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Friday, Donoho School sixth-grader Hayden Howell will travel to Samford University to compete in the Alabama Geography Bee. Each state will send its winner to the national competition in Washington, D.C., in May. There, students have a shot at a scholarship worth $10,000, $15,000 or $25,000. This online quiz features 10 sample questions from the official Web site of the National Geographic Bee. Take it and see how well you'd do at the competition!

1. Lisbon is the westernmost capital city on the mainland of which continent?
 

  South America
  Europe
  Africa


2. Activity along the San Andreas Fault in North America created which peninsula?
 

  Florida
  Baja California
  Cape Cod


3. Most Sikhs live in what Indian state that shares its name with a region divided between India and Pakistan in 1947?
 

  Kashmir
  West Bengal
  Punjab


4. Which country does not have major petroleum deposits: Colombia, Mexico or Uruguay?
 

  Colombia
  Mexico
  Uruguay


5. The Murray River flows into what ocean on Australia's southern coast?
 

  Indian Ocean
  Pacific Ocean
  Atlantic Ocean


6. What country is bordered by Tanzania and South Africa?
 

  Cameroon
  Mozambique
  Somalia


7. The Aborigines are to Australia as the Ainu are to what country?
 

  Japan
  Mongolia
  Singapore


8. A statue of the Little Mermaid stands in which European capital?
 

  Prague
  Stockholm
  Copenhagen


9. Myanmar was previously known by what name?
 

  Burma
  Ceylon
  Constantinople


10. The islands known as the West Indies also go by what name?
 

  Antilles
  Virgin Islands
  Aleutians


Your name:


Questions courtesy of the National Geographic Society. For more Geobee quizzes and information, visit the official Web site of the National Geographic Bee.

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