1. As Pope, John Paul II traveled from Vatican City to more countries than any other Pope in history, visiting more than 115 countries. Which foreign country did he travel to most often?

2. What is the longest single river in North America? (The correct answer is not a hyphenated name; it is one, and only one, river from its source to its mouth. No tributaries are included in the river‘s length.)

3. What is the name of the Sea, about 100 miles east of Florida, that has no land boundaries?

4. How many countries are on the North American continent, not counting islands or island nations? (In other words, Cuba and the other Caribbean islands are not part of this question.)

5. What Southern city is home to the Main Jack Daniels distillery?

6. What city is located at he confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, which meet there to form the Nile?

7. This ancient city, carved out of rock, was featured in the movie, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” (5 points for the city, and 5 points for the country)

8. Which of the recently-released & Wonders of the Modern World is the only one in North America?

9. What is the smallest US state west of the Mississippi?

10. What is generally regarded as the diving line between Europe and Asia?

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diving line between Europe and Asia

#10: Bosphorus Strait in Turkey

# 1. Italy

# 2. Mississippi

# 7. Petra, Jordon

# 9. Hawaii

# 10. Ural Mountains

All 5 right, Leppi. [

Mozart, I left out an answer I gave to a question from the floor regarding #10. I stressed that the line I was looking for was the largest dividing line between the two continents. I should have included that here. Sorry.

Btw, while I didn't know the answer for number one, I'm guessing the pope has never gone to any foreign country without stopping off in Italy first.

Correct, Leppi. Vatican City has no airport, so John Paul II had to go to Italy before any trip to other countries.

I just realized that Leppi was not correct on #2. The Mississippi does not meet the criteria. Sorry for my mistake.

5. Every self-respecting southerner knows that the Mecca of Tennessee sour mash whiskey is located in Lynchburg, Tennessee (in a dry county!).

I thought though that the Mississippi is the third longest river in the world. In what way does it not meat the criteria? because of the branches?

# 2. I'll hazard a different guess then. Is it the Missouri river?

Yes, Leppi, as I told you in Chat last night, it is the Missouri. :rolleyes

8. Which of the recently-released & Wonders of the Modern World is the only one in North America?

I've looked at several websites and all listed 3.

CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Bridge San-Francisco, Empire State Building New-York.

Source #1

Source #2
Could there be an error in the question?

There certainly is a typo. Sorry. I was referring to the recently released 7 Wonders of the Modern World. None of the three you mention was on that list.

Chichen Itza. Mexico ?

That's it, Mozart. I'm reall ysorry about the typo.

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3. What is the name of the Sea, about 100 miles east of Florida, that has no land boundaries?

Sargasso sea?

4. How many countries are on the North American continent, not counting islands or island nations? (In other words, Cuba and the other Caribbean islands are not part of this question.).....11?

#6 would be Khartoum.

3 and 6 are correct.

Let see: 1-USA, 2-Canada, 3-Costa Rica, 4- Belize, 5- El Salvador, 6- Greenland, 7-Honduras, 8-Guatemala, 9- Mexico, 10- Nicaragua, 11- Panama.

(Greenland is considered part of the N. American Continent, but is it condidered as an Island?) In that case the answer would be 10

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Originally posted by DorianGreyed:
Yes, Leppi, as I told you in Chat last night, it is the Missouri. :rolleyes

you said that Missouri is longer then Mississippi, not that it is the longest.....