Geo Bee Practice Questions (2022 MS-1)

This first trading port of African enslaved persons in the Americas was formerly known as Mauritsstad and is the site of Kahal Zur Israel, the first synagogue in the Americas. This capital of Pernambuco administers Fernando de Noronha and is known for its Frevo style of dance. The easternmost city to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup was, for the point, what Brazilian city whose name translates to "reef"?

• Recife

• Salvador

• Fortaleza

• Natal

On Perdido Key, southwest of this city, an annual festival has contestants throw a dead mullet between state lines. This city contains an obelisk dedicated to William Dudley Chipley, a man who orchestrated the construction of a railroad that stretched 160 miles west to the Apalachicola River at the town of Chattahoochee. The country seat of Escambia County is, for the point, what westernmost city in the panhandle of Florida?

• Pensacola

• Tallahassee

• Panama City

• Fort Walton Beach

This region's northernmost portion contains the Torngat Mountains, where a weather station known as "Kurt" established the only armed German presence in the Americas during World War Two. This region's town Happy Valley-Goose Bay is located on the Churchill River, which contains the world's second-largest manmade lake, the Smallwood Reservoir. For the point, what is this region in Canada that forms a province with Newfoundland?

• Labrador (accept Newfoundland and Labrador)

• Yukon

• Nova Scotia

• British Columbia

This "Island of Poets" is the largest of a namesake archipelago that includes Samhah and Darsah, and this island's capital Hadibu is controlled by the United Arab Emirates. This island, where Thomas the Apostle was shipwrecked en route to India, lies east of the Guardafui Channel from Puntland, and its xeric landscape is known for endemic species like the Dragon Blood Tree. For the point, name this Yemeni island located off the Horn of Africa.

• Socotra (or Suqutrā)

• Lamu

• Zanzibar

• Pemba

This city, nicknamed the "Nymph of the Thermaic Gulf," was formerly the center of the Romaniote Jewish community, and this city's Ano Poli neighborhood became Europe's largest Sephardic community during Ottoman rule. This city is located north of the Halkidiki Peninsula and contains Aristotle University, the largest in the Balkans. For the point, name this capital and largest city of Greek Macedonia.

• Thessaloniki (or Thessalonica; or Saloniki; or Salonica)

• Athens

• Patras

• Heraklion

This region's chief goddess is Mari, whose consort is the dragon Sugaar. Two of this region's constituent provinces are Álava and Gipuzkoa. This region's indigenous language is Euskara. This region's capital is Vitoria-Gasteiz, and this region's city of Guernica was subjected to a bombing campaign by the Condor Legion. For the point, name this autonomous region of northwestern Spain, which is home to a notable language isolate.

• Catalonia

• Basque Country

• Galicia

• Andalusia

This city's international airport contains the UPS Worldport and has a logo that features a victorious man against the backdrop of a butterfly. The Muhammad Ali International Airport is located in this city that is also home to the "World's Largest Baseball Bat" outside a factory that makes this city's namesake Slugger. For the point, name this city with many sporting connections including the Kentucky Derby.

• Louisville

• Lexington

• Cincinnati

• Nashville

The opening of a cable railway on this mountain was commemorated with the song "Funiculi, Funicula." This mountain's peak is contained within the Gran Cono, formed from the collapse of a structure called Mount Sommo. An observatory on this mountain monitors the Phlegraean Fields as part of the Campanian volcanic arc, and this mountain destroyed Herculaneum. For the point, name this volcano that overlooks Naples and buried Pompeii in 79 AD.

• Mount Vesuvius

• Mount Etna

• Mount Stromboli

• Mount Pelee

This city is home to the original Lennon Wall, covered in Beatles-inspired graffiti, and a bridge tower in this city guards the entrance to the Malá Strana neighborhood. This city is home to the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe and is famed for its six-century old astronomical clock. This city's Charles Bridge crosses the Vltava River, and this city is the largest in Bohemia. For the point, name this capital of the Czech Republic.

• Vienna

• Prague

• Budapest

• Warsaw

This province's McArthur River uranium mine is the world's largest. Lloydminster and Moose Jaw are cities in this province that doesn't observe Daylight Savings Time and which has completely rectangular borders. Reindeer and Athabasca are both lakes in this province that borders North Dakota and the Northwest Territories. Regina is the capital of, for the point, which province bordering Manitoba, home to Saskatoon?

• Alberta

• Saskatchewan

• Manitoba

• British Columbia