1. Although the islands of Miquelon and Saint-Pierre lie off the coast of Newfoundland, they are a part of which country?
2. A landlocked South American country has one of the world’s few flags with a different emblem on each side. Name this country whose southeastern border is the Paraná River.
3. A portion of southwest French Guiana that is part of the Tumuc-Humac Mountains has been claimed by which neighboring country?
4. Cobh, formerly called Queenstown, is a port on Cork Harbour in which country?
5. Western Papua became part of which country under the 1969 Act of Free Choice?
6. What country in the North Atlantic uses renewable resources such as hydropower and geothermal energy to produce more than 99 percent of its electricity?
7. Which North African country, located north of Chad, has plans to attract tourists to the ruins of the classical Greek city of Cyrene?
8. Visiting the area surrounding Kitchener, visitors can experience Mennonite culture in which Canadian province?
9. What country shares the Isthmus of Kra with Myanmar?
10. Nagano is the site of one of the most-visited Buddhist temples in which Asian country?
ANSWERS: 1. France 2. Paraguay 3. Suriname 4. Ireland 5. Indonesia 6. Iceland 7. Libya 8. Ontario 9. Thailand 10. Japan
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
