TEN!, Week Two, Thursday

[Pastor Fireball]

A day late, but never a dollar short. I'll get these posted now before the next round of storms moves through the area.

GEOGRAPHY

Let's set the deadline for this round and the normal Friday round for Sunday at 5 PM Eastern. I will be en route to Tampa for my annual summer vacation.

1. In Paris, what is Père Lachaise?
A. Castle
B. Restaurant
C. Cemetery
D. Museum

2. Completed in 1958, the unique structure known as the Atomium is located in what city?
A. Brussels
B. Copenhagen
C. Stockholm
D. Amsterdam

3. Which of these Mexican states does not border the United States?
A. Sonora
B. Chihuahua
C. Tabasco
D. Baja California

4. Tulips may be associated with the Netherlands, but they didn't originate there. Tulips are actually from what present-day country?
A. Algeria
B. Iran
C. Kazakhstan
D. Estonia

5. Where is Creighton University?
A. Omaha, NE
B. Charlotte, NC
C. Springfield, IL
D. Providence, RI

6. Which city is served by the humorously named Chek Lap Kok Airport?
A. Hong Kong
B. Phnom Penh
C. Kuala Lumpur
D. Shanghai

7. What European city is serviced by the Mediterranean port of Ostia?
A. Dubrovnik
B. Barcelona
C. Athens
D. Rome

8. In what country could you shout "Mount Meharry!" and not get slapped by guys named Harry?
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. Ireland
D. New Zealand

9. The covered wagon known as the Conestoga was named after a river in what state?
A. Georgia
B. Pennsylvania
C. New Hampshire
D. Virginia

BONUS: If recent trends are any indication, Philadelphia has (within the past year) dropped out of the top five in America's most populated cities for the first time since the first census was taken in 1790. What city is the new #5, bumping Philly down to #6?

[Pastor Fireball]

1. In Paris, what is Père Lachaise?
A. Castle
B. Restaurant
C. Cemetery
D. Museum

Some of the famous people buried there: Sarah Bernhardt, Frederic Chopin, Isadora Duncan, Jim Morrison, and Oscar Wilde.

2. Completed in 1958, the unique structure known as the Atomium is located in what city?
A. Brussels
B. Copenhagen
C. Stockholm
D. Amsterdam

You've probably seen this structure before. It's this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomium

3. Which of these Mexican states does not border the United States?
A. Sonora
B. Chihuahua
C. Tabasco
D. Baja California

This state is in southern Mexico, near the Yucatan Peninsula.

4. Tulips may be associated with the Netherlands, but they didn't originate there. Tulips are actually from what present-day country?
A. Algeria
B. Iran
C. Kazakhstan
D. Estonia

Tulips date back to at least 10th-century Persia. They weren't introduced into Europe until the 1550s.

5. Where is Creighton University?
A. Omaha, NE
B. Charlotte, NC
C. Springfield, IL
D. Providence, RI

6. Which city is served by the humorously named Chek Lap Kok Airport?
A. Hong Kong
B. Phnom Penh
C. Kuala Lumpur
D. Shanghai

7. What European city is serviced by the Mediterranean port of Ostia?
A. Dubrovnik
B. Barcelona
C. Athens
D. Rome

8. In what country could you shout "Mount Meharry!" and not get slapped by guys named Harry?
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. Ireland
D. New Zealand

It's an actual mountain in the western part of Australia.

9. The covered wagon known as the Conestoga was named after a river in what state?
A. Georgia
B. Pennsylvania
C. New Hampshire
D. Virginia

Not surprisingly, this 61-mile-long river runs through Lancaster County, the heart of Amish country. But what is really interesting about this area is that it was also the heart of the American cigar business in the late 1800s. Conestoga cigars came to be known as "stogies" for short. Now, "stogie" can refer to any cigar.

BONUS: If recent trends are any indication, Philadelphia has (within the past year) dropped out of the top five in America's most populated cities for the first time since the first census was taken in 1790. What city is the new #5, bumping Philly down to #6?

Phoenix

It's the only state capital with over 1,000,000 residents--a distinction that it achieved around 1992.