GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION WORLDWISE LOCAL QUIZ 2010-11
MIXED BAG ROUND
Note to organiser: This can be used for up to six teams. It should be possible to add
extra sets for more teams using the theme of each question.
Questioner’s Introduction
In this round there are 10 questions for each team to answer in ONE minute, with
one mark for each correct answer. You may confer, but if your team is stuck say
pass. The first audible answer will be taken.
Team A
1
Which textile was traditionally produced in West
Yorkshire?
2
Which river rises in the Cotswolds and flows to the
North Sea?
3
What is the capital of Japan?
4
Which Motorway has services at Lancaster and
Carlisle?
5
Which rock forms Dover’s white cliffs?
6
Which is the odd one out? Prairies, Steppes,
Pampas, Selvas
7
What does the abbreviation GMT stand for?
8
Which city does JFK airport serve?
9
In which European country would you find
Friesland and Limburg?
10 Place these countries in order of population size,
largest first; COSTA RICA, CANADA , CHILE
Team B
1
Which textile is produced by worms eating mulberry
leaves?
2
Which river rises in the Southern Uplands and flows
through Glasgow?
3
What is the capital of Thailand?
4
Which Motorway has services at Watford Gap and
Trowell?
5
Which rock was quarried in Wales for roofing?
6
Which is the odd one out? Baikal, Chad, Victoria,
Malawi
7
What does the abbreviation CBD stand for?
8
Which city does John Lennon airport serve?
9
In which European country would you find Catalonia
and Andalusia?
10 Place these countries in order of population size,
largest first; BELIZE, BELGIUM, BANGLADESH
Wool
Thames
Tokyo
M6
Chalk
Selvas is a forest
ecosystem rest grasslands
Greenwich Mean time
New York
Netherlands
CANADA, CHILE,
COSTA RICA
Silk
Clyde
Bangkok
M1
Slate
Lake Baikal is in Asia rest
African.
Central Business District
Liverpool
Spain
BANGLADESH,
BELGIUM, BELIZE.
Team C
1
Which textile product was made in Lancashire?
2
Which river rises in the Pennines and flows through
Darlington?
3
What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
4
Which Motorway has services at Bridgewater in
Somerset?
5
Which rock type is associated with china clay and
tors?
6
Which is the odd one out? New York, Seattle,
Boston, Baltimore?
7
What does the abbreviation IMF stand for?
8
9
Which city do Trudeau and Mirabel airports serve?
In which European country would you find Flanders
and Brabant?
10 Place these countries in order of population size,
largest first; ESTONIA, EGYPT, ECUADOR
Team D
1
Which fabric is produced from flax?
2
Which river rises in Cornwall and flows into
Plymouth Sound?
3
What is the capital of South Korea?
4
Which Motorway has services at Winchester
and Fleet?
5
Which rock type forms the Cotswolds and
Portland?
6
Which is the odd one out? Kalahari, Sahara,
Gobi, Libyan.
7
What does the abbreviation OPEC stand for?
Which city does O’Hare airport serve?
In which European country would you find
Artois and Alsace?
10 Place these countries in order of population
size, largest first; INDONESIA, ISRAEL, INDIA
8
9
Cotton
Tees
Colombo
M5
Granite
Seattle on West coast,
rest East
International Monetary
Fund
Montreal
Belgium
EGYPT, ECUADOR,
ESTONIA
Linen
Tamar
Seoul
M3
Limestone
Gobi is a cold Asian desert,
others African & hot
Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
Chicago
France
INDIA, INDONESIA, ISRAEL
Team E
1
Which textile comes from wood pulp?
2
Which river rises on Plynlimmon and flows into
the Bristol Channel?
3
What is the capital of Iran?
4
Which Motorway has services at Reading and
Cardiff?
5
Which rock forms the Giant’s Causeway?
6
Which is the odd one out? Scafell, Ingleborough,
Skiddaw, Helvellyn.
7
8
9
What does the abbreviation GNP stand for?
Which city does Schiphol airport serve?
In which European country would you find
Tuscany and Calabria?
10 Place these countries in order of population size,
largest first; AUSTRIA, ALGERIA, AUSTRALIA
Team F
1
Which fibre crop is produced in the southern
USA?
2
Which is the longest Irish river flowing into the
Atlantic?
3
What is the capital of China?
4
Which Motorway has services in Yorkshire and
Lancashire?
5
Which sedimentary rock can be Old Red or New
Red?
6
Which is the odd one out? Nepal, Ukraine, Bolivia,
Paraguay.
7
What does the abbreviation MEDC stand for?
8
9
Which city does airport Charles de Gaulle serve?
In which European country would you find Cork
and Wexford?
10 Place these countries in order of population size,
largest first; NIGERIA, NEW ZEALAND,
NETHERLANDS
Rayon or Viscose
Severn
Tehran
M4
Basalt
Ingleborough in the
Yorkshire Dales, rest Lake
District
Gross National Product
Amsterdam
Italy
ALGERIA, AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA
Cotton
Shannon
Beijing
M62
Sandstone
Ukraine has a coastline –
rest are landlocked
More Economically
Developed Countries
Paris
Eire / Ireland (Southern)
NIGERIA,
NETHERLANDS, NEW
ZEALAND