1. What is the largest state east of the Mississippi River?
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- Florida
- Massachusetts
2. In which continent is Angola located?
- Asia
- Antarctica
- Europe
- Africa
3. What is the state capital of Kentucky?
- Louisville
- Frankfort
- Lexington
- Richmond
4. In which continent is the world's highest mountain located?
- Asia
- Antarctica
- Africa
- Europe
5. What is the world's largest river by volume?
- Amazon
- Nile
- Mississippi
- Danube
6. The deadly 12/26/04, tsunami that killed more than 180,000 people originated in what body of water?
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Red Sea
7. In which ocean are the Solomon Islands located?
- Indian
- Arctic
- South Pacific
- South Atlantic
8. Where does the Mississippi River begin?
- Mississippi
- Minnesota
- Colorado
- Wisconsin
9. Java, a term used for 'coffee', is also an island in which of the following?
- Indonesia
- Indiana
- Seattle
- Madagascar
10. The Gold Rush that began in 1848 occurred in what state?
- Colorado
- Alaska
- California
- Washington
Good Luck!
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Answers:
1. Georgia. Georgia covers 57,919 square miles of land.
2. Africa. Angola is on Africa's west coast and is bordered by the South Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east and Namibia to the south.
3. Frankfort. Frankfort, the home of Kentucky State University, is the capital.
4. Asia. Mount Everest, which reaches 29,028 feet at its peak, is located in Asia.
5. Amazon. The Amazon River is the world's largest river by volume, discharging about 7 million cubic feet per second into the Atlantic Ocean.
6. Indian Ocean. The Asian tsunami, triggered by the underwater Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, originated in the Indian Ocean.
7. South Pacific. The Solomon Islands, established by Britain in the 1890s, are part of a group of islands in the South Pacific.
8. Minnesota. The headwaters of the fabled Mississippi River, which runs 2,320 miles to the Gulf of Mexico, are located in Lake Itasca, Minnesota. if you live in Wisconsin and don't know this. Move to Illinois.
9. Indonesia. Java, home to 127 million residents, is the largest island in Indonesia and home to its capital, Jakarta. A local variety of coffee also originates there.
10. California. John Sutter's discovery of gold in January 1848 set off a boom for the state of California.
I got eight of ten. Fun post.
Scott
I am a retard with an ivy league degree. Dang!
Happy New Year!
I got nine... ashamed to confess I had it wrong on Q1. But then again, never been to the US - that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it! ;D
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