
Places 113286 is a selection of 10 questions. Places 113286 is the filename to differentiate it from other Places quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” and designed by Edvard Eriksen, where can this bronze statue be seen?
A Copenhagen, sits atop a large rock at Langelinie Pier
2 In which New York borough is Greenwich Village?
A Manhattan – Its name comes from Groenwijck, Dutch for “Green District”.
3 Point of Ayre is the northernmost point of which island in the British Isles?
A Isle of Man – It’s located at the northernmost tip of the island and is known for its lighthouse.
4 Which US state capital is nicknamed, The Big Pineapple?
A Honolulu – A man named James Dole started planting pineapples on the island of Oahu in 1901. Within 50 years, his Hawaiian Pineapple Company would become the largest pineapple company in the world. By 1922, his company was responsible for growing 75% of the world’s supply of the fruit. Hawaii today still grows about one-third of all of the pineapples in the world.
5 If the words “Helvetia” appear on a postage stamp, from which country does it come?
A Switzerland
6 In which London Borough is Highgate Cemetery?
A Camden.
7 Suffolk has borders with Norfolk, Essex and which other county?
A Cambridgeshire
8 The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula (“St Peter in chains”) is part of which London building?
A Tower of London.
9 What is the former name of the country now known as Belize?
A British Honduras.
10 In which London Borough is Heathrow Airport?
A Hillingdon.