General Quiz

Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-08 21:56:41

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The Answer #6350 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6351. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in Atlantic Canada. Name it.

#6352. It is located in the southwest corner of Europe. The peninsula is principally divided between Portugal and Spain, comprising most of their territory. It also includes Andorra and a small part of France along the peninsula's northeastern edge, as well as Gibraltar on its south coast, a small peninsula which forms an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. With an area of approximately 582,000 square kilometers (225,000 sq mi), it is the third largest European peninsula, after the Scandinavian and Balkan peninsulas. Name it.

bobbym · 2016-11-09 05:06:17

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-09 20:16:33

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#6353. Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), and numerous smaller peripheral islands. What is the area in square kilometres?

#6354. It is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits. The island separates the Sea of Japan, which lies to its north and west, from the North Pacific Ocean to its south and east. It is the seventh largest island in the world, and the second most populous after Java. Name the island.

bobbym · 2016-11-09 20:28:59

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-10 00:35:14

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The Answer #6354 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6355. Name the active volcano, located in the states of Puebla, Mexico, and Morelos, in Central Mexico, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. At 5,426 m (17,802 ft) it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) at 5,636 m (18,491 ft).

#6356. The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of this country, parts of Namibia (known as South-West Africa from 1884 to 1990), and regions of South Africa. Name the country.

bobbym · 2016-11-10 04:47:11

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-10 19:07:35

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The Answer #6356 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6357. Name the doubly landlocked country in Central Asia. It is a unitary, constitutional, presidential republic, comprising twelve provinces, one autonomous republic and a capital city. It is bordered by five countries, Kazakhstan to the north; Tajikistan to the southeast; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. It has an area of 447,400 square kilometres (172,700 sq mi). It is the 56th largest country in the world by area and the 42nd by population.

#6358. Name the Arab country in Western Asia, occupying South Arabia, the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the second-largest country in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 square kilometers (203,850 sq mi). The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km (1,200 mi). It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east and northeast.

bobbym · 2016-11-11 04:15:34

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-11 18:40:01

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#6359. The falls are characterised by thousands of islands and countless waterways, giving the area its name Si Phan Don or 'The 4,000 islands'. Name the falls.

#6360. Name the rapids 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m (315 ft) over the course of 15 km (9 mi). They form a part of a larger group of rapids - Livingstone Falls and are located closer to the lower part of these falls. Falls have formed in a sharp bend of Congo River where the width of river fluctuates from more than 4 km to mere 260 m.

bobbym · 2016-11-11 20:07:05

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-13 18:21:15

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The Answer #6359 is partially correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6361. Where is the Tanggula Railway Station? (Since its construction, Tanggula Station has been the highest railway station in the world.)

#6362. Where is the longest railway platform (1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) (longest in the world))?

bobbym · 2016-11-13 18:34:20

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-14 18:56:27

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The Answer #6361 is correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6363. Where is 'Yonge Street'?

#6364. Where is 'Gran Telescopio Canarias'? (As of 2015, it is the world's largest single-aperture optical telescope.)

bobbym · 2016-11-14 19:01:10

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-15 17:40:56

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The Answer #6364 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6365. Name the strait in the Pacific Ocean dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin from mainland Asia (South-East Russia), connecting the Sea of Okhotsk on the north with the Sea of Japan on the south. It is 900 kilometres (560 mi) long, 4–20 m (13-66 ft) deep, and 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) wide at the narrowest point.

#6366. Name the broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft).

bobbym · 2016-11-15 18:17:56

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-16 19:16:49

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The Answer #6366 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6367. Where is the 'Ashmolean Museum'?

#6368. With an estimated population of around 647,700 living in an area of 30.5 km² (11.8 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. Name the region.

bobbym · 2016-11-16 19:22:44

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-17 20:11:10

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The Answer #6367 is correct. Neat work, bobbym!

#6369. The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December. Which year? (The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743). Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002, making it the day-to-day operating currency of its original members, and by May 2002 had completely replaced the former currencies.)

#6370. The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union. Name the first three members in alphabetic order.

bobbym · 2016-11-17 20:51:18

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-18 17:17:59

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Both the Answers, #6369 and #6370, are partially correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6371. Where is 'Mount Tahat' (2,908 metres (9,541 ft))?

#6372. Where is Mount Kosciuszko (height of 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level)?

bobbym · 2016-11-18 18:43:33

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-19 20:29:23

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#6373. The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States of America. It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the US. Name the three nicknames of the flag.

#6374. The origins of the earlier flag of Great Britain date back. Which year? (James VI of Scotland had inherited the English and Irish thrones as James I, thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland in a personal union, although the three kingdoms remained separate states. On 12 April, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross), and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross), would be joined together, forming the flag of England and Scotland for maritime purposes. King James also began to refer to a "Kingdom of Great Britaine", although the union remained a personal one.)

bobbym · 2016-11-19 21:11:52

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Jai Ganesh · 2016-11-20 23:40:38

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The Answer #6373 is partially correct. Good work, bobbym!

#6365. What is the origin of the word 'Demurrage'?

#6366. What is 'Hotelling's law'?

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