The Canadian Geographic Challenge is turning 20 years old! It’s Can Geo Education’s oldest program, so to celebrate we’ve combed through past quiz questions and compiled some of our favourites. So, until registration closes on March 1, we’re encouraging all Canadians to use these questions to test their own high school geography knowledge. And while you’re at it, tell the teachers in your life to register for what proves to be our most exciting Challenge yet!

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1. Minsk is the capital of this country:
   a. Russia
   b. Belarus
   c. Austria
   d. Ukraine
    
2. This country peacefully gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991:
   a. Macedonia
   b. Slovenia
   c. Hungary
   d. Poland
    
3. The Carpathian Mountains are located in this country:
   a. Slovakia
   b. Czech Republic
   c. Romania
   d. Germany
    
4. The Benguela Current washes the coast of:
   a. Mozambique
   b. Bangladesh
   c. Namibia
   d. Papua New Guinea
    
5. In 2012, this country was the largest producer and exporter of green peas:
   a. Canada
   b. China
   c. Italy
   d. United States
    
6. The “Quetzal” is the national currency of:
   a. Qatar
   b. Guatemala
   c. Belarus
   d. Nicaragua
    
7. Sri Lanka, famous for its production and export of tea, was once known as:
   a. Ceylon
   b. Mesopotamia
   c. Persia
   d. Xanadu
    
8. In May and June each year, the “Atlantic Canadian Lobster Festival” is held in restaurants of this European country, which imports 1 million kilograms of Canadian lobster annually.
   a. United Kingdom
   b. Belgium
   c. Denmark
   d. Spain
    
9. The Isthmus of Kra is the southernmost part of this country:
   a. Bangladesh
   b. Nepal
   c. Thailand
   d. Vietnam
    
10. This country is the southernmost of the three Baltic States:
    a. Latvia
    b. Poland
    c. Estonia
    d. Lithuania

Answers
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)