Geography-from Trivia Factory

10 questions about famous people from the chapter WHERE from the book Trivia Factory by David L. Faucheux. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to road Trip Trivia everyone. I am your host,
Allie Lane, and here we are with more from the
Trivia Factory, David Fauchet's excellent trivia book. If you want
to purchase it, there will be a link in these
show notes. I'm going to ask ten questions from his
chapter where so that is geography? Question so ten questions

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that I have chosen out of his chapter Where is
everybody ready to play? Here comes your geography trivia game
of the day? Question number one. This city with a
Spanish colonial past is the capital of New Mexico. The
city with a Spanish colonial pass is the capital of
New Mexico. What city is it? Question number two. This

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North American country enjoys lacrosse as its summer sport. What
country is it? This North American country enjoys lacrosse as
its summer sport? Question number three. This US state ranks
is the second smallest by total area. What state is it?
This US state ranks as the second smallest by total area?

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What state is it? Question number four. The red wines
known as claret are produced in this region of France.
What region is it? The red wines known as claret
are produced in this region of France. What region is it?

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Question number five. This is the latitude of the equator.
What is it? This is the latitude of the equator.
What is it? Question number six. This formally Orthodox city
was the capital of the Exotic Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire,
and was renamed Istanbul after the fourteen fifty three conquest

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by the forces of the Ottoman Turks. So what was
the name of the city? This formerly Orthodox city was
the capital of the Exotic Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire
and was renamed Istanbul after the fourteen fifty three conquests
by the forces of the Ottoman Turks. So what is

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the name of the city? Question number seven. This sea,
an inlet of the Indian Ocean, separates East Africa and
the Arabian Peninsula. What is the name of the sea?
This sea, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, separates East
Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. What is the name of
the sea? Question number eight. At some one hundred and

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sixty eight miles south of the Arctic Circle, this city
is the northernmost capital of a sovereign nation. What city
is it? Question number eight? At some one hundred and
sixty eight miles south of the Arctic Circle. This city
is the northernmost capital of a sovereign nation. What city
is it? Question number nine? Once a kingdom? This is

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the only state whose name ends in three vowels. Wants
a kingdom? This is the only US state whose name
ends in three vowels and question number ten. This is
the only country separating North Korea in Finland. What country
is it? This is the only country separating North Korea

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in Finland. What country is it? And question from David
Fauchet's book Trivia Factory. I am going to ask them
one more time, and this time with the answer, here
we go. This city with a Spanish colonial past is
the capital of New Mexico. It is Santa Fe. Question
number two. This North American country enjoys lacrosse as its

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summer sport, amongst a lot of other sports. But it
is my country, Canna da Question number three. This US
state ranks is the second smallest by total area Delaware.
Question number four. The red wines known as claret are
produced in this region of France, Bordeaux. This is the
latitude of the equator zero degrees. Question number six. This

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formerly Orthodox city was the capital of the exotic Byzantine
or Eastern Roman Empire, and was renamed Istanbul after the
fourteen fifty three conquests by the forces of the Ottoman
Turks Constantinople. Question number seven. This sea and inlet of
the Indian Ocean separates East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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The Red seat Question number eight, at some one hundred
and sixty eight miles south of the Arctic Circle. This
city is the northernmost capital of a southern nation. It
is Raekovic Iceland. Question number nine wants a kingdom. This
is the only US state whose name ends in three vowels.
It is Hawaii. And question number ten, this is the

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only country separating North Korea and Finland. It is Russia.
Those are your ten questions for today's game of Road
Trip Trivia. Thanks to David Posha for writing such a
great book, Trivia Factory. There is a link to it
in the show notes if you'd like to order the book.
Thanks for playing everyone, I'm Ali Lane. If you're driving,

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stay safe on those roads. Tune in Thursday for all
requests Thursdays, and if you have a request, please send
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Thanks for playing everyone, have a great day.