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2 - places
1. Which two countries claim Mt Everest as their highest point at 8,850
metres?
NEPAL & CHINA (ACCEPT TIBET)
2. Before it became a republic which modern day country had monarchs
that sat on the Peacock Throne?
IRAN
3. To which South American country does Easter Island belong?
CHILE
4. In which country would you find the military prison “Camp Delta”?
CUBA (GUANTANAMO BAY)
5. What is the capital of Switzerland?
BERNE
6. By population which is the largest state of the USA?
CALIFORNIA (37,700,000)
7. By population which is the smallest state of the USA? Is it A. Alaska
B. Wyoming C. Rhode Island?
B.WYOMING (A. 670,000-B. 515,000-C. 1,100,000)
8. Off the coast of which Gulf State will the QE2 be used as a floating
hotel from 2009?
DUBAI
9. Which language is used by the majority of people in SOUTH
America?
PORTUGUESE (51% OF POPULATION IS BRAZILIAN)
10. Which river flows through Baghdad?
TIGRIS