1. Which country borders the Gulf of Thailand — Cambodia or Pakistan?
2. Which country has direct access to the Red Sea — Turkey or Jordan?
3. Wood carvers are commissioned to make elaborate coffins in the shapes of animals, cars, and other objects in which African country just east of Ivory Coast?
4. Internet bloggers have been jailed by the military government of a Southeast Asian country that borders the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Name this country.
5. Eiger Mountain has challenged many climbers, some of whom launch themselves from its peak wearing suits with fabric wings and parachutes. This mountain rises above the town of Grindelwald (grin-dul-vault) in the Alps in what country?
6. In the 2011 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, teams spent up to 10 days hiking, biking and kayaking through rugged areas such as the Brunswick Peninsula, northwest of Cape Horn, in what country?
7. Ancient rock formations and fossils attract divers to perilous flooded caves known as blue holes. These caves are found on Andros, San Salvador, and other islands in what country north of Cuba?
8. Some travelers endure dust storms and intense heat to cross the nearly 3,000-mile expanse of the Sahara. The western end of this desert includes the city of Safi (sah-fee) near the Atlantic coast of what country?
9. Explorers who attempt to trek along the roughly 4,000-mile length of the Amazon River can encounter jaguars, leeches, tarantulas and other wildlife as they travel east from the river’s headwaters, which are in what Andean country?
10. One way to experience the remote scenery of the Arctic is to surf the winter waves off the counties of Nordland (nor-lahn) and Troms in what country?
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
ANSWERS1. Cambodia 2. Jordan 3. Ghana 4. Myanmar (also acceptable: Burma) 5. Switzerland 6. Chile 7. Bahamas 8. Morocco 9. Peru 10. Norway
