[geography] 10 more tricky ones for you

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1] If you crossed the Panama Canal from the Atlantic (Caribbean) to the Pacific, in which general direction would you be going?
South-East (NOT South-West)

2] If you saw the letters BWI after a country on a postal address, where would you expect the letter to be delivered?
Somewhere in the British West Indies

3] If you were in Molokai, in which country would you be?
United States (Hawaii)

4] In which city is Marco Polo airport?
Venice

5] In which city is the HQ of the Central Bank of China?
Taipei

6] In which country is water considered so precious that it gives name to the currency: the Pula?
Botswana

7] London's Fleet Street runs from the Strand to Ludgate Circus and has become the former home of British journalism. What is it named after?
The River Fleet which still flows under the street in the sewers

8] Name the eastern-most and western-most state in the United States.
Alaska and Alaska. The Aleutians cross the 180 degree line of longitude and are in both the eastern and western hemispheres.

9] Jebel Musa is acknowledged to be one of the Pillars of Hercules, the end of the world according to Mediterranean cultures. What is the other one?
Jebel Tarik, better known as Gibraltar

10] Valencia Island is off the coast of which European country?
Ireland