Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1989
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Name the flat intermontane area located at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m) in the central Andes.
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Altiplano
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1990
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Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent?
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Antarctica
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1991
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What type of landform is commonly associated with orographic precipitation?
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Mountain
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1992
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Many coastal countries have established so-called EEZs—areas extending 200 nautical miles (370 km) from shore over which countries have sovereign rights for resource exploration. What do the initials EEZ stand for?
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Exclusive Economic Zone
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1993
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Tagalog is one of the three main native languages of which island country in Asia?
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Philippines
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1994
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The Tagus River roughly divides which European country into two agricultural regions, grain and potatoes in the north, and grapes in the south?
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Portugal
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1995
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Pashto and Dari are the official languages of which mountainous, landlocked country in southwestern Asia?
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Afghanistan
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1996
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Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell.
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Andorra
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1997
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Asia's most densely populated country has about three million people and an area of less than 250 square miles (400 km²). Name this country.
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Singapore
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1998
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More than 80 million people live in the European Union's most populous member country. Name this country.
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Germany
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1999
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The condition characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean is known by what Spanish name?
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La Niña
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2000
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Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its mainland peninsula and two largest islands.
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Jutland, Sjælland, Fyn
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2001
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Below the equilibrium line of glaciers there is a region of melting, evaporation, and sublimation. Name this zone.
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Zone of Ablation
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2002
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Lop Nur, a marshy depression at the east end of the Tarim Basin, is a nuclear test site for which country?
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China
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2003
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Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961?
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Portugal
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2004
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Peshawar, a city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, has had strategic importance for centuries because of its location near what historic pass?
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Khyber Pass
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2005
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Lake Gatún, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river?
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Chagres
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2006
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Name the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.
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Cambrian
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2007
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A city that is divided by a river of the same name was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city, which is still an important cultural center.
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Huế
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2008
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The urban area of Cochabamba has been in the news recently due to protests over the privatization of the municipal water supply and regional autonomy issues. Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country?
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Bolivia
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2009
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Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?
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Romania
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2010
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The largest city in northern Haiti was renamed following Haiti's independence from France. What is the present-day name of this city?
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Cap-Haïtien
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2011
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Thousands of mountain climbers and trekkers rely on Sherpas to aid their ascent of Mount Everest. The southern part of Mount Everest is located in which Nepalese national park?
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Sagarmatha
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2012
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Name the Bavarian city situated on the Danube River that was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806.
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Regensburg
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2013
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Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak.
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Chimborazo
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2014
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Oyala, a planned city in the rainforest 65 miles (105 km) east of Bata is being built as a future capital for which country?
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Equatorial Guinea
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2015
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Mariupol, at the mouth of the Kalmius River, is a port city on which sea, an arm of the Black Sea?
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Sea of Azov
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2016
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A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in what archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?
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Galapagos
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2017
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What large mountain system that stretches more than 1,200 miles (1,900 km) separates the Taklimakan Desert from the Tibetan Plateau?
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Kunlun Mountains
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2018
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Lebanon has a population most similar to which South American country?
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Paraguay
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2019
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One-third of Norway’s northernmost county is in what plateau?
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Finnmark
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