Getting your questions ready
Getting your questions ready
All 10 questions with answers and explanations. Play this daily
Q 01Which monument stands in a freeway median, exactly on an international border?
Peace Arch
Peace Arch. Dedicated in 1921 to mark a century of peace after the Treaty of Ghent, it has iron gates left open as a symbol of that peace.
Q 02Which two European nations share a border so intricate that homes and businesses are physically split by it?
Netherlands and Belgium
The towns of Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) and Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) feature a complex system of enclaves and counter-enclaves, resulting in borders that zig-zag through streets, shops, and houses, sometimes even splitting rooms.
Q 03Which two countries share the twin towns created when a border was drawn through the Baltic town of Walk?
Estonia and Latvia
Estonia and Latvia. Valga and Valka call themselves 'One town, two countries', and their border checkpoints came down in December 2007 when both joined Schengen.
Q 04The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is bisected by the border between which two countries?
United States and Canada
United States and Canada. It was built across the line on purpose so both towns could use it, and a black line on the floor still marks the border.
Q 05Which two countries meet inside a house in Sungai Haji Kuning village on the island of Sebatik, off Borneo?
Malaysia and Indonesia
Malaysia and Indonesia. Their border crosses Sebatik along a straight line of latitude, splitting the island between Sabah and North Kalimantan and one village house between two countries.
Q 06Which historic gate, a former border checkpoint, separates Macau from mainland China?
Barrier Gate
The Portas do Cerco, or Barrier Gate, is a historic gate that formerly served as the border between Portuguese Macau and mainland China. It remains a significant landmark at the northern end of the Macau Peninsula.
Q 07Which airport on French soil has a Swiss customs sector and a customs-free road into Switzerland?
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg. Swiss customs and police law apply in its Swiss sector, although the whole airport stands on French territory.
Q 08Which two countries does the hotel in the Jura village of La Cure straddle?
France and Switzerland
France and Switzerland. It went up just before an 1862 border treaty took effect, and in WWII its stairs crossed into Switzerland, so German troops couldn't go upstairs.
Q 09Which two countries meet at Storskog, their only legal land border crossing?
Norway and Russia
Norway and Russia. In 2015 thousands of asylum seekers rode across at Storskog on bicycles, reaching Norway from the Russian Arctic.
Q 10What is a structure straddling an international boundary, often with an entrance in each country, called?
Line house
The International Boundary Commission actively encourages line houses on the Canada–US border to be abandoned; most surviving ones sit on the Collins–Valentine line between Quebec and New York or Vermont.