Pop Quiz (answers below):
- What is the westernmost Asian national capital?
- In which country is Makossa is a popular type of music?
- Where is Tillya Tepe?
If you don’t know, then you too would have lost the National Geographic Bee. The winner, 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal from Lincoln, Nebraska won the contest by knowing that Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in Bolivia.
A conurbation, needless to say, is an extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns so that they coalesce but usually retain their separate identities. But you knew that.
There’s a terrific, if humbling, ten-question daily Geo Bee online. Start boning up for next year.
Answers:
- Ankara, Turkey
- Cameroon
- Afghanistan
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