1. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a long-standing problem in Onitsha, a trading hub located in the country with the largest population in Africa. Name this country.
2. In 2005, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was first reported in the coastal provinces of Shandong and Jiangsu, located in which country?
3. A major transportation route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has divided a Central American country for nearly 100 years. Name this country.
4. The Kennet and Avon Canal once connected the towns of Bath and Newbury. Name the island country where this canal is located.
5. Which term describes the distance that wind has blown over open water, affecting the size of waves in that body of water — fetch or crest?
6. Where does the deflecting effect of the Coriolis force appear to be strongest — near the Equator or near the poles?
7. Walvis Ridge is to the Atlantic Ocean as Mendeleyev Ridge is to what?
8. Port Phillip Bay is to Melbourne as Botany Bay is to what?
9. Nyasaland, a British protectorate from 1907 until 1964, was a political unit of what is now Zambia for much of the 1950s. What is the present-day name for Nyasaland?
10. Which country’s population does not include a large percentage of Hindus — Cambodia, India or Nepal?
ANSWERS: 1. Nigeria 2. China 3. Panama 4. United Kingdom 5. Fetch 6. Near the poles 7. Arctic Ocean 8. Sydney 9. Malawi 10. Cambodia
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
