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| Week 1 | Answer: New Delhi, India |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points where am I? I am in a large city 6,726 kms from London, 11,747 kms from New York and 9,278 kms from Cape Town. All distances follow Great Circle routes between the cities i.e. they are the shortest distances between any two places on the globe. |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points "Situated on the banks of the river Yamuna, the city has lovely gardens, monuments, forts, temples, mosques and museums depicting a rich historic past. " |
| Week 2 | Answer: Yardang: Desert  Varve: Lake bottom Guyot: Under the oceanClint: Limestone pavement Serac: Glacier |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, where would you find examples of the following physical features: (i) YARDANG (ii) VARVE (iii) GUYOT (iv) CLINT (v) SERAC ? |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, where would you find examples of any three of the following physical features: (i) YARDANG (ii) VARVE (iii) GUYOT (iv) CLINT (v) SERAC ? |
| Week 3 | Answer: MALI SOUTH KOREA CHILE |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, identify the countries that these flags belong to:    |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, here some extra clues: flag 1 is in Africa, flag 2 is in Asia and flag 3 is from South America. |
| Week 4 | Answer: OPEC = Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ASEAN = Association of South East Asian Nations MERCOSUL = (MERCOSUR) South American Common Market LAFTA = Latin American Free Trade Association OAU = Organisation of African Unity.. |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, what do these letters stand for:OPECASEANMERCOSULLAFTAOAU |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, tell me what any three of the sets of letters stand for? |
| Week 5 | Answer: Czech Republic |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, click here and use these two pieces of information to identify the European country. |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, use this extra clue to find the country: Home of the "Velvet Revolution". |
| Week 6 | Answer: Regina, Canada |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, where in the world does this weather data belong to (all monthly average data shown as Jan. through to Dec.): Temperature (C) -17.4/ -14.9/ -7.6/ 3.4/ 10.9/ 15.6/ 18.7/ 17.5/ 11.4/ 4.6/ -5.2/ -13.3 Rainfall (mm) 16.5/ 12.8/ 18.2/ 19.8/ 45.4/ 76.8/ 58.7/ 43.6/ 34.6/ 19.8/ 15.5/ 14.1 |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, here is an extra clue: The Queen in Canada?? |
| Week 7 | Answer: Aspect |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, what important geographical principle is illustrated by this photo ? |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points, don't be afraid - just give me whatever geographical thoughts come to mind when you look at the photograph!! |
| Week 8 | Answer: 1952 |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, Read the following quotes, which are all taken from a Geography textbook from several years ago. I want to know the year that the book was published. Scores will be awarded as follows: Within 5 years = 5 points, 6-10 years = 4 points, 11-15 years = 3 points, 16 - 20 years = 2 points and 21 - 25 years = 1 point. If you are more than 25 years out, then no points. Good luck! a) "We have been flying for eight hours when we reach Rio De Janeiro, the capital of Brazil. As we descend to the airport we get a splendid view of the beautiful bay on which the great city stands." b) "In about three and a half hours we land at Salisbury, the capital of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, which we could have reached by rail from Capetown." c) "On the outskirts of the village we see a herd of buffaloes. They are being watched by a brown-skinned boy, who cannot be more than seven years old. In India few of the peasant boys, and very few indeed of the girls go to school." d) "It would have been more fun, perhaps, if we had landed at Accra, the capital of the Gold Coast. There the water is too shallow for steamers to get close to land, and so people have to be taken ashore in surf-boats, into which they are lowered from the ship in a kind of basket." |
| Clue 2: | A couple more quotes for you. e) "The sheep stations, as they are called, are divided into huge fields enclosed by rabbit-proof fencing. In spring the sheep are rounded up and sheared by men using electric clippers, and their fleeces are pressed into bales, piled on ox-wagons or motor lorries, and taken to the nearest railway." f) "Long before we reach Cologne we see the spires of its splendid cathedral which is still standing, though most of the city was laid in ruins by air attacks during the Second World War." |
| Week 9 | Answer: e.g. Blueschist Metamorphism Brown Earth, Blackpool, UK, Greenhouse Effect, Yellowstone National Park, USA, Greymouth, New Zealand, White Collar Worker, Red Clays, Orangeville, Canada, Purple Springs, Canada |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, give me 10 geographical names, phrases or place names with 10 different colours in them e.g. Red Sea (which you cannot now use!) |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points - no extra clue given. |
| Week 10 | Answer: Arc de Triumphe, Paris, France Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy Obelisk Statue, Luxor, Egypt Great Hassam II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco Flatiron Building, New York, USA Main Station, Helsinki, Finland The Heraion, Olympia, Greece |
| Clue 1: | For 5 points, which five countries would I be visiting if I took photos of the following sights ? Click here to see my photo album. Complicated scoring system again - half a mark per country plus half a mark per name of building or structure. |
| Clue 2: | For 3 points maximum, here are a few more clues: Leaning Luxor Scandinavia Bogart Big Apple Ancient Arc |
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