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Last updated: December 14, 2023
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The Canal du Midi stretches from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean in what country?
France
The Curonian Spit is shared by the Russian district of Kaliningrad and what country?
Lithuania
Located northeast of Corfu, Sarandë is a port city in the south of what country?
Albania
The Minahasa peninsula is on what island?
Sulawesi
The Escudo is the currency of what country?
Cape Verde
What is the highest mountain in Mozambique?
Mount Binga
What is the language of Sri Lanka?
Sinhala
Name the vast region in Northern and Western Africa that means “Shore of the Desert” in Arabic.
The Sahel
The Swan River in Western Australia flows through what state capital whose port is Fremantle?
Perth
What large mountain range is located in southern Algeria?
The Ahaggar Range
What is the second largest city of Liberia?
Buchanan
The Great Karoo can be found north of the Swartberg Mountains and the port of Mossel Bay in what country?
South Africa
Known for its dragon blood trees, what is the largest island in Yemen?
Socotra
Blantyre is a major city in the southern part of what country?
Malawi
24 Comments
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Level 65
Oct 15, 2019
Port Hedland is not in Queensland, it is in Western Australia. Your answer is incorrect.
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Level 75
Oct 15, 2019
Not sure what happened there, its fixed now
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Level 57
Jan 13, 2020
Buchanan is not the second largest city of Liberia. Gbarnga is bigger (I think)
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Level 71
Sep 20, 2020
Norway did not gain independence from Denmark in 1905, they got it from the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (personal union sharing the Swedish king)
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Level 75
Sep 20, 2020
ok
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Level 72
Jan 12, 2021
I like how challenging this is, but it could use a little more time. Some of the answers are pretty hard to spell, might take a couple of tries to get right - by the time I spelled the fourth one right, I only had a minute left!
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Level 72
Jan 21, 2021
Akimiski Island is misspelled (as "Akiminski")
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Level 72
Jan 23, 2021
Also the answer to "Quezon City, located on the island of Luzon was once the capital of which country?" is misspelled as "Phlippines."
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Level 75
Jan 25, 2021
fixed
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Level 69
Nov 13, 2023
Kangchenjunga is misspelled as Kanchenjunga
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Level 81
Dec 7, 2023
Maybe accept just Natal for the South African province?
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Level 68
Dec 7, 2023
I love that I just typed Kazakhstan and got 3 questions right straight away
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Level 65
Dec 7, 2023
Because questions are random, I just had two where the answer was "Albania". One of them, I knew, the other, I got as a present. :)
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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
Also accept Sinhalese?
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Level 83
Dec 7, 2023
Port Hedland is still listed as in Queensland, instead of Western Australia.

And maybe accept arroyo for wadi too? Since they’re the same thing with the difference being where in the world the landform is found.

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Level 68
Dec 7, 2023
Bolivia is spelt wrong
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Level 81
Dec 7, 2023
"The eastern portion of the Altiplano is an important farming region in which country?"

The answer (which should be Bolivia) has been incorrectly registered as "Boliva."

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Level 57
Dec 7, 2023
Hey, please fix a typo in the altiplano question. Should be Bolivia, not Boliva

Also, consider accepting Futa Jallon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouta_Djallon#cite_ref-1

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Level 76
Dec 7, 2023
How many brothers make up Hines Brothers?
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Level 72
Dec 10, 2023
Very fun, but please add more time. Just took the quiz four times and always had to go untimed.
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Level 75
Dec 14, 2023
Changed it to 4 minutes
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Level 81
Dec 10, 2023
please allow Republic of the Congo or Republic of Congo
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Level 75
Dec 14, 2023
Done
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Level 47
May 9, 2024
The tripoint where greece albania and fyrom meet is actually in lake prespa. Lake Ochrid is a little further north between albania and fyrom, greece has not territory in Lake Ochrid