Miscellaneous Places Trivia
What's the southernmost nation on the Balkan Peninsula?
A: Greece.
What city has been the center of the U.S. oil industry since
1901?
A: Houston.
What country is only bordered by
Spain?
A: Portugal.
What Frenchman designed the national flag of
Italy?
A: Napoleon.
What valley separates East Africa from the remainder of the
continent?
A: The Great Rift Valley.
What Milanese opera house has a
name meaning "The Stairs" in
Italian?
A: La Scala.
What continent is cut into two fairly equal halves by the Tropic
of Capricorn?
A: Australia.
What nation has the longest school year?
A: Japan.
What storied Sudanese city's name means "elephant's trunk"?
A: Khartoum's.
What title would you hold in Germany if townsfolk addressed you
as Burgermeister?
A: Mayor.
What Scandinavian country are you in if you're vacationing in
Hell?
A: Norway.
What's squid cooked in if you order calamare en su tinta at a
Spanish restaurant?
A: Its ink.
What U.S. state pays its governor the most money?
A: New York.
What state grew to become the second most populous in the U.S. ,
by 1994?
A: Texas.
What tourist state leads the U.S. in booze consumption per
capita?
A: Nevada.
What city do Saudis cal Makkah?
A: Mecca.
What continent has the most countries represented in the U.N.?
A: Africa.
What do residents of Bunyol, Spain, throw at each other during
the LA Tomatina Festival?
A: Tomatoes.
What Spanish islands are Gomera, Hierro and Lanzarote a part of?
A: The Canary Islands.
What nation has 1,000 permanent inhabitants and produces no
export goods?
A: Vatican City.
