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09/06/23 Grif.Net – Geographic Riddles (+ Answers to Geography Quiz)

09/06/23 Grif.Net – Geographic Riddles (+ Answers to Geography Quiz)

Why did the geography professor wet the bed?

His only weakness was in continents.

 

What do you call a tour guide t=
o Alcatraz?

A con tour map.

 

What did Mason say to =
Dixon?
This is where I draw the line.

 

Why do paper maps never win at poker?

Because they always fold.

 

What goes thousands of mil=
es yet never moves?
A highway map.

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How is Dr Bob (the Grif Net) like an archae=
ologist?

He likes digging up old jokes.

 

~~ANSWERS=
TO QUIZ~~

 

1. What is the most peaceful nation on earth? ICELAND

Australia, Austria, Iceland, Ireland

 

2.After Russia, what is the l=
argest country on earth in land area? CANADA

Brazil, Canada, China, USA

 

3. What is the closest US State to Africa? MAINE (cu=
rvature of the globe made that much closer)

Florida, Maine, North Carolina, Texas

 

4. How many time zones are in Russia? 11

7, 9. 11, 13

 

5. Which continent on earth is abou=
t the same size as the entire surface area of our moon? ASIA (the face of t=
he moon – =BD its surface – fits over Australia)

Africa, Asia, Australia, South America

 

6. In what country is the large=
st stadium in the world? INDIA

Brazil, Engla=
nd, India, Russia

 

7. What city has the most subway stations? NEW YORK CITY

London, Moscow, New York, Shanghai

 

8. What city has the =
highest number of the world’s billionaires? BEIJING
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Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York City

 

9. What country has the g=
reatest percentage of its land “forested”? SURINAME

Brazil, Maylasia, Philippines, Suriname

 

10. What is the most =
southern capital city in the world? WELLINGTON

Canberra, Praetoria, Santigo, Wellington

 

11. How many buildings in New York =
City have their own zip code? 42

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2, 15, 28, =
42

 

12.=
I scattered my father’s ashes at Itasca Park in northern Minnesota. =
How long does it take a drop of water to travel from those headwaters of th=
e Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico?

30 days=
, 90 days, 125 days, 185 days? 90 DAYS

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13. We know the first National Park in the=
USA was Yellowstone in Wyoming.=A0 What states boasts the second National =
Park founded 3 years later (although downgraded to a State Park today)? MIC=
HIGAN (Mackinac Island and Fort Mackinac)
California, Michigan, Utah, Wy=
oming

 

14. What country has the oldest continuously used flag? DENMARK

Denmark, Italy, Morocco, Switzerland

 

15. Tulips originally =
came from what country? TURKEY

Afghanistan, =
China, Netherlands, Turkey

 

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Dr Bob Griffin

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