Loaded Questions 9/15/22 - Geography
What a world!
Happy Friday! Making up for lost time, and this post was the intended Thursday post. Have a great weekend ahead!
1. What word was added to Newark International Airport after the 9/11 attacks?
2. Because of a city at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, what international nickname is given to southern Illinois?
3. Name the falls on Guyana's Potaro River that is the world's largest single drop waterfall by volume, and also name the river the Potaro empties into, the longest in Guyana which is often in dispute with Venezuela.
4. The Holland Cheese Museum is located in what Dutch city, sieged in 1573 by the Spanish, and is home to one of the five Dutch cheese markets (the first alphabetically)?
5. What capital city was formed essentially after 1961's Hurricane Hattie when the nation moved from its namesake coastal city to its current inland capital?
6. In 2021, the African city of Port Elizabeth was officially named was name from the Xhosa language?
7. What northernmost regional state of Ethiopia names an armed conflict ongoing since November 2020?
8. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and a world-renowned zoo are located in what city on the Ob River, the third-largest city in Russia by population?
9. What is the capital of the Japanese prefecture Hokkaido?
10. The Hall of Argentine Bicentennial Women a room in what colorful building?
11. What second director of the US Geological Survey is known for his 1869 "Geographic Expedition", which charted the Green and Colorado Rivers, and also went through the Grand Canyon?
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1. What word was added to Newark International Airport after the 9/11 attacks?
Liberty
2. Because of a city at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, what international nickname is given to southern Illinois?
Little Cairo
3. Name the falls on Guyana's Potaro River that is the world's largest single drop waterfall by volume, and also name the river the Potaro empties into, the longest in Guyana which is often in dispute with Venezuela.
Kaieteur Falls, Essequibo River
4. The Holland Cheese Museum is located in what Dutch city, sieged in 1573 by the Spanish, and is home to one of the five Dutch cheese markets (the first alphabetically)?
Alkmaar
5. What capital city was formed essentially after 1961's Hurricane Hattie when the nation moved from its namesake coastal city to its current inland capital?
Belmopan, Belize
6. In 2021, the African city of Port Elizabeth was officially named was name from the Xhosa language?
Gqeberha
7. What northernmost regional state of Ethiopia names an armed conflict ongoing since November 2020?
Tigray
8. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and a world-renowned zoo are located in what city on the Ob River, the third-largest city in Russia by population?
Novosibirsk
9. What is the capital of the Japanese prefecture Hokkaido?
Sapporo
10. The Hall of Argentine Bicentennial Women a room in what colorful building?
Casa Rosado
11. What second director of the US Geological Survey is known for his 1869 "Geographic Expedition", which charted the Green and Colorado Rivers, and also went through the Grand Canyon?
John Wesley Powell