1. Which peninsula has a greater land area — the Kamchatka Peninsula or the Yucatán Peninsula?
2. Which female British explorer traveled throughout West Africa during the late 19th century, writing two books about her experiences — Meave G. Leakey or Mary Kingsley?
3. Which explorer led an expedition that found David Livingstone on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania — James Bruce or Henry Morton Stanley?
4. Victory Gate at Angkor Thom represents the 13th-century ruins of a former empire located near Siem Reap in what country?
5. Cobán is a city is located in which Central American country?
6. Which clue correctly describes the location of Pretoria, South Africa?
— west of Maputo
— south of Johannesburg
— on the Limpopo River
7. Which clue correctly describes the location of Yamoussoukro, Côte D’Ivoire?
— on the Bight of Benin
— east of Accra
— northwest of Abidjan
8. In February 2010, a small plane crashed near the Nasca Lines, a series of ancient geoglyphs that are now a large tourist attraction located near the Pacific coast of which South American country?
9. In January 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage in which country located in the West Indies?
10. Castries is the capital of St. Lucia, but it is also the name of a town in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of which European country?
ANSWERS: 1. Kamchatka Peninsula 2. Mary Kingsley 3. Henry Morton Stanley 4. Cambodia 5. Guatemala 6. west of Maputo 7. northwest of Abidjan 8. Peru 9. Haiti 10. France
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
