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1 Which is the longest English river?
A The River Thames (210 miles, 346 km) – the River Severn is the longest river in the United Kingdom at 220 miles, 354 km
2 Name one of the two longest rivers in Europe?
A The Danube or the Volga – The Danube, the second longest river in Europe, is notable for flowing through or past ten countries; the Rhine through or past six. The Volga, the longest river in Europe, unites a huge region of European Russia; eleven of the twenty largest cities in Russia lie on its banks.
3 On which river does the City of New York stand?
A The Hudson – at the mouth of the Hudson River
4 Where and what is Wookey Hole?
A It’s a cave or series of caves – limestone cavern on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset
5 In which English County can you find 4 towns with the suffix Regis?
A Dorset, Bere Regis, Lyme Regis, Melcombe Regis, Wyke Regis -‘Regis’ translates from Latin to mean ‘of the king’ and across England there are only 19 towns whose names bear this suffix
6 Add two letters to the end of the name of one African country to make the name of another.
A Add ‘ia’ to Niger to form Nigeria.
7 Of which country is Nairobi the capital?
A Kenya – The name comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyrobi, which translates to “cool water”
8 To which part of the USA does Dixieland refer to?
A The southern states or the south – Dixie may have originally referred to currency issued first by the Citizens State Bank in the French Quarter of New Orleans, labeled dix. Eventually, usage of the term broadened to refer to the Southern states in general.
9 Which large island is a self-governing territory of Denmark?
A Greenland. Greenland was ruled by Denmark from the early 18th century until 1979, when home rule began. In 2009, Greenland approved the Self-Government Act in a referendum. The act means that Greenland can assume additional areas of responsibility.
10 Stanley is capital of which Atlantic islands?
A The Falkland Islands – also called Port Stanley