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1 In which county is Whipsnade Zoo?
A Bedfordshire (It is owned by the Zoological Society of London)
2 In which county is East Midlands Airport?
A Leicestershire (located at Castle Donnington in North West Leicestershire, 8 miles southeast of Derby)
3 Which city is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory?
A Darwin. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory’s population.
4 Which country has the chrysanthemum its national flower?
A Japan (the plants originated in China, The Chrysanthemum Throne is the name given to the position of Japanese emperor)
5 The flag of which US state incorporates a ‘Union Jack’?
A Hawaii (According to the Flag Institute, the vexillological organisation for the UK, “the national flag of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories is the Union Flag, which may also be called the Union Jack.”)
6 What was the name of the Russian city of St Petersburg between 1924 and 1991?
A Leningrad – The name was changed in honour of the revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
7 Which is the largest island in the West Indies?
A Cuba – It’s also the largest island in the Caribbean and Latin America.
8 What name is given to the strong winds and heavy summer rains in Asia?
A Monsoon (The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian monsoons)
9 What is the former British Crown colony of the Gold Coast now called?
A Ghana (former Secretary-General of the UN Kofi Annan is Ghanaian)
10 The Faroe Islands situated halfway between Scotland and Iceland, are a self-governing dependency of which country?
A Denmark