Loaded Questions 8/1/22 - Geography
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Happy August everyone! For anyone who qualified for the LL Championship, I hope your session goes well. Took mine last week, and hoping for the best. If you didn’t start brushing up cause you never know what might be on the 2023 edition! Enjoy some geography questions for your Monday.
1. Cross Fell is the highest point of what mountain range in Northern England, sometimes called the "backbone of England"?
2. The Indian region of Ladakh is comprised of two districts: Leh and what district that names a war of 1999 fought between India and Pakistan about the control of Kashmir?
3. What Japanese prefecture is home to the UNESCO site Hidden Christian Sites, which describes the history of Francis Xavier's spreading of Jesuit Christianity to Japan, the fumi-e depictions of Jesus that were banned, and the crucifixion of Christians during the 1600s?
4. What third-largest city of Azerbaijan which was the capital of a namesake Khanate until 1804, and was essentially the capital of the country before Baku? The birthplace of the Persian poet Nezami, the name is unrelated to a Sanskrit word for a certain crop.
5. The Endicott Pear Tree is located in what Massachusetts town, originally known as Salem Village?
6. There are around 7 million of what Bantu group living in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo? Dialects of this group's language include Ki___ and Tshi____.
7. What estate in Washington DC is the namesake of a 1944 conference that laid the groundwork to the formation of the UN? Today it is owned by Harvard University.
8. The largest Mission Revival Style building in the US, the Mission Inn is located in what California city, named for its relation to the Santa Ana? It is the twelfth-largest city in CA.
9. At 28,169 feet, what highest-point of India is the third-tallest mountain in the world?
10. Situated on many islands, what "Venice of Brazil" is located in the northeast Brazil is the capital of the Pernambuco and was the destination for the first Jews to the Americas in 1654?
11. Of the six capital cities of countries of former Yugoslavia, which two begin with the same letter?
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1. Cross Fell is the highest point of what mountain range in Northern England, sometimes called the "backbone of England"? Pennines
2. The Indian region of Ladakh is comprised of two districts: Leh and what district that names a war of 1999 fought between India and Pakistan about the control of Kashmir? Kargil
3. What Japanese prefecture is home to the UNESCO site Hidden Christian Sites, which describes the history of Francis Xavier's spreading of Jesuit Christianity to Japan, the fumi-e depictions of Jesus that were banned, and the crucifixion of Christians during the 1600s? Nagasaki
4. What third-largest city of Azerbaijan which was the capital of a namesake Khanate until 1804, and was essentially the capital of the country before Baku? The birthplace of the Persian poet Nezami, the name is unrelated to a Sanskrit word for a certain crop. Ganja
5. The Endicott Pear Tree is located in what Massachusetts town, originally known as Salem Village? Danvers
6. There are around 7 million of what Bantu group living in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo? Dialects of this group's language include Ki___ and Tshi____. Luba
7. What estate in Washington DC is the namesake of a 1944 conference that laid the groundwork to the formation of the UN? Today it is owned by Harvard University. Dumbarton Oaks
8. The largest Mission Revival Style building in the US, the Mission Inn is located in what California city, named for its relation to the Santa Ana? It is the twelfth-largest city in CA. Riverside
9. At 28,169 feet, what highest-point of India is the third-tallest mountain in the world? Kangchenjunga
10. Situated on many islands, what "Venice of Brazil" is located in the northeast Brazil is the capital of the Pernambuco and was the destination for the first Jews to the Americas in 1654? Recife
11. Of the six capital cities of countries of former Yugoslavia, which two begin with the same letter? Sarajevo, Skopje