Quiz round 3: Geography

[philmophlegm]

1. What is the capital city of Australia?


2. What is the county town of Shropshire?


3. Which southeast African country gained independence from Portugal in 1975?


4. What is the world's largest lake?


5. Which is further west, Liverpool, Edinburgh or Dundee?


6. Which end of the Panama Canal is furthest west, the Atlantic end or the Pacific end?


7. Hobart is the largest city in Tasmania (in terms of population). What is the second largest?


8. Los Angeles is the largest city in California (in terms of population). What is the second largest?


9. By area, what is the largest country in Africa?


10. Which country has more Scouts and Guides than any other?

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

1. Canberra
2. Shrewsbury

4. Caspian Sea
5. Ooh, sneaky. "Surely it's Liverpool," I thought, but then started doubting myself, because it seemed too obvious. I know Edinburgh's further west than I think, so... No, I still feel that Liverpool's further west.
6. But in this case I'm going to go with the counter intuitive answer, to balance out my previous answer, so: Pacific.

8. San Diego?
9. No idea, so have a random guess: South Africa
10. Also no idea, so another random guess: USA