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40 Merchant Taylors’ Prep School Newsletter - 09.02.2023 MTP Geography At the end of last term all our Year 3-8 pupils had the chance to flex their Geography muscles with a World Cup quiz. As it turns out the quiz was all kinds of fiendishly hard (something most England teams in a World Cup would appreciate) so a huge congratulations go to Matthew-Levi Amanerimi in Year 6, who beat all comers with a ripe 17/20. This should come as no surprise as Matthew is no stranger to maps, as we can see from this splendid specimen he created at home. Please also take a look at the aforementioned quiz and see, as they say, if you can do any better! Mr Bowman Head of Geography World Cup Geography Quiz 2022 1. How many continents take part in the World Cup. 2. How many flags have a cross? 3. How many flags are made up of only red (or maroon!) and white? 4. Which African nation taking part is furthest west? 5. What is the capital city of the host nation? 6. How many countries taking part are in Europe? 7. How many flags are mainly made up of 3 vertical stripes? 8. Which country taking part is the most northerly? 9. Which European country taking part is furthest east? 10. How many stars are on the Australian flag? 11. Which flag features a red dragon? 12. How many countries are on the equator? 13. Which three colours make up the German flag? 14. Which country taking part is the furthest south? 15. If I was dribbling and diving in Dakar, which country would I be in? 16. If I was lobbing the keeper in Lisbon, which country would I be in? 17. If I was booting balls in Brussels, which country would I be in? 18. If I was running rings round the defence in Rabat, which country would I be in? 19. If I was saving shots in Seoul, which country would I be in? 20. If I was being yellow carded in Yaoundé, which country would I be in?