located?
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scotland
What is the largest tropical country in the world located in South America?
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brazil
Which large African desert is home to approximately 2 million people, similar to the population of Utah?
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sahara
What state capital is commonly referred to as OKC by its natives?
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oklahoma city
On which continent is the fictional country Kambawe, the setting for Tom Stoppard's play 'Night and Day'?
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africa
Which large nation is the world's leading coffee producer?
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brazil
Which U.S. state does the Porcupine River enter after flowing from the Yukon Territory?
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alaska
On which continent is Mount Cameroon located?
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africa
What is the name of the highest mountain in the world, known as Sagarmatha by the Nepalese?
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mount everest
In which city can you find 3 museums located in Golden Gate Park?
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san francisco
In which country's Punjab state is Amritsar, the religious center of the Sikhs, located?
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india
What is the country that constitutes the northernmost part of the United Kingdom?
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scotland
In which state is Glacier Bay National Park located?
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alaska
What is the name of the Mediterranean island that comprises the two French departments Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud?
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corsica
Which state capital extends 20 miles from Makapuu Point to Pearl Harbor from east to west?
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honolulu
In which U.S. state, abbreviated Md., is the National Library of Medicine located?
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maryland
In which mountain range in Ecuador is Mt. Chimborazo, whose summit is the farthest from the Earth's center, located?
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andes
Which city is served by Hellinikon Airport and Olympic Airways?
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athens
Which Canadian province is represented by the postal abbreviation QC?
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quebec
Which country is home to Upper Lake, the smallest of the lakes of Killarney at about 2/3 of a square mile?
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ireland
What is the capital of Alaska that covers an area of 3,248 square miles?
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juneau, alaska
What is the capital of Wyoming that hosts the annual Frontier Days celebration?
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cheyenne
What is the name of the Belgian resort that became a generic term for a mineral bath, historically visited by royalty?
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spa
Which state is home to the Apalachicola National Forest, located near the City of Tallahassee?
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florida
What is the capital city of Colorado whose mint at West Colfax & Cherokee produces more than 5 billion coins annually?
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denver
What is the city where Muscovites live?
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moscow
Which principality is located 10 miles from Nice?
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monaco
What passage was Thomas James searching for when he explored James Bay in Canada?
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northwest passage
In which country is Lake Chapala, the largest lake near Guadalajara, located?
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mexico
In which country is Bataan National Park located?
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philippines
Which country has Bucharest as its capital?
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romania
Which Dutch city is known for having more than 400 bridges connecting approximately 90 islands?
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amsterdam