Statistics for Geography General Knowledge #8

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Name one of the two countries whose name starts with "North".	North Korea / North Macedonia	97%
What city is home to the world's tallest building?	Dubai	91%
Which one of New York City's five boroughs contains Times Square?	Manhattan	91%
What valley holds the record for the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth (54.4 °C)?	{Death} Valley	90%
What is the most common religion in Cambodia?	Buddhism	83%
What is the busiest airport in the London area?	Heathrow	82%
What African nation became the world's newest independent country in 2011?	South Sudan	80%
What is Rome's Flavian Amphitheatre better known as?	The Colosseum	77%
What is the capital of Western Australia?	Perth	74%
In what city would you find the Bolshoi Theatre?	Moscow	73%
What is usually considered to be the most common first name in the world?	Muhammad	68%
On what peninsula are Albania and Serbia located?	{Balkan} Peninsula	66%
Including inland seas, what's the world's largest lake?	Caspian Sea	64%
What famous event for daredevils happens in Pamplona, Spain?	Running of the Bulls	58%
On what peninsula would you find the cities of Mérida and Cancún?	Yucatán	57%
What constellation is depicted on the Australian flag?	Southern Cross	46%
What is Pakistan's longest river?	Indus River	45%
What country is Cappadocia a part of?	Turkey	41%
What Hawaii volcano is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from its base on the ocean floor?	Mauna Kea	34%
Near what major U.S. city is Lake Pontchartrain located?	New Orleans	34%