The document outlines 20 questions about geography, history, and world facts. It asks teams to identify locations of landmarks and pictures, name countries that certain things are located in or originate from, and provide other factual information. The questions cover topics like countries that border multiple continents, US state name meanings, largest countries by area, Olympic sports origins, and famous literary settings. Teams must work together to answer the questions within a time limit.

2. The rule
 Each group as a team answer questions.
 Two part of questions in total.
 First part is compulsory, 3 questions for each team;
 Second part is quick respond

4. Q1：
 Please state at least 2 locations (country) of the
following 4 pictures.

6.  1 Cape of Good Hope (Republic of South Africa)
 2 Mount Fuji (Japan)
 3 Niagara Falls (America or Canada)
 4 Rhossili (U.K)

7. Q2：
 Countries spans more than one continent are called as
“transcontinental countries”, and among them, only 6
countries have territory spanning an overland
continental boundary.
 Please state 3 of those countries.

8. Answer:
 Asian-European boundary: Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey;
 African-Asian boundary: Egypt.
 Picture…..

9. Q3:
 Usually, the name of each U.S. state has a special
meaning, for example, the name of South/North
Carolina means that "In honor of Charles I of England”,
New York means that "In honor of the English Duke of
York“, and Washington D.C means "In honor of George
Washington".
 Do you know what the meaning of “Lousiana” is?

10.  "In honor of Louis XIV of France".

11.  In 1682, the French, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La
Salle, claimed this territory for France, and he named
it La Louisiane, meaning "Land of Louis”. (Louis XIV,
King of France from 1643–1715. )
 In 1803, this land became a part of U.S.A.

12. Q4:
 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological
beliefs according to which cataclysmic or
transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012,
and this belief came from the Mayan Long Count
calendar, which marks the date 2012 is the end of the
world.
 Please state 1 country where the Maya civilization
existed.

13.  southern Mexican states, Guatemala, Guatemala,
El Salvador, Belize

16. Q5:
 The Nile, as a major north-flowing river in
northeastern Africa, is generally regarded as the
longest river in the world (6,650 km long), and this
river runs through many African countries.
 Please name 5 of that counties.

17.  Ten countries.
 Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania,
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.
 In addition, Nile has two major tributaries, the White
Nile and Blue Nile, as the follow map shows.

18. (This is an old map)

19. Q6
 Some countries have their famous landmark
architectures, Please state all the locations (country)
and names of the following 6 landmark architectures.

21.  Eiffel Tower (France)
 Statue of Liberty (U.S.A)
 Giza Necropolis (Egypt)
 Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
 Christ the Redeemer statue (Brazil)
 Taj Mahal (India)

22. Q7:
 As we all know, Russia, Canada, China and USA are the
top 4 countries occupying largest territory in the world.
 Please name the country occupying the fifth largest
territory.

23.  It is Brazil
 1 Russia 17,098,242
 2 Canada 9,984,670
 3 China 9,596,961
 4 United States 9,522,055
 5 Brazil 8,514,877
 (from wiki)

24. Q8：
 Name 3 countries owing tricolour flags.
 Tips:
 A tricolour (three colours) is a flag or banner more or
less equally divided (horizontally, vertically, or, less
frequently, diagonally) into three bands of differing
colors.

29. Q9:
 Please name at least 7 countries have a coastline on
the Mediterranean Sea.

30. Twenty-one modern states have a coastline
on the Mediterranean Sea. They are:

32. Q10：
 Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that
flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It
evolved from Romanesque architecture(6th to the 10th
century) and was succeeded by Renaissance
architecture(early 15th and early 17th centuries).

33.  Please name the country where this style of
architecture originated.

34.  France.
 Gothic architecture originated in 12th century France and
lasting into the 16th century, and during that period, this
style of architecture was called as “Frankish work” (French:
Opus Francigenum). Until the latter part of the
Renaissance, the name of “Gothic architecture” appeared
and replaced its old name.
 Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of
many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of
Europe

35. Q11:
 In the newly released film Mission Impossible IV:
Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise acted as a role named
Ethan Hunt who had been chasing a top-secret file
around the world.
 See following four pictures are the places showed up in
the scene, please tell the countries they belong to.

37.  Mumbai (India)
 Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
 Washington D.C. (U.S.A)
 Moscow (Russia)

38. Q12
 Christianity, Islam and Buddhism are the world’s three
major religions.
 Please tell where the BIGGEST is located：
 The BIGGEST mosque
 The BIGGEST church
 The BIGGEST Buddha

39.  Papal Basilica of Saint Peter
 Vatican City State

40.  Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām ("The Sacred Mosque“)
 Mecca , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

41.  The Leshan Giant Buddha
 Sichuan province, China

42. Q13:
 We all know the beautiful love story of Romeo and
Juliet, but do you know where the story took place?

44. Q14:
 Do you know in which historical period did the story
of Gone With the Wind took place?

46. Q15
 Please name four Nobel Literature Prize winners who
come from different continents.

48. Q16
 Do you know in which continents do these animals
mainly inhabit?

49. Aye-Aye

51. Q17
 Please tell the origin countries of following sports
 pictures
 Taekwondo
 Hockey
 Marathon

53. Q18
 Every country has one or two symbolic flower that
would represent the spirit of its unique culture.
 Please choose two of the following flowers and tell us
the country they represent.

54. Viola tricolor
Tulip
Cherry
blossom

55.  Tulip- Netherlands
 Viola tricolor- Poland
 Cherry blossom- Japan

56. Q19：
 As flowers, every country has one or two symbolic
animals.
 Please choose three of the following animals and tell
us the country they represent

57.  pictures

58.  Britain: lion
 France: the cock
 Russia : brown bear
 India: peacock

59. Q20:
 Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Where does he come from?

61.  Thank you
 THE END