56 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. Johannesburg is the capital of which South African province? 2. In what year was it founded? 3. In what year was it chartered as a city? 4. The history of Johannesburg is the history of gold.Who was the miner who first found alluvial gold in the River Jukskei in 1853? 5. And who was the ...

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76 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. Lisbon is situated at the mouth of which great river? 2. What year was the University of Lisbon founded? 3. In what year was the terrible earthquake which almost destroyed Lisbon? 4. What building was put up in 1498 to honour the 15th century navigators who found the sea route to India? ...

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79 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. Prior to becoming Istanbul, the city was known as …? 2. Istanbul covers both sides of a famous waterway.What is the waterway called? 3. What is the narrow inlet of the Bosphorous called which makes Istanbul a seaport? 4. What is the oldest of many old sections of the city called? 5. Sta ...

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82 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. As what did Florence begin? 2. What is the name of the palatial monument, begun in 1299, which is to be found in the Piazzia della Signoria? 3. Today this building still fulfils an important function.As what? 4. It contains, amongst many others, perhaps the most famous work of sculpture ...

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87 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. Dublin is in which province of Ireland? 2. And stands on which river? 3. It is sheltered on the south side by what? 4. The two houses of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland are in Dublin. Name them please? 5. Dublin has a very long association with the name ‘Guinness’. But in what ...

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90 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. Copenhagen stands mainly on two islands, one called Amager; the other is…? 2. These islands are at the southern end of what body of water? 3. This is a strait connecting the Baltic Sea and …? 4. In what year did Copenhagen become the capital city? 5. What is the name of the Royal Palace ...

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97 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. City, Federal District and Capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires is situated on the shore of which river? 2. Where did settlers first make a settlement in this area? 3. At the north-eastern edge of the enormous flat plain known as …? 4. According to legend, Spanish sailors named the port a ...

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103 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. When did Berlin become the capital of a unified Germany for the first time? 2. And when did it become the capital of a unified Germany for the second time? 3. When was the Berlin Wall built? 4. And when did it come tumbling down? 5. Berlin lies at the confluence point of several rivers, ...

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106 days ago by Martin

QUESTIONS 1. City, seaport and capital of Barcelona Province and of the Spanish autonomous region of …? 2. Set between the Pyrenees Mountains and which sea? 3. Different traditions have it that Barcelona was originally founded by either one of two ancient sea-going nations. Can you name either of th ...

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112 days ago by Brian

Here’s a neat website that was linked on bookofjoe the other day: Hottest To Coldest.com ranks every capital city in the world according to its current temperature and updates the data in real time every minute or so. As I am writing this post, just a few minutes shy of noon EDT, the hottest capital ...

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