Important Viking Burial Site Discovered

The Geo Quiz involves a little Viking history: We’re looking for a remote and isolated peninsula in the Scottish Highlands where archaeologists have uncovered an important burial site.

Korean City Hosts UN Conference On Desertification

Which South Korean city is hosting a UN meeting at the moment?

Between Ghana and Benin

For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for the country between Ghana and Benin in West Africa. One of this country’s most popular tourist attractions is the crumpled remains of an airplane…

Geo answer–Tourism in Togo

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Togo. A few months back, Togo took out an ad in the New York Times, saying it was open for business for tourists. But what would a tourist go to Togo to see? One American family went to find out as we hear in a report from Anna Boiko-Weyrach.

Traveling circuses

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The circus is coming! … to today’s Geo Quiz. Things will be a little different the next time the circus comes to town. That holds true at least in the South American country we’re looking for today.

Signs of Climate Change on the Northwest Passage

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A sea at the top of the world figures in today’s Geo Quiz. We’re tracking a Canadian sailor who’s heading through the Northwest Passage. An ice free route across the northern reaches of Canada opened up a few years ago for the first time in memory.

Geo Quiz Podcast

The World’s Geo Quiz tests your knowledge of world geography, and introduces you to fascinating people and places around the globe. The World is a US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC World Service, WGBH public radio in Boston, and Public Radio International. http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510009