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(GEOGRAPHY "E": $200) It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom
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England
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(GEOGRAPHY "E": $400) (Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the National Geographic Endeavour. Alex: And...) We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth
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the equator
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(GEOGRAPHY "E": $600) This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday
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Easter Island
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(GEOGRAPHY "E": $800) Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country
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Egypt
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(GEOGRAPHY "E": $2000) The family history you wrote for school might include entering the U.S. at this island in New York Bay
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Ellis Island
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Large aboriginal populations live in this country's states of Queensland & New South Wales
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez
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Egypt
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
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the Tagus
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1500) Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire
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Angola
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
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the Thar Desert
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $200) A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island
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Greenland
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $400) Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory
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the Yukon Territory
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $600) Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean
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Vancouver
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $800) Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
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Nova Scotia
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $1000) This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
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Ontario
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
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Egypt
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus
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Tripoli
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean
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Atlantic
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest
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Kalahari
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1500) Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules
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Atlas Mountains
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This country is named after the town of Oporto
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Portugal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river
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The River Jordan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below
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Lake Baikal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) 1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast
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Belize & El Salvador
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) One story says this point was so named becuase it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India
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Cape of Good Hope
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)
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Alaska
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester
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Concord
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
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the Missouri
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city
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Galveston Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top
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Mt. Mitchell
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars
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Oahu
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora
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Mt. McKinley
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas
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Rio Grande
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states
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Alabama and Georgia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point
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Lake Champlain
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(GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY: $400) Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean
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the Atlantic
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(GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY: $800) Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city
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Georgetown
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(GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
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Edward
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(GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY: $3000) One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
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New Amsterdam
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(GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
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Suriname
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Known as the "Father of Waters", this river drains an area of approx. 1,247,000 square miles
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the Mississippi
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
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Alaska
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Bluegrass region, an area of gently rolling pastures, covers the north central part of this state
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Kentucky
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Lake Pontchartrain & St. Bernard Parish form part of this city's northern & southern boundaries
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New Orleans
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
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the Columbia River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
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California
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city
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Colorado
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet
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the Salt Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State
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the Seward peninsula
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn't look that way; it's the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude
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the 49th parallel
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) It's the Canadian province that borders Idaho
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British Columbia
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil
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Brasilia
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Since 1969 this Northern Ireland port city of 300,000 has been the site of violent religious conflict
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Belfast
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This city located on the Rhine River became West Germany's capital in 1949
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Bonn
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the capital of Catalonia
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Barcelona
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) It's the lowest, flattest & smallest continent
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Abingdon, Windsor, Gravesend & Southend-On-Sea are on this European river
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Thames
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) City that stands on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec people
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Mexico City
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The highest airport in the world is Lhasa Airport in this country
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TIbet
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) The hot water heating of this northern European capital is drawn directly from underground springs
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Reykjavik, Iceland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison
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the Great Salt Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river
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the Rio Grande
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing
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Ossining
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2600) South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians
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the Blue Ridge Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called "the Glass Capital of the World"
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Toledo
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $400) Genesis calls it "the salt sea" perhaps because its salinity reaches 4 times that of ocean water
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the Dead Sea
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $4000) This mount "as altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire"
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Sinai
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Lying at the foot of the mount of olives, this garden was the site where Jesus was betrayed & arrested
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Gethsemane
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
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Memphis
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $2000) In the Song of Solomon, a bride refers to herself as "the rose of" this plain between Joppa & Mount Carmel
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Sharon
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal
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the Nile
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Many things in Hong Kong are named for this queen, including the mountain peak on Hong Kong island
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Victoria
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) Lake Avernus in Campania in this country was believed by the ancients to be the entrance to Hades
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Italy
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) The western portion of the Baltic island of Usedom belongs to Germany; the eastern, to this country
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Poland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Boothia Peninsula in this country is the former location of the north magnetic pole
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Canada
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
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Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
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Devils Tower
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1200) The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
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New Jersey
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
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Bayou
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) With a flood control system, the Red River no longer flows into this river, just into the Atchafalaya
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the Mississippi
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an area on a map.) It's North America's largest Pacific Coast island; the major city of the same name is not on it, but separated from it by straits
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Vancouver
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Washington said a great city would stand where the Cuyahoga met Lake Erie; judge for yourself here
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Cleveland
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) (Kelly of the Clue Crew points out a region on a map.) This region, whose name means it's at the foot of a mountain, is a plateau between the higher Appalachians and the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
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Piedmont
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Long before it empties into the Bay of Fundy, the Saint John River divides Maine from this province
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New Brunswick
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) It's the colorful body of water between Korea & Shanghai
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the Yellow Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This branch of the Nile used to flood due to seasonal rainfall in Lake Tana
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the Blue Nile
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Guyana shares the Acarai Mountains with this nation, its largest neighbor
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Brazil
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) What was once called Muslim East Bengal is today known as this
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Bangladesh
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(GEOGRAPHY: $3200) The Gobi Desert straddles these 2 countries
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Mongolia & China
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Principal port cities on this gulf include Mobile & Tampa
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Gulf of Mexico
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D.C. on this river
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Potomac
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Streams in the eastern part of this state flow into Lake Michigan & Green Bay
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Wisconsin
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) In 1833 this "holy" northwestern Ohio port arose from the consolidation of Port Lawrence & Vistula villages
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Toledo
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The easternmost part of Rhode Island can't be reached by land without going through this state
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Massachusetts
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $200) The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links this borough & Staten Island
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Brooklyn
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) This Missouri city is "the live music show capital of the world"
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Branson
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $600) Zugspitze is the highest point in this mountain range
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the Bavarian Alps
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country
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Bulgaria
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) This sea off the coast of North America is named for Rear Admiral Francis
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the Beaufort Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) Of the 4 largest Asian countries in area, it's the only one that borders the other 3
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China
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Lying on the east bank of the Nile, Tahrir Square is the center of this capital's downtown
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Cairo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This Algerian port's old city is dominated by the Casbah
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Algiers
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The first recorded eruption of this Sicilian volcano occurred in about 1500 B.C.
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Mount Etna
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The westernmost of Canada's prairie provinces, it produces most of the country's crude oil & natural gas
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Alberta
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This "saintly" island of Napoleon's death was named for Constantine the Great's mother
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St. Helena
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This country's name means "Land of the Southern Slavs"
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Yugoslavia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Just north of Khartoum, Sudan, these 2 "colorful" rivers combine to form the Nile
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the Blue Nile & the White Nile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Gulf of Bothnia & the Gulf of Finland are both extensions of this sea
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the Baltic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This sea in the North Atlantic is delineated only by the plants that float on its surface
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the Sargasso Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In 1943 this Mexican volcano grew from a small depression to 1,000 ft. in height
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Paricutin
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) In Europe, the beautiful blue Danube eventually empties into this sea of another color
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the Black Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) O this little town in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley is known as the "Christmas City"
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Bethlehem
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) This country that's named for a South American hero lies on Peru's eastern border
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Bolivia
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1600) It forms a republic with Herzegovina
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Bosnia
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $2000) Until 1973 these islands off the southeast coast of Florida belonged to Great Britain
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the Bahamas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Much of this Georgia capital is in Fulton County, but part of it lies in DeKalb County
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Atlanta
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, there's no place like dome
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Clingman's Dome
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1500) Mount Hood, a volcanic peak, rises 11,239 feet in this mountain range
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The Cascades
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Great Saint Bernard & Little Saint Bernard passes traverse these mountains
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The Alps
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) At its narrowest point, this strait separates Europe from Africa by about 8 miles
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Gibraltar
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) This Icelandic capital is located on a bay called Faxafloi
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Reykjavik
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) These mountains form a natural barrier between Spain & France
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Pyrenees
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) Yding Skovhoj, Denmark's highest point, is located on this peninsula
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Jutland
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) Thunder Bay, a city in Ontario, is on Thunder Bay, an arm of this largest Great Lake
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(Lake) Superior
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Lakes in this province include Cedar, Gods & Winnipegosis
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Manitoba
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) St. John & St. John's are cities in these "New" provinces
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Newfoundland & New Brunswick
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866
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Vancouver
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) In Saskatchewan a national park & a big city are named for this prince consort
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Albert
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) There's a lighthouse at Cape Gris-Nez, this country's closest point to England
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France
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Our name for this Arizona region comes from the Spanish term for it: El Desierto Pintado
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The Painted Desert
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) Skopje is the capital of this nation that was once part of Yugoslavia
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Macedonia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Though 50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, this Texas city is one of the nation's major ports
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Houston
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Paramaribo, capital of this country, came under Dutch rule in 1815
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Suriname
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Cardigan Bay indents the coastline of this United Kingdom principality
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Wales
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The redundant-sounding Townsville, in this country's Queensland state, was named for Robert Towns
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Mekong River provides transportation for this landlocked Indochinese nation
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Laos
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Lagos, Ibadan & Ogbomosho are the largest cities of this West African nation
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Nigeria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) A daily hydrofoil crosses the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia in this country
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Uruguay
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) 3 of this federation's constituent parts are Ash Shariqah, Al Fujayrah & Umm Al Qaywayn
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Unired Arab Emirates
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(BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY: $100) Cities in this nation include Iskenderun, Islahiye & Istanbul
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Turkey
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(BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY: $200) By population, it's the second-largest city in New York
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Buffalo
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(BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY: $300) In 1903 Wilbur & Orville flew to new heights near this city
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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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(BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY: $400) Saddle up! These high pressure belts are located on either side of the Doldrums
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Horse Latitudes
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(BEASTLY GEOGRAPHY: $500) These Spanish islands were named for a breed of large dog Romans found there, not a yellow songbird
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Canary Islands
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) Formerly Formosa
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Taiwan
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Dutch is still an official language in what is now called Suriname
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Dutch Guiana
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) 8th most populous country in the world, this "Bengal Nation" was once East Pakistan
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Bangladesh
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) First colony since 1776 to break from Britain without consent, it is now Zimbabwe
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Rhodesia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) About 1/3 of Africa's Pygmy population lives in what was once Belgian Congo
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Zaire
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The West Point Military Reservation includes Constitution Island, which lies in this river
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the Hudson River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The dome of the capitol building in this city 100 miles west of Philadelphia is a copy of St. Peter's in Rome
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Harrisburg
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Virginia's longest river, it provides abundant waterpower for the state's industries
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the James River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This state's highest point is Mount Frissell; its lowest point is at sea level on Long Island Sound
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Connecticut
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2000) A statue of Hiawatha & this wife stands atop the waterfall named for her
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Minnehaha
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Over its 2,340-mile course, this river forms the boundary or part of the boundary of 9 states
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Mississippi
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's the largest body of fresh water lying entirely within the USA
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Lake Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Colorado's Mount Elbert in the Sawatch range is this mountain system's tallest peak
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Rockies
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Francisco de Ortega is credited with discovering this strait leading into San Francisco Bay
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Golden Gate
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This 113-mile sand bar along Texas' Gulf Coast is the state's largest island
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Padre Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This Texas city is the largest in the U.S. to have an African-American mayor
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Houston (Lee Brown)
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Of 8, 12 or 18, the number of U.S. states that touch the Atlantic Ocean
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18
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) 2 of the 4 U.S. states that have capitals with "City" in their names
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Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma & Utah
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) (Hi, I'm Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos.) In 1998 I earned a trip to the NFL's Pro Bowl, held each year in this city where I played college ball
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Honolulu
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Vancouver is the northernmost city represented in the NBA; this is the southernmost
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Miami
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) You can view the Jungfrau Peak from the main street of this town between the Brienz & Thun Lakes
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Interlaken, Switzerland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This Arizona capital lies in the Salt River Valley & is bordered by mountains & the Sonoran desert
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Phoenix
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This state's largest desert basins are Jornada del Muerto & Tularosa, where White Sands is
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New Mexico
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) Chappaquiddick Island & this larger island are separated by Katama Bay
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Martha's Vineyard
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The easternmost point of this state's Outer Banks is on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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North Carolina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Rising 33,480 feet from its underwater base makes this Hawaiian volcano the world's tallest peak
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Mauna Kea
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(WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: $None) The 2 outlets of the Gulf of Mexico, a strait & a channel, bear the names of these 2 land areas
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Florida & the YucatÌÁn peninsula
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
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Cape Cod
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Rivers flowing into this bay include the Susquehanna, James, & Rappahannock
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Chesapeake Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) It's the state in which you'd find Suwannee Sound
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Florida
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy
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Mt. Rainier
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the only Great Lake not bordering the state of Michigan
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Lake Ontario
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(WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: $None) The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest
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Grenada
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) From Burundi to the Mediterranean, this longest river flows through 35 degrees of latitude
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the Nile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Productive farmland in this European country lies in the polders, land reclaimed from the sea
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The Netherlands (Holland)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1700) This sea provides most of Turkey's northern border
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Black Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Arhus is the largest city on this Danish peninsula
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Jutland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This "great" Canadian lake lies on the Arctic Circle
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Great Bear Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) The city of El Paso in this state is a major gateway between the U.S. & Mexico
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Texas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This "stately" river carved the Black Canyon as well as the Grand Canyon
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Colorado River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) If you want to sneak a peek at the landmark seen here, head to this Midwest state: (Mount Rushmore)
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South Dakota
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Sounds morbid, but it's the lowest point in California & in all of the U.S.
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Death Valley
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) In Hawaii, Mauna Kea means "white mountain" & this volcano's name means "long mountain"
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Mauna Loa
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(UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHY: $None) Around 1830 the first Catholic priest ordained in the U.S. obtained land in this state where a university now stands
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Indiana
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Honolulu is on this Hawaiian island
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Oahu
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) 2 of 4 countries bordering Greece
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(2 of) Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the northernmost mountain in the world over 20,000 feet in elevation
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Mt. McKinley (Denali)
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This city is the seat of Washington's King County
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Seattle
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The name of this state's Kennebec River is Algonquian for "long reach"
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Maine
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) The geographic center of this state lies in Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
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Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The largest area of sand dunes in North America lies north of the Platte River in this state
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Nebraska
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet
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the Adirondacks
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) An autopiste, or superhighway, connects this Venezuelan capital with the port of La Guaira
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Caracas
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Khitans, who founded the Liao dynasty in 907, called this capital city Nanking
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Peking (or Beijing)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1500) Norway's 2nd-largest city; it was once known as Bjorgvin, or "hill pasture"
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Bergen
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) It's the easternmost of Canada's three prairie provinces
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Manitoba
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In Ireland, Muckross Lake, Upper Lake & Lower Lake are collectively known as "The Lakes of" this
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Killarney
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(HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: $400) As a result of the 1967 Arab-Israel War, Israel took control of this disputed piece of land along the Mediterranean
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the Gaza Strip
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(HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: $800) (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities
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Mesopotamia
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(HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: $1500) An anagram of the present-day capital, this city was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868
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Kyoto
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(HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: $1600) (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland was due largely to friction over a strip of land called the Polish Corridor; it was taken from Germany and awarded to Poland by the Versailles Treaty, giving Poland direct access to this sea
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the Baltic Sea
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(HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: $2000) In 1999, 400 years after establishing a permanent settlement there, Portugal returned this overseas territory to China
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Macao
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The former name of the Moluccas, islands known for cloves, mace & nutmeg
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the Spice Islands
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) 2 of the 3 South American countries on the equator
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(2 of) Ecuador, Brazil, & Colombia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) This Canadian province‰Ûªs largest lake is Lake Winnipeg
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Manitoba
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) With over a million people, this township is South Africa‰Ûªs most populous black community
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Soweto
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Moroccan capital city is located about 60 miles northeast of Casablanca
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Rabat
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Several currents flow through this ocean, including the Brazil Current & the Labrador Current
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Atlantic Ocean
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Kuwait's largest island, Bubiyan, lies in this gulf
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Persian Gulf
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The valley of this river is also called the North Italian Plain
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Po
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The lowest point in Iran is 92 feet below sea level at the shore of this body of water on its northern border
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Caspian Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the only Central American country that does not border the Caribbean
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El Salvador
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the only mainland country in the Western Hemisphere that borders only one country
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Canada
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Before Europeans named Mt. Cook in this country, the Maori called it Aorangi, or "cloud piercer"
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New Zealand
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Soc Trang & Can Tho are in the south of this Asian nation
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Vietnam
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Krk Island, the northernmost island in the Mediterranean, lies in this arm of the sea next to the Balkans
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the Adriatic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This emirate NW of the United Arab Emirates is on a peninsula jutting 100 miles northward into the Persian Gulf
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Qatar
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $8000) At the beginning of World War I, this was the only independent nation in West Africa
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Liberia
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $None) During Absalom's rebellion, David took refuge in this region that's east of the Jordan & known for its balm
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Gilead
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $100) Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap
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Greenland
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $200) National Park famous for faithful aquatic eruptions
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Yellowstone
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $300) Only Universal Studios' special effects & Moses could part it
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the Red Sea
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $400) Called the Schwarzwald, it's the deep dark woods of fairy tale fame
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the Black Forest
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $500) John Denver's country roads lead to these West Virginia mountains
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the Blue Ridge Mountains
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed hands in Dec. 1999
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Macau
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) The name of this Chinese city means "northern capital"
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Beijing
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) This city that straddles the Danube was once called the "Queen of the Danube"
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Budapest
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1200) The few people who live on this island partner of Antigua keep busy lobster fishing
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Barbuda
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1600) The name of this island that's 165 miles northwest of Tahiti means "first born"
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Bora Bora
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $2000) In the 1300s what is now this landlocked republic came under the control of neighboring Lithuania
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Belarus
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) Australia's National Library in this city overlooks Lake Burley Griffin
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Canberra
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) The name of this Welsh capital may mean "Fort on the Taff"
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Cardiff
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Chinese city of Guangzhou, better known to westerners as this, is also called Yangcheng, "City of Goats"
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Canton
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) You'll find El Teniente, the world's largest underground copper mine, in this South American country
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Chile
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2300) The Malebo Pool, also known as The Stanley Pool, is a shallow lake formed by this river
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Congo River
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) This "canine" state is Mexico's largest in area
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Chihuahua
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This river flows into the Gulf of California & provides the boundary between Baja California Norte & Sonora
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the Colorado River
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) Mountain ranges in Mexico include the Sierra Madre Oriental in the east & the Sierra Madre this in the west
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Occidental
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This city down the coast from Puerto Vallarta is said to have the best harbor on Mexico's Pacific coast
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Acapulco
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In population, this city on the Rio Grande is the largest Mexican city on the border with the U.S.
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JuÌÁrez
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(OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY: $200) Navodari, Romania is a community on this large sea
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Black Sea
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(OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY: $400) At 11,204 feet, the Sahara's highest point is Emi Koussi, an extinct volcano in this country with a 4-letter name
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Chad
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(OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Tailless critters from this isle between England & Ireland are treasured by their owners
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Isle of Man
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(OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY: $800) Formerly Vila De Joao Belo, the city of Xai-Xai is found in this country of southern Africa
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Mozambique
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(OBSCURE GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Once called Sverdlovsk, this Ural Mountains city of 1.3 million was named after Catherine I
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Ekaterinburg
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) Nuremberg & Augsburg are cities in this southern German state
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Bavaria
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) On the north, this country is separated from Croatia by the Sava River
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Bosnia
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1200) An airport in Missouri is named for Springfield & this city, home to more than 50 live theaters
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Branson
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1500) This historic peninsular region of northwest France was subdued by Clovis around 500 A.D.
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Brittany (La Bretagne)
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $2000) This Central American national capital city has a scant population of about 7,100
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Belmopan
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) Dracula could tell you that Walachia & Transylvania are regions of this country
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Romania
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Cape Roca, mainland Europe's westernmost point, is on the coast of this country
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Portugal
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Islands located in this arm of the Mediterranean include the Cyclades & Dodecanese
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Aegean Sea
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Malta lies about 60 miles south of this largest Mediterranean island
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Sicily
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) About a tenth of Estonia's land area consists of islands in this sea
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Baltic Sea
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(1990s GEOGRAPHY: $None) In area, it's now the largest country whose boundaries are wholly within Europe
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Ukraine
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) The cities of Antwerp & Ghent lie in this northern region of Belgium
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Flanders
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Historically a manufacturing stronghold, it's 60 miles northwest of Detroit
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Flint
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) (Jimmy of Clue Crew shows a map of the Middle East.) In 1914, historian James Breasted coined this 2-word term to describe the agricultural area that extends from the Nile Valley to the Persian Gulf
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the Fertile Crescent
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) Nova Scotia's Cobequid Bay is an arm of this much larger bay
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the Bay of Fundy
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This Danish island group between Iceland & the U.K. is self-governing & has its own parliament, the Lagting
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the Faroe Islands
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Canada's James Bay was named for Thomas James, who explored it while looking for this passage
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Northwest Passage
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) It flows around the Ile de la Cite
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The Seine
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) Ulm in this country is home to the cathedral with the tallest spire in the world
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Germany
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Golden Gate of Yaroslav the Wise can be seen in this largest city in the Ukraine
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Kiev
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) You can find the Wilhelmina Mountains in this South American country
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Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana)
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(BASEBALL GEOGRAPHY: $None) After Alaska, it's the largest state in area without a Major League Baseball team
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Montana
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) This narrow lake, part of Scotland's Caledonian Canal, is home to a famous monster
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Loch Ness
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This longest river on Earth flows into the Mediterranean Sea
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the Nile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) Birnbaum's Travel Guide calls this volcano the terror & pride of Naples
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Mount Vesuvius
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945 near Alamogordo in this state
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New Mexico
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) This continent's Polyus Nedostupnosti, the pole of inaccessibility, is Guinness' coldest place
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Antarctica
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Highland Lakes are a chain of artificial lakes in & around this Texas capital
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Austin
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Peoria, Illinois is surrounded by rich deposits of this solid fuel
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coal
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) The city of Thon Buri was incorporated into this Thai capital in 1971
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Bangkok
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) The main street of Interlaken in this country affords a spectacular view of the Jungfrau peak
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Switzerland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) The name of this bay between Brittany & Spain comes from the Spanish name vizcaya
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(Bay of) Biscay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) 2 of the 4 U.S. states that border Mexico
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(any 2 of ) Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Kuala Lumpur is on this 5-letter peninsula
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Malay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Venice, Italy is the "mistress of" this arm of the Mediterranean
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the Adriatic
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(GEOGRAPHY: $5200) This desert's name is from the Mongolian
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the Gobi
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In 1990 it was the seat of the German federal government
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Bonn
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(GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of this nation
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South Africa
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) Of the USA's 50 tallest peaks, all are in Alaska, Colorado & California except this peak
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Mt. Rainier (in Washington)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Major tributaries of this beautiful blue river include the Inn of Austria & Germany & the Tisza of Hungary
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Danube
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This lake in Banff National Park was named for Queen Victoria's fourth daughter
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Lake Louise
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Atlantic & Indian Oceans are separated by a line from Antarctica to Cape Agulhas on this continent
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Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The 4-mile-wide Perekop Isthmus connects the Ukranian mainland with this peninsula
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Crimean Peninsula
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Once Portugal's colony, this country is separated from Madagascar by a channel of the same name
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Mozambique
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(TV GEOGRAPHY: $200) "Medium" heats up in this Arizona city
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Phoenix
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(TV GEOGRAPHY: $400) "Everybody Hates Chris", who lives in this borough
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Brooklyn
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(TV GEOGRAPHY: $600) Abby, Kovac & Neela played doctor in this city
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Chicago
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(TV GEOGRAPHY: $800) The green spaces of "Parks and Recreation" can be found in fictional Pawnee in this real Midwestern state
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Indiana
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(TV GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Lilly Rush of this city's P.D. tries to find the killer of each "Cold Case"
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Philadelphia
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $200) Bangkok is the leading port on this gulf, an inlet of the South China Sea
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Gulf of Thailand
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $400) This European country's most populous province is Katowice in the south
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Poland
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $600) This south Pacific nation has over 800 islands & islets, but Viti Levu & Vanua Levu provide more than 85% of its area
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Fiji
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $800) It precedes "kush", which means "killer", in the name of a central Asian mountain range
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Hindu
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This area that was created in 1960 & has oil companies licking their chops is dominated by the Brooks Range
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ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) In area, it's the largest country in the world that has a red, white & blue flag
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Russia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Hippo, in the north of this continent, was the diocesan seat of St. Augustine
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Africa
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) If you live on the equator, you'll note you usually have this many hours of daylight a day
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12 hours
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Frisia is a European region bordering this sea
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the North Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In 1972 the Tamil Tigers, a liberation group, not a baseball team, was founded in this country
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Sri Lanka
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) These 2 current South American countries gained their independence in the 20th century, one in the '60s and one in the '70s
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Suriname and Guyana
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This canal's official opening was on July 12,1920
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the Panama Canal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Africa's northernmost country, it was once site of ancient Carthaginian empire
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Tunisia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Country that's larger than U.S. but smaller than Canada
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(People's Republic of) China
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) To evade French defenders, the Germans attacked France through this country in both World Wars
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Belgium
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Blue & White Niles meet at this city where Gen. "Chinese" Gordon met death
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Khartoum
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Callao, the port of Lima, handles about 3/4 of this country's imports
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Peru
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Kamchatka Peninsula separates the Sea of Okhotsk from this sea named for a Dane
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the Bering Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The administrative capital of South Africa was the capital of the former province of Transvaal
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Pretoria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Much of this range that begins in the Arctic & divides Asia & Europe is less than 1,000 meters in height
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the Urals
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) There‰Ûªs a museum dedicated to this author of ‰ÛÏThe Red and the Black‰Û in Grenoble, his birthplace
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Stendhal
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) It's the capital of Jordan
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Amman
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) It's home to Hampshire College & to a campus of the University of Massachusetts
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Amherst
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Argentina's lowest point is Valdes Peninsula; its highest is this mountain
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Aconcagua
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This country highlighted in red is bordered by Russia & Georgia to the north & Iran to the south
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Azerbaijan
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This Scottish seaport lies between the rivers Dee & Don
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Aberdeen
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG: $200) "Do you know the way to" this 1968 Top 10 place
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San Jose
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG: $400) In a 1964 hit, "I'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime" in this title city
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Las Vegas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG: $600) In 1981, Billy Joel told us to "Say goodbye to" this title place
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Hollywood
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG: $800) "Reverend Green be glad to see you" when you're "walking in" this town
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Memphis
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG: $1000) Sure, you studied presidents & state birds, but how the Beastie Boys & their "No Sleep Till" here
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Brooklyn
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill are the 3 apexes of this state's famed Research Triangle
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North Carolina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) State where you can visit Hot Springs National Park & Crater of Diamonds State Park
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Arkansas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) All of Connecticut's port cities are on this arm of the Atlantic
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Long Island Sound
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Glacier National Park & the Custer Battlefield are among this "Treasure State"'s treasures
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Montana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The most densely populated state; every one of this middle Atlantic state's 21 counties has over 50,000 people
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New Jersey
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) The Lusatian Mountains, in the western Sudeten range, form part of the border between these 2 countries
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Germany & the Czech Republic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Each year over 50,000 pilgrims climb to the summit of this Japanese volcano
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Mount Fuji
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This continent's Guiana Highlands, which consist of open grasslands & tropical forests, are thinly populated
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South America
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Al Lisan Peninsula separates this saltiest body of water on Earth into northern & southern basins
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the Dead Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) On 3/21/99 Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones landed in this country as the first hot-air balloonists to circle the Earth
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Egypt
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This river is navigable from Basel, Switzerland to its mouth at the North Sea
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the Rhine
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $200) The 200,000-square-mile Libyan Erg is the largest area of sand dunes in this desert
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Sahara
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $400) The economic center of this river's basin is the city of Manaus, Brazil
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Amazon
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Lake Scutari on the border of Albania & Montenegro is the largest lake on this peninsula
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Balkan Peninsula
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Little Minch, a Scottish strait, separates this group's "Inner" & "Outer" islands
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The Hebrides
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Only Russia & this former Soviet republic stretch from China to Europe
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Kazakhstan
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) In Slovakia the White Carpathians aren't an ethnic group but this, which covers much of the country
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Mountain range
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Greek island of Samos in the Aegean is 100 miles from Greece's mainland but less than 5 miles from this country
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Turkey
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) A vast central plateau called the Meseta is the largest region of this country
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Spain
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) English county where you'd find the city of Portsmouth
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Hampshire
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The name of this Swiss city perched at 5,300 feet comes partly from matte, "meadow"
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Zermatt
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(CHINESE GEOGRAPHY: $200) This colorful river emptied into the sea until 1853, when its course shifted to empty into the Gulf of Chihli
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the Yellow River
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(CHINESE GEOGRAPHY: $400) The border formalized between Mongolia & China in 1962 includes a 900-mile stretch through this desert
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the Gobi Desert
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(CHINESE GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Turfan Depression is China's lowest point; in 1951 this peak became its highest point
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Mount Everest
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(CHINESE GEOGRAPHY: $800) China's Fertile Triangle lies between Nanjing, Hangzhou & this, the country's leading seaport
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Shanghai
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(CHINESE GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This gulf is bordered by Luichow Peninsula & Hainan Island on the east & Vietnam on the west
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the Gulf of Tonkin
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Galveston, Texas & Sarasota, Florida lie on this famous gulf
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Gulf of Mexico
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) NYC's Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River between Brooklyn & this island borough
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Manhattan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Name shared by Chicago's Great Lake & one of Chicago's major avenues
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Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) In area, this New England state roughly equals Vermont, N.H., Connecticut & Massachusetts combined
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Maine
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Jefferson City is Missouri's capital & this "City" where the Royals play is Missouri's largest
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Kansas City
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Bays in this state include Hingham, Dorchester & Quincy
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Massachusetts
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This tiny state's southernmost point lies on Block Island in the Atlantic, about 10 miles from the mainland
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Rhode Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) Emmons & Nisqually are 2 of about 25 glaciers on this Washington state peak
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Mt. Rainier
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island"
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Molokai
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2400) This city is Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes
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Erie
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(NASCAR GEOGRAPHY: $200) Daytona International Speedway
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Florida
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(NASCAR GEOGRAPHY: $400) Infineon Raceway in Sonoma
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California
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(NASCAR GEOGRAPHY: $600) Nazareth Speedway, Pocono Raceway
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Pennsylvania
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(NASCAR GEOGRAPHY: $800) Talladega Superspeedway
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Alabama
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(NASCAR GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Watkins Glen International
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New York
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Idaho's largest city, it's almost 3 times as populous as Pocatello, the second largest
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Boise
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Pacific Ocean once covered this desert between the Sierra Nevada & the Colorado River
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Mojave Desert
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) 2 of this state's largest lakes are Quabbin Reservoir & Wachusett Reservoir near Worcester
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Massachusetts
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Algonquin Peak in this state is also known as Mount MacIntyre
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New York
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) It's the oldest city in Kansas; a federal penitentiary lies within the city limits
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Leavenworth
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's 277 miles long, it's up to 18 miles wide, it's 6 million years old & at a given time temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees
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the Grand Canyon
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $None) In 1756 Voltaire said of this political entity that none of the 3 parts of its name was accurate
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the Holy Roman Empire
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Cape Town in this country lies on Table Bay
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South Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Panama Canal connects these 2 oceans
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the Pacific and Atlantic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) A world famous orchid garden is located in the city of Medellin in this country
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Colombia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The name of this Australian capital is from an aboriginal word for "meeting place"
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Canberra
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Jarama & Alagon are among the chief tributaries of this river that flows across Spain & Portugal
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Tagus
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) At its widest north-south point, this large sea stretches 1,000 miles from Libya in Africa to Croatia in Europe
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Mediterranean Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This country's highest peak, 7,828' high Mount Maglic, is located about 50 miles southeast of Sarajevo
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Bosnia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This European grand duchy has 2 distinct land regions: the Ardennes & the Bon Pays
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Luxembourg
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The King George VI falls drop 1,600 feet in this small South American country
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Guyana
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Kerch Strait connects the Sea of Azov & this larger sea
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Black Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) It's the only papal state left in the world
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Vatican City
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) To feel an earthquake shake Djibouti, you have to be on this continent
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Africa
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) The 2nd largest city in W. Germany, its state senate is headed by a burgermeister
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Hamburg
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) California's 2 longest rivers, the San Joaquin & Sacramento, meet & flow into this bay
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San Francisco Bay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Pile O' Bones was the original name of this capital of Saskatchewan
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Regina
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(AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Australia's southernmost mainland point is Wilson's Promontory in this state named for a queen
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Victoria
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(AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Australia's largest freshwater lakes were artificially created & include Lake Gordon on this island state
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Tasmania
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(AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) An Australian territory, this island named for a holiday is known for its annual migration of millions of crabs
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Christmas Island
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(AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This imaginary line at 23 degrees, 27 minutes south latitude passes through the middle of Australia
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the Tropic of Capricorn
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(AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) The world's largest world heritage area, it extends for 1,250 miles & covers an area of about 134,000 sq. miles
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the Great Barrier Reef
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The largest number of active volcanoes in the U.S. lie in this Alaskan island group
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Aleutian Islands
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) While Upper Klamath Lake is in Oregon, Lower Klamath Lake lies in this state
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California
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1100) This state separates most of Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico
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Florida
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Great Lake is connected to Lake Superior by the St. Mary's River
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Huron
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Winding through Idaho, the Salmon River is the largest tributary of this river
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Snake
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) If you include all the fjords & peninsulas, this country's coastline is more than 13,000 miles in length
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Norway
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Oman, Yemen & Kuwait lie on this large peninsula
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Arabian Peninsula
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) Lajes Field is a U.S. Air Force base in this Portuguese island group in the Atlantic
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Azores
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) The name of this country on Hispaniola is from an Indian word meaning "Land of Mountains"
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Haiti
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) This small Mideastern country's Bekaa Valley is a fertile farming area
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Lebanon
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) Besides North America, it's the only continent completely north of the equator
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Europe
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) North Yemen and South Yemen are both found on this Mideast peninsula
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the Arabian Peninsula
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) In the mid 1960s, France began building a space center near Kouru in this, its South American territory
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French Guiana
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home
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Macedonia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Most of the 60 to 70 people who live on this South Pacific island are descendants of the mutineers
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Pitcairn Island
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(MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY: $400) These 2 rivers meet north of the city of Basra
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the Tigris & Euphrates
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(MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY: $800) Ras Mohammed National Park at the southern end of this peninsula was Egypt's first national park
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the Sinai Peninsula
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(MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Omani Peninsula of Musandam juts into this strait, an important route for oil tankers
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the Strait of Hormuz
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(MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY: $1600) Israel's third-largest city, this port was built on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel
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Haifa
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(MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This country's provinces include Nabatiyeh & Beqaa
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Lebanon
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's a landlocked nation in Western Africa & its name is "locked" within the name of a nation on Africa's east coast
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Mali (in Somalia)
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A"
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Afghanistan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Peach County is the center of this state's peach-growing belt
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Georgia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river
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Potomac
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This site of the U.S. Immigration Depot was called Oyster Island by the Dutch
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Ellis Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2000) At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia
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Maryland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The U.S.A.'s strongest surface wind, 231 MPH, was recorded on this New Hampshire mountain
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Mount Washington
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $200) This country is so huge that it occupies nearly half of South America's land area
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Brazil
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) It's less than 55 miles from North America to Asia when you cross this strait
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Bering Strait
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $600) Poland & Lithuania are among the countries that border this sea
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Baltic Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) The world's third-largest island, about 3/4 of it belongs to Indonesia
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Borneo
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) This Australian city & capital of Queensland was named for a Scottish soldier
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Brisbane
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) Several English rivers bear this name; the one associated with Shakespeare rises in Northamptonshire
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Avon
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) There's a Liberty cap on the coat of arms of this South American country
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Argentina
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Gulf of Oman is an arm of this sea
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Arabian Sea
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) It was once known as Portuguese West Africa
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Angola
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $500) This capital of South Australia was named for the wife of King William IV
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Adelaide
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Venezia is the Italian name for this city
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Venice
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Famous for its pyramids, Giza is a suburb of this city
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Cairo
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) You'll find this highest mountain in the world about 100 miles northeast of Katmandu
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Mount Everest
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This country borders every other country in South America except Ecuador & Chile
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Brazil
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Montego Bay has been called the resort capital of this Caribbean island
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Jamaica
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) The land closest to zero longitude, zero latitude & zero altitude, Cape Three Points is found on this continent
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Africa
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Chicago River flows out of this great lake; the Kalamazoo River flows in
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Lake Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Okefenokee Swamp covers nearly 700 square miles in these 2 states
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Florida & Georgia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Apprpriately, you'll find the Black & Funeral Mountains in this "mournful" region of California
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Death Valley
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) It makes sense that this is "The Mountain State" since it lies entirely within the Appalachians
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West Virginia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) 1 of 2 capes in North Carolina that have been designated national seashores
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Hatteras & Lookout
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $None) From 1889 until 1961, this mountain's highest point was known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This ancient city is the capital of Greece
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Athens
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) The 48th U.S. state to join the Union, this Southwest state is now 17th in population
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Arizona
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Mont Blanc is the highest peak in these mountains that stretch from France to Austria
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the Alps
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) Kabul is the capital of this Asian country
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Afghanistan
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Known to the Romans as Numidia, this large African country borders the Mediterranean Sea
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Algeria
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) Christmas, Easter, or Bermuda, for example
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islands
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Europe's only wild monkeys live on this "rock"
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(rock of) Gibraltar
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) 1/3 the size of U.S., this royal kingdom has no rivers or lakes but lots of oil
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Saudi Arabia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Largest country entirely in Europe
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France
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Clocks in Lima, Peru, read the same as in this U.S. time zone
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Eastern
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Great Lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & this one whose name implies greatness
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Lake Superior
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This largest city in New Mexico has 2 Qs & 3 Us in its name
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Albuquerque
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) Hartford is the capital of this New England state
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Connecticut
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Have you "bean" to this capital of Peru?
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Lima
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) On an alphabetical list of world nations, this country immediately follows the United States
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Uruguay
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Brocken is the highest peak in this German mountain range known for its canaries
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Hartz Mountains
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This country's 2nd-highest peak is Mt. Tasman on South Island
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New Zealand
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The lowest land point on Earth is the shore of this body of water
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Dead Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) In medieval times, this southern peninsula of Greece was known as Morea
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Peloponnesus
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) At about 175 miles, it's Europe's westernmost landlocked country
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Andorra
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) In 1980, this Cascade mountain peak was reduced from 9677' to about 8300'
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Mt. St. Helens
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Complete with big toe projection into the Gulf of Mexico, this state resembles a boot
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Louisiana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Of about 8, 11, or 16%, the % of U.S. land area that Alaska represents
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16%
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This island is the only U.S. commonwealth outside the continental U.S.
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Puerto Rico
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Though most of Yellowstone National Park lies in Wyoming, it spreads out into these other 2 states
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Montana & Idaho
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Important mining centers in this range include Leadville, Colorado & Kimberley, British Columbia
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Rocky Mountains
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Since 1980 most of this Indonesian island known for its giant monitor lizards has been a national park
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Komodo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Pest is this European country's most popular county
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Hungary
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This sea between the Dardanelles & the Bosporus was once called Propontis
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Sea of Marmara
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In 1897 Swiss climber Mattias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinian peak
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Mount Aconcagua
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) If you're thinking of the 2nd largest city in Colorado, this one should spring to mind
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Colorado Springs
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) A province of Indonesia & a former territory of Australia share this, the world's 2nd largest island
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New Guinea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Khyber Pass connects these 2 countries
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Pakistan and Afghanistan
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Seeing residents huddled around campfires on the shore, Magellan named the region this, meaning "Land of fire"
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Tierra del Fuego
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) 1 of the 2 gulfs which border the Sinai Peninsula
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the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Until this peak was scaled in 1953, Annapurna was the highest mountain climbed
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Everest
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The largest state in Venezuela is named for this man, the country's liberator
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Simon Bolivar
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Israel's northernmost region; Jesus spent most of his life there
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Galilee
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) 2 of this South American city's most popular beaches are Copacabana & Ipanema
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Rio de Janeiro
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The world's largest deposit of sodium nitrate is found in the Atacama Desert in this country
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Chile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) This country's coastline, on the Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean, is the longest on the African continent
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Somalia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Hispaniola is an island comprised of Haiti & this other nation
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the Dominican Republic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $3300) 2 of the 3 countries of the world that begin with the letter "J"
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(2 of) Jordan, Jamaica, & Japan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Continent with the most square miles of dry desert
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Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Of Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba, the 1 Canadian Prairie Province that is not landlocked
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Manitoba
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The only Southeast Asian country with any part lying south of the Equator
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Indonesia
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $200) Once part of the Ottoman Empire, it became capital of Iraq in 1921
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Baghdad
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) This Virginia stream was the site of battles in July 1861 & August 1862
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Bull Run
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $600) The Rocky Mountains run through part of this Canadian province that begins with "B"
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British Columbia
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) Bangladesh banks on this big bay
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Bay of Bengal
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic
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Belarus
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) Occupied by England, Scotland & Wales, it's Europe's largest island
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(Great) Britain
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) This high point seen here has long peaked the interest of climbers
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the Matterhorn
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Gulf of Corinth divides the mainland of this country into 2 uneven parts
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Greece
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Flowing nearly 2,200 miles, this longest river of Europe begins in the Valdai Hills of Russia
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Volga
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) This peninsula accounts for nearly 70 percent of Denmark's land area
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Jutland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) In Egypt & Algeria, some areas of this desert are below sea level
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Sahara
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This South American river has the world's largest drainage basin
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Amazon
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the admministrative capital of this country
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Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country
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Greece
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Aland Islands are usually regarded as the dividing line between the Baltic Sea & this large gulf
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Gulf of Bothnia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Idaho's capital; it's the state's largest city as well
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Boise
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The name of this U.S.-Mexico river is Spanish for "large river"
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the Rio Grande
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's both the farthest north & the farthest west of the Great Lakes
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Lake Superior
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Sometimes called the "Tip of the Continent", it's the only U.S. mountain whose peak exceeds 20,000 feet
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Mount McKinley
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This vast southern California desert is a chief source of boron, which is used in nuclear reactors
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the Mojave Desert
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $None) Upon this nation's independence in 1903, it was "moved" from one continent to another
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Panama
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) This former British colony, which gained independence in 1960, is the most populous country in Africa
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Nigeria
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Alabama's general coastline, only 53 miles, is along this gulf
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the Gulf of Mexico
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1300) Cities on this river include Aliquippa, Pennsylvania & Louisville, Kentucky
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the Ohio River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Los Angeles aqueduct crosses the western part of this desert
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the Mojave
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald Mountain in this range of the Appalachians
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the Blue Ridge Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This twin city of Urbana, Illinois was once called West Urbana
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Champaign
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) These 3 nations each border the world's largest & smallest oceans
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Russia, the United States & Canada
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $200) In Exodus the waters of this river were turned into blood
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Nile
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $400) Moab, Ruth's home, sits on the east side of this sea
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Dead Sea
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $600) Babylon, where Iraq is now, was home to this famous feline-filled incarceration site
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Lions' Den
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $800) From Joseph to Moses, the Israelites lived in the Land O' this, a part of Egypt
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Goshen
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Mary & Martha lived in this town & so did Lazarus, sometimes
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Bethany
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This state's highest point is Puu Wekiu, a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea
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Hawaii
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In the 1850s both California & Nevada called it Lake Bigler
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Lake Tahoe
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Columbia River Plateau lies to the east of this range, the Puget Sound-Willamette Valley Trough to the west
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the Cascades
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Peace Bridge spanning the Niagara River connects this city in New York with Canada
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Buffalo
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Founded by Swiss immigrants, Switzerland County, Indiana lies across from Kentucky, along this river
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the Ohio River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) To make way for a railroad, Missouri's Cape Girardeau on this river was blasted out of existence
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Mississippi River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) East Chicago is located in this state, not Illinois
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Indiana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This state's Panhandle limits Alabama's Gulf of Mexico coastline to the area around Mobile Bay
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Florida
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Mt. Hood, the highest Oregon mountain, is in this range
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The Cascades
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) About 70,000 now live in this planned "new town" founded in 1967 between Baltimore & D.C.
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Columbia
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $200) This sea cave on Capri is named for the color of the light produced when the sun shines through its waters
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the Blue Grotto
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $400) This historic wine-producing region of France has been a kingdom, a duchy, a county & a province
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Burgundy
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $600) "Of the North" usually follows the name of this river that forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota
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the Red River
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(COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY: $3000) Wyoming's largest lake, it lies right in the middle of a national park
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Yellowstone Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This state's largest cities lie within its Bluegrass Region
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Kentucky
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This state's Upper Peninsula has 2 land regions: the Superior Upland & the Central Lowland
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Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Some ocean-going vessels can sail up the Connecticut River as far north as this capital
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Hartford
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The parishes in this state's East Gulf Coastal Plain are called the "Florida Parishes"
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Louisiana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Cadillac Mountain, the highest peak on the Eastern Seaboard, lies in this Maine national park
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Acadia National Park
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Though Abidjan has the main gov't buildings, Yamoussoukro is this country's official capital, tusk, tusk
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Ivory Coast
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) To Tibetans it's "Chomolungma", the goddess mother
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Mount Everest
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) There's a canyon full of odd rocks named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce in this state
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Utah
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) It's the longest U.S. river east of the Mississippi
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Ohio River
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In 1884 it lost its Atacama province to Chile & became a landlocked country
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Bolivia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) Of the non-state U.S. territories, areas & districts, the only one that is larger in area than the smallest state
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Puerto Rico
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) James Bay, in Ontario & Quebec, is the southern arm of this larger bay
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Hudson Bay
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.) Extending farther north than any other country in Africa, Tunisia is only about a hundred miles from this European island
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Sicily
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Among its political divisions are Powys, Cardiff & Swansea
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Wales
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $5200) The name of this large port city on Western Europe's Schelde River literally means "at the wharf"
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Antwerp
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Located in a disputed region, India's northernmost state is Jammu & this
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Kashmir
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This river's drainage area covers about 1.25 million square miles in 31 states
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Mississippi
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The highest peaks in this colorful mountain range of the Appalachian system lie in North Carolina
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Blue Ridge Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County is the westernmost point of this state
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California
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The 2 main branches of this inlet in Washington state are Hood Canal & Admiralty Inlet
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Puget Sound
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Haleakala on this "Valley Island" of Hawaii has the world's largest dormant volcanic crater
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Maui
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the only U.S. state that touches 2 oceans
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Alaska
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Colorado River provides much of the border between this country's Baja California Norte & Sonora
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Mexico
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Hooghly, a tributary of this river, passes through Calcutta on its way to the Bay of Bengal
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Ganges
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Oman & Iran lie on opposite sides of this strait
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Strait of Hormuz
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This island is home to most of Indonesia's major citites, including Jakarta
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Java
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Honduran capital is one of the few capitals in the world without a railroad
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Tegucigalpa
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) The name of 2 cities; one in England & one in the U.S., both famous for their universities
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Cambridge
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) This city was founded by England's East India Trading Company in 1690
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Calcutta
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) American city that's served by the Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, and Dan Ryan expressways
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Chicago
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Dalmatia, for which a dog breed is named, is part of this republic of Yugoslavia
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Croatia
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $500) Picturesque Ionian island that was the birthplace of Britain's Prince Philip
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Corfu
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Cape Agulhas near the Cape of Good Hope is this continent's southernmost point
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Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The central part of this Australian capital is divided into 2 sections by Lake Burley Griffin
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Canberra
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Surtsey, a volcanic island of this country, was named for Surtur, a mythical god of fire
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Iceland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The European part of Turkey lies entirely on this peninsula
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Balkan Peninsula
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This gulf between Sweden & Finland is the largest arm of the Baltic Sea
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Gulf of Bothnia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) With a population of more than 190 million, Uttar Pradesh is this country's largest state
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Nuuk is the oldest Danish settlement on this island; it's also the capital
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Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Named for an explorer (not the brothers, eh?), this longest river in Canada empties into the Beaufort Sea
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the MacKenzie River
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Under British rule, this small country that's surrounded by South Africa was known as Basutoland
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Lesotho
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) A popular Caribbean destination is the paired island groups of Turks & this
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Caicos
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) The promotional slogan of this territory is "Where America's Day Begins"
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Guam
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Bavaria, this country's southernmost state, is also its largest in area
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Germany
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Asia's longest river, it's called "China's fortune" because of its fertile soil & economic importance
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the Yangtze
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This small island nation in the North Atlantic has more than 100 volcanoes
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Iceland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $5000) 763-foot Mount Royal stands in the center of this Canadian city
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Montreal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Deep granite gorges of this river have led some to call it "the crease in the map of Spain"
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the Tagus
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Many residents of this sprawling valley that includes North Hollywood want to secede from Los Angeles
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San Fernando Valley
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Most of the residents of this small island city-state off the Malay Peninsula are Chinese
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Singapore
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) This country's capital is Wellington
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New Zealand
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This "Stan" is wedged in among Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan
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Uzbekistan
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) You'll find the Shrine of Fatima, seen here, in this country's city of Qom
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Iran
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) The world's highest city of over 1 million people sits at about 12,000 feet in these mountains
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the Andes
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak
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Pikes Peak
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Belleville, Illinois is part of this Missouri city's metropolitan area
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St. Louis
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) The largest lake in the western U.S., it's fed by freshwater streams but has a heavy saline content
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the Great Salt Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Wind Cave National Park is located in these eroded mountains in western South Dakota
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the Black Hills
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Northern California's Mount Shasta & Lassen Peak are at the southern end of this mountain range
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the Cascades
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) More than 80% of Algeria is covered by this desert
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Sahara
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Gwynedd & Clwyd are the northernmost counties in this country, part of the United Kingdom
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Wales
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Part of this South American country's city of La Paz lies in a canyon carved by the La Paz River
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Bolivia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This city became the capital of the Saud dynasty in the early 1800s
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Riyadh
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Bordered by Syria & Israel, this small country is only 135 miles long & 35 miles wide
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Lebanon
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This British River rises in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucester
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the Thames
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) In 1886 Congress "closed" this sea off Alaska due to indiscriminate fur-sealing practices of other nations
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the Bering Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) The tallest mountains in Egypt are located on this large peninsula
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the Sinai
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) French cities on this bay or its inlets include Bordeaux, Nantes & Rochefort
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the Bay of Biscay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Mount Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, is a peak of this mountain range
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the Caucasus
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's Europe's second-largest island
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Iceland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Sherpas & gurkhas lurka in Pokhara in this country
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Nepal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) (Jeff Probst delivers the clue from China.) Zhelin is sometimes called a lake, but it's really one of these French-sounding bodies of water
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a reservoir
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) A national monument in Cork, the second city of this country, honors the Rebellion of 1798
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Ireland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1600) Yes, we have piranhas in the Parana, the river that flows into this Uruguayan-Argentine estuary
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the Rio de la Plata
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2000) In 1879 the British improved the road through this, the most famous pass in the Safed Koh range
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the Khyber Pass
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This city that straddles the Bosporus Strait is located in Europe & Asia
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Istanbul
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Entoto, the old capital, was very cold so the Ethiopian emperor created this capital in 1887
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Addis Ababa
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) This region that covers 1/3 of the Asian continent has only about 11 people per square mile
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Siberia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Only Antarctica has a larger ice sheet than this island
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Greenland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This geographical feature is defined as a bend or curve of a shoreline, like the Great Australian one
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Bight
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This tiny principality is bordered on 3 sides by the French department of Alpes-Maritmes
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Monaco
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Both Spain's & California's highest mountain peaks are in a range called this
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Sierra Nevadas
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Balaklava lies on the tip of this peninsula, opposite Yalta
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Crimean Peninsula
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Sudanese capital is located at the junction of the Blue & the White Nile
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Khartoum
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the landlocked African country formerly known as Bechuanaland
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Botswana
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Devil's Triangle is also known as this more famous triangle
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the Bermuda Triangle
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Known in the Middle Ages as the Gateway to China, Lanzhou was an important stop on this trade route
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the Silk Route
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) Honduras borders these 2 large bodies of water
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the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) World capital in which Jose Napoleon Duarte was born
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San Salvador
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) In 1980 Mt. McKinley National Park was renamed this
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Denali National Park
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Potomac River feeds into this large bay
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the Chesapeake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) On Aug. 12, 1901 the first auto reached the summit of this "peak" near Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Pikes Peak
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This river's delta covers 13,000 square miles, about 1/4 of Louisiana's area
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the Mississippi
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) In 1847 the Michigan legislature chose this city to succeed Detroit as state capital
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Lansing
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Vineyard Sound separates Martha's Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
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Cape Cod
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Less than 5,000 square miles in area, The Gambia is the smallest independent mainland country on this continent
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Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Lake Hula is not in Hawaii but just west of the Golan Heights in this country
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Israel
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1500) 1 of Denmark's 2 overseas regions
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Faroe Islands & Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) English towns include Stratford-on-Avon, Stoke-on-Trent & Henley-on- this river
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Thames
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This small Newfoundland city is a major air traffic control center for north Atlantic flights
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Gander
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) The 2 states on both sides of the Mississippi
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Louisiana and Minnesota
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Paraguay River divides Paraguay into 2 major regions: Occidental Paraguay & this
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Oriental Paraguay
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Denmark Strait is located between Iceland & this Danish possession
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Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Cristoforo Colombo Int'l Airport serves this city, Italy's busiest port
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Genoa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) 75 times the size of Belgium, the former Belgian Congo is now known by this name
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Zaire
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) More American Indians live in this country on South America's Pacific coast than any other
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Peru
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the southernmost independent country in the world
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Chile (which goes down around Tierra Del Fuego & sweeps a little south of Argentina)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) This country's 26 states include Para, Pernambuco & Amazonas
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Brazil
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) London is this country's tenth most populous metropolitan area; Hamilton & Edmonton are larger
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Canada
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Cinca River in northeastern Spain rises in these mountains
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Pyrenees
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This Turkish mountain was first climbed in modern times in 1829, long after Noah
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Mount Ararat
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) If Italy's boot kicked backwards, it would hit this country whose capital is Tirane
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Albania
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn't made navigable until the 20th century
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Missouri River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne
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Great Plains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate
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California
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay
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Chesapeake Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through MD., VA. & W. VA.
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Alleghenies
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) Even without its ice, this continent would have the highest average altitude
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Antarctica
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Ancient Egyptians never lived in this city near the Nile delta; Moslems founded it in 969 A.D.
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Cairo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) Located on the Tropic of Capricorn, this, Brazil's largest city, stays cool because of its altitude
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SÌ£o Paulo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Principality that calls itself Cymru, it juts westward from England into the Irish Sea
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Wales
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) Though Canada's Newfoundland province is named for the island, most of it is on this peninsula
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the Labrador Peninsula
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $400) Canada's Mackenzie River flows into this ocean
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the Arctic
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $800) This 1,800-square-mile Canadian lake sits entirely within a prairie province of the same name
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Lake Manitoba
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $1200) The large region known as the Laurentian Plateau is also known as the Canadian this
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the Canadian Shield
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $1600) The Vikings visited L'Anse aux Meadows in this province
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Newfoundland
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?: $2000) In 1999 this territory split from the Northwest Territories
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Nunavut
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) Corfu is this country's second-largest Ionian island, & its most populous
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Greece
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Cape Morris Jesup in the Arctic is the most northerly point on this Danish island
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Greenland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Patagonian region of South America lies mainly in this country
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Argentina
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) These mountains extend 270 miles along the French-Spanish border, from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean
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Pyrenees
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Wales' smallest city is named for this patron saint who established a monastery there in the 6th century
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St. David
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $100) Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba
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Mecca
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $200) Once the center of the Hittite Empire, Bogazkoy is located in this country's Anatolia region
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Turkey
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $300) Rebels took the post office in this city during their "rising" on Easter Monday, 1916
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Dublin
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $400) Under Darius I the capital of this empire was moved from Pasargadae to Persepolis
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Persian Empire
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $500) On April 1, 1945 U.S. forces landed on this largest of the Ryukyu Islands; in 1972 we gave it back to Japan
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Okinawa
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Buffalo & Cleveland are major ports on this Great Lake
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Erie
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Atlantic "sea" is named for the seaweed that can be seen there
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the Sargasso Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $3000) One of the 2 South American countries trying to claim Graham Land, part of the British Antarctic territory
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Argentina (or Chile)
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In 1951 Portugal allowed NATO to establish an airbase on the island of Terceira in this archipelago
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Azores
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(GEOGRAPHY: $2000) It's the capital & chief seaport of Trinidad & Tobago
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Port-of-Spain
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) The lower part of this New York river is an arm of the Atlantic ocean
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the Hudson River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Of desert, swamp or forest, the type of land composing almost one third of the U.S.
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forest land
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) They are South Dakota's example of dome mountains, which are raised up by pressure in the earth's crust
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the Black Hills
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) This country contains South America's highest & lowest points
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Argentina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Ten Thousand islands lie near the city of Everglades in this state
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Florida
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) At about 440 square miles, Red Lake is the largest of this state's "10,000 Lakes"
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Minnesota
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Yuma, Arizona is the largest city lying on this 1450-mile-long river
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the Colorado
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This bay nearly cuts Rhode Island in two
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the Narragansett
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This twin-peaked volcano in northern California has 5 small glaciers on its slopes
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Mt. Shasta
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Puerto Varas is in Chile & Puerto Vallarta is in this country
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Mexico
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Part of the Northwest Passage, the Davis Strait separates Canada's Baffin Island from this Danish one
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Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The city of Tangier lies at the western end of this strait
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Strait of Gibraltar
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) About 65% of the Philippines' total land area is divided between Luzon & this island
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Mindanao
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Potala, the former palace of the Dalai Lama, is a landmark of this Tibetan city
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Lhasa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This capital is located at the head of ship navigation on the Seine River
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Paris
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Bandar-E Khomeini, Iran & Manama, Bahrain are chief ports on this gulf
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the Persian Gulf
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Antipodes & Auckland Islands are part of this Southern Hemisphere nation
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New Zealand
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2000) In the Middle Ages, these 2 seas were the center of trade between Hanseatic League ports
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the Baltic Sea & the North Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Located on the Horn of Africa, this country is that continent's easternmost extension
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Somalia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Its inner and outer regions are separated by the Gobi Desert
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Mongolia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This second-largest island has an area of about 306,000 square miles & is shaped like a huge bird
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New Guinea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Maracaibo is the second-largest city in this country
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Venezuela
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole
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Greenland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) This peninsula seen here lies between the Bering Sea & the Sea of Okhotsk
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the Kamchatka Peninsula
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) One of the two lands seen here
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Greenland (or Iceland)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) A controversial war was fought by the U.S. in the '60s & '70s in this country once divided into north & south halves
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Vietnam
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This Asian nation seen here on the map has one of the world's largest populations
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) You can get to this northwesternmost African nation by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar
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Morocco
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Hobart is the capital city of this island state of Australia
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Tasmania
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This state has a Custer County as well as one named Big Horn
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Montana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This state's parishes began as administrative units of the Catholic Church under Spanish rule
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Louisiana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) New Jersey's eastern border is formed by the Atlantic Ocean & this river
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Hudson River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The Detroit, Huron & Sandusky Rivers are among those that flow into this great lake
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Lake Erie
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This home of the U.S. Air Force Academy was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony
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Colorado Springs
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest peak
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Mt. McKinley
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) It's across the Danube from Pest
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Buda
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) New Zealand, Midway & Hawaii are all a part of this "many islands" group
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Polynesia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) 2 of the 3 countries that make up the Benelux Economic Union
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(2 of) Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 2 of the 7 states that make up this Middle Eastern federation
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the United Arab Emirates
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This Lebanese capital is connected by highway to Baghdad & Damascus
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Beirut
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) You can use your head to figure out that Dunnet Head is this U.K. country's northernmost mainland port
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Scotland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Magellan visited this archipelago in 1520 & gave it a Spanish name meaning "Land of Fire"
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Tierra del Fuego
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) A "great" pass & a "little" pass in the Alps are named for this saint
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St. Bernard (the patron saint of mountain climbing)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Croat capital was formerly Yugoslavia's second largest city
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Zagreb
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The tiny nation of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France & this country
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Spain
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Lake Disappointment is a dry salt lake on the edge of this country's Gibson Desert
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Australia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) The name of this area of the Pacific is from the Greek for "many islands"
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Polynesia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Sharing its name with a seaport in Yemen, this gulf provides a link between the Red Sea & the Arabian Sea
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Gulf of Aden
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia was formerly known by this name, after a famous Communist writer
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Gorky
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Al-Jaza'ir isn't a TV network but the Arabic name for this capital city in north Africa
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Algiers
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Luzon Strait separates Taiwan from this country to the south
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the Philippines
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) This large island forms an autonomous region of Italy along with smaller islands, like Pantelleria
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Sicily
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The gulf of Venezuela, bordering Venezuela & Colombia, is an inlet of this sea
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the Caribbean
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Asia's 2 smallest mainland nations are Qatar at 4,473 square miles & this country west of Syria at 4,015 square miles
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Lebanon
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) The only place where 4 countries meet at one point is found on this continent
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Africa
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) The name of this Japanese peak is said to be of Ainu origin meaning "everlasting life"
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Mount Fuji
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) These long, narrow New York lakes were once rivers but glaciers caused them to be dammed up
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Finger Lakes
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Alaska town was founded by prospectors in 1902 & named for a U.S. vice president
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(Charles) Fairbanks
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This country's highest point is Haltia, which rises 4,357 feet near its northwestern border with Norway
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Finland
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $500) The Lagting is the local parliament in this Danish island group
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Faroe Islands
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Carson City, the capital of this western state, is named for Kit Carson
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Nevada
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's Alabama's first permanent European settlement as well as its only seaport
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Mobile
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Utah's Uinta Range is the only major range of these mountains in the contiguous 48 states that runs east & west
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Rocky Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This state's least populous county, Grand Isle, lies mostly within Lake Champlain
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Vermont
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Chief cities on the banks of this Hudson River tributary include Rome, Utica & Schenectady
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Mohawk River
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Hokkaido is the largest & northernmost of this country's 47 prefectures
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Japan
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This small nation borders Spain's California region
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Andorra
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Masai Mara & Marsabit Game Reserves in this African nation were created to protect animals from poaching
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Kenya
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Aland Island, Finland's largest island, lies at the entrance to this gulf
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Gulf of Bothnia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The highest point on Iwo Jima lies at the summit of this extinct volcano
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Mount Suribachi
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Mother & the Father are two active ones of these on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago
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Volcanoes
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros lies in this ocean in the Mozambique Channel
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Indian Ocean
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) In the mid-19th century the Sultan of Zanzibar established Dar es Salaam, which means "haven of" this
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Peace
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Ajman, Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 3 of this nation's 7 autonomous states
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United Arab Emirates
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Once known as Urga, this capital city is the cultural center of Mongolia
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Ulan Bator
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria
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Vienna
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Ionian Sea & the Tyrrhenian Sea are parts of this larger sea
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the Mediterranean Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Hokkaido is one of this country's main islands
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Japan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In Australia, this city is second only to Sydney in population
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Melbourne
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $3000) This mountain range separates Spain & France
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the Pyrenees
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) Phoenix lies on a river named for this substance found in the name of another state capital
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Salt
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $200) The major settlement of New Netherland was New Amsterdam on this island
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Manhattan
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $400) To protect the Panama Canal during WWII, the U.S. established a base in this Ecuadoran island group
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Galapagos Islands
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $600) Called the most important of Rome's 7 Hills, it was home to upper class villas
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Palatine Hill
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $800) Xerxes built a bridge of boats across it to invade Greece; Leander could have walked
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Hellespont
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In 1958 the Communist Chinese bombarded Quemoy & this island to force the Nationalist Chinese out
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Matsu
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) This imaginary line separates the north Pacific from the south pacific
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Equator
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This continent occupies about 30% of the Earth's total land area
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Asia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) This country's Queen Charlotte Islands lie south of the USA's Prince of Wales Island
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Canada
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Cape York Peninsula stretches northward from this continent's mainland
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Australia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) The Gulf of Fonseca is this Central American country's only direct access to the Pacific Ocean
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Honduras
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) The 2 independent South American countries named after famous men
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Bolivia and Colombia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) This sea is divided into the Yucatan, Cayman, Colombian, Venezuelan & Grenada basins
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Caribbean Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Dongfang, China, on Hainan Island, & northern Vietnam's Haiphong lie on this gulf
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Gulf of Tonkin
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) Foveaux Strait separates Stewart Island from this country's South Island
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New Zealand
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Russians call this sea between Asia & Europe Chernoye More
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Black Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) The ancient poets of India called this longest river of Pakistan "King River"
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Indus
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The summit of this famous Colorado peak can be reached by horseback, auto, or a 9-mile cog railway
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Pikes Peak
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Due to evaporation, the area of this largest Utah lake varies from year to year
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the Great Salt Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) A point 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro is smack dab in the middle of this "Volunteer State"
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Tennessee
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This city of over a million people lies 30 miles from Fort Worth
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Dallas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This "lengthy" island forms the easternmost part of New York state
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Long Island
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) A retirement city in Florida, or a retired capital of Russia
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St. Petersburg
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This part of the United Kingdom is called "Cymru" in its native language
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Wales
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $900) 2 of the 4 countries that border Romania
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(2 of) the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria & Hungary
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Capital of Malaysia, it was once a Chinese tin-mining camp
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Kuala Lumpur
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) Avarua is the capital of these Pacific islands, which were named for an English captain
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the Cook Islands
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Once the site of a famous prison, this California island was named for its large pelican population
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Alcatraz
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) All 5 Rhode Island counties have shorelines on this bay
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Narragansett Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This river that winds through Wyoming, Idaho & Oregon is the main tributary of the Columbia River
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Snake River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Connecticut River forms Vermont's entire border with this state
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New Hampshire
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Waimea is a famous canyon on this "Garden Isle" of Hawaii
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Kauai
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Marne joins this river at Paris
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Seine
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This city, the Soviet Union's second largest, was founded at the mouth of the Neva River in 1703
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Leningrad
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1300) City in which you can see the following view: [Sugarloaf Mountain]
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Rio de Janeiro
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This port, Japan's second largest city, is only 20 miles from Tokyo
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Yokohama
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Channel that's between the 2 land masses the Romans called "The Pillars of Hercules"
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Strait of Gibraltar
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $400) This desert makes up half of the area of Israel
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Negev
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $800) Seoul's chief seaport is this nearby city where MacArthur's troops landed in September 1950
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Inchon
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Only the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto joins Nova Scotia to this mainland province
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New Brunswick
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The Paraguana Peninsula is not in Paraguay but in this other South American country which borders the Caribbean
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Venezuela
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $2000) The north part of this Pacific sea off Australia's Queensland state is known as the Solomon Sea
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Coral Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Lake Vanern, Scandinavia's largest lake, lies just north of Goteborg in this country
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Sweden
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Britannica's article on this Sicilian volcano states its name comes from the Greek for "I burn"
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Etna
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) The ownership of the islands of Tierra del Fuego is shared by these 2 nations
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Chile & Argentina
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The Indian Ocean's deepest point is in this trench named for the most populous Indonesian island
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the Java Trench
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(GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This Sudanese capital was founded as an Egyptian army camp in the 1820s
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Khartoum
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) From Cree words "win nipee" meaning muddy water, it's the capital of Manitoba
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Winnipeg
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's bordered by the Bristol Channel, Cardigan Bay, the Irish Sea, & England
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Wales
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(GEOGRAPHY: $900) Besides Spanish, 3 of 4 other official languages of South American countries
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Portugues, English, French, and Dutch
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This desert is home to Africa's Bushmen
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the Kalahari
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) You'd find the cities of Kotte 'n' Kandy on this "Serendipitous" island
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Sri Lanka
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Galesburg, seat of this state's Knox County, was the site of a Lincoln-Douglas debate
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Illinois
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) A railroad president named Aberdeen, South Dakota for his birthplace in this country
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Scotland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This largest Oregon city is home to the International Rose Test Gardens
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Portland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Johns Hopkins University in this city is the home of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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Baltimore
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This state's Acadia National Park includes parts of Isle Au Haut & the Schoodic Peninsula
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Maine
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) It's the larger of the 2 countries that occupy the Iberian Peninsula
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Spain
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mississippi.) Some of the best catfish is caught in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, better known around here as this area
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the (Mississippi) Delta
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) This peninsula that accounts for most of Denmark's land area shares a 42-mile-long border with Germany
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Jutland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $4000) Hundreds of waterfalls make up the spectacular Iguacu Falls on the border of these 2 countries
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Brazil & Argentina
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(GEOGRAPHY: $2000) St. John, New Brunswick lies on this bay that's noted for its high tides
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the Bay of Fundy
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Viking artifacts have been found on this large "new" Canadian island
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Newfoundland
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This West Coast province is third largest in both area & population
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British Columbia
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) Canada's oldest city, it lies on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River
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Quebec
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Middle Island, Canada's southernmost point, is found in this eastern Great Lake
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Lake Erie
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Igniting a new rush, in 1989 Charles Fipke discovered diamonds in these barren "territories"
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Northwest Territories
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Argentina declared its independence from this country in 1816
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Spain
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Rhine Valley occupies one-third of this 62-square-mile country; the Alps cover the rest
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Liechtenstein
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) King Jigme Singye Wangchuck rules this Himalayan country between India & Tibet
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Bhutan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) In its native language, this heavily forested European country is known as Suomi
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Finland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Enver Hoxha ruled this Balkan country from 1944 until his death in 1985
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Albania
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This Belgian capital constitutes 1 of the country's 3 administrative regions
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Brussels
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Venice is known as the "Queen Of" this sea
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Adriatic
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Gilbertese, a Micronesian language, is widely spoken in Kiribati, an island country in this ocean
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Pacific
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) You'll find San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, in these mountains
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Apennines
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Canada is a federation of 2 territories & this many provinces
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10
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's "where the wind comes sweeping down the plain"
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Oklahoma
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) State whose counties include Crockett, Zapata & Pecos
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Texas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $700) One of two states ending in "T"
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(1 of) Connecticut and Vermont
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Historic pass at junction of TN., KY., & VA., associated with Daniel Boone
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the Cumberland Gap
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Mountain range that surrounds city of Atlanta
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the Blue Ridge Mountains
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) This coastal strip that has French & Italian sides is also known as the Cote D'Azur or Azure Coast
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the Riviera
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Until 1992 Bosnia & Herzegovina were part of this country
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Yugoslavia
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) (Sofia of the Clue Crew) Madrid, one of Europe's highest capital cities, is located in the very center of this peninsula
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the Iberian Peninsula
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Corsica & this Italian island are packed so close together they're only about 7 miles apart
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Sardinia
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Almost 70% of Denmark's land is on this peninsula; islands account for the rest
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Jutland
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) At 14,433 feet, Mt. Elbert in this state is a real Rocky Mountain high; it's the highest peak in the range
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Colorado
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) In 1937 the government set aside this Georgia swamp as a national wildlife refuge
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Okefenokee Swamp
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1500) This large Connecticut city was named after a structure spanning the Pequonnock
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Bridgeport
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Great Lake's deepest point, 1330 feet, lies about 50 miles north of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Lake Superior
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This 6,684-foot peak in western North Carolina is the highest U.S. point east of the Mississippi River
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Mount Mitchell
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) Other than Antarctica, the 2 continents without a landlocked country
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Australia & North America
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) Kangaroo Island is the 3rd largest offshore island of this country
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Judas trees grow on the northern slopes of this country's Mount Carmel National Park & Nature Reserves
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Israel
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) At the old observatory here you can stand with 1 foot in the eastern hemisphere & one in the western
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Greenwich, England
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The southernmost glacier in Europe, the Calderone, is in this country's Apennine mountains
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Italy
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) This port city is West Germany's leading industrial center
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Hamburg
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) In 1957 Lake Seminole was created on the Apalachicola River in this state but most of it lies in Georgia
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Florida
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The U.S. Bureau of the Census says its metropolitan area covers parts of 3 states: Wisconsin, Illinois & Indiana
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Chicago
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Humboldt River, this state's longest, flows through the cities of Winnemucca & Elko
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Nevada
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The name of this iron ore-producing range in Minnesota comes from an Indian word for "giant"
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Mesabi Range
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This presidential mountain in New Hampshire is the tallest peak in the northeastern United States
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Mount Washington
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Lutzelburg is an old name for the capital of this grand duchy
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Luxembourg
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) After entering Holland, this river divides into 3 branches: the Waal, the Lek & the Ijssel
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Rhine
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Although British Columbia is Canada's only province on the Pacific, this territory is farther west
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Yukon
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This French island in the Mediterranean was once ruled by the Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa
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Corsica
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Finland's northernmost point lies at its border with this country
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Norway
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) In 1997 this British crown colony will become a special administrative region of China
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Hong Kong
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be Northern & Southern this
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Rhodesia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) Ponce is the chief Caribbean port of this island once ruled by Ponce de Leon
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Puerto Rico
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) This Canadian Maritime province was named after the native land of England's James I
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Nova Scotia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) 1 of the 4 countries on the continent of Africa whose name starts with "B"
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Botswana
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $200) Most of the book of Ruth is set in this town, the place Micah said the messiah would come from
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Bethlehem
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $400) Also called Horeb, experts aren't sure which mount it actually is: Serbal & Jebel Musa are guesses
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Mount Sinai
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $600) Before "sightseeing" in this city, Samson was stripped of his sight
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Gaza
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $800) If he had lived there back in 1000 B.C., Robin Hood might have been "Prince of" this chief city of upper Egypt
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Thebes
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(BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY: $1500) This town is home to the Joseph who gave his tomb for Jesus' burial
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Arimathea
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Kauai Channel separates the island of Kauai from this most populous of the Hawaiian Islands
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Oahu
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Located on the Colorado River, it's the USA's largest man-made lake
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Lake Mead
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Ranchers formed the territory of Cimarron in 1887; it lasted until 1890 when it became this state's western panhandle
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Oklahoma
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1600) Austin is the seat of this county named for the Lt. Colonel who commanded the Texans at the Alamo
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Travis
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $2000) The Connecticut River, like the Quinnipiac & Saugatuck Rivers, flows into this sound
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Long Island Sound
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Marne joins this river at Charenton-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris
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the Seine
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Nordkapp on this country's Mageroya Island is one of Europe's most northerly points
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Norway
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) For its location on the peninsula, the Calabria region is often called this anatomical term "of Italy"
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the toe
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In Spain this second-largest city is a major port on the Mediterranean Sea
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Barcelona
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Germany's tallest peak, Zugspitze, lies in these Alps
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the Bavarian Alps
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet below sea level in this city
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New Orleans
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Wrigley family owns much of this resort island 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles
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Catalina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This island, a NYC Borough, is separated from New Jersey by 2 narrow channels: the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill
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Staten Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) The western part of this state's panhandle is the high plains, or llano estacado, "staked plains"
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Texas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This river joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, a little more than 1,000 miles from its source in Wyoming
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the Snake River
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $400) Asia's longest river, it rises in China's Kunlun Mountains & empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai
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the Yangtze River
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Gulf of Aden guards the southern entrance to this sea
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the Red Sea
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1200) This Argentine region's name is Spanish for "big feet", perhaps because Spaniards saw Indians who wore large boots
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Patagonia
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1600) This last colony in Africa shares part of its name with a desert & is claimed by Morocco
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Western Sahara
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Karafuto is the Japanese name for this large Russian island north of Hokkaido
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Sakhalin
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the only island whose territory makes up parts of 3 different independent nations
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Borneo (Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei)
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Hungarians call this "Beautiful Blue" river the Duna
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Danube
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Strictly speaking, the name of this volcano in southern Italy refers only to a crater inside Monte Somma
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Mount Vesuvius
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Until 1940, Lake Ladoga, the largest entirely within Europe, was shared by Russia & this country to the west
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Finland
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Germany's tallest peak, Zugspitze, lies in these Alps
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Bavarian Alps
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) This Estonian capital was founded by Danish forces who occupied the area in 1219
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Tallinn
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) 10 million people live in this country that is almost bisected by the second-longest river in Europe
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Hungary
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $None) This 1,980-mile river that starts in Canada is the longest in the Western Hemisphere that flows to the Pacific Ocean
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the Yukon River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This city was founded near rapids on the Ohio River & named for Louis XVI of France
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Louisville (Kentucky)
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) In 1989 voters in this town where Wild Bill Hickok died legalized gambling
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Deadwood (South Dakota)
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This city some 30 miles west of Dallas began as an army post on the Trinity River
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Fort Worth
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) A cog railroad, the first built in the U.S., runs up this New Hampshire mountain
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Mount Washington
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan
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North Dakota
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Great Karroo & the Little Karroo are dry tablelands in this African country's Cape Mountains region
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South Africa
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The island of Anglesey, which the Welsh call Ynys Mon, lies off the northwest coast of Wales in this sea
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Irish Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This Baltic country's major cities include Kaunas, Klaipeda & Vilnius
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Lithuania
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The only river in this Chilean desert to reach the sea is the Loa
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Atacama
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The westernmost of Canada's prairie provinces, it's bordered on the west by British Columbia
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Alberta
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Corfu is the most northerly of this country's 7 main Ionian islands
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Greece
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Germany has Worms & this country that borders Germany has a district called Wormerveer
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The Netherlands (Holland)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Easter Island lies about 2,300 miles from this country that governs it
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Chile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Irrawaddy River flows about 1,300 miles before emptying into this bay
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Bay of Bengal
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The Israeli town of Eilat is located at the head of this gulf
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Gulf of Aqaba
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) At one point, this largest island in the world is only about 10 miles from Canada
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Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Nippon is the native name for this country
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Japan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea, which is part of this ocean
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Indian Ocean
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1600) In 1976 Manila replaced Quezon City as the official capital of this country
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Philippines
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Belize & parts of Mexico & Guatemala are located on this peninsula
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Yucatan Peninsula
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) About a third of this state lies north of the Arctic Circle
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Alaska
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Indiana's 2nd-largest city is on the site of this stockade built in 1794 & named for a "mad" general
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Fort Wayne
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This region of South Dakota & Wyoming has the largest gold mine in the U.S.
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Black Hills
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This mountain range extends about 400 miles from near the Mojave Desert to the Feather River
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Sierra Nevadas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1500) The Cape Fear River, one of this state's longest, is formed by the Deep & Haw Rivers
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North Carolina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This river that rises at Lake Itasca drains about 1/8 of the North American continent
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Mississippi River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Of New York City's 5 boroughs, the one that is New York County
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Manhattan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This lake was created when Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River
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Lake Mead
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) In Kansas more people live in this city than in Topeka & Kansas City combined
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Wichita
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed this state's border with New Brunswick
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Maine
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's the country where you'll find Cape Nordkyn, the northernmost point on the European mainland
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Norway
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) In ancient times this city in Campania was called Neapolis
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Naples
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) In Arabic this British territory on Spain's southern coast is called Gebel-al-Tarik (Hill of Tarik)
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Gibraltar
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1200) If you flew directly from the capital of Turkey to the capital of Ukraine, you'd have to cross this sea
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the Black Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Victoria Peak is the highest point in this Central American country
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Belize
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Missouri & Ohio are the chief tributaries of this river
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the Mississippi
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) It's "The Natural State" as well as "The Land of Opportunity"
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Arkansas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Four Corners in the Western U.S. is where these 4 states meet at a single point
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Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, & Utah
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Covering 625 square miles, it's Louisiana's largest lake
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Lake Pontchartrain
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the southernmost of the New England states
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Connecticut
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $200) Turkey invaded the northern part of this island nation in 1974
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Cyprus
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $400) After freeing it from France, Toussaint L'Ouverture became the first ruler of this nation
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Haiti
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $600) By 900 A.D. Harold Fairhair had become the first king of this Scandinavian nation
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Norway
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $800) Under the leadership of Nasser, this union of Egypt & Syria was proclaimed Feb. 1, 1958
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United Arab Republic (UAR)
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Until 1972 this was the name of the Indian Ocean island whose current name means "resplendent land"
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Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This country's Lake Balaton, just southwest of Budapest, is central Europe's largest lake
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Hungary
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Peru's highest peaks, Huascaran & Yerupaja, lie in this range
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Andes
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Bhopal is the capital of this country's Madhya Pradesh state
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) In 1991, after years of construction, the new city of Abuja replaced Lagos as this country's capital
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Nigeria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This island group also claimed by Argentina was named by the British for a treasurer of the British navy
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Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $None) Named for its shape, this region stretches NW from the Persian Gulf, W. to Syria, then S. through Palestine
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Fertile Crescent
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Gulf of Ob in Siberia is only free of this for about two months of the year
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Ice
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) The highest point in this mountain range is Pico de Aneto, near Spain's northern border
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Pyrenees
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) This port on the Arabian Sea is known as "The Gateway to India"
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Bombay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This South American country, a former British colony, is officially called a cooperative republic
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Guyana
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Canadian province proportionally has more people of Asian descent than any other
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British Columbia
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) On a 1923 trip, Warren G. Harding made the 1st presidential visit to the Alaska Territory & to this nation
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Canada
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) A statewide law that went into effect Jan. 1, 1998 banned smoking cigarettes in bars & restaurants in this state
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California
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is located in this city
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Cleveland
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This peninsula gives its name to a cocktail made of vodka, cranberry juice & a slice of lime
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Cape Cod
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the seat of Laramie County
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Cheyenne, Wyoming
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Of this country's hundreds of islands, Crete & Euboea are the 2 largest
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Greece
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) A 7-mile tunnel through Mont Blanc connects Chamonix, France to this country
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Italy
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) A German valley renowned for its coal deposits is named for this tributary of the Rhine
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Ruhr
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This river flows through Toledo, Spain on its westerly trip to the sea
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Tagus
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border comes from a Guarani word for "great water"
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Iguazu Falls
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) 1 of the 2 Australian states with "Australia" in their names
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South Australia (or Western Australia)
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.)
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Vesuvius
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Staffordshire's chief river is the Trent, & its largest city is this-"on-Trent"
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Stoke
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1600) On 11/27/00 King Harald V opened this country's Laerdal Highway Tunnel, the world's longest at 15.2 miles
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Norway
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(GEOGRAPHY: $3000) These 2 republics united in 1964 to form Tanzania
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Tanganyika & Zanzibar
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) A small part of this California mountain range extends into the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada
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Sierra Nevadas
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake
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Jordan River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) In 1644 Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay was officially renamed this
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Rhode Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) Of the states that have counties, it has the fewest: Kent, New Castle & Sussex
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Delaware
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The Valley of the Sun is the locale of this state capital
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Phoenix
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the westernmost state to border any of the Great Lakes
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Minnesota
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Known in Arabic as Halab, Aleppo is this country's second-largest city, Damascus is first
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Syria
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) The name of this capital city found in the Andes means "the peace"
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La Paz
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) This Taj Mahal city on the Yamuna River is also home to the beautiful marble tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah
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Agra
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) Explorer James Clark Ross named 2 of this continent's volcanoes Erebus & Terror, for his ships
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Antarctica
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Africa's Rusizi is one of the few rivers that drains into this, the world's longest freshwater lake
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Lake Tanganyika
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $None) It's the only body of water with shores on the continents of Asia, Africa & Europe
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Mediterranean Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This capital city sits on the southern end of New Zealand's North Island
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Wellington
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Dutch named this island in the Indian Ocean for Prince Maurice of Nassau
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Mauritius
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(GEOGRAPHY: $2000) The Isle of Man lies in this body of water
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Irish Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) It's the longest river entirely within Massachusetts
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Charles
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Smaller in area than Cleveland, this German-speaking alpine country remained neutral during WWII
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Liechtenstein
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This state's Seward peninsula includes the westernmost point on the North American mainland
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Alaska
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) In Virginia Cape Charles & Cape Henry mark the northern & southern sides of the entrances to this bay
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Chesapeake Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Lake Placid is located 1,860 feet above sea level in these mountains
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the Adirondacks
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Port Townsend, one of Washington's oldest cities, is at the entrance to this inlet
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Puget Sound
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Referring to its Spanish name, this chief Texas Panhandle city is nicknamed the "Yellow Rose of Texas"
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Amarillo
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Grampians, a part of this continent's Great Dividing Range, is also known by its Aboriginal name, Gariwerd
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Australia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This African river enters the Mediterranean via 2 main branches: the Rosetta & the Damietta
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Nile
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) Located on the Danube, Linz is one of this country's major ports
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Austria
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) Dragon's Mouth is a strait that separates Venezuela's Paria Peninsula from this Caribbean nation
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Trinidad & Tobago
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This world capital is the most populous city in the West Indies
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Havana, Cuba
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Republic of China is also known by this name, which is that of its main island
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Taiwan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) In 1995 this country marked 20 years of reunification & the U.S. restored full diplomatic ties
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Vietnam
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The origins of Bangalore, a city in this country, go back to a mud fort erected in 1537
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In the 1850s, Empress Eugenie helped popularize Biarritz, a town on this bay, as a fashionable resort
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Bay of Biscay
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Frederiction, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for a son of King George III
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New Brunswick
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Whidbey Island in Washington state is the largest island in this inlet
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Puget Sound
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This Texas island was named for a priest, Father Nicholas Balli
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Padre Island
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, it's the highest of all the states
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Colorado
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Look out for Capes Lookout, Hatteras & Fear when sailing along this state's coast
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North Carolina
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Coeur d'Alene Lake in this state is at the heart of a popular resort area
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Idaho
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Brig O'Doon refers to a bridge over the River Doon in this part of the United Kingdom
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Scotland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) It's the largest area of land named for Thomas West, Lord de la Warr
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the State of Delaware
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) The northern part of this country was once called "Kitai" or "Cathay"
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China
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Since August 10 was this saint's day, Cartier named the bay he discovered that day in 1535 after him
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St. Lawrence
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) The rock & fortress of Masada are found by this sea's shore
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the Dead Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) Of Kenya, Colombia or Thailand, the one not found on the equator
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Thailand
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) The geographic center of North America is near the town of Rugby, in this U.S. state that borders Canada
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North Dakota
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1800) Except for its coast, this sultanate is completely surrounded by Malaysia
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Brunei
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Besides Budapest, 1 of the 3 national capitals located on the Danube River
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Belgrade, Bratislava & Vienna
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) This French possession that's largely rain forest has a satellite launch complex at Kourou
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French Guiana
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) This river's delta covers more than 12,000 square miles in Louisiana
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Mississippi River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) This mountain system stretches from New Mexico to the Brooks Range north of the Arctic Circle
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Rocky Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) The Wichita Mountains are not in Kansas but in this state on its southern border
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Oklahoma
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Although a mile wide in some places, this principal river of Nebraska is too shallow to be navigable
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Platte River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This state capital is known for a variety of oysters found primarily in Puget Sound
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Olympia
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) Part of this 3,000-mile long mountain system covers the middle third of Colorado
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the Rocky Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Texas County in this state's panhandle borders the state of Texas
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Oklahoma
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This Washington volcano erupted on November 22, 1842; it blew its top again in 1980
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Mount St. Helens
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) This Midwestern state's "Northwest Angle" is the northernmost point in the continental U.S.
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Minnesota
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) The Calendar Islands of this "Pine Tree State" are so named because there are 365 of them
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Maine
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) If they'd decided to call this town Shawmut, the native name for the area, we'd have Shawmut baked beans
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Boston
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Salt Lake Valley was once a part of the basin of this ancient lake
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Lake Bonneville
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) In 1942, people from the Manhattan Project set up shop at a boys' ranch school in this N.M. community
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Los Alamos
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Wisconsin is bordered by these 2 of the 5 Great Lakes
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Michigan & Superior
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Though Delaware is the Diamond State, the Crater of Diamonds is in this state
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Arkansas
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Tatar Strait separates Sakhalin Island & Siberia in this country
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Russia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) In Korean this South Korean capital's name means "capital"
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Seoul
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The base of this Sicilian volcano is about 100 miles in circumference
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Mount Etna
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This river is only navigable for about 80 miles, from Lisbon to Abrantes, Portugal
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Tagus
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1700) The Neman River, Lithuania's longest, begins in Belarus & empties into this sea
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Baltic Sea
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $None) One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay
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Alberta or Saskatchewan
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $100) This U.S. state has the longest common border with Mexico
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Texas
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) You'll find the Mayan ruins of Tulum on this large peninsula
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Yucatan
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $300) This cape or "cabo" is at the southern tip of Baja California
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Cabo San Lucas
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Hopefully you'll "treasure" this extensive mountain range of western Mexico
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Sierra Madre
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(MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY: $500) Bordering Guatemala, this troubled state is Mexico's southernmost
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Chiapas
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(HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: $None) The former kingdom of Saxony is now located in this country
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Germany
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Russia's Lena River lies within this large, cold eastern region of the country
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Siberia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Loch Ness & Loch Lochy form much of this country's Caledonian Canal
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Scotland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This country's Chatham Islands are inhabited primarily by Maoris
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New Zealand
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Nastapoka & Hopewell, islands of Canada's Northwest Territories, hug the eastern shore of this bay
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Hudson Bay
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This river flows through the District of Columbia
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the Potomac
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Egypt's Qattara depression is the lowest point in this largest desert
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the Sahara
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) The Swedish island Gotland lies in this sea
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the Baltic Sea
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Called Sagarmatha in Nepali, it's this peak to us
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Mount Everest
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Regina is in this one of Canada's prairie provinces
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Saskatchewan
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) This country's Cancun resort lies on a barrier island once inhabited by Maya Indians
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Mexico
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Libya's Gulf of Sidra is the southernmost point of this huge sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This country's Krishna & Godavari rivers lie on the Deccan plateau
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Little Belt is a strait that separates the island of Fyn from this Danish peninsula
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Jutland Peninsula
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $2100) La Guajira Peninsula is shared by Colombia & this neighbor to the east
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Venezuela
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Ticino is this country's southernmost canton
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Switzerland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This European country's highest point is Vaalserberg which rises 1,053 feet near Maastricht
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The Netherlands
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The 2 northern extensions of the Red Sea are the Gulf of Aqaba & this gulf
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Gulf of Suez
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) This European island nation's largest lake is Thingvallavatn in the southwest
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Iceland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Venezuelan river empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Trinidad
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the Orinoco
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) About 75% of all Hawaiians live on this island
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Oahu
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The New York state barge canal system connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic via this river
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Hudson River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) This mountain system stretches about 1,500 miles from Alabama to Canada's Gaspe Peninsula
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Appalachians
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) At an altitude of 6,22
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Lake Tahoe
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) Made famous in song, this river begins in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp & empties into the Gulf of Mexico via Florida
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Suwannee River
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Peninsulas in this country include the Zamboanga & Bataan
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the Philippines
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) This river's name is Sanskrit for "Son of Brahma"
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the Brahmaputra
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) In 1861 this island with its Port of Cagliari was "squeezed" into the Kingdom of Italy
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Sardinia
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) The "amiable" former name of the Tongan archipelago
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the Friendly Islands
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Bigfoot walks the Pacific Northwest; this area, whose name means big foot, is in Argentina
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Patagonia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) While most of Lake Geneva is in Switzerland, its southern shore lies in this country
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France
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) This capital city is situated in the Judean Hills
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Jerusalem
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Botany Bay is on the southeast coast of this country & Geographe Bay is on the southwest coast
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Australia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) At 16,800 feet, Vinson Massif is the highest point on this continent
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Antarctica
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1500) The name of this smallest South American country can be spelled with or without an e
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Suriname
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) In 1874, a major rail crossing, the Eads Bridge, was completed across this river at St. Louis
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Mississippi River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) California's highest peak, it was named for the geologist who was chief of the expedition that found it in 1864
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Mount Whitney
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) Col. Thomas Baker founded this city, a produce center & California's country music capital
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Bakersfield
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Virginia's Rappahannock River flows into this bay
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Chesapeake Bay
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This state capital was founded in 1819 from 2 towns: East Alabama & New Philadelphia
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Montgomery
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(GEOGRAPHY: $100) The Ishikari Plain is the largest lowland on this country's Hokkaido island
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Japan
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) Point Tarifa, in Andalusia in this country, is Europe's southernmost point
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Spain
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(GEOGRAPHY: $300) This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn
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Switzerland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) This country's Kemijoki River rises near the Russian border and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia
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Finland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $500) This capital of Queensland in Australia was founded as a station for British convicts in 1824
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Brisbane
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) Now independent, this island has been ruled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French, and British
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Malta
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) Marseille, this country's main seaport, is on its Mediterranean coast
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France
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Casa Rosada, residence of this country's president, stands on the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) Natives of this largest island call it Kalaallit Nunaat
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Greenland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Kuril Islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from this ocean
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Pacific
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) Uzbekistan shares the inland Aral Sea with this neighboring "Stan" to the north
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Kazakhstan
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) While Libya is on the Mediterranean, Liberia is on this body of water
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the Atlantic
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) We don't mean to "Boer" you, but Paul Kruger has a national park named for him in this country
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South Africa
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) How romantic: at its northeast end, the lake named for this man receives the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria
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(Prince) Albert
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Good golly! Malawi is traversed by this "great" valley
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the Great Rift
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) The town of Koudougou is west of Ouagadougou in this country
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Burkina Faso
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $100) This capital city lies on the broad & shallow plain formed by the Moskva River & tributaries
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Moscow
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) You must remember this is the most populous city in Morocco, but Rabat is the capital
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Casablanca
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $300) With less than 10% of the world's population, this continent creates more than 1/3 of its manufactures
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North America
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Red Sea is considered an arm of this ocean
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Indian Ocean
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $500) There used to be 2 countries with this name; now there's only 1 & its capital is Brazzaville
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Congo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) The Rue de Rivoli is in Paris & the Gardens of Tivoli are in this Danish capital
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Copenhagen
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Like the city of Bern, the Bernese Alps are in this country
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Switzerland
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) The famous spa town of Baden-Baden lies in this "dark" wooded region of Germany
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Black Forest
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) South America's Cape Horn was named for the city of Hoorn in this country
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Holland/The Netherlands
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is located on this island
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St. Thomas
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Much of Scotland's Caledonian Canal is formed by Loch Lochy & this other "monstrous" loch
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Loch Ness
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) In ancient times, this "mother" river of Russia was known as the Rha
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Volga
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Although it's Central America's smallest country in area, it's in the top 3 by population
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El Salvador
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) Have a family get-together in the Indian Ocean on this French island which was once known as Bourbon Island
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Reunion
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This pass through the Swiss Alps has a 10-mile motor vehicle tunnel, one of the world's largest
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St. Gotthard Pass
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) On this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, you'll find Rimini & Ravenna, Italy & Rijeka, Croatia
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Adriatic
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This seaport is a center of German trade, perhaps in the ground beef that bears its name
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Hamburg
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Malmo, one of Sweden's major cities, is just 16 miles from this capitol of another country
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) The Italian Riviera east of Genoa is the Coast of the Rising Sun; west of Genoa it's the Coast of this
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Setting Sun
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) For centuries the Dutch could put out to zee on this North Sea inlet that was dammed around 1930
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Zuider Zee
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $None) With a common nickname that refers to its size, this is the largest island in the United States
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Hawaii
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) Name given to the parallel of latitude at 66 degrees 30' S.
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the Antarctic Circle
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $200) It's the second-most populous city in England
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Birmingham
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $400) Saudi Arabia is connected to this Persian Gulf island nation by the King Fahd Causeway
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Bahrain
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $600) It's one of the 3 U.S. state capitals found on the Missouri River
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Bismarck, North Dakota
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $800) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is president of this nation with a population near 175 million
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Brazil
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(GEOGRAPHY "B": $1000) In the 17th c. Tibetan forces invaded this neighboring country whose name means "the edge of Tibet"
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Bhutan
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Lesbos & the Cyclades are found in this sea
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Aegean Sea
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $3000) It's about 50 miles across the Adriatic Sea from Italy to this country on the Balkan Peninsula
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Albania
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) It's paired with Barbuda in the name of a Caribbean island country
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Antigua
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) It's the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere
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Mount Aconcagua
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) It's the city in Uttar Pradesh where Shah Jahan built a memorial to his wife Mumtaz Mahal
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Agra
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Joshua Tree National Monument near Palm Springs in this state was made a national park in 1994
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California
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1800) The Rio Grande forms part of the border between these 2 U.S. states
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New Mexico & Texas
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) In 1970, while this country was still a British dependency, Belmopan became its capital
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Belize
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Lake Nicaragua is connected to this smaller Nicaraguan lake by the Tipitapa River
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Lake Managua
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(NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Provinces of this Central American country include Chiriqui, Veraguas & Darien
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Panama
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Perry, the barber turned singer, might enjoy visiting this lake and province in Lombardy
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Como
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This port city on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island was founded by Anglicans
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Christchurch
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $600) Ancient village in Mexico known for the temples and pyramids the Mayans made of brick and stone
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Chichen Itza
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) Called France's most famous cheese, it's named for this Normandy village where it was first made
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Camembert
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("C" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This capital of Canada's Prince Edward Island was named for the wife of King George III
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Charlottetown
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $200) Except for its coast, Bangladesh is almost entirely surrounded by this country
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India
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $400) Monte Cervino is the Italian name for this peak, located in the Alps & copied in Anaheim
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The Matterhorn
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $600) Provinces of this country include El Oro, Chimborazo & Colon or the Galapagos Islands
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Ecuador
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $800) Beersheba is one of the main cities of this desert region of Israel
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Negev
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(TOUGH GEOGRAPHY: $1000) One of Puerto Rico's major rivers shares its name with this estuary that separates Uruguay & Argentina
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Rio de la Plata
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $100) At 33 miles in length, the Kaukonahua Stream is this state's longest river
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Hawaii
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) Communities on this cape include Pilgrim Heights & Mayflower Heights
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Cape Cod
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $300) The name of this Iowa capital may come from an Indian word for "River of the Mounds"
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Des Moines
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) These beautiful New York mountains are associated with the area once known as the "Borscht Belt"
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Catskills
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $500) This state's "Northwest Angle" lies in Lake of the Woods County north of the 49th parallel
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Minnesota
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) The NFL Europe's Dragons play their home games in this Spanish city that hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Barcelona
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This southern South American capital city's first European visitor was Pedro de Mendoza in 1536
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Buenos Aires
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) This bay between Spain & Brittany is named for the Basques who live on the shore there
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Bay of Biscay
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The British looted this Asian capital in 1860, bringing back a dog breed bearing its old name
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Beijing
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This Slovakian capital was widely known by the German name Pressburg until after World War I
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Bratislava
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This French-speaking city is 150 miles down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Charles
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Quebec City
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $5000) This province has 3 counties: Kings, Queens & Prince
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Prince Edward Island
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $1200) Cape Spear, Canada's easternmost point, is a short drive from St. John's, the capital of this province
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Newfoundland
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $1600) The 4th daughter of Queen Victoria lent 1 of her names to a province & another to this emerald-colored lake near Banff
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(Lake) Louise
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(CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) This "great" lake on the Arctic circle is the largest lake entirely within Canada
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Great Bear Lake
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) It's the capital of Jordan
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Amman
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) This country controls the eastern half of Tierra del Fuego, largest island in an archipelago of the same name
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Argentina
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Morocco, Mali & Tunisia border this country
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Algeria
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) In the summer residents of this capital city suffer through the "nefos", a type of smog
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Athens
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("A" IN GEOGRAPHY: $500) In the 1970s this Scottish fishing port became the center of the North Sea oil industry
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Aberdeen
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Major cities in this European nation include Vaasa, Maarianhamina & Helsinki
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Finland
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) Doncha know this city on the Red River is the largest city in North Dakota
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Fargo
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $600) It's the numeric name for the locality where the borders of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico & Arizona meet
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the Four Corners
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This city 30 miles west of Dallas was an important stop along the Chisholm Trail
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Fort Worth
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("F" IN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) In the 1980s Argentina & Great Britain fought a war over these South American islands
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the Falklands (or Malvinas)
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) M'zab, Tanezrouft & Suf are regions of this desert in Algeria
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Sahara Desert
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) The exit at the base of these falls is known as the Boiling Pot
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Victoria Falls
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) This mountain system in NW Africa is actually an extension of Europe's Alpine system
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Atlas Mountains
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Congolese capital was named for the explorer who in 1880 claimed the area
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Brazzaville
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(AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Nigerian city is built on several islands including Ikoyi & Edo
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Lagos
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(GEOGRAPHY: $200) This river is responsible for irrigating about 6 million acres of land in Egypt
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Nile
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(GEOGRAPHY: $400) Katowice & Warszawa are this country's two most populous provinces
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Poland
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(GEOGRAPHY: $600) A British colony until 1959, this island city-state is the smallest nation in southeast Asia
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Singapore
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(GEOGRAPHY: $800) This South Dakota peak near Rapid City was named for a New York attorney, who represented mining investors
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Mount Rushmore
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(GEOGRAPHY: $1000) 131 feet below sea level, Argentina's lowest point is on this dry, windy region's Valdez Peninsula
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Patagonia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Melbourne is in the Australian state named for this woman, a friend of Viscount Melbourne
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Queen Victoria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Paulistas live in a large city in this large South American country
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Brazil
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) You can enter this European city via the Puerta de Bisagra & its U.S. namesake via Exit 64 on the Ohio Turnpike
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Toledo
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) It's Africa's highest mount that shares its name with a country
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Kenya
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Chinese canal begins at Beijing & ends 1,100 miles later at the port of Hangzhou
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the Grand Canal
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) America's chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide
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Rocky Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula
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Michigan
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $600) This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu
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Maui
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $4000) The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains
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Ozark Mountains
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This 'bleak" swamp covers about 750 square miles in Virginia & North Carolina
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The Great Dismal Swamp
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $100) This German capital was once the capital of Prussia
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Berlin
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Once known as the Escholtz Islands, this atoll in the Marshall Islands was the site of U.S. nuclear tests
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Bikini
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $300) Due to summer fog & winter snow, there are few clear days in this north Pacific sea in the Aleutian Basin
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Bering Sea
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $400) This country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serb republic
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Bosnia
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("B" IN GEOGRAPHY: $800) This Mississippi port was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s
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Biloxi
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $200) Alphabetically, the countries in Europe run from Albania to this tiny landlocked nation
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Vatican City
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $400) We're counting on your knowing that the Firth of Forth is an estuary in this country
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Scotland
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $600) (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Beginning northwest of Moscow and flowing 2,300 miles to the Caspian Sea, this river is the longest in Europe
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the Volga
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $2000) Ports on this bay include Bilbao, Spain & Bayonne, France
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the Bay of Biscay
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(EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: $1000) From their name, these Danish islands sound like they should be ruled by Egyptian royalty
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the Faroe Islands
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) If you're out in this European mountain range you may find the Inn Valley
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the Alps
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) Bayern is the German name of this German state known for its beer
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Bavaria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) Though Bornholm is a Danish island, it's much closer to this Scandinavian country than to Denmark
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Sweden
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) An island called the Calf of Man lies southwest of the Isle of Man in this sea
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Irish Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) At 7,339 feet, Mount Orohena on this island is the highest point in the Society Islands
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Tahiti
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $200) The borders of 5 Utah counties lie within this lake
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The Great Salt Lake
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $400) Mapmakers named this Colorado mountain after its 1806 discoverer, who had called it Grand Peak
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Pikes Peak
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) This Northwestern capital's name is derived from the Hebrew shalom, meaning "peace"
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Salem, Oregon
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $800) This river flows through 3 state capitals: Bismarck, Pierre & Jefferson City
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Missouri River
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(U.S. GEOGRAPHY: $1000) It's the only U.S. state lying on the Tropic of Cancer
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Hawaii
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(GEOGRAPHY: $None) Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, this is the largest country in area in the world
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Russia
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $200) Tha main part of Cairo lies on 2 islands & the East Bank of this river
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the Nile
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $400) The Thar Desert occupies a part of Pakistan & much of this country's Haryana & Rajasthan states
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India
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $600) This body of water borders the northern coast of Wales
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the Irish Sea
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $800) The capitals of British Columbia, Hong Kong & the Seychelles share this name
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Victoria
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(WORLD GEOGRAPHY: $1000) Denmark's highest point, Yding Skovhoj, rises only 568 feet on this peninsula
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Jutland
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