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In which African country's capital, Kampala, can you find its national museum?
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uganda
What is the capital of Western Australia whose growth was aided by the discovery of gold at Kalgoorlie in 1890?
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perth
What is the name of the dam on the Columbia River in Washington State that has a generating capacity of nearly 6.5 million kilowatts?
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grand coulee dam
In which country can you take a daily hydrofoil across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia?
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uruguay
What is the world's second-tallest mountain known locally as Dapsang and Chogori?
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k2
What greater mountain chain do the Aures Mountains in Algeria belong to?
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atlas mountains
Through which Alpine peak does a 7.2-mile auto tunnel connect Courmayeur, Italy with Chamonix, France?
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mont blanc
What is the mountain range where Mount Elbrus, Russia's highest point, is located, which has over 20 glaciers?
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caucasus
What is the name of the 3,212-foot waterfall in Venezuela that one might need Jacob's Ladder to climb past?
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angel falls
Which island nation is home to the Biminis, the westernmost group that lies about 60 miles east of Miami?
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bahamas
In which U.S. state is the Willamette River the largest river contained entirely within its borders?
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oregon
Which westernmost prairie province in Canada is bordered on the west by British Columbia?
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alberta
Which country is located immediately south of Iraq, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates?
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saudi arabia
What mountain range does the Georgian Military Highway cross, which divides Asia from Europe?
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caucasus
What is the Belgian community that gave its name to a coarse cloth used for making a type of bag and coat?
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duffel
Which gulf is connected to the Gulf of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz?
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persian gulf
What is the name of the lake located to the north of Nicaragua's capital?
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lake managua
In which state can you find the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, discovered in 1916, where only a few of the fumaroles are still fuming?
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alaska
Which river flows into the Motlawa near Gdansk, Poland?
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vistula
Which sea was named after a cannibalistic tribe that lived in the Lesser Antilles?
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caribbean sea
Which Central American country has its only access to the Pacific Ocean through the Gulf of Fonseca, located about 60 miles southwest of its capital, Tegucigalpa?
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honduras
In which state can you find Acadia National Park, home to the only fjord in the lower 48 states, Somes Sound?
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maine
What is the largest lake in Venezuela that has a maximum depth of only 115 feet?
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lake maracaibo
Which 'great' Canadian lake is located on the Arctic Circle?
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great bear lake
What is the European country that is approximately 175 miles wide and is the westernmost landlocked nation on the continent?
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andorra
Which Tanzanian mountain features the highest point known as Uhuru Peak, which remains covered with snow and ice throughout the year?
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mount kilimanjaro
Which state's highest point is Mount Cheaha located in the Talladega Mountains?
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alabama
What desert occupying the southern half of Israel is largely covered with fertile soil?
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negev
In which capital city of the U.S.A. is Punchbowl, an extinct volcano that contains a national cemetery?
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honolulu
What is the tallest peak in the Andes, reaching over 22,000 feet, including peaks like Ojos del Salado?
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aconcagua
What southeastern Siberian lake has its deepest point about 3,800 feet below sea level?
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lake baikal
What is the name of the Eastern Mediterranean island where Mount Olympus is the highest point?
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cyprus
What body of water is Jordan's only seaport, Al-Aqabah, located on?
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red sea
Which island in New Brunswick, Canada is connected to Lubec, Maine by the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge?
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campobello island
What is the term for a vast body of saltwater that some believe Earth originally had only one of, named Panthalassa?
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ocean
In which capital city can you find the Ruben Dario Theater, named after a renowned Nicaraguan poet?
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managua
Which U.S. state is home to a meteor crater that is 4,150 feet wide and 570 feet deep?
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arizona
What is the name of the ancient mountain pass on Greece's east coast that means 'hot gates'?
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thermopylae
Which country includes Timor, the largest of its Lesser Sunda Islands, and Bali, one of the smaller ones?
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indonesia
What region is known for Dal Lake and its flowing gardens, located in the 'Vale of' this area?
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kashmir
Which state's name was first used for what is now called the Columbia River?
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oregon
What is the name of the famous Parkway that extends 450 miles in the Virginia-North Carolina range, starting 3000 feet above sea level?
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blue ridge parkway
What is the 5-letter name of the capital of Western Australia, named for a county in Scotland?
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perth
Which country, known as the original banana republic, has Tegucigalpa as its capital?
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honduras
Which European mountain range is the source of the Ebro and Adour rivers?
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pyrenees
In which country, located at the southern tip of a continent, was Nelson Mandela born?
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south africa
In which country is Suva the capital city?
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fiji
What is the name of the highest Alpine peak first climbed in 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michael Paccard?
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mont blanc
What metric measure of area is almost equivalent to 2 1/2 acres?
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hectare
In which range of the Australian Alps is Mount Kosciusko, Australia's highest peak, located?
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snowy mountains
What big state has Guadalupe Peak as its highest point at 8,751 feet?
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texas
What is the name of the suspension bridge that connects Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas and spans 1.58 miles between anchorages?
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mackinac bridge
What mountain's name was derived from Tahoma, an Indian name, and is located near Tacoma?
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mount rainier
What Swiss city developed from the Celtic settlement Lausonium on Lake Geneva?
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lausanne
Which U.S. state has a population density of 1 person per square mile?
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alaska
In which city can you visit the Museum Van Loon, the Zuiderkerk, and Dam Square?
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amsterdam
In which city is the Mississippi River Art Fair, held in the Mark Twain Historic District, an annual event?
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hannibal, missouri
Which Venezuelan lake receives most of its water from the Catatumbo River?
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maracaibo
What is the largest nation in area that is an archipelago and covers 3 time zones?
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indonesia
Into which sea does the Danube River empty after flowing across Romania?
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black sea