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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
3
1
2
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
2. Kiribati is the only country that spans...
3 continents
4 hemispheres
3 oceans
2 hemispheres
Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-countries-are-situated-in-all-four-hemispheres.html
3. What is the oldest "unchanged" country?
Andorra
Armenia
Ethiopia
San Marino
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
Eye tattooing
Communism
Maritime Piracy
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.
60
90
75
40
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 starting with "N"
They have the tallest mountains in the world
They are the only countries that use 45-minunte time zones
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...
an ocean trench
a forest within a desert
a mall
an island within a lake within an island
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.
Suriname, Paraguay and Ecuador
Vatican, San Marino and Lesotho
Lesotho, eSwatini and Wales
Gambia, Equatorial Guinea and eSwatini
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?
FIFA World Cup
The Olympics
UN Peace Summit
World Trade Organizatino Ministerial Conference
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics
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