Geo Quiz

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Geo Quiz


Cities Where Hyundai Cars Are Made

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

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

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

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.

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Island that Returned Peter Frampton’s ‘lost’ Guitar

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.

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Preserving the Cold War in Sunny California

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.

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Mormon From Mali

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.

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Mountains in British Columbia

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.

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An Island Nation That Will Have ‘No Friday’

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.

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

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?

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Musical History of Byzantium

Album cover of "A Story of the City: Constantinople Istanbul"

We are looking for a historic city that became the capital of the Roman empire in the year 330 AD and went by the name Byzantium.

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Northern Arctic Outpost in Canada

CFS Alert (Photo: Royal Canadian Air Force)

This Canadian Arctic outpost is the northernmost year-round inhabited place.

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Home of the Calypso King

Mighty Sparrow (Photo: mightysparrow.com)

The birthplace of calypso music is our focus for the Geo Quiz: The island we’re looking for is the fifth largest in the West Indies.

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Protecting Peru’s Ancient Past

Ceramics on display at the Casa Concha (Photo: Mattia Cabitza)

One of Latin America’s most famous archeological sites figures in our Geo Quiz: A century ago, many artifacts were taken from the Incan city of Machu Picchu, now, they’re being returned to Peru.

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US-Canadian Border Crossing

Ambassador Bridge (Photo: Mike Russell/Wiki Commons)

The Geo Quiz visits a suspension bridge over the Detroit River which is one of the busiest international border crossings in North America.

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Anniversary of Original ‘Race to reach the South Pole’

(Photo: Polar Vision)

We are looking for the name of the American research station at the South Pole that is gearing up for the 100th anniversary of the original “race to reach the South Pole.”

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Shanghai’s Soccer Stadium

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai, China. (Photo: MC.Nonkel/Wikipedia)

For the Geo Quiz today we are asking the name of the stadium in Shanghai where Nicolas Anelka will be playing soon.

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