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A MILLER'S TALE : "23 DEGREES, 27 MINUTES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR"
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EQUATOR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A COUNTRY ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA USED TO BE KNOWN AS SPANISH THIS; NOW IT'S EQUATORIAL THIS | GUINEA |
| A MILLER'S TALE : "23 DEGREES, 27 MINUTES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR" | TROPIC OF CANCER |
| THIS ECUADORIAN ISLAND GROUP STRADDLES THE EQUATOR, BUT ISABELA IS THE ONLY ONE THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES | GALAPAGOS |
| THE COLDEST AREA OF THE TROPOSPHERE OCCURS OVER THIS LINE; MAKE SENSE, SINCE THE LINE'S AT 0 DEGREES | EQUATOR |
| AN EQUATORIAL DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE POLAR DIAMETER MAKES THE EARTH THIS TYPE OF SPHEROID | OBLATE |
| THE LINE OF LATITUDE WITH THIS NUMBER OF DEGREES LIES HALFWAY BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE NORTH POLE | 45 DEGREES |
| IT'S THE AREA OF LIGHT WINDS AND CALMS IN EQUATORIAL REGIONS-- HOW DEPRESSING | DOLDRUMS |
| BIOKO, AN ISLAND OF THIS EQUATORIAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS FERNANDO POO | EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
| AN AFRICAN COUNTRY NAMED FOR THIS LINE IS ACTUALLY ONE DEGREE NORTH OF IT | EQUATOR |
| IT'S THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WHOSE CAPITAL CITY LIES THE CLOSEST TO 0 DEGREES LATITUDE | ECUADOR |
| THE EQUATOR STRETCHES ACROSS MORE LAND MASS ON THIS CONTINENT THAN ANY OTHER | AFRICA |
| OF THE 10 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE 2 THAT ARE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | CANADA AND INDIA |
| BECAUSE AREAS FAR FROM THE EQUATOR ARE ENLARGED, GREENLAND IS BIGGER THAN SOUTH AMERICA IN THE 16TH-C. PROJECTION NAMED FOR THIS MAN | MERCATOR |
| THE FLAG OF THE UNITED NATIONS SHOWS THE WORLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THIS SPOT | NORTH POLE |
| IN THE WILD, PENGUINS LIVE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, WITH THE NORTHERNMOST ONES BEING FROM THIS SOUTH AMERICAN ISLAND GROUP | GALAPAGOS ISLANDS |
| APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF THE EQUATOR | 25,000 MILES |
| ADJECTIVE FOR A SATELLITE MEANING STAYING IN THE SAME POSITION ABOVE THE EARTH'S EQUATOR AT ALL TIMES | GEOSYNCHRONUS |
| 90 MILES FROM THE EQUATOR, THIS MILE-HIGH KENYAN CAPTIAL RARELY EXCEEDS 80 DEGREES IN TEMPERATURE | NAIROBI |
| THE 3 OCEANS THE EQUATOR CROSSES | ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, & INDIAN |
| THE NAME OF THIS WEST AFRICAN EQUATORIAL NATION CAME FROM THE PORTUGUESE FOR ITS RIVER'S MOUTH, RIO DE GABAO | GABON |
| THE 3RD LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD, THIS INDONESIAN ONE IS BISECTED BY THE EQUATOR | BORNEO |
| BOTH COUNTRIES IN AFRICA WITH THIS RIVER IN THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE EQUATOR | CONGO |
| THIS COUNTRY CROSSES THE LINE; THE CITY OF ENTEBBE IS JUST NORTH OF IT | UGANDA |
| MEASURED IN DEGREES, IT'S THE ANGULAR DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EARTH'S EQUATOR | LATITUDE |
| NEAR THE EQUATOR, THIS OCEAN STRETCHES ABOUT 12,000 MILES FROM COLUMBIA TO THE MALAY PENINSULA | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| THIS CITY-STATE IS FOUND A MERE 85 MILES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | SINGAPORE |
| OF THE 7 CONTINENTS, IT'S THE ONE DIVIDED HALFWAY UP BY THE EQUATOR | AFRICA |
| THE APPROXIMATE SPEED OF A SPOT ON THE EQUATOR WHILE THE EARTH SPINS | 1,000 MPH |
| THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS CAPITAL SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | BUENOS AIRES |
| ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMOND MINES IS LOCATED IN ORAPA, BOTSWANA, IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THIS DESERT | KALAHARI |
| THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, WHICH INCLUDES CANBERRA, WAS CARVED OUT OF THIS MOST POPULOUS STATE | NEW SOUTH WALES |
| IN 1774, CAPT. JAMES COOK CHARTERED THE ISLANDS THAT NOW COMPOSE VANUATU AND NAMED THEM THIS FOR AN ISLAND GROUP OFF SCOTLAND | NEW HEBRIDES |
| LONGWOOD GOLF COURSE ON THIS SOUTH ATLANTIC BRITISH DEPENDENCY IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S REMOTEST 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE | ST. HELENA |
| ALTHOUGH IT STANDS ALMOST ON THE EQUATOR, THIS SECOND-HIGHEST AFRICAN PEAK IS CAPPED BY 12 GLACIERS | MOUNT KENYA |
| PERHAPS THE LINE ISLANDS OF KIRIBATI ARE SO-NAMED BECAUSE THEY STRADDLE THIS | EQUATOR |
| IN 1848 JOHANNES REBMANN BECAME THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THIS SNOW-CLAD MOUNTAIN ON THE EQUATOR | KILIMANJARO |
| THE EQUATOR PASSES THROUGH THIS NATION'S ISLANDS OF SULAWESI, KALIMANTAN, & SUMATRA | INDONESIA |
| THE LARGEST LAKE ON THE EQUATOR | LAKE VICTORIA |
| BLEND THE NORTH & SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS, ADD A SPLASH FROM WEST OF FLORIDA, AND YOU'VE GOT THIS "STREAM" | GULF STREAM |
| THIS FIELD IS MEASURED IN NANOTESLAS--IT'S ABOUT 60,000 NANOTESLAS AT THE POLES AND 30,000 AT THE EQUATOR | EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD |
| PORTUGUESE SAILORS CROSSED THIS LINE & FOUND THAT THE OCEAN DIDN'T BOIL THERE, AS WAS THOUGHT | EQUATOR |
| THE MERIDIAN OF CAPE AGULHAS, AFRICA'S MOST SOUTHERLY POINT, SERVES AS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THESE 2 OCEANS | ATLANTIC & INDIAN |
| IN 1947 EDITH RONNE & JENNY DARLINGTON BECAME THE FIRST WOMEN TO WINTER ON THIS CONTINENT | ANTARCTICA |
| IN 1901 NEW ZEALAND ANNEXED THESE PACIFIC ISLANDS NAMED FOR A BRITISH SEA CAPTAIN; RAROTONGA IS THE LARGEST OF THE GROUP | COOK ISLANDS |
| 1 OF THE 2 "GREAT" AUSTRALIAN DESERTS | GREAT SANDY OR GREAT VICTORIA |
| PASSING THROUGH INDONESIA, MARCO FREAKED OUT WHEN HE WENT SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, AND COULDN'T SEE THIS STAR | NORTH STAR |
| OF THE TOP 25 MOST-LIVABLE COUNTRIES, THESE ARE THE ONLY 2 SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND |
| IN ITS CAPITAL N'DJAMENA, YOU MIGHT LEARN THAT THIS NATION WAS ONCE PART OF FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA | CHAD |
| THE 2 CONTINENTS ENTIRELY SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | ANTARCTICA & AUSTRALIA |
| BOER VOORTREKKERS WHO ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THIS DESERT IN THE LATE 19TH-C. CALLED IT THE "THIRTSTLAND" | KALAHARI |
| THE GRAN CHACO IS A LOW, FLAT PLAIN COVERING WESTERN PARAGUAY, SOUTHERN BOLIVIA, AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY | ARGENTINA |
| GEOTHERMAL STEAM IN THE VOLCANIC AREA OF THIS COUNTRY'S NORTH ISLAND IS BECOMING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF POWER | NEW ZEALAND |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS THE ONLY AFRICAN NATION WHOSE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS THIS | SPANISH |
| OF THE MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES THROUGH WHICH THE EQUATOR PASSES, THIS COUNTRY STRETCHES THE FARTHEST SOUTH | BRAZIL |
| IN AREA, IT'S THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA ENTIRELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | VENEZUELA |
| IT'S THE ONLY INHABITED U.S. TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | AMERICAN SAMOA |
| THIS ISLAND THAT'S SECOND IN SIZE ONLY TO GREENLAND HAS SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST GOLD AND COPPER RESERVES | NEW GUINEA |
| FRENCH & MALAGASY ARE THIS COUNTRY'S 2 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES | MADAGASCAR |
| THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE LIGHT & THE DARK SIDES OF THE MOON IS CALLED THIS... | TERMINATOR |
| OF KENYA, COLUMBIA, OR THAILAND, THE ONE THAT'S NOT FOUND ON THE EQUATOR | THAILAND |
| EITHER AND EXPERIENCE SAILOR OR JUST ONE WHO'S CROSSED THE EQUATOR | SHELLBACK |
| IT'S THE NEXT LINE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR THAT HAS BEEN NAMED AS WELL AS NUMBERED | TROPIC OF CANCER |
| LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, IT'S SOUTH AMERICA'S OLDEST CAPITAL | QUITO, ECUADOR |
| IT'S THE ONLY PLANET WHOSE ORBIT IS TILTED 17 DEGREES OFF THE PLANE OF THE SUN'S EQUATOR | PLUTO |
| JUST 12 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, THIS PERUVIAN CAPITAL'S TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATED BY THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT | LIMA |
| THE EQUATOR CROSSES MORE LAND IN THIS SOUTH AMERICAN NATION THAN ANY OTHER | BRAZIL |
| IT'S THE LATITUDE OF ANY POINT ON THE EQUATOR | 0 |
| THE MITAD DEL MUNDO, "MIDDLE OF THE EARTH" MONUMENT, IS NEAR QUITO IN THIS COUNTRY | ECUADOR |
| THESE ISLAND WERE NAMED FROM THE SPANISH FOR "SADDLES", FOR THE SADDLEBACK TORTOISES FOUND THERE | GALAPAGOS ISLANDS |
| 14-LETTER ADJECTIVE FOR A SATELLITE'S ORBIT THAT KEEPS IT ABOVE THE SAME POINT ON THE EQUATOR | GEOSYNCHRONUS |
| THE FIRST TIME YOUR SHIP CROSSES THIS LINE, YOU'LL BE CERTIFIED A SHELLBACK, WITH GREAT CEREMONY | EQUATOR |
| SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE WEST PART OF THIS CONTINENT WOULD BE AN ARCHIPELAGO IF THE ICE WERE REMOVED | ANTARCTICA |
| THIS 350' WATERFALL IS ON THE ZAMBEZI RIVER ON THE BORDER BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND ZAMBIA | VICTORIA FALLS |
| 1/5 OF THE FRESH WATER ENTERING ALL OCEANS COMES FROM THIS RIVER THAT FLOWS NORTHEAST TO THE EQUATOR | AMAZON |
| IN 1842 THE BRITISH MADE STANLEY THE CAPITAL OF THESE LATER WAR-TORN ISLANDS OFF ARGENTINA | FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) |
| THE BIGHT OF BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN OFF THE COASTS OF CAMEROON AND THIS EQUATORIAL COUNTRY | EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
| SAILING SHIPS MAY EXPERIENCE DAYS OF CALM IN THIS OCEAN REGION NEAR THE EQUATOR | DOLDRUMS |
| THE PRIME MERIDIAN MEETS THE EQUATOR AT 0 DEGREES LATITUDE, 0 DEGREES THIS | LONGITUDE |
| MARK TWAIN TITLE LAWYER WHOSE ADAGES ALSO APPEAR IN "FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR" | PUDDINHEAD WILSON |
| THE SANJUANITO IS CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL DANCE OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS CROSSED BY THE EQUATOR | ECUADOR |
| IN THE PART OF SOUTH AMERICAN SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, SUMMER BEGINS DURING THIS MONTH | DECEMBER |
| NEWTON FIGURED THE EARTH SHOULD BE AN OBLATE SPHEROID WITH AN EQUATORIAL BULGE BECAUSE IT DOES THIS | SPINS ON ITS AXIS |
| MEASURING LONGITUDE AT THE EQUATOR, 1 OF THESE EQUALS 69.17 MILES | DEGREE |
| A THICK CLOUD COVER IS ONE REASON TEMPERATURES AT ITS EQUATOR AND POLES ARE ABOUT THE SAME | VENUS |
| THE 2 MONTHS IN WHICH THE SUN IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EQUATOR FOR PART OF A DAY | MARCH & SEPTEMBER |
| TRADE WINDS BLOW FROM BOTH THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD THIS LINE | EQUATOR |
| DESPITE ITS NAME, THE EQUATOR DOES NOT RUN THROUGH THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY | EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
| BESIDES NORTH AMERICA, IT'S THE ONLY CONTINENT COMPLETELY NORTH OF THE EQUATOR | EUROPE |
| ACCORDING TO THE TITLE, IT'S WHAT TWAIN WAS FOLLOWING IN HIS LAST TRAVEL BOOK | THE EQUATOR |
| DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE ALWAYS 12 HOURS LONG THERE | EQUATOR |
| SHIP PASSENGERS ARE GREETED AND DUNKED BY KING NEPTUNE THE FIRST TIME THEY CROSS THIS | EQUATOR |
| REGION NEAR THE EQUATOR THAT TOOK THE WIND OUT OF SINBAD'S SAILS | DOLDRUMS |
| BECAUSE OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION, A PERSON AT SEA LEVEL IS LIGHTEST WHEN STANDING AT THIS DEGREE OF LATITUDE | 0 DEGREES |
| OF ALL THE CITIES TO HOST THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES, THIS ONE LIES CLOSEST TO THE EQUATOR | MEXICO CITY |
| STARTED IN 1988 FOR THIS CITY'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, A SPRINGTIME FLOWER FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER SHOWS OFF ITS COMMONWEALTH PARK | CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA |
| IF YOU DIG STRAIGHT THROUGH THE EARTH'S CENTER FROM CANTON, OH YOU'LL END UP NOT IN CHINA BUT IN THIS BODY OF WATER | INDIAN OCEAN |
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