Geo Bee Practice Questions (MS-2)

This city, home to the hotels Les Caves du Roy [[leh-KAHV-du-WAH]] and Byblos, is located across Sainte-Maxime from a namesake gulf. This city's namesake tart was created by a Polish chef and was featured in the film And God Created Women. This city's clothing-optional Tahiti Beach was popularized by Bridgette Bardot. For the point, name this city, about halfway between Toulon and Cannes, located on the French Riviera and famed for its "jet-set" crowd.

• Saint-Tropez

• Nice

• Monaco

• Marseille

This peninsula was the home of Europe's first anti-fascist organization, created in the region of Goriška [[goh-REESH-kahl]]. The Kvarner Gulf, which includes islands such as Cres [[CHRESS]] and Krk [[KID-ik]], bounds this peninsula, traditionally represented by a goat on a national flag, along with regions like Slavonia and Dalmatia. Pula is the largest city of this peninsula. The Italian city of Trieste is found on, for the point, what largest peninsula on the Adriatic?

• Istrian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

• Apennine Peninsula

• Peloponnese Peninsula

This city, served by the Chinese constructed Friendship Port and Oumtounsy International Airport, is known for its vibrant fish market, mostly run by Wolof and Fula merchants. This city became a national capital because of a compromise between the Bidhan and Haratin and is halfway between Nouadhibou and Saint-Louis [[sahn-loo-EE]]. For the point, name this city on the western edge of the Sahel, Mauritania's capital.

This city on the Roaring Fork River contains Smuggler Mine, where the largest silver nugget in history was found. This city's namesake mountain in the Elk Mountains is called "Ajax" by locals, and that peak is one of this city's four ski areas along with Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass. Situated west of Mount Elbert, which posh Colorado ski resort town shares its name with a type of tree?

• Aspen

• Vail

• Breckenridge

• Telluride

Important islands in this lake include Maboko and Ukerewe. This lake is fed by the Kagera and Katonga Rivers, the latter of which links this lake to Lake George. This lake is the sole natural habitat of nearly 500 cichlid fish species which are threatened by invasive perch. This lake, which is the source of the White Nile, lies on the junction between Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. For the point, name this largest lake in Africa, named for a British queen.

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Malawi

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Albert

This country is home to the Hlane Royal National Park, and this country's flag, displaying a black and white shield flanked by a staff and two spears, was designed by Sobhuza II. His son, Mswati III, is the "lion-king" of this country and rules with the "She-Elephant" queen, or Ndlovukati. With capitals at Lobamba, known for its reed dance ceremony, and Mbabane, for the point, what is this country between Mozambique and South Africa?

• Lesotho

• Botswana

• Eswatini

• Namibia

This country's Mount Yasur near Sulphur Bay is often called the world's most-accessible volcano. This country's Yaohnanen people on Tanna are known for their cargo cults which hold John Frum and Prince Phillip as holy figures. Efate and Espiritu Santo are the largest islands of this country, formerly an Anglo-French condominium called the New Hebrides. For the point, name this country governed from Port Vila.

• Vanuatu

• Fiji

• Solomon Islands

• Papua New Guinea

This region's Cueva de las Manos, or Cave of Hands, depicts hundreds of handprints and a herd of guanacos, a type of camelid. This region's divisions include Neuquén and Chubut, and this dry region, that forms the southernmost part of the "Arid Diagonal" with the Monte and Atacama Deserts, is separated from Tierra del Fuego by the Strait of Magellan. For the point, name this region of Southern Argentina that shares its name with a coat company.

• Patagonia

• Andalusia

• Siberia

• Tasmania

This island's highest point, Diana's Peak, is located in Longwood. This island contains a steep re-purposed funicular track, now known as Jacob's Ladder, that connects Half Tree Hollow to Jamestown. This island, that administers Tristan da Cunha and Ascension Island, is served by a weekly flight to Johannesburg via Windhoek. For the point, name this British island in the Atlantic Ocean, the site of Napoleon's second exile from 1815 until his death.

• Saint Helena

• Falkland Islands

• Bermuda

• Isle of Man

This city, served by Lynden Pindling Airport, hosts the world's largest Junkanoo festival and shares its name with a New York county located east of Queens. Slave revolters from the ship Creole settled in this city which is situated on New Providence island and named in honor of William of Orange. Paradise Island's Atlantis Resort is connected to, for the point, what capital of the Bahamas?

• Nassau

• Freeport

• Kingston

• Bridgetown