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  • A. Chile
  • B. Peru
  • C. Ecuador
  • D. Colombia

Explanation: Chile is the long, narrow country along much of South America’s Pacific coast, extending from the Atacama Desert to Patagonia.

Correct answer: Chile
  • A. 10
  • B. 11
  • C. 8
  • D. 9

Explanation: Canada consists of 10 provinces and 3 territories. The provinces have constitutional status distinct from the territories, whose powers…

Correct answer: 10
  • A. Maui island
  • B. Green island
  • C. Cuba
  • D. Bermuda

Explanation: Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea and the Greater Antilles.

Correct answer: Cuba
  • A. Mediterranean Sea
  • B. Caspian Sea
  • C. Arabian Sea
  • D. Red Sea

Explanation: Sicily lies in the Mediterranean Sea, just off the southern tip of the Italian mainland. The other listed seas are far from Sicily.

Correct answer: Mediterranean Sea
  • A. France
  • B. Germany
  • C. Britain
  • D. Spain

Explanation: The Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, is a heavily wooded mountain region in southwestern Germany.

Correct answer: Germany
  • A. Cuba
  • B. Chile
  • C. Spain
  • D. Germany

Explanation: Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with Barcelona as its capital.

Correct answer: Spain
  • A. Cuba
  • B. Russia
  • C. Spain
  • D. Vatican city

Explanation: St. Peter's Basilica stands in Vatican City, where it is one of the most important sites of the Roman Catholic Church.

Correct answer: Vatican city
  • A. Red sea
  • B. Mediterranean
  • C. Caspian Sea
  • D. Arabian Sea

Explanation: The Red Sea lies between the Arabian Peninsula, including Saudi Arabia, and northeastern Africa.

Correct answer: Red sea
  • A. Germany
  • B. France
  • C. Greece
  • D. Spain

Explanation: France covers the most time zones when its overseas territories are included, because those territories span the Atlantic, Pacific and…

Correct answer: France
  • A. Bering Strait
  • B. Bosphorous Strait
  • C. Bab-ul-Mandab
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait separates Yemen in Asia from Djibouti and Eritrea in Africa, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Correct answer: Bab-ul-Mandab
  • A. Flax
  • B. Black Orchid
  • C. Red Poppy
  • D. Pride Of Barbados

Explanation: Barbados's national flower is the Pride of Barbados, the red-and-yellow flower of a dwarf poinciana tree.

Correct answer: Pride Of Barbados
  • A. Vatican
  • B. Armenia
  • C. Spain
  • D. Cuba

Explanation: Yerevan is the capital of Armenia and is traditionally dated to 782 BCE, making it one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited…

Correct answer: Armenia
  • A. Paris
  • B. Moscow
  • C. Grozny
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Grozny is the capital and largest city of Chechnya, a republic of the Russian Federation.

Correct answer: Grozny
  • A. Kiribiti
  • B. Kosovo
  • C. None of these
  • D. Jamaica

Explanation: Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the island's southeastern coast.

Correct answer: Jamaica
  • A. July and August
  • B. February and March
  • C. December and January
  • D. April and May

Explanation: Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere, so its winter occurs during the Northern Hemisphere's summer.

Correct answer: July and August
  • A. Linnaea Borealis
  • B. Edelweiss
  • C. Plum Blossom
  • D. Jasmine

Explanation: Taiwan's national flower is the plum blossom, whose three petals are commonly associated with the Republic of China's principles.

Correct answer: Plum Blossom
  • A. Jasmine
  • B. Carnation
  • C. Edelweiss
  • D. Faya Lobi

Explanation: Faya Lobi, the red ixora, is Suriname's national flower and is also associated with the country's tropical landscape.

Correct answer: Faya Lobi
  • A. Carnation
  • B. Water Lily
  • C. Jungle Geranium
  • D. Edelweiss

Explanation: The carnation is Spain's national flower and is especially linked with Spanish cultural traditions.

Correct answer: Carnation
  • A. US
  • B. UK
  • C. Canada
  • D. Russia

Explanation: Reuters began in London in 1851 and is a British news agency, now part of Thomson Reuters.

Correct answer: UK
  • A. Russia
  • B. France
  • C. Azerbaijan
  • D. Malaysia

Explanation: The historic Maiden Tower stands in Baku's Old City, Azerbaijan, beside the Caspian Sea.

Correct answer: Azerbaijan