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

Cities Where Hyundai Cars Are Made

By The World ⋅ January 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

2012 Hyundai Elantra. (Photo: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/Wikipedia)

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for cities that manufacture Hyundai cars.

Mexico’s Baluarte Bridge Tallest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the World

By The World ⋅ January 6, 2012 ⋅ 12 comments ⋅

The Baluarte Bridge during construction in November 2011. (Photo: Fotrogafo Especial/Wikipedia)

Geo Quiz: Looking for two Mexican states that are now connected by the world’s tallest cable-stayed bridge.

Island that Returned Peter Frampton’s ‘lost’ Guitar

By The World ⋅ January 5, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

A view of Willemstad, capital of Curaçao. (Photo: Ghettocash/Wikipedia)

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a sun-splashed island in the southern Caribbean Sea where people have stepped forward to honor rock-n-roll legend Peter Frampton.

Preserving the Cold War in Sunny California

By Matthew Brunwasser ⋅ January 4, 2012 ⋅ One comment ⋅

Statues of high-level Communist officials sit on a shelf in the collection of the Wende Museum with an earthquake net. (Photo: Matthew Brunwasser)

We are looking for a museum of Cold War history that has a collection of everything from East German blueprints to Soviet artwork.

Mormon From Mali

By The World ⋅ January 3, 2012 ⋅ One comment ⋅

Yeah Samake (Photo: Samake Facebook page)

The Geo Quiz wants you to name the capital of a sub-Saharan country roughly the size of South Africa. Its presidential election features a Mormon candidate.

Mountains in British Columbia

By The World ⋅ January 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Whistler Mountain in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: Andysonic777/Wikipedia)

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a mountain in British Columbia, Canada where there is plenty of snow for skiers this season unlike last year when snow had to be helicoptered for the Winter Olympics.

Malaysian City Home to Orangutan Rehabilitation Center

By The World ⋅ December 30, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

An orangutan at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. (Photo: Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre)

We are looking for an East Malaysian city along the north-east coast of Borneo that is close to an orangutan rehabilitation center.

An Island Nation That Will Have ‘No Friday’

By The World ⋅ December 29, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

Samoa coast. (Photo: Teinesavaii/Wikipedia)

For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for an island nation that lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is going to switch its clocks by moving forward 24 hours.

In Turkey’s Last Armenian Village, a Place to Get Away From it All

By Matthew Brunwasser ⋅ December 28, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅

Sunday afternoon, after services at the St. Astvatzatzin Armenian Apostolic Church. (Photo: Matthew Brunwasser)

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a province in southern Turkey about the size of Delaware. The province used to be part of Syria once, but was ceded to Turkey in 1939. It is an ethically diverse province and even includes a village with a 100 percent ethnic Armenian population. Can you name it?