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Inquizitive.com-Geography quiz

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From: naras
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 00:00
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Geography quiz from Inquizitive.com, world's finest quiz

Questions

1. To represent the units of Punjab, Afghan border states, Kashmir, Sind, and
Baluchistan, what name did Chaudari Rahmat Ali come up with in 1933?

2. On September 6, 1989, owing to a computer error, about 40,000 Parisians
received letters charging them with murder, and other heinous crimes. What
were their actual offences?

3. In 1937, this planet missed a major disaster by less than three seconds
when it nearly collided with a minor planet, Hermes. Which planet?

4. What, according to legend, did the FBI chief and strong anti-communist J.
Edgar Hoover never do while driving his car?

(Answers are given at the bottom).

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Answers:

1. He coined the word Pakistan (Punjab Afghan Kashmir baluchISTAN).

2. Traffic violations!

3. Our dear earth!

4. Take a left (he was anti-Left) turn!

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Date: 1999/02/04
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