People and Places
The Americas


1. What, in New York City, is known as the lungs of the city?
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2. Which country is the leading world producer of tobacco?
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3. Before it was bought by The United States in 1867, which country owed Alaska?
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4. In which cemetery, just outside Washington D.C., have soldiers been buried since The American Civil War?
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5. The Spanish Explorer, Ponce De Leon, discovered Florida in 1513. What was he seeking at the time?
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6. Texas, Idaho and Oklahoma all have panhandles. What are they?
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7. What is the language of Uruguay?
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8. President Alfonsin was ruler in which South American country?
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9. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated each November. Why did the early settlers begin the festival?
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10. The New Orleans festival of Mardi Gras, with its parades, floats and general revelry, is world famous. When does it take place?
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11. Which city in Tennessee is known as the home of country music?
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12. Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
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13. What unit of currency is used in the country of Bolivia?
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14. Which city in Michigan, United States, is known as Motor City because of the large number of cars built there?
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15. For what crop is the Nappa Valley in California best known?
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16. Which South American country has the worlds highest cable car?
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17. The Astrodome in Houston, United States, was the first air-conditioned indoor stadium in the world. What is played there?
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18. Which legendary film director made several westerns, including Stagecoach, in Monument Valley, Utah?
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19. What is the official language of Surinam?
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20. Which famous university is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts?
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21. Yellowstone National Park, in the northern United States, is famous for springs that sprout boiling water and steam. What are they called?
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22. Olympia is the capital of which American State?
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23. The world's second longest river flows through South America. Name it.
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24. One of the largest sculptures in the world, showing the heads of four presidents is at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Three of them are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Who is the fourth?
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25. The harbour of which South America city is dominated by the Sugar Loaf and Corcovardo mountains?
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