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Interesting Geography and History Questions #1

Can you correctly answer all these geography and history questions?
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Last updated: January 7, 2022
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1. Russia has 11 time zones. While China, which spans about half the length of the previous uses only...
4 ✓
2 ✓
1 ✓
3 ✓
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
2. Kiribati is the only country that spans...
3 oceans ✓
4 hemispheres ✓
3 continents ✓
2 hemispheres ✓
Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-countries-are-situated-in-all-four-hemispheres.html
3. What is the oldest "unchanged" country?
San Marino ✓
Armenia ✓
Ethiopia ✓
Andorra ✓
Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/oldest-country-in-the-world-1435395
4. The Korowai, in south-eastern Papua, is known for being one of the last tribes to pursue this unusual practice
Maritime Piracy ✓
Communism ✓
Eye tattooing ✓
Cannibalism ✓
Source: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/korowai-tribe-in-indonesia-known-for-practising-cannibalism.html
5. About __% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.
75 ✓
60 ✓
40 ✓
90 ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere
6. What is one thing you may say New Zealand has in common with Nepal?
They are the only countries that use 45-minunte time zones ✓
They are the only countries starting with "N" ✓
They have the tallest mountains in the world ✓
They are the only countries where sheep outnumber people ✓
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
7. If you cross the border from Afghanistan to China, you will...
lose 5h30 ✓
gain 3h ✓
lose 3h30 ✓
stay in the same time zone ✓
Afghanistan is on UTC+4:30. China, however being a large country, is on Beijing time, UTC+8
8. Lake Taal's Vulcan Point, in the Philippines, is technically an island within a lake within...
a mall ✓
an ocean trench ✓
an island within a lake within an island ✓
a forest within a desert ✓
Source: https://www.google.com/maps/place/14%C2%B000'33.5%22N+120%C2%B059'45.9%22E/@14.0088437,120.9910041,4487m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d14.0092913!4d120.9960896
9. These are the only countries that are landlocked by one single country.
Gambia, Equatorial Guinea and eSwatini ✓
Vatican, San Marino and Lesotho ✓
Suriname, Paraguay and Ecuador ✓
Lesotho, eSwatini and Wales ✓
A lot of countries are either landlocked or only border one other country. However only these three are countries within countries.
10. Liechtenstein and Haiti had the same exact flag, unknowingly, until this event in 1936. What was the event?
The Olympics ✓
FIFA World Cup ✓
UN Peace Summit ✓
World Trade Organizatino Ministerial Conference ✓
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics
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