Geography Pub Quiz Questions

I did a pub quiz this weekend down the local, so thought I would post the geography questions and answers on here:

1.    What is Cartography ? – - – Map making
2.    In which English county is Corfe Castle?  – - – Dorset
3.    Which 2 continents do NOT contain a landlocked country – - – North America & Australia
4.    Which is the largest Canary Island? – - – Tenerife
5.    Which sea has no land borders? The Sargasso Sea
6.    Which South American country lost its coastline to Chile in 1879 and now keeps it’s navy on a lake? – - – Bolivia
7.    In which street is the Bank of England? – - – Threadneedle Street
8.    Where is the tallest lighthouse in the world? – - – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at 436ft (133m)
9.    The UK has the 13th longest coastline of all countries, how far is it in Km? To the closest 1000Km – - – 12,429
10.    Which counties does the River Thames pass through? – - – Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Essex, Kent (Metropolitan County Greater London)

Some of these were from other quiz sites and some are my own (with a little help from Wikipedia)

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