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What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
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- 1. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
- A. Almaty
- B. Astana (answer)
- C. Bishkek
- D. Tashkent
The capital moved from Almaty to Astana in 1997. - 2. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
- A. Russia
- B. Australia
- C. Canada (answer)
- D. Norway
Canada's coastline is over 200,000 km, helped by its thousands of Arctic islands. - 3. What is the largest country lying entirely within Europe?
- A. France
- B. Spain
- C. Ukraine (answer)
- D. Germany
Russia is larger but spans two continents. - 4. Which African country has three capital cities?
- A. Nigeria
- B. South Africa (answer)
- C. Kenya
- D. Morocco
Pretoria is executive, Cape Town legislative and Bloemfontein judicial. - 5. Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
- A. Eswatini
- B. Botswana
- C. Lesotho (answer)
- D. Namibia
Lesotho is one of only three countries entirely surrounded by another. - 6. Which of these countries is doubly landlocked?
- A. Mongolia
- B. Uzbekistan (answer)
- C. Switzerland
- D. Bolivia
Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the only two countries surrounded entirely by landlocked countries. - 7. Which is the most southerly capital city of a sovereign state?
- A. Canberra
- B. Buenos Aires
- C. Wellington (answer)
- D. Montevideo
Wellington sits at around 41 degrees south. - 8. Which river flows through the most countries?
- A. Nile
- B. Rhine
- C. Amazon
- D. Danube (answer)
The Danube passes through ten countries, more than any other river. - 9. Baarle-Hertog is a patchwork of enclaves inside the Netherlands. Which country do they belong to?
- A. Germany
- B. Belgium (answer)
- C. Luxembourg
- D. France
Some houses in the town have a border running through their front door. - 10. Which US state is geographically closest to Africa?
- A. Florida
- B. Maine (answer)
- C. New York
- D. Massachusetts
Quoddy Head in Maine is the closest point of the US mainland to Morocco. - 11. Since 2005, what has been the capital of Myanmar?
- A. Yangon
- B. Mandalay
- C. Naypyidaw (answer)
- D. Bago
The government moved from Yangon to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw. - 12. Which country has the most natural lakes?
- A. Finland
- B. Russia
- C. Canada (answer)
- D. Sweden
Canada holds around 60 percent of the world's natural lakes.
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