Welcome to the World Geography Bowl at the Plymouth State University October 31, 2008

1. Welcome to the World Geography Bowl at the Plymouth State University October 31, 2008

2. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Each game consists of two rounds of: 6 toss up questions (4 written traditional questions) (2 visual questions: maps, diagrams, images) 2 team questions

3. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Toss up questions: As the question is being read, the first person to “buzz in” may try to answer the question. If they are correct they receive the points and the game proceeds to the next question. If they are wrong, then the rest of the question is read and is shown on the screen and a member from the other team has a chance to answer the question. There is no team assistance on any toss up questions.

4. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Team questions: At the end of the toss-up round each team will have a chance to answer a team question. Unlike the toss up questions, all team members assist on answering the question, usually a list of things. Once the team provides the answer they receive points for each correct answer. If they did not have a complete answer, then the other team has a chance and if they name any correct answers that the other team did not, then they get points for those correct answers. Then the other team gets a team questions and if all of the answers are not correct the first team gets a try.

5. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Officials: Each session will have a moderator, at least one official score keeper and at least one judge. If necessary the judge can call on assistance from the score keeper and the moderator for judgment calls.

6. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Challenges: If at any point a team feels that something unfair has occurred, they have the right to challenge the results. The captain of the team will lodge the “complaint” and the judge(s) will rule on the complaint.

7. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Bowl Methods Final Round: The two teams with the best records (wins vs. losses) will play the Final Round which has the same rules as all of the other rounds. If teams are tied with the same record, then total points are used to break the tie.

8. World Geography Bowl - 2008 Round 1a

9. Round 1a: Toss-Up (1)

10. Round 1a: Toss-Up (1) Lines of Latitude are referred to as parallels. For ten points what are the lines of Longitude called?

11. Round 1a: Toss-Up (1) Meridians

12. Round 1a: Toss-Up (2)

13. Round 1a: Toss-Up (2) Baluchi people have pushed for increased autonomy in three different Asian states. For ten points what is the name of third country other than Afghanistan and Pakistan?

14. Round 1a: Toss-Up (2) Iran

15. Round 1a: Toss-Up (3)

16. Round 1a: Toss-Up (3) When looking at maps there should be a list of data sources. For ten points what does the data source NAD83 represent?

17. Round 1a: Toss-Up (3) North American Datum 1983 An official horizontal datum

18. Round 1a: Toss-Up (4)

19. Round 1a: Toss-Up (4) For ten points, what is the name for a wall-like barrier built to retain floodwater and prevent overflow of lowlands?

20. Round 1a: Toss-Up (4) DIKE or LEVEE

21. Round 1a: Toss-Up Visual Toss-Ups

22. Round 1a: Toss-Up (5) What part of the world is the next image showing?

24. Round 1a: Toss-Up (5) Nile River Delta Egypt

25. Round 1a: Toss-Up (6) Visual In geography we define regions in a variety of ways: Formal Regions, Functional Regions, Vernacular Regions, etc. For ten point, which kind of region does the following map depict?

27. Round 1a: Toss-Up (8) Visual Functional

28. Round 1a: Team Questions End of Toss-Up Round Team Questions

29. Round 1a: Team Question 1 Moderator reads question first

30. Round 1a: Team Question 1 There are a lot different beverages in the world and we all have our favorites, some of which are shared with others around the world. For 5 points each, list the top five countries (any order) of tea consumption PER CAPITA. STOP

31. Round 1a: Team Question 1 Top 5 Tea drinking countries Country Consumption per person in  1. Turkey 2.5 kg (88 oz) 2.  United Kingdom 2.3 kg (81 oz) 3. Ireland 1.5 kg (53 oz) 4.  New Zealand 1 kg (35 oz) 5.  Japan 0.9 kg (32 oz) Wikipedia, October, 2008

32. Round 1a: Team Question 2 Moderator reads question first

33. Round 1a: Team Question 2 As I said – there are a lot of favorite drinks in this world. For 5 points each, list the top five countries (any order) of beer consumption per capita. STOP

34. Round 1a: Team Question 2 Top 5 Beer drinking countries Country Consumption per person in liters 1 Czech Republic 156.9 2 Ireland 131.1 3 Germany 115.8 4 Australia 109.9 5 Austria 108.3 Wikipedia, October, 2008

35. End of Round 1a

36. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (1)

37. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (1) For ten points, what is the second tallest mountain in North America?

38. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (1) Mount Logan (19,524 feet)

39. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (2)

40. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (2) For ten points, what Pacific Island country has a large portion of their population made up of people of Indian ancestry?

41. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (2) Fiji

42. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (3)

43. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (3) The Maldives is an archipelago nation in Asia. For ten points what Ocean are they located in?

44. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (3) Indian Ocean

45. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (4)

46. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (4) In South America Brazil is the giant, covering almost half of the continent and populating almost half of the continent, but not everybody is Brazil’s neighbor. For ten points what two countries in South America do not touch Brazil?

47. Round 1b: Toss-up Question (4) Chile and Ecuador

48. Round 1b: Toss-Up Visual Toss-Ups

49. Round 1b: Toss-Up (5) Using the following image to help: If it is 9AM Monday in New York, what time and day is it in Tokyo Japan?