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Super Difficult Geography
Mr. Brink
100

A trade ship carrying goods between Canada and Europe is modeled as a rectangular prism. Its dimensions are 120 meters long, 40 meters wide, and 30 meters tall. If the ship is divided into 6 equal cargo sections, this is the volume of one section.

What is 24,000 cubic meters per section.

100

7th president splashes some paint around and creates high art

Who is Andrew Jackson Pollack?

100

This Suzanne Collins series features a girl on fire and a fight to the death in a dystopian world.

What is The Hunger Games?

100

This desert, one of the most inhospitable on Earth, is home to the Tarim Basin and is bordered by the Kunlun and Pamir mountain ranges.

What is the Taklimakan Desert?

100

Mr. Brink's favorite hero, the caped crusader

Who is Batman?

200

During an African Union summit, 8 countries agreed to plant trees in hexagonal plots to build the Great Green Wall. Each plot has a side length of 12 meters. This is the total area of all plots combined.

What is 2,989.44 square meters total?

200

Its two day shipping even covers 0 degrees longitude

What is Amazon Prime Meridian?

200

This John Green novel follows two teens, Hazel and Gus, as they navigate love and illness.

What is The Fault in Our Stars?

200

Spanning approximately 220,000 square kilometers, lies between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, this  was once part of the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo.

What is the Korean Peninsula?

200

Mr. Brink and this wizard share a love for adventures, meaningful journeys, and occasionally yelling “You shall not pass!” during grading.

Who is Gandalf?

300

A humanitarian aid convoy delivers cylindrical water tanks to a drought and war stricken region of Southwest Asia. Each tank has a radius of 2 meters and a height of 5 meters. If there are 10 tanks, this is the total volume of water they can hold.

What is 628 cubic meters total?

300

A Vegas Hotel with a Roman theme changes allegiances & becomes a royal residence & private retreat of Louis XIII, emperor of France. 

What is Ceasar's Palace of Versailles?

300

This magical series by J.K. Rowling takes readers to a school for young witches and wizards.

What is Harry Potter?

300

This river, referred to as "the sorrow of China" for its flooding history, flows across the Loess Plateau before emptying into the Bohai Sea.

What is the Huang He (Yellow River)?

300

The British bulldog during WWII, he never, never gives up

Who is Churchill?

400

 A wildfire in South Korea burned through a rectangular forest area measuring 500 meters long and 300 meters wide. If firefighters manage to contain 60% of the fire, this is the area of the forest still burning.

What is 60,000 square meters still burning?

400

A phrase about return of bovines that means to wait a long time gets around to founding a house improvement chain in 1978.

What is "Until the cows come Home Depot"?

400

This Leigh Bardugo series introduces the Grishaverse, starting with a soldier who discovers she has extraordinary powers.

What is Shadow and Bone?

400

This body of water, south of China and east of Vietnam, contains several contested island chains, including the Spratly and Paracel Islands.

hat is the South China Sea?

400

This rough-riding, mustache-wielding President once said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500

A peace conference in Europe uses circular tables with a radius of 1.5 meters. If there are 12 tables, this is the total area of all table surfaces.

 What is 84.78 square meters total?

500

A nation's military planes get forzen & you have to hit a combination of keys on your laptop to exit them. 

What is Air Force Quit?

500

This Angie Thomas novel explores the aftermath of a police shooting through the eyes of Starr Carter.

What is The Hate U Give?

500

This towering peak within the Himalayan Mountains is often called "Sagarmatha" in Nepal and "Chomolungma" in Tibet.

What is Mount Everest?

500

After being exiled to Elba, this French emperor said, “Hold my baguette,” and made a dramatic return—briefly—before Waterloo ruined the vibe.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?