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Geography Circuit Bee!
We’re hosting a geography bee this year! Anyone is welcome to join as long as you’re in middle or high school. You can find the form here: https://forms.gle/oCoKisp6csWrpmaz8. The format of the bee is pretty simple. We’ll be hosting a virtual zoom competition, and you’ll be split into groups of 10 for the preliminaries. Those…
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Daily Questions #24: 10/27/22
Today, we’ll actually do one BIG question. A GeoChallenge is a special question that tests your reasoning skills. These kinds of questions are increasingly common at geography competitions. You’ll be scored based on correctness and three factors for a total of five points! Good luck! You have the opportunity to pick a city to build…
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Daily Questions #23: 10/25/22
Today, I’ll be introducing a new type of question: the estimation question! You’ll have to estimate a geographical number. Don’t just look these up and copy and paste; that just hurts you, and it’s pretty obvious! (To keep things fair, for now this doesn’t count for getting a guest DQ set. I still encourage you…
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Daily Questions #22: 10/24/22
The next set of themed questions will tackle my home state: Arkansas! Also, stay tuned for more question types appearing! Arkansas’ eastern border is formed by what river, which the state’s namesake river flows into? Arkansas is the largest American producer of what agricultural product? What city, home to William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, is…
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Daily Questions #21: 10/23/2022
For our first themed round, we’ll be going over NFL teams. Also, pursuant to feedback and our usual schedule, the questions will start toning down a bit. They’ll start picking back up soon, however! The Bills can be found in what city, the largest in upstate New York? The 49ers are not actually that close…
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Daily Questions #20: 10/19/22
We will finish our tour of the continents with Antarctica! Starting tomorrow, we will get a greater variety of questions; stay tuned, circuiters! What massive mountain is the highest point of Antarctica? McMurdo Station, a major American research station, is the largest locale in Antarctica. It’s located on McMurdo Sound, an arm of what sea…
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Daily Questions #19: 10/17/22
I’m back to write more questions. Hopefully you’re back at your best to answer them, because our next region is Oceania! The regions of Oceania span much of the Pacific Ocean. They range from the Mariana Islands in the west to what Chilean island in the east, known for its Moai? Viti Levu and Vanua…
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Daily Questions #18: 10/13/22
We’ll be taking a day trip through Australia! What mountain southwest of Canberra is the highest point in Australia? What body of water separates Tasmania from Melbourne? The Great Barrier Reef runs along the coast of what landform jutting out of Queensland? The Timor Sea flows along the coast of Darwin and what famously biodiverse…
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Daily Questions #17: 10/12/22
Today, we finish Africa with the African Islands! The Baobabs are a famous genus of trees found on what island country, with the capital at Antananarivo? (Hint: Lions, zebras, giraffes, and hippos don’t actually live here!) What French territory in the Mozambique Channel is the only major island in the Comoros archipelago to belong to…
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Daily Questions #16: 10/11/22
Time for Southern Africa! Kruger National Park, one of the most famous national parks in the world, is located northeast of Johannesburg and Pretoria in which country? What body of water separates Madagascar from the rest of Africa? The Moremi Game Reserve is located near what river’s inland delta in Botswana, the largest in the…
