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THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION WORLDWISE 2005- 06 LOCAL QUIZ

This year we are providing seven rounds (plus a crossword), three of which require an oral response and four needing written answers. You do not have to use all of the rounds, depending on time available, or use them in any particular order. It would also be good idea if you could substitute some of the questions or rounds with ones of your own which focus on local geography. You may also wish to modify some of the questions to suit the ability of your teams, for instance by turning them into multiple-choice questions.

In selecting your rounds try to get an appropriate balance between written and oral questions, keeping in mind that pupils will be able to make a bigger contribution to written answers while the oral rounds do build up a competitive atmosphere.

Giving out the answers at the end of the rounds is time consuming but can give your ‘markers’ time to provide the scores. The teams will be interested in the answers anyway and it will give the questioner the opportunity to relax the teams with some informal discussion.

It is important to acknowledge the contributions of our main sponsors, (The OS and the FIELD STUDIES COUNCIL) and to remind teachers that participation in, and not necessarily winning, the local quiz will be taken into account when the GA decides which schools to invite to the WORLDWISE CHALLENGE WEEKEND. This is a weekend of free and fun fieldwork activities for up to 10 teams of three pupils (years 8-10) plus a teacher that this year is being held over the weekend of 21-23 April 2006 at the FSC’s Malham Tarn Centre. We would also ask that you acknowledge the role of the GA and if appropriate encourage teachers accompanying teams from non-member schools to consider supporting geography by joining the association.

Please remember to provide the GA with details of the teams taking part and whether or not they wish to be considered for invitation to the WORLDWISE CHALLENGE WEEKEND.

The rounds included in the order that they appear in this document (but not necessarily the order in which you have to present them) are:

Round Type GEOGRAPHY FROM THE NEWS Oral FIELDWORK ROUND Written MIXED BAG Oral ALPHABET RUN Oral FIELDWORK CROSSWORD* Written INTERNET SEARCH ROUND Written THE NEW EU Written OS MAP ROUND (to follow with OS maps) Written

*The crossword should be handed out at any time during the quiz to suit your programme. If you feel it is too difficult for the teams you could add the first letter of each word to the copies you hand out.

Some blank answer and score sheets are provided below. A final score sheet should be submitted to the GA along with school contacts and an indication of those schools wishing to be considered for the WORLDWISE CHALLENGE.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION WORLDWISE 2005-6 LOCAL QUIZ

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Score sheet

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GEOGRAPHY FROM THE NEWS ROUND

NOTE TO ORGANISERS

The questions in this round or based on recent news reports, although many of them could be answered without having read about them. Please use a selection of them and perhaps add some based on local or more recent events.

NOTES TO QUESTIONERS

This is a written team round which will test your knowledge of recent news reports although there are clues in the questions to help you even if you missed the news

1. With its economy growing at around 10% per year, this country has emerged as a leading newly industrialising country (NIC) and will overtake Britain and France in 2005 to become the world’s 4th largest economy. Name the country

ANSWER: CHINA

2. The new version of the Band Aid single ‘Do they know its Christmas’ featuring pop stars Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Jamelia and Will Young was released prior to Xmas with all proceeds going towards helping the starving people of Darfur region; in which African Country? ANSWER: SUDAN

3. Famous celebrities have a taste for tropical products like Fiji water which is imported into the UK by supermarkets. Which super market, the current leader in the UK market, has recently opened 170 stores in Eastern Europe?ANSWER: TESCO

4. Which European Mediterranean country is prepared to pay cash support to mothers in an attempt to increase the birth rate?ANSWER: ITALY

5. With fewer adults paying taxes and more retired people livinglonger the UK government is under pressure to extend the retirement age. Men retire at 65; at what age can women officially retire at the moment?

ANSWER: 60

6. In which Bosnian city was a rebuilt mediaeval arched bridge opened in July 2004?

ANSWER: MOSTAR

7. In which country are farmers blaming wind turbines for chasing away the monsoon clouds and causing drought in Maharastra state?ANSWER: INDIA

8. In which European country, once a Soviet republic, can tourists nowtake sightseeing trips to the site of Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster?ANSWER: UKRAINE

9. Which American state is the richest and has the largest population?

ANSWER: CALIFORNIA

10. Name the cheapest property on the Monopoly board? ANSWER: OLD KENT ROAD

11. In which South African city is the Newlands cricket ground located? ANSWER: CAPE TOWN

12. Over half the applications for which renewable energy projects are rejected each year on the grounds of civil aviation air safety raising fears that the government will fail to meet targets for a significant increase in renewable energy?ANSWER: WIND FARMS

13. Commercial flower farming near Lake Naivasha in central Kenya is threatening access to vital water supplies for this famous tribe of nomadic cattle keepers. Name the tribe.ANSWER: MAASAI or MASAI

14. Parents in rural China are getting round the one child policy by adopting which tactic?ANSWER: allow ONE of

Bribing a doctor to issue a ‘twin’ birth certificate upon birth of a second child Move home to a hospital without a record of their first child Parking a second child with relatives or friends

15. A spectacular volcanic eruption beneath the Vatnujokull glacier, the country’s largest, caused a 7 mile column of ash forcing aircraft todivert. Name the country.

ANSWER: ICELAND

16. Whales, seals, penguins and albatrosses are under threat from a catastrophic decline of which shrimp like creatures that are the core of the Antarctic food

chain? ANSWER: KRILL

17. Labour controlled ‘Transport for London’ has invested heavily in a new public transport scheme for west London which involves ultimately a link between Shepherds Bush and Uxbridge. Name the mode of transport. ANSWER: TRAM

18. A sea of 5000 polythene tunnels covering the UK countryside in Surrey, Kent, and Herefordshire prolongs the growing season of which fruit crop? ANSWER: STRAWBERRIES

19. Last October the UK had overtaken Germany and France to become the world’s fourth most attractive foreign investment location behind India (3rd) and USA (2nd). Which country attracted the most foreign investment in 2004?ANSWER: CHINA

20. As the swarm descended on Nouakchott (Mauritania) it was so thick it blotted out the sun. Which ‘carpet of jaws’ threatens to devour West Africa in the worst plague in15 years?ANSWER: LOCUSTS

21. According to EU water quality assessments the cleanest river in England and Wales rises in Powys (Mid Wales) and flows SE towards the Bristol Channel flowing through Hereford, Ross and Chepstow on its course. Name the river.ANSWER: WYE

22. Alistair Cooke, who died in 2004, wrote his last letter for the BBC from this country; name it .ANSWER: AMERICA

23. Peace in the Middle East hinges upon the Israeli PM Ariel Sharron persuading his country to leave which strip of land they have occupied since 1967?ANSWER: GAZA

24. In which city did Dame Kelly Holmes win two gold medals in summer 2004?ANSWER: ATHENS

25. Autumn 2004 was a bad time for hurricanes in the Caribbean. Which of these was NOT a hurricane in 2004? IVAN; CHARLEY; KATRINA: FRANCES ANSWER: KATRINA

26. A three metre wall of water devastated a Devon fishing village in August 2004; name the village.

ANSWER: BOSCASTLE

27. What was the magnitude of the earthquake which triggered the Asian Tsunami on December 26th?

ANSWER: 9 but allow 8.9

28. Name the province or market town in NW Sumatra which was first struck by the tsunami wave 20 minutes after the earthquake. ANSWER: ACEH (province) or BANDA ACEH (market town)

29. If I wanted to travel on Eurostar today from which London station would I depart? ANSWER: WATERLOO

30. Which London Borough suffers from the highest noise levels, where 43% of the area suffers from over 60 decibels night and day, (the equivalent of standing next to a washing machine!) Is it Westminster, City of London or Hounslow?ANSWER: CITY OF LONDON (Westminster 34, Hounslow 25, Ealing 17)


FIELDWORK ROUND PROVIDED BY THE FIELD STUDIES COUNCIL

A NOTE TO THE ORGANISER This fieldwork round includes a crossword which can be handed out at the beginning of the evening or at some other suitable point and collected later for marking. There is also a resource sheet which relates to some of the questions which follow

QUESTIONER’S INTRODUCTION You have been given a crossword to do. I will collect it in after…………………….. Now write the answers to the following questions. For some of them you will need this resource sheet.

Q(1): A student out walking in an area of sand dunes has found a square metal frame measuring 50cm by 50cm. The frame is subdivided into a number of smaller squares. What is the likely purpose of this item of fieldwork equipment?Is it toa. Prevent trampling on sensitive plants

b. Record wind speed

c. To record sunshine d. Measure the % of different plants

Q(2): What fieldwork technique might be used to find out how far people have travelled in order to go shopping in a local town or supermarket? Is it a a. Traffic count b. Shoppers Questionnairec. Environmental quality survey d. Building height survey

Q(3): In FSC Centres in the UK weather readings are taken at 9.00GMT every day. If you had to take a reading on mid-summers day, what time should you start? a. 10.00 local time b. 9.00 local timec. 13.00 local time d. 8.00 local time

Q(4): Look at Figure 1 in the resource pack. What is the strength and nature of the relationship between environmental quality and traffic flow? Is it a. Positive, strong b. Positive, weakc. Negative, moderately strong d. No obvious relationship

Q(5): Four students are asked to describe what the word ‘prediction’ means, as part of a lesson on fieldwork for a forthcoming visit to an FSC Centre. Which would you say is the best definition? a. A question that is asked at the end of a geographical enquiry

b. Something that might happen if things go your way

c. The distortion of results because of some error the data collection

d. A statement which could be tested through data collected via an enquiry

(6) What is meant by the term anomaly, as shown in Figure 1?

Something that does not fit the pattern, unusual, erratic data etc

(7) You are visiting a tourist honeypot. You have a sketch map of the site to which you have been asked to add features which are typical of a honeypot.

For two points give four things your map might include.

Car park, information centre/signs, toilets, gift shop etc

(8) Fig 2 shows a pipe hammered into the ground with a water container placed upside down on top. What is being measured here? Is it

Precipitation, infiltration, condensation, evaporation?

(9) You have been asked to carry out a survey of the quality of life in an area and you teacher has suggested you could use the decibel meter shown in fig 3. What could you use it for?

Measure noise/noise pollution

(10) Take a look at the photos 4a and b. What is the main type of land use in each photo?

4a shopping/retail 4b residential/flats/apartments/housing

GA WORLDWISE LOCAL QUIZ Resource pack for fieldwork round

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4a and 4b


MIXED BAG ROUND

Note to organiser: This can be used for up to 6 teams. You may need to write additional but similar rounds if you have more than six teams

Questioner’s introduction

In this round there are 10 questions for each team to answer in ONE minute, with one mark for each correct answer for questions 1-9. For question 10 there are four marks for each feature in the correct order. You may confer, but if your team is stuck, say pass. The first audible answer will be taken.

Team A1. Which country is located immediately south of Denmark? Germany2. In which country could you spend francs in Berne? Switzerland3. Which country has the registration mark D? Germany4. At the mouth of which river is Liverpool located? Mersey5. Which is the landlocked country: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India? Afghanistan6. On stamps, which country is Sverige? Sweden7. Which county lies west of Devon? Cornwall8. Through which country do the Loire and Garonne flow? France9. Which mountain range lies between Chile and Argentina? Andes10. Place these oceans in order of size, largest first:

Arctic, Indian, Pacific PacificIndianArctic

Team B1. Which country is located immediately south of Albania and Macedonia? Greece2. In which country could you spend yen in Yokohama? Japan3. Which country has the registration mark IR? Iran4. At the mouth of which river is New Orleans located? Mississippi5. Which is the landlocked country: Poland, Czech Rep., Germany, Croatia? Czech Rep6. On stamps, which country is Helvetia? Switzerland7. Which county lies north of Lincolnshire? (East)Yorks8. Through which country do the Murray and Darling flow? Australia9. Which mountain range lies between Spain and France? Pyrenees10. Place these continents in order of size, largest first: Asia, Africa,

Africa, Asia, Australasia Australasia

Team C1. Which country is located immediately west of Sweden? Norway2. In which country could you spend bolivars in Caracas? Venezuela3. Which country has the registration mark CH? Switzerland4. At the mouth of which river is Berwick located? Tweed5. Which is the landlocked country: Chad, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt? Chad6. On stamps, which country is Magyar? Hungary7. Which county lies south of Northumberland? Durham8. Through which country do the Ebro and Guadalquivir flow? Spain9. Which mountain range lies between Russia and Georgia? Caucasus10. Place these rivers in order of length, longest first: Nile,

Yangtze, Amazon, Nile. AmazonYangtse

Team D 1. Which country is located immediately north of Namibia? Angola2. In which country could you spend dollars in Perth? Australia3. Which country has the registration mark PL? Poland4. On which river is Montreal located? St.

Lawrence5. Which is the landlocked country: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil? Bolivia6. On stamps, which country is Suomi? Finland7. Which county lies north of Lancashire? Cumbria8. Through which country do the Volga and Ob flow? Russia9. Which mountain range lies between Switzerland and Italy? Alps10. Place these rivers in order of size of discharge at the mouth, largest first: Amazon,

Zaire, Orinoco, Amazon. ZaireOrinoco

Team E1. Which country is located immediately east of Finland? Russia2. In which country could you spend pounds in Cairo? Egypt3. Which country has the registration mark E? Spain4. At the mouth of which river is Alexandria located? Nile5. Which is the landlocked country: Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay? Paraguay6. On stamps, which country is Hellas? Greece7. Which county lies west of Carmarthenshire Pembs8. Through which country do the Brahmaputra and Ganges flow? Bangladesh

or India9. Which mountain range forms the backbone of Italy? Apennines10. Place these in order of size, by volume of water, largest first: Caspian,

Lake Superior, Caspian Sea, Lake Victoria. Superior, Victoria

Team F1. Which country is located immediately north of Chad? Libya2. In which country could you spend pesos in Buenos Aires? Argentina3. Which country has the registration mark RO? Romania4. On which river is Nottingham located? Trent5. Which is the landlocked country: France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain? Switzerland6. On stamps, which country is KSA? Saudi

Arabia7. Which county lies south of Suffolk ? Essex8. Through which country do the Vaal and Orange flow? S. Africa9. Which hills form the backbone of England? Pennines10. Place these rivers in order of size of drainage basin, largest first: Danube, Missouri-Mississippi, Nile. Miss/Miss Nile,

Danube


ALPHABET RUN

Questioner’s Introduction

This is an individual oral round. Each team member will be asked up to 4 questions, each to be answered in ten seconds. If you give a wrong answer or pass, you have another life, but two wrong answers end your turn. With one mark for each correct answer, there is a possible total of 12 points. Any one answering four questions correctly gains a bonus point for their team.

What A is the metal refined from Bauxite? AluminiumWhat B is the sea south of Sweden? BalticWhat C is the river flowing through the Grand Canyon? ColoradoWhat D is the capital of Bangladesh? DaccaWhat E is a swamp in Florida? EvergladesWhat F is a mineral made from silica and is also a Welsh town? FlintWhat G is the headquarters of the Red Cross in Switzerland? GenevaWhat H is a Central American nation, lying between Guatemala and Nicaragua? HondurasWhat I is the country containing Banda Aceh? IndonesiaWhat J is a river flowing into the Dead Sea? JordanWhat K is a Cumbrian town famous for its shoes and mint cake? KendalWhat L hosted the 1948 Olympics? LondonWhat M means growing only one crop? MonocultureWhat N is a large waterfall on the US-Canada border? NiagaraWhat O is mining at or near the surface? OpencastWhat P was a Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption in AD 79? PompeiiWhat Q contains Cairns, Mount Isa and the Great Dividing Range? QueenslandWhat R rises in Switzerland and flows through France to the Mediterranean Sea? RhôneWhat S is the large African desert? SaharaWhat T is a river flowing between Durham and Yorkshire into the North Sea? TeesWhat U is a landlocked East African country? UgandaWhat V is the second planet from the sun? VenusWhat W is a Celtic country, part of the United Kingdom? WalesWhat Y is the short name for a Norfolk port? YarmouthWhat Z is the African country formerly called Southern Rhodesia? Zimbabwe

What A is a popular tourist destination in Portugal? AlgarveWhat B is the city where several streets were hit by a tornado this summer? BirminghamWhat C are a Somerset village, a gorge and a cheese? CheddarWhat D are a low pressure system and a low lying area? DepressionWhat E is the country called the gift of the Nile? EgyptWhat F are deep inlets on the coast of Norway? FiordsWhat G has a tor and a pop festival? GlastonburyWhat H is a small settlement, usually without a church or a shop? HamletWhat I is the largest city in Turkey? IstanbulWhat J in Israel is the Holy City for several faiths? JerusalemWhat K is the name of one of new York’s airports? KennedyWhat L is an oil producing North African country, mostly desert? LibyaWhat M is the Portuguese island in the Atlantic producing a fortified wine? MadeiraWhat N is the city threatened by Vesuvius? NaplesWhat O is a group of seventy islands north of Scotland? OrkneysWhat P is an Asian country whose main river is the Indus? PakistanWhat Q is a Middle Eastern state, capital Doha? QatarWhat R is the plant where crude oil is purified? Refinery

What S is a famous as a cutlery-producing centre in South Yorkshire? SheffieldWhat T is the Australian island state? TasmaniaWhat U is a south American country? UruguayWhat V is the longest river in Europe, flowing into the Caspian Sea? VolgaWhat W is a fishing port and tourist resort in North Yorkshire? WhitbyWhat Y is the sea into which the Hwang He flows? YellowWhat Z is the largest city in Switzerland? Zurich

What A is the capital of Ethiopia? Addis AbabaWhat B is the zone of the earth that contains life? BiosphereWhat C is the Windy City at the southern end of Lake Michigan? ChicagoWhat D is the ferry port for the short sea crossing to France? DoverWhat E is a Baltic member of the EU? EstoniaWhat F is any industry that does not have particular locational needs? FootlooseWhat G is one of the Channel islands and also a breed of cow? GuernseyWhat H is the cape at the southern tip of South America? HornWhat I is the Sea crossed by the Holyhead to Dublin ferry? IrishWhat J is the village at the NE tip of the Scottish mainland? John O’GroatsWhat K is the capital of Afghanistan? KabulWhat L is a sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate? LimestoneWhat M is a nearly enclosed sea between Europe and Africa? MediterraneanWhat N is a country in the Himalayas, home to the Gurkhas? NepalWhat O is the “City of dreaming spires” where Morse drove his Jaguar? OxfordWhat P is Britain’s main naval base in Hampshire? PortsmouthWhat Q is a major rock-forming mineral? QuartzWhat R is the west coast mountain range in North America? RockiesWhat S shares the Iberian peninsula with Portugal? SpainWhat T is a country in SE Asia, formerly called Siam? ThailandWhat U is the capital of the Mongolian Peoples’ Republic? Ulan BatorWhat V is the word that links Etna, Pinatubo and Mount St. Helens? VolcanoWhat W is the capital of New Zealand? WellingtonWhat Y is a US National Park containing the Old Faithful Geyser? YellowstoneWhat Z is an African country, formerly the Belgian Congo? Zaire

What A is a landlocked state in the Pyrenees? AndorraWhat B is a group of 700 coral islands whose capital is Nassau? BahamasWhat C is the place where two rivers meet? ConfluenceWhat D is found at the mouths of the Nile, Mississippi and Amazon? DeltaWhat E is a country between 50 & 56 degrees N and 6 degrees W & 2 degrees E? EnglandWhat F is a fracture in rock along which movement occurs? FaultWhat G is a lake and village in the Lake District where Wordsworth lived? GrasmereWhat H was a British colony, which became part of China in 1997? Hong KongWhat I is the artificial application of water to farmland? IrrigationWhat J is the name given to a large part of the Dorset Coast? JurassicWhat K on the Thames is home to the Royal Botanic Garden? KewWhat L contains Pier Head, Penny Lane, Anfield and Goodison Park? LiverpoolWhat M is the Australian city that hosted the 1956 Olympics? MelbourneWhat N occupies a large part of East Anglia? NorfolkWhat O is a place in a desert where water is available? OasisWhat P is the Devon port from which Drake sailed to meet the Spanish Armada? PlymouthWhat Q is a Canadian Province? QuebecWhat R is the name given to the coast of southeast France? RivieraWhat S is the economic sector that includes manufacturing industry? SecondaryWhat T is a town on Mull used to film PC Plum for a Toddlers’ TV programme? TobermoryWhat U is the name of a radioactive mineral used for power? UraniumWhat V is a European city built on 100 islands and regularly flooded? VeniceWhat W is the crop most usually associated with the Canadian Prairies? WheatWhat Y is an English city, known as Eboracum by the Romans? York

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2. Household data collected by the government every 10 years. It is an offence NOT to complete the forms!

5. 5. The word used for the most frequently occurring number within a set of statistics

8. 8. The spatial arrangement of a particular feature within a given area, e.g. the pattern or ............. of supermarkets within a city.

9. 9.Data used in a fieldwork enquiry which has been collected by someone else or another agency rather than primary data collected in the field by you.

10. 10. A set of pre-written questions designed to obtain information from people.

Down1. 1. A line on a map which joins points of equal

value, e.g. height, temperature, depth, rainfall, pressure etc.

2. 2. A measure of the degree of linkage between two variables or sets of data such as height above sea level and temperature up a mountain.

3. 3. The science of analysing numerical data such as that collected during a fieldwork enquiry.

4. 4. The result of human activities which lead to the contamination or alteration of the natural environment

6 . A measure of the variety of plants or animals in an environment

7. 7. What you do when you add notes, arrows etc to a map, photo or diagram.

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INTERNET SEARCH ROUND

NOTES TO ORGANISER

The answers to all these questions can be found on the BBC website, www.bbc.co.uk/news by clicking on in depth then full in depth archive then Tsunami disaster. You have had advanced information of this to allow you to let the schools know in good time.

Questioner’s introduction

You have been looking a BBC website about the Asian Tsunami of 2004 (Please check that this is so). The answers to all these questions can be found there although you may know some of them anyway. This is a team written round.

1. In this country, what day was it when the Tsunami struck?

Christmas Day Boxing Day New Year’s Eve

2. It affected countries like Indonesia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, The Maldives

Which of these is furthest from the epicentre?

3. The earthquake occurred along a geological feature on the ocean floor called a subduction zone where plates meet. Was it the-

Indonesian-Asian Zone Andaman-Sumatran Zone African-Indian Zone?

4. At what speed are the plates being dragged down?

Same speed as our fingernails grow

5. How long did the plates ‘shake for?

8 minutes

6. The tsunami was caused by deep water on the floor of the Indian Ocean being thrust upwards by how much? Was it

5 metres 30 metres 20 metres?

7. Scientists working at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center recorded the earthquake but had no idea that it had triggered a tsunami. On which islands are they based?

Hawaiian

8. Which Indonesian city was destroyed in just 15 minutes?

Banda Aceh

9. In Thailand, which animals seemed to know that the earthquake hadHappened

Elephants10. What caused the waves to bend round the southern tip of Sri Lanka to affect the west coast? Was it

diffraction, reflection, refraction?

11. Supply the missing words.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

In deep water the tsunami moved at up to………..km/hour. When it reached……………….water near coastal areas it slowed down but ………………. In height

800, shallow, increased.

12. As well as fishing and farming many of the affected coastal areas depended on what industry?

Tourism

13. A pregnant Indonesian woman survived five days at sea by clinging to what?

A tree trunk (sago palm) –which she also ate!


THE NEW EU

Notes to organiser

There is information in the round on ten new EU countries but you do not have to use all of it. Four or five may be sufficient, depending on time available. One or two could be saved for tie breakers if needed at the end. The flag is not essential but if it can be displayed or photocopied it is best used as part of the first question about each country.

You may wish to make this round easier by providing a list of EU countries

Questioner’s Introduction

10 new countries joined the EU in 2004

In each question in this round there are 5 clues and the flag to help you to work out the correct country. If you get the correct answer after the first question you get 5 marks, after the second question 4 marks and so on. If your answer is incorrect you are eliminated so think carefully before you submit an answer. Do not call out! Write your answer on a slip of paper.

Country 1

1. This country is an island2. Its population is 802,0003. Its capital city is Nicosia4. The main languages are Greek and Turkish5. Its currencies are the pound and the lira

Country 2

1. Austria lies directly to the north of this country2. Its currency is the Tolar3. Its capital city is Ljubljana4. Davo Karnicar who skied down Everest comes form this country5. Its language is Slovene

Country 31. Germany lies directly to the west and Austria to the south of this country2. The currency is the Koruna3. The capital city is Prague4. The national dish is vepoo knedlozelo(roast pork with dumplings)5. The centre of the London eye was made here

Country 4

1. This is the most northerly of the new members2. Its currency is the Kroon3. Its capital city is Tallinn4. Its second language is Russian5. Its national dish is Verivorst (black and white pudding)

Country 5

1. This country is bordered by Romania to the East and Austria to the West2. Its currency is the Forint3. Its capital city is Budapest4. The inventor of the ballpoint pen, Jozsef Biro is from this country5. The national dish is Goulash

Country 6

1. The West Dvina river cuts through the middle of this North European country2. The population is 2.3 million

3. The capital city is Riga4. The National dish is grey peas with bacon 5. The currency is Lats

Country 71. This country is bordered to the South by Russia Poland and Belarus2. They play a stringed instrument called a Kankles3. The capital city is Vilnius4. Its National dish is cepelinai(potato dumplings with sour onion sauce)5. Its currency is the Litas

Country 76. This country is bordered to the South by Russia Poland and Belarus7. They play a stringed instrument called a Kankles8. The capital city is Vilnius9. Its National dish is cepelinai(potato dumplings with sour onion sauce)10. Its currency is the Litas

Country 9

1. This country is bordered by Belarus and the Ukraine to the East2. Marie Curie was born in this country3. Its capital city is Warsaw4. Its currency is the zloty5. Its national dish is Bigos (cabbage with meat and plums)

Country 10

1. This country borders Hungary to the South and Poland to the north2. Its currency is the Koruna3. Its capital city is Bratislava4. Stefan Banic who invented the parachute was born in this country5. its main language is Slovak

ANSWERS

1. CYPRUS2. SLOVENIA3. CZECH REPUBLIC4. ESTONIA5. HUNGARY6. LATVIA7. LITHUANIA8. MALTA9. POLAND10. SLOVAKIA

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