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Geography Quiz #9 -- Numerical

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Each Answer Is A Number -- Add Them Up To Check Your Work


#1. How many states in the United States?

#2. The Former Soviet Union -- How many independent nation/states did it become?

#3. How many members of the UN as of 1 January 1997?

#4. Population of the Earth in US billions as of 1 January 1997, rounded to the nearest billion (and expressed as a single digit).

#5. Number of colors in the flag of Mauritius.

#6. Number of US states that begin and end with the same letter.

#7. Number of hours, expressed as a positive number, between Pacific Standard Time and Greenwich Mean (Coordinated Universal) Time.

#8. Number of moons of Mars.

#9. Number of Landlocked Countries in South America.

#10. The number of duties required of every practicing Muslim, TIMES the number of times a day every practicing Muslim must pray.

#11. Height, in stories, of the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.

#12. Number of different people who have been Prime Minister of Canada, from MacDonald to Chretien.

#13. How many times Brazil's teams have been World Cup soccer champions.

#14. Value, in Rupiah, of the bill with an orang utan on the back. (Alternate: the value in dollars of the US bill showing McKinley.)

#15. Number of justices on the US Supreme Court.

#16. Highest possible number of degrees of latitude -- i.e., the latitude of the North or South Pole.

#17. Wind speed, in Miles Per Hour, of the highest wind ever recorded on Earth (at Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, USA.)

#18. Worldwide total number of Reactors for Nuclear Power in operation on 1 January 1997.

#19. If Nichiyobi is day 1 in Japan, what number is Kinyobi.

#20. International Direct-Dial Country Code for Kenya.


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