ANSWERS

1. B) Volga

2. C) France

France covers 12 time zones (13 counting its Antarctic claim), thanks to territories from French Polynesia to New Caledonia. Russia has 11.

3. A) Nigeria

4. D) Astana

The city was called Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022, then changed back to Astana. Almaty was the capital until 1997.

5. B) Bosphorus

6. C) Atacama

7. A) Sicily

Sardinia is a close second.

8. D) Aconcagua

Aconcagua, in Argentina, is about 6,960 metres high, the highest mountain outside Asia.

9. C) The Gambia

10. A) Lake Baikal

Baikal, in Siberia, is over 1,600 metres deep. Tanganyika is the second deepest.

11. D) Stockholm

Stockholm is at about 59° North. Edinburgh, Moscow and Copenhagen are all within a fraction of a degree of each other, at just under 56°.

12. B) Tigris

13. A) Argentina

14. C) Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea, in the North Atlantic, is bounded only by ocean currents.

15. D) Bolivia

16. B) K2

Kangchenjunga is third, Lhotse fourth and Makalu fifth.

17. C) Naypyidaw

The purpose-built city replaced Yangon (Rangoon) as capital in 2005 and 2006.

18. A) Lake Victoria

19. D) 180°

20. B) North Atlantic Drift

The North Atlantic Drift is the north-eastern extension of the Gulf Stream.

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