Loaded Questions 2/7/22 - Geography
Go west, young man!
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1. While Brittany is a region in France, what common female first name is the former capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, and is home to Place Stanislas as well as bergamot-flavored candies?
2. Located on the west coast of Luzon, what Philippine city is one of the few Spanish colonial towns left in the country? The city is now a World Heritage City.
3. Spitsbergen is the largest and only settled island in what archipelago, famous for its global seed vault?
4. Name the largest Indonesian city and the largest Papuan city on the island of New Guinea, each with a population around 250,000.
5. What one-word name is given to the branch of "botanical geography", which studies the distribution of plants in an area?
6. Built in 1610, the oldest continuously occupied public building in the US is an adobe structure in Santa Fe, NM named the "Palace of the" whom?
7. The Altiplano plateau features what type of four-letter grassland, which stretches from Peru to Chile?
8. What smallest German state is home to Beck's Brewery, and is the second-largest port of Germany after Hamburg?
9. The largest palindromic city in North America is what Quebec city?
10. The red-and-white left side of what country's flag resembles the ruchnik, a woven cloth used for special events?
11. What city near Miami with a name meaning "pretty prairie" in Muskogee is home to a thoroughbred racetrack and was the first city to ban Santeria practitioners from sacrificing chickens?
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1. While Brittany is a region in France, what common female first name is the former capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, and is home to Place Stanislas as well as bergamot-flavored candies? Nancy
2. Located on the west coast of Luzon, what Philippine city is one of the few Spanish colonial towns left in the country? The city is now a World Heritage City. Vigan
3. Spitsbergen is the largest and only settled island in what archipelago, famous for its global seed vault? Svalbard
4. Name the largest Indonesian city and the largest Papuan city on the island of New Guinea, each with a population around 250,000. Jayapura, Port Moresby
5. What one-word name is given to the branch of "botanical geography", which studies the distribution of plants in an area? Phytogeography
6. Built in 1610, the oldest continuously occupied public building in the US is an adobe structure in Santa Fe, NM named the "Palace of the" whom? Governors
7. The Altiplano plateau features what type of four-letter grassland, which stretches from Peru to Chile? Puna
8. What smallest German state is home to Beck's Brewery, and is the second-largest port of Germany after Hamburg? Bremen
9. The largest palindromic city in North America is what Quebec city? Laval
10. The red-and-white left side of what country's flag resembles the ruchnik, a woven cloth used for special events? Belarus
11. What city near Miami with a name meaning "pretty prairie" in Muskogee is home to a thoroughbred racetrack and was the first city to ban Santeria practitioners from sacrificing chickens? Hialeah