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Super Quiz

Five-letter Geography: Test your knowledge regarding a variety of subjects with today's Super Quiz Provide the five-letter answer. (e.g., Country shaped like a boot. Answer: Italy.)

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Freshman Level

1. The capital city of Egypt.

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2. "The City of Light."

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3. The 38th parallel divides this peninsula into two countries.

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4. Islam's holiest city.

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5. Honshu is its largest island.

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Graduate Level

6. Its white cliffs are an English landmark.

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7. A country on the island of Hispaniola.

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8. An island located between Sicily and North Africa.

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9. The longest river in Europe.

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10. The capital city of Vietnam.

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Ph.D. Level

11. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

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12. Japan's third most populous city after Tokyo and Yokohama.

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13. The largest and most populous of the Greek islands.

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14. Its highest elevation is Mount Everest.

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15. Machu Picchu is often referred to as the "Lost City of the ______."

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Answers

  1. Cairo.
  2. Paris.
  3. Korea.
  4. Mecca.
  5. Japan.
  1. Dover.
  2. Haiti.
  3. Malta.
  4. Volga.
  5. Hanoi.
  1. Kabul.
  2. Osaka.
  3. Crete.
  4. Tibet.
  5. Incas.

Scoring

  1. 24 to 30 points -- congratulations, doctor
  2. 18 to 23 points -- honors graduate
  3. 13 to 17 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind
  4. 5 to 12 points -- you really should hit the books harder
  5. 1 point to 4 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately
  6. 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?