Pennsbury Elementary Geography Bee Round 1 2016

Question 1

Doctors in ancient Peru drilled holes in patients' skulls to relieve headaches. Where?

Accepted Answer

South America

Question 2

He spoke in Gettysburg, PA using the phrase, Of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

Natural gas deposits are found off the coast of Mozambique in which ocean?

Accepted Answer

Indian

Question 4

What country does not border the Black Sea?

Accepted Answer

Switzerland

Question 5

A cobra bit a chef in China, 20 minutes after its head had been cut from its body. Where?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 6

Which country does not have large areas of tropical rain forest?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 7

State Savvy: The Ozark Plateau covers the southern part of which state?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 8

The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with this Ocean...

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Question 9

Which carnival ride was first introduced at the Chicago World's Fair in 1931?

Accepted Answer

Ferris Wheel

Question 10

Which country does not share a border with Russia?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 11

What is the term for a cloud layer at ground level that reduces visibility to less than 1 mile?

Accepted Answer

fog

Question 12

What material is used in pencils?

Accepted Answer

graphite

Question 13

This is the largest ocean by area, occupying almost 1/3 of the Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 14

What is an area of the Great Plains where drought caused farmers to loose topsoil in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Dust Bowl

Question 15

A dance called the tango originated in the capital city of Buenos Aires in which country?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 16

Giant tube worms can grow more than 6 ft tall near the Galapagos Islands in which ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 17

The first ice skates were made from animal bones thousands of years ago in Finland. Where?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 18

Which country is not in the same time zone as the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 19

Henry Ford used this to produce automobiles in large quantities in Detroit, MI.

Accepted Answer

Assembly line

Question 20

What is the term for the physical location where a plant or animal lives?

Accepted Answer

habitat

Question 21

Sometimes called thunderheads, which type of clouds bring thunderstorm weather?

Accepted Answer

cumulonimbus

Question 22

This ocean is not crossed by the Equator.

Accepted Answer

Arctic

Question 23

The Great Barrier Reef is roughly the size of Italy. The reef is located off the coast of...

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 24

Crocodiles sometimes climb trees. The Nile Crocodile lives where?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 25

People watch matadors perform at bull fights in Seville in which European country?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 26

The Amazon River, the largest river in the world, empties into which ocean?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 27

What is the term for molten rock in Earth's interior?

Accepted Answer

magma

Question 28

The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in 1912 in which ocean?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Question 29

Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest had a form of art involving these carved sculptures?

Accepted Answer

Totem Poles

Question 30

Villagers in 5th Century Italy played tennis with bare hands, on which continent?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 31

The Taj Mahal is located in which predominately Hindu country?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 32

State Savvy: Which state straddles the Tropic of Cancer?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 33

Which natural disaster devastated Galveston, TX in 1900?

Accepted Answer

Hurricane

Question 34

Which country does not border the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 35

Which country does not have a coastline on the Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 36

Deepwater Horizon is associated with which environmental disaster that affected the Gulf Coast?

Accepted Answer

Oil spill

Question 37

State Savvy: Land in which state was part of the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Iowa

Question 38

Grasshoppers are a delicacy in the state of Oaxaca in this country.

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 39

Kabuki is a popular form of theater in which Asia island country?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 40

State Savvy: The Pecos River drains into the Rio Grande in which state?

Accepted Answer

Nevada

Question 41

Mexico once had 2 different presidents on the same day! Where is Mexico?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 42

State Savvy: The city of Bangor lies north of Penobscot Bay in which state?

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 43

The science and art of creating maps is called what?

Accepted Answer

cartography

Question 44

State Savvy: Washington, D.C. borders which state?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 45

State Savvy: The Susquehanna River flows through which state on its way to Chesapeake Bay?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Pennsbury Elementary Geography Bee Round 1 2016

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Pennsbury Elementary Geography Bee Round 1 2016

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