geo-quiz for prizes…... name the location geo-quiz part 1
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Geo-QuizFor prizes…..
Name the location
Geo-Quiz Part 1.
Write your answer on the sheet
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Tie breaker QuestionHow many
Tie Breaker questionThe distance between
Amsterdam and Tokyo in miles is ?
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9522 miles
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Where is it?
1. Giants causeway, Northern Ireland, UK
2. Grand Canyon, USA3. Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil4. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania5. Mount Fuji, Japan6. Pulpit Rock in Lysefjord,
Norway7. Uluru, Australia8. Matterhorn, Switzerland9. Puy de Dome, France10.Moraine Lake, Canada
11.Atacama Desert, Chile12.Loppi, Finland13.Skeleton Coast, Namibia14.Ice cave in Khatanga,
Siberia, Russia. 15.Heimaey, Iceland16. North Pole, Arctic17.Siccar Point, Scotland
(Hutton’s unconformity)18. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii19.Cliffs of Mohr, Ireland20.Malawi
Famous geoscientists …….and others
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So how did you do?
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1. William Smith2. Johannes Wolfgang
Goethe3. James Hutton4. Charles Darwin5. Gene Shoemaker6. Harvey Thorleifson7. William Logan8. John Ludden9. Jean-Baptiste Élie de
Beaumont 10. Alfred Wegner
11. AR Karpinsky12.Friedrich Mohs13.Louis Agassiz14.Ian Jackson15.Premier Wen Jiabao16.Sir Roderick Impey
Murchison 17.Charles Richter18.Kristine Asch19.Sospeter Muhongo20.Douglas Mawson
Tie breaker Question
How many weeks has John Ludden been Director of BGS ?
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Geo-Quiz Part 3.
If you get the question right you stay in the game
If your wrong you are out of this game and must sit down !
Example question
Was the date of the foundation of CGMW higher or lower than
1890 ?
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Lower – it was 1881
QuestionThe date of William Smith’s geological map of England was higher or lower than
1820 ?
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Lower – it was 1815
QuestionThe number of 1:1 million
scale map sheets covering Russia is
higher or lower than200 ?
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Higher – it is 246
QuestionThe number of nations at
the OneGeology Workshop is higher or
lower than40 ?
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Higher – it is 47
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Is the age of the Mesozoic – Palaeozoic higher or lower than
200 million years ago ?
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Higher – it is 251myrs
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Is the population of the Earth higher or lower than 7 000 000 000 ?
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Lower – it is 6,575,508,824
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20 % of the world’s oil reserves are in
Saudi Arabia?
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Higher – it is 22%
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Was the date of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii higher
or lower than 90AD
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Lower – it was 79
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Is the age of the earth higher or lower than
4 billion years?
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Higher – it is 4.567 billion years
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% of Earth’s surface which is water is
higher or lower than75% ?
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Lower – it is 71%
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The number of 1:50 000 scale geological maps
covering England is higher or lower than
320?
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Higher – it is 360
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Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is higher or lower than Mount Everest ?
Answer
Higher – x3
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Distance between London and Brighton higher or lower than
70 km ?
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Higher – it is 88km
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Was the date of the foundation of BGS
higher or lower than1850 ?
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Lower – it was 1835
QuestionIs the boiling point of water in Farenheight higher or lower than
200?
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Higher – it is 212
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The number of bits in a byte is higher or lower than 7 ?
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Higher – it is 8
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The orbital period of Mars in higher or
lower than 600 days?
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Higher – its 687 days
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Number of staff in BGS is higher or lower than 770 ?
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Higher – it is 785
Tie breaker Question
Exact height of Mount Everest in metres?
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8,850 metres
Tie breaker Question
What is the depth of the deepest ocean
in feet?
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36,200 feet deep