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Flag display at Ormond Middle School in Centerville, Virginia

Flag Display at Ormond Middle School in Centerville, Virginia

Global IQ Quiz - Cities of the World Questions

1. Which seaport city on the island of Honshu, the third largest in the country after Tokyo and Yokohama, is a major commercial and industrial center?

a. Osaka
b. Kyoto
c. Hong Kong
d. Beijing

2. Which Mexican city, the capital of Nuevo León state, is a major industrial center located at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental range?

a. Mexico City
b. Monterrey
c. Colon
d. Santiago

3. Traffic and congestion are two major problems in which city, the most populous on the island of Java?

a. Kuala Lumpur
b. Jakarta
c. Padang
d. Bangkok

4. Which capital city, an administrative, commercial, and financial center, is also the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

a. Frankfurt
b. Munich
c. Florence
d. Brussels

5. Which city, the planned capital of Australia, was built between the country’s two largest cities?

a. Melbourne
b. Sydney
c. Brisbane
d. Canberra

6. Which city, founded nearly 3,000 years ago on the Tiber River, was once the capital of an empire stretching from Britain to the Persian Gulf?

a. Rome
b. Florence
c. Venice
d. Munich

7. This city, the largest city and commercial center of Qatar, also has a deepwater port.

a. Abu Dhabi
b. Riyadh
c. Doha
d. Masqat

8. The djembe is a skin-covered drum that is one of the most common instruments in West Africa, including this city, Mali’s largest city.

a. Bamako
b. Gao
c. Dakar
d. Timbuktu

9. Gnawa music is often performed in healing ceremonies, but is also played for tourists in this city, central Morocco's chief inland city.

a. Casablanca
b. Marrakech
c. Tripoli
d. Accra

10. Final Question: Merengue is a type of lively music and dance that is celebrated in a festival each year in this city, the Dominican Republic’s largest city.

a. Port-au-Prince
b. San Juan
c. Santo Domingo
d. Santiago

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