A map of the Tube comes in handy for today’s Geo Quiz. The map of London’s subway, known as The Tube or the Underground, is a classic. The visual design was inspired by electric circuit diagrams. The map helps riders navigate the system’s 270 subway stations…
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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for a Raptorex. You wouldn’t want to run into this creature called the Raptorex. It has powerful jaws, and strong legs suited for running down its prey. Don’t worry its a dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago. We speak with Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago. (Illustration: Todd Marshall)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Today’s Geo Quiz is about a sinking economy. The global economic downturn is being felt in countries around the world. But the economy may be quite literally sinking in the country we’re looking for today.
You can see right through today’s Geo Quiz. Your first clue is the artist whose name is synonymous with stained glass lamps. That’s Louis Comfort Tiffany. We want to know where Tiffany crafted his glass art…
We’re off to northern Europe for today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for is on the western side of the Scandinavian peninsula.
The Atlantic Codex is a collection of drawings and writings by Leonardo de Vinci. The Italian Renaissance master drew detailed pictures of all the latest technology of his day — everything from flying machines to weapons. This stunning encyclopedia has been preserved for centuries by a famous library in Italy. So, what’s the name of the library?
We’re going to South Africa this time and KwaZulu-Natal is our starting point. This South African province borders 3 countries: Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho.It also has a long shoreline along the Indian Ocean. What we’re looking for is the provincial capital of KwaZulu-Natal.
Today’s Geo Quiz follows in the wake of the Half Moon. 400 years ago, a Dutch ship sailed up the river were looking for today. The captain and crew were on an expedition for the Dutch East India Company…
Surf’s up for our Geo Quiz today, as we’re headed to an island in French Polynesia. It’s a island where some world class surfers have come to shoot a a new surfing flick about the world’s wildest, most perfect wave.
We hoist our sails for today’s Geo Quiz. Tall ships crossed the North Atlantic this summer as part of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge. The annual event promotes international friendship and introduces volunteer crews to the art of sailing…
For Friday’s Geo Quiz — think Monday. 20 years ago today, as it turns out, was a Monday. Which accounts for the name Monday demonstrations … They were getting underway in a German city.
For our Geo Quiz today — we’re tracking the Semiramis. That’s the name of a 3-masted ship that last sailed in 1804. Back then it was en route from China to Rhode Island. Somewhere along the eastern seaboard of the United States, the ship encountered rough waters.
Today’s Geo Quiz sends us to a place where you don’t have to pay your taxes. We’re looking for a British territory in the Caribbean that’s been able to survive — make that, thrive — on its status as one of the world’s major tax havens…
A country in west-central Africa is in our sights for today’s Geo Quiz. Voters in this African country went to the polls on Sunday. They were electing a new president…
