Today’s Geo Quiz features musical geography. You’ve probably heard of Louis Armstrong airport – that’s in New Orleans.
But you might not be familiar with Mozart.
It’s a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
You’ll recognise WAGNER’s Ring. But what about the Schubertring? It’s in Vienna, Austria.
And it’s a circular ROAD.
Further afield, FAR further afield, there’s Asteroid 3-9-7-5 Verdi – named after the Italian composer.
Back on earth, we’ve got Musica Mountain in Macedonia.
..Sound Island in India.
And a village in Iran called Band.
But we’re looking for a SOLO.
A PLACE called Solo.
It’s home to about half a million people.
And – to help you out – Solo is the name the locals use.
The city’s formal title is Surakarta.
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