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Geography Quiz

Week of October 13, 2000

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1. In which Australian state is Melbourne located?
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland

2. Which town marked the southern limit of the Israelite region of ancient Palestine, according to the biblical book of Judges (20:1)?

Beersheba
Gaza
Elat
Dan

3. In which states is the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, established in 1977, encased in a salt caverns?

Wyoming and Idaho
Louisiana and Texas
Minnesota and Wisconsin
Utah and Texas

4. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?

Sweden
Norway
France
Switzerland

5. Which Caribbean capital city, founded in 1692, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1907 and a hurricane in 1988?

Havana
Santo Domingo
San Juan
Kingston

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