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Travel Quiz

What on Earth?

COMPILED BY RORY GOULDING. PHOTOGRAPHS: LUNAMARINA/ISTOCK, BRENDAN MORAN, 123DUCU/ISTOCK, FABIO FILZI, HSTOCKS, YVES MARCOUX, GLOBAL P/ISTOCK, MAREMAGNUM/PHOTOLIBRARY – ALL GETTY

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August sees the heaviest flow

at 979-metre Angel Falls,

the world’s highest waterfall.

Which country is it in?

The national feast

of San Marino is on

3 September. What

geographical quirk

does the tiny republic

share with Lesotho

and Vatican City?

Which is Spain’s

largest island?

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Which two countries share

the world’s longest

international land border,

at 5,525 miles in total?

International Literacy

Day falls on 8 September.

In which country do

people have to be literate

in these three writing systems?

Sweden switched

from driving on the

left to driving on the

right 50 years ago this

September. Which is

the most populous

country that still

drives on the left?

Swedensw

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Which city

is home

to the

Croke Park

stadium?

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Which animal,

native to the

Democratic

Republic of Congo,

is the closest living

relative of the

giraffe?

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Which Mediterranean

country’s flag is this?

YOU WANT ANSWERS?

1) MALLORCA. 2) DUBLIN, 3) INDIA. 4) JAPAN. 5) VENEZUELA. 6) CYPRUS. 7) CANADA AND USA. 8) OKAPI.

9)THEY ARE ALL ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY (ITALY FOR SAN MARINO AND VATICAN CITY, SOUTH AFRICA FOR LESOTHO).