GEOGRAPHY 101
NURSERY RHYME THINGS
8-LETTER WORDS
ABBREVIATIONS
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS
100
The Nile is longer but in terms of volume, this is the world's largest river.
What is the Amazon?
100
The 3 little kittens cried when they lost these.
What is their mittens?
100
A first-year high school student.
What is a freshman?
100
Part of the armed forces: U.S.C.G.
What is the United States Coast Guard?
100
Last name of the first father and son who were both U.S. presidents.
What is Adams?
200
Stretching for about 5,500 miles, the world's longest land mountain range is this South American one.
What are the Andes?
200
Peter Piper picked a peck of these.
What are pickled peppers?
200
In business, an extra working period, or in sports, an extra playing period.
What is overtime?
200
Modern miracle method: I.V.F.
What is in vitro vertilization?
200
Number of feet in a statute mile.
What is 5,280?
300
277 miles long and often 1 mile deep, it's the largest gorge in the USA.
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
Little Miss Muffet sat on one of these low stools.
What is a tuffet?
300
Some choices come down to "quality versus" this "Q" word.
What is quantity?
300
Camera type: S.L.R.
What is single lens reflex?
300
The German field marshal known as "The Desert Fox".
Who is Rommel?
400
About 23 degrees north oft he equator is the Tropic of Cancer; about 23 degrees south of the equator is the Tropic of this.
What is Capricorn?
400
It was stolen by Tom, Tom, the piper's son.
What is a pig?
400
Type or print using thick, heavy lines for emphasis.
What is boldface?
400
A regional cooperative body: O.A.S.
What is the Organization of American States?
400
It's the capital of Estonia.
What is Tallinn?
500
The largest peninsula on earth is mostly made up of this Middle Eastern country.
What is Saudi Arabia?
500
These were the wares of the man Simple Simon met going to the fair.
What are pies?
500
A brand of blue jeans, or a cowboy in charge of saddle horses.
What is a wrangler?
500
An award for valor: V.C.
What is the Victoria Cross?
500
The first period of the Paleozoic era, named from an old word for Wales.
What is the Cambrian Period?