Geo Quiz

The World’s GEO QUIZ

Today’s Geo Texting game winners (Yakutsk):

Temperance in Fruitridge CA

Scott in Cherokee, CA

Shawn in Tampa, FL

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How do I play? Text the keyword GEOQUIZ to 69866 from your mobile phone. Instructions will follow via text. You will need to reply with your name and zip code to enter. Once you have signed up, you will receive a quiz every Wednesday. We expect to add other days fairly shortly. Simply tune-in to the show to see if you got the correct answer. Answers will also be sent via text later and posted on The World’s website at theworld.org/geoquiz.We will select three people who answered the quiz correctly and mention your first name and city during the broadcast and post here on theworld.org

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Who can I contact to get more information? For more information about the Geo Quiz texting game and its guidelines email theworld@pri.org. The World’s Geo Quiz tests your knowledge of world geography, and introduces you to fascinating people and places around the globe. Produced by The World’s David Leveille. Geo Quiz Podcast on iTunes Geo Quiz Podcast via RSS

Geo Quiz theme music:

SONG TITLE: Diaraby

ARTISTS:Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

CD TITLE: Talking Timbuktu

CD LABEL: World Circuit Purchase the CD here

Football Club Rebrands with Red Jerseys

By The World ⋅ June 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Players Aron Gunnarsson in Cardiff's new red home shirt and Joe Mason in the new blue away strip. (Photo: Cardiff City FC)

A major re-branding campaign at one of the European football clubs calls for outfitting the team with new jerseys.

Hometown of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

By John Otis ⋅ June 5, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

This map shows Venezuela's 23 states plus a region of Guyana that Venezuela claims (Photo: Wiki)

The hometown of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez gets a lot of government attention, and pork barrel projects.

Observing the Transit of Venus: Past and Present

By The World ⋅ June 4, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Transit of Venus in 2004, VT Observation (Photo: Bryan Stephenson/NASA)

Tuesday, June 5, Venus will pass directly between Earth and the Sun. This planetary confluence will provide a rare spectacle for skywatchers across the globe.

Video: Coming Face to Face with a Whale Shark

By The World ⋅ June 1, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

One of the two resident male whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium. (Photo: Zac Wolf/Wikipedia)

Whale sharks are said to be gentle and curious and don’t seem to mind snorkelers who visit their underwater hunts.

Walking the Broomway

By Carol Zall ⋅ May 31, 2012 ⋅ 12 comments ⋅

Robert Macfarlane on The Broomway (Photo: David Quentin)

Marco Werman talks to writer Robert Macfarlane about walking “The Broomway” – a path off the southeast coast of England that’s only navigable when the tide is out.

Slideshow: Israel Town Turns to Owls for Pest Control

By Irris Makler ⋅ May 30, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅

Farmers in Israel have set up barn houses to get rid of mice from their fields. (Photo: Irris Makler)

One of the worst problems faced by farmers is mice eating through crops and contaminating anything they leave behind.

What’s The Buzz? Conservationists Reintroduce Short-Haired Bumblebees to UK

By David Leveille ⋅ May 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Short-haired Bumblebee pollinated red clover (Photo: Nikki Gammans)

Short-haired bumblebees are being re-introduced to the UK after having been disappeared for nearly 25 years. Conservationist Nikki Gammans is leading the effort to reintroduce the bumblebee species that was declared extinct in the UK in 2000.

Thai Authorities Alarmed By Drug Surge in Golden Triangle

By David Leveille ⋅ May 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Golden Triangle tourism sign. (Photo: travelsinthailand.com)

There’s been a surge of drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle. Thai police say Burma’s political reforms may be indirectly resulting in increased trafficking in the border areas of Burma, Thailand and Laos.

A Song Contest Stirs Up Human Rights Issues

By Andrea Crossan ⋅ May 25, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Eurovision host Azerbaijan isn't scoring very well in the human rights competition in this cartoon by Scotland's Frank Boyle (Cartoon: Frank Boyle, Edinburgh Evening News, Scotland)

The Geo Quiz takes us to an oil-rich city on the Caspian Sea where 42 countries are competing to win a song contest. The event is shining a spotlight on the poor human rights record of this former Soviet state.

Toronto’s Housing: Up in the Clouds, Literally and in Price

By Jason Margolis ⋅ May 23, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅

The rate of construction of high-rise buildings in Toronto is the highest in North America. (Photo: Jason Margolis)

Toronto’s skyline is starting to look a lot like Manhattan and so are the housing prices.

World’s Oldest Fossils on Display in Houston

By The World ⋅ May 22, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

(Photo: The Houston Museum of Natural Science)

Sandstone rocks discovered in Australia about a year ago are believed to contain fossils of the earliest living cells.

The Forgotten Circassian Nation

By Julia Barton ⋅ May 21, 2012 ⋅ 10 comments ⋅

Monday is the anniversary of the 1864 massacre of the Circassians, an ethnic people from the North Caucasus. Their descendants are scattered around the world, including in northern New Jersey. Now they are pushing to go back to their cultural home. Can you name it?

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