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Geography Quiz Answers

Week of July 12, 1999

1. When did the United States resume diplomatic relations with Vietnam by sending Ambassador Peter Peterson to Hanoi?

D. 1997 (May 9)
2. Which of the following is not a type of mass-wasting or landslide?

B. fractus - a type of cloud
3. What is the most populous city in Saskatchewan?

D. Saskatoon (186,000), versus Regina (179,000), and Prince Albert (34,000). Winnepeg (616,000) is in Manitoba.
4. Which river passes through Rome?

A. Tiber
5. In which city did the following firsts take place - first President to ride in a car (Teddy Roosevelt), first school for deaf students, first car insurance policy, and first pay telephone?

A. Hartford, Connecticut

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