Geography Oddities
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Frequent Flyers
100
To get from North Korea to Norway, you only have to cross this one country

Russia

100

The sword that Arthur tried to pull out of the stone

Excalibur

100

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen

Christianity (the lord's prayer)

100

The top 3 box office films of this decade were

  1. The Sound of Music 
  2. The Graduate 
  3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 

1960's

100

This college sports team has led the NCAA in miles traveled every year since they've started tracking it.

University of Hawaii
200

Rome and Chicago have this measurement in common

Same Latitude 41.8

200

To remove demons

Excorcise

200

"It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to acclaim the greatness of the One who forms all creation. For God did not make us like the nations of other lands, and did not make us the same as other families of the Earth."

Judaism (Aleinu)

200

These were the most googled terms in this year
1) Robin Williams
2) World Cup
3) Ebola
4) Malaysia Airlines
5) Flappy Bird

2014

200

This famous American aviator made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927

Charles Lindbergh

300

Nahwa is an enclave of the United Arab Emirates within an enclave inside the borders of the UAE owned by this neighboring Persian Gulf nation 

Oman

300

A cousin of voyeurism, defined literally as "a mental condition characterized by the compulsion to display one's genitals in public"

Exhibitionism

300

May I be a guard for those who need protection,
A guide for those on the path,
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood.

Buddhism

300

As a diss, this has been uttered for decades. As a dance, it took over the United States in 2009

[You're a] Jerk

300

This bird takes flight every year from Greenland to the Weddell Sea in Antarctica in the worlds longest migration

Arctic Tern

400

The island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean has been the site of numerous border disputes between the Republic of Cyprus and these 2 other countries (represented in Orange and White on the map)

United Kingdom and Turkey 

400

This latin phrase with legal usage meaning retroactively or, more literally, after the fact

Ex post facto

400

We are born gentle and weak. At death we are hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. When they die they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending are the disciples of death. The gentle and yielding are the disciples of life.

Taoism

400

This M rated video game series boasted the number one selling game title in both 2001 and 2002

Grand Theft Auto

400

This country holds the record for the world's busiest domestic flight route with almost 40,000 flights per year

Seoul-Jeju in South Korea

500

France's longest border is with what country?

Brazil 

500

New York latin state motto meaning ever upward

Exelsior!

500

As the master, so is the judge to be chosen in accord with truth. Establish the power of acts arising from a life lived with good purpose and for the Lord whom they made pastor for the poor.

Zoroastrianism (Ahuna Vairya)

500

In 2018, the Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 passed this iconic album to become the best selling album of all time

Thriller

500

The longest nonstop scheduled commercial passenger flight is between New York and what city

Singapore