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Will you fail or succeed ?
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"The Tiergarten boasts the world's largest zoo, as measured by number of animals resident. What zoo is this?
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"The Knesset Building is built on a hill called Sheikh Badr, in what city, from which Arabs were forced to flee in 1948?"
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How much do you know about the world?
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"British explorers called an extinct volcano Diamond Head because they thought the volcanic crystals were diamonds. And it looks down on what beach?
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"Zhongdian County in what country's Yunan Province renamed itself Shangri-La County in 2002?"
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Only smart people can do this geography quiz.
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"The name of the Hindu Kush mountain range means "Hindu Killer." In what Muslim country do the mountains hate the Hindus?
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"What people live in the western Pyrenees, in a region they call Euskal Herria, where they speak a language they call Euskara?"
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Impossible geography quiz
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"The Swords of Qadisiyah, also called the Hands of Victory, are a pair of triumphal arches that consist of a pair of hands holding crossed swords. Where is it?
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"What continent's southernmost tip isn't the Cape of Good Hope, but Cape Agulhas, which is about 160 kilometers east and 65 kilometer farther south?"
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How much do you know about the world?
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"Poveglia has been a quarantine station and a mental hospital. No wonder they say the abandoned island is haunted. Where is it?
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"When followed by "News," it's the name of a Virginia city that is home to Ella Fitzgerald and Allen Iverson. When followed by "Beach," it's the setting for "The O.C." and "Arrested Development." What is it?"
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Share if you dare!
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"Ballistic pioneer Ernst Mach has a number named for him. What is it for?
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"Which of these isn't a common name for Felis concolor, but is actually a variety of lynx?"
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Can you score a 6 or better?
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"Known for its floating, raft-like nests, what is a grebe?
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"What disaster, the strongest of its kind ever in the United States, befell New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 and 1812, changing the course of the Mississippi?"
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Did you pay attention at school
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"Locally considered the site of the Garden of Eden, Sharajat-al-Hayat is a 400-year-old mesquite tree in what country's desert?
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"Brooklyn means "Broken Land" in what language?"
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Very hard trivia about television.
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"In 2014, 19-yr-old Jessica Smith revealed on her Facebook page that she had been the sun baby on what TV series?
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"What "Peanuts" character is always dirty?"
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Can you answer 6 or higher questions correctly?
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"Canids have 42 teeth. What are canids?
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"Per the old cooking adage, how much liquid is "a pound the whole world 'round"?"
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Internets hardest geography quiz
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"Builders of what Wonder of the World were paid a daily stipend of four loaves of bread and about eight pints (!) of beer?
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"What is the largest of the Florida Keys?"
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Are you born in the 50's or 60's?
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"What two world capitals are just across the Rio de la Plata from one another?
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"What river flows from the Mississippi along Kentucky's border with Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, before becoming the Ohio-West Virginia border into Pennsylvania?"