Picture the United States. Now picture sailing from it to Africa as fast as possible. Most people instantly point at a sunny southern state — and most people are wrong. Which U.S. state is actually the closest to the continent of Africa? Florida Maine South Carolina Texas None A "landlocked" country has no coastline. But a rare few are *doubly* landlocked — you'd have to cross at least two international borders just to dip a toe in the ocean. How many doubly landlocked countries exist on Earth? Just 2 7 15 22 None Los Angeles sits right on the Pacific coast, so it must be one of the westernmost cities in the country, right? Here's the catch. Reno, Nevada — a desert city hundreds of miles inland — is farther _west_ than which California city? Sacramento Los Angeles Both Los Angeles AND San Diego None of them — Reno is east of all of them None Sailors have talked about the Cape of Good Hope for centuries as the bottom of Africa. There's just one problem — it isn't. What is the actual southernmost point of the African continent? The Cape of Good Hope (it really is the tip) Cape Agulhas Cape Town Cape Horn None Here's a riddle that sounds impossible: one U.S. state is, technically, both the easternmost AND the westernmost state in the entire country. Which state pulls off that trick? Hawaii Florida Alaska Washington None Time for a stumper. Until about a decade ago, the border between India and Bangladesh contained one geographic structure so tangled it existed nowhere else on Earth. What was it? A bridge that legally belonged to no country A third-order enclave — a piece of India, inside Bangladesh, inside India, inside Bangladesh A village that switched countries every 24 hours A river that formed the border for both countries simultaneously None Time's up
