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

Paralympic Cyclist Walks Again

By The World ⋅ November 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

Monique Van der Vorst (Photo: moniquevandervorst.com)

The Geo Quiz wants you to find a European country generally considered a good place to cycle. It is the homeland of an extraordinary athlete.

Young Irish App Developer

By The World ⋅ November 24, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅

The Geo Quiz is looking for the Irish home of Harry Moran, one of world’s youngest app developers. The 12-year old programmer tells anchor Marco Werman about his popular new app called PizzaBot.

Name That Strait!

By The World ⋅ November 23, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

The coast of Davis Strait in western Greenland (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Algkalv)

This waterway also links the Baffin Sea and the Labrador Sea. These waters are downright chilly and mostly covered with sea ice from December on to June. Northern mariners have long known about the fierce tides here.

UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

By The World ⋅ November 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

© Ana Sofia Varela 2008 by José Frade Other: Ana Sofia Varela, Apresentação do filme

For our Geo Quiz today we’re searching for some intangible cultural heritage. That’s how the United Nations cultural body UNESCO refers to traditions around the world worth protecting. These range from Mongolian calligraphy to Armenia’s water festival to Sumatra’s Dance of a Thousand Hands.

Collaborative Painting in North Africa

By The World ⋅ November 21, 2011 ⋅ 12 comments ⋅

The Bouabana Art Space Tunis (Photo: David Black)

We’re focusing on art associated with a particular North African country in today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for is the northernmost in Africa and they’ve come up with a style of painting that they call “collaborative painting”…

Cuban Barbers to Gain More Freedoms

By The World ⋅ November 18, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅

Cuban Barber (Photo: flickr.com/photos/carlo-arioli/)

We’re taking a little off the top and trimming the sideburns for today’s Geo Quiz. Barbers in the Caribbean city we’re looking for will have a little more freedom come December 1st…

Irish Soccer Fan Finds Unusual Way Into Estonia vs Ireland Game

By The World ⋅ November 17, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments ⋅

Tickets to big sporting events can be hard to come by. One Irish soccer fan didn’t let that stop him. He figured out a way to get right up close to the action during a game this week between the national teams of Ireland and Estonia. We spoke with Conor Cunningham from County Cork, Ireland.

Slideshow: An Old Pirate Town on the Adriatic Coast

By Nate Tabak ⋅ November 16, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅

The place we’re looking for is a resort town on the Adriatic coast. Lesser known than other popular spots on the Adriatic such as Dubrovnik and Budva, it lies near Albania. Many call it the Kosovo Rivera.

Front Row Seat to Erupting Volcano in Congo’s Virunga National Park

By The World ⋅ November 15, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments ⋅

Mount Nyamulagira (Photo: Cai Tjeeenk Willink)

When a volcano erupts, perhaps the best advice we’ve heard is … turn around and run! But for today’s Geo Quiz – we’re going in for a closer look. A volcano began putting on a show about a week ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abundant Microbial Life and Fresh Water Springs

By The World ⋅ November 14, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅

Dead Sea (Photo: Wikipedia Commons / Ian and Wendy Sewell)

For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for one of the lowest points on the surface of the earth. If you were to stand on the shore of this inland sea, you’d be at 1400 feet below sea level. And this body of water is salty – nearly 10 times saltier than ocean water, so it’s sometimes called the Salt Sea.