Geo Bowl Nov. 20, 2004

The most populous city on the Tigris River is the setting for many of the stories of Arabian nights:

• Jerusalem

• Damascus

• Baghdad

• Tehran

Name the first explorer who was killed in the Philippines in 1531 after becoming the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• James Cook

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

The Prime Meridian is also known by the name of a London borough that was the site of a royal observatory.

• Greenwich

• Ripley

• Romford

• Stratford

Spanish and French are official languages on which island in the Greater Antilles:

• Cuba

• Hispaniola

• Jamaica

• Cayman Islands

What is the term for tremors or vibrations that sometimes follow an earthquake?

• tsunami

• aftershocks

• fault

• foreshocks

The port of Rotterdam is built on the delta of which major European river?

• Danube

• Rhône

• Rhine

• Po

About 50% of all people speak a language from which language family?

• Indo-European

• Altaic

• Afro-Asiatic

• Dravidian

Which of the following Latin American dances and associated country is incorrect?

• meringue/Dominican Republic

• tango/Argentina

• salsa/Cuba

• all of the above are correct dance/country associations

Geothermal activity caused by diverging plates creates streaming hot springs in this island country.

• Japan

• Madagascar

• Iceland

• Sri Lanka

Most Atlantic hurricanes first form and develop

• at the Equator

• along the South American coast

• in the Trade Winds belt east of the Caribbean

• along the tropical coast of East Africa