Statistics for Geography Bowl #1 : Countries and Cities

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Question	Answer	% Correct
On what continent was Carthage located?	Africa	100%
What is the capital of Thailand?	Bangkok	100%
Which European city was divided after World War Two?	Berlin	100%
What is the capital of Romania?	Bucharest	100%
What country's capital is built around a flat-topped hill called the Acropolis?	Greece	100%
What city is considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims?	Jerusalem	100%
What Ukrainian city do the Russians call the "Mother of Cities"?	Kiev	100%
From which city on the Iberian Peninsula did Christopher Columbus sail?	Lisbon	100%
What city in Saudi Arabia is known as the holy city of Islam?	Mecca	100%
What Australian city did not become an important city until 1851 when gold was discovered nearby?	Melbourne	100%
What modern capital was once the Aztec city Tenochtitlan?	Mexico City	100%
In which country would you find the city of Casablanca?	Morocco	100%
In what city could one visit the Louvre?	Paris	100%
In which South American city does a large statue of Christ the Redeemer sit on top of a mountain?	Rio de Janeiro	100%
What city is known as "The City of Seven Hills"?	Rome	100%
What is the capital city of South Korea?	Seoul	100%
Zurich is the financial capital of which country?	Switzerland	100%
Which city-state is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and ruled by the Pope?	Vatican City	100%
In which city just outside Paris did Louis XIV build a large and costly palace?	Versailles	100%
What great American city is built on the banks of the Potomac River?	Washington DC	100%
In 1960 the Brazilian government moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to what city?	Brasília	88%
What is the largest city in Libya?	Tripoli	88%
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?	Belfast	86%
The city of Constantinople is known by what name today?	Istanbul	86%
What was the second city to have an atomic bomb dropped on it during the Second World War?	Nagasaki	86%
What city in the United States has the greatest population?	New York City	86%
What is the largest city in Brazil?	São Paulo	86%
In what city did the Renaissance begin?	Florence	83%
What is the world's highest capital city?	La Paz	83%
In which American city is Independence Hall located?	Philadelphia	83%
What country is known as the "Land of 60,000 Lakes"?	Finland	80%
What country's capital is divided into two cities by the Danube River?	Hungary	80%
What city is known as the gateway to the Baltic Sea?	Copenhagen	75%
At what village was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated by the Duke of Wellington in 1815?	Waterloo	75%
What is Egypt's chief seaport?	Alexandria	67%
What city fought against Rome in the Punic Wars?	Carthage	67%
What city uses water from hot springs to heat all of its buildings?	Reykjavik	67%
In what city did Martin Luther nail his "Ninety-Five Theses" to a door?	Wittenburg	25%
What city is known as 'Pearl of the Andes"?	Tarma	20%
In which country is the world's largest gold mine located?	Indonesia	17%