AUGCGeo-Jeopardy!

Game 1

Capitals of Europe

Planets in the News

Olympic Games

Rock ArtFamous

VolcanoesCows

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Paris

What is the capital of France?

Lisbon

What is the capital of Portugal?

Cardiff

What is the capital of Wales?

Bucharest

What is the capital of Romania?

Ljubljana

What is the capital of Slovenia?

This planet is currently being explored by the Rovers.

What is Mars?

This planet has been in news following the arrival of the Cassini spacecraft in its

orbit.

What is Saturn?

This planet hit the headlines in 1994 when Comet

Schumacher-Levy hit it.

What is Jupiter?

This planet made a big splash on 11 February

1999, when it moved into its usual place as the

second-outermost planet of the Solar System.

What is Neptune?

Earlier this year this planet performed one of its

twice-in-130-years transits across the Sun.

What is Venus?

The first Olympic Games in 776 BC were held to honour

this god.

Who was Zeus?

Two of the three US citiesthat have hosted the

summer Olympic Games

What are St. Louis, Los Angeles and Atlanta?

This sand-in-your-toes sport made its debut at the

1996 Atlanta Olympics.

What is beach volleyball?

Three of the five events that are part of the Modern Pentathlon at

the Olympics.

What are cross-country running, swimming, pistol-shooting,

fencing and horseback-racing?

The English translation of the three-word motto of the

Olympic Games, Citius, Altius, Fortius.

What is swifter, higher, stronger?

The painting of this horse must postdate the introduction of

horses to this continent in 1788.

What is Australia?

Carvings like this one in Kejimkujik, Nova Scotia, are referred to by this term.

What are petroglyhs?

An Upper Paleolithic cave

painting from France illustrates

the immense antlers of this

extinct member of the deer family.

What is the Irish elk?

The earliest rock art from this desert indicates climate was

much wetter in the hunter period of Tasilli.

What is the Sahara Desert?

Rock art painted with egg albumen or blood can be dated

with the technique that measures racemisation or

decay of these compounds in proteins.

What are amino acids?

This American volcano erupted in 1980, spreading an

ash cloud over much of the United States and southern

Canada.

What is Mount St. Helens?

This famous Italian volcano is the source of the term Plinian, meaning a high-velocity, high-column,

explosive eruption.

What is Vesuvius?

This Japanese volcano last erupted in 1707.

What is Fuji?

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This Martian volcano is thought to be the highest and largest volcano in the

Solar System

What is Olympus Mons?

This volcanic island made its appearance in 1963 and is named after the owner of

fire in Norse mythology.

What is Surtsey

The number of stomachs possessed by a cow.

What is four?

The breed of cattle with the highest percentage of

butterfat and protein, named after one of the

English Channel Islands.

What is the Jersey?

The cow’s switch is on this part of her anatomy

What is her tail?

An average Holstein produces 52 pounds

of this daily.

What is milk?

The Holstein-Frisian breed of cow originated in the

north of this country.

What is the Netherlands?