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Geography Quiz

Week of October 4, 1999

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1. What is the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa?
Angola
Sierra Leone
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea

2. What was Panthalasa? (it existed 200 million years ago)

A super-continent
A super-desert
A super-ocean
A super-ice sheet

3. Which language is one of the six official used in the U.N. General Assembly? (The other five are Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish)

Hindi
Arabic
German
Japanese

4. How many mainland European countries are smaller than Rhode Island?

Two
Four
Six
Eight

5. What is the most common last name in the world?

Chang
Garcia
Smith
Kim

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