The World’s GEO QUIZ

Geo Texting game winners (Salzburg, Austria or Boston, MA

Kate in Austin, Texas

Liz in Briscoe, Missouri

Russ in Astrodome, TX

and Breanna in Hidden Valley, CA

Texting Game Sign up to get the Geo Quiz delivered to your mobile phone via text message.

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

What are the terms and conditions? By signing up for the Geo Quiz texting game, you are subscribing to receive text alerts from Public Radio International (PRI) and The World. The Geo Quiz is free, but message and data rates from your mobile carrier may apply. You may opt-out any time by replying STOP to a text message from PRI or The World, or by sending a request to theworld@pri.org. You must include the mobile phone number you want opted out.

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

Geo Quiz


An Ancient Capital of Culinary Delights

Tourguide Angelis Nannos, a Greek resident of Istanbul, is an enthusiastic supporter of Turkish food. (Photo: Matthew Brunwasser)

The Geo Quiz is looking for the capital of a famous ancient empire that counts roasted lamb guts as one of its favorite snacks.

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Brazilian Murals in Scotland

Kelburn Castle (Photo: Save Kelburn Castle's Brazilian Mural/Facebook)

The Geo Quiz is visiting a castle in Scotland with colorful murals.

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Iceland Real Estate

Vatnajokull (Flickr Image: Gouldy99)

The Geo Quiz is looking for a region in Iceland where a Chinese businessman hopes to build a luxury eco-resort.

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Life Behind the Iron Curtain

Dessau Resident Ingeborg Stolloch

The Geo Quiz has the story of a woman who stayed behind in former East Germany when the wall came up

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iPhone App Helps With Incomprehensible Dialect

Wigan Pier (Photo: Dave Green)

The Geo Quiz visits a town only about 30 miles from Manchester, yet the local dialect can be pretty incomprehensible to the folks in Manchester.

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A Dish Called Koshary

Koshary restaurant (Photo: Julia Simon)

This northern African country is home to an online satirical newspaper named after the national dish.

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A Solar Powered Voyage Around the World

Turanor off the coast of Monaco (Courtesy of Planet Solar)

The Geo Quiz follows a unique catamaran around the globe, one of its stopovers was in Southeast Asia, in a nation of more than 7,000 islands.

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Artist Community on the Saint Lawrence

Montreal street art (Flickr image: Wally Gobetz)

The Geo Quiz is looking for the largest city on the Saint Lawrence River.

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Music By Africans for Africans

Sara Mitaru

Looking for a city in Africa that is planning to host a major concert at the end of the year to raise money to fight famine.

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Chinese Space Lab To Be Launched

Tiangong Program (Image: CCTV)

The Geo Quiz wants you to name the city 60 miles from the launch center.

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Music From the Cuban Land of Tobacco Fields

Thanks to looser visa restrictions under the Obama administration, the entire Wil Campa y Su Gran Union band were able to  travel from Cuba and tour the United States. (Photo: Scott Wall)

We are looking for a Cuban province that is renowned for its tobacco fields and is home to the 13 member band “Wil Campa Y Su Gran Union.”

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Zombieland, UK

'Philly cab' on World War Z set (Photo: @glasgowcc)

For the Geo Quiz we’re looking for a British city that’s standing in for the ‘City of Brotherly Love’

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Fungus Hits Trees Along France’s Canal du Midi

Canal du Midi (Photo: Peter Gugerell, Vienna, Austria)

The Geo Quiz is looking for the ‘Pink City’ at the starting point of the canal.

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‘Gulp’ Stop-motion Animation

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We are looking for a beach in southern Wales where some film-makers set the record for the largest stop-motion animation set.

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Isthmus Culture in Southern Mexico

Dancing at the Candelaria Festival, San Mateo del Mar, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (Photo: Wendy Call)

Looking for an isthmus that is the shortest stretch of land between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean.

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