World's longest tunnel completed in Switzerland

Q: Swiss engineers drilling the world's longest tunnel broke through the last section of rock last week, crowning 14 years of work. Where is Switzerland?

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Q: The tunnel runs under the mountain range that runs through Switzerland. What is the name of those mountains?

A. Alps

B. Black Forest

C. Carpathians

D. Urals

Q: When it opens in 2016, the 35-mile rail tunnel is expected to revolutionize transport across Europe, providing a high-speed link between the north and south of the continent. It will slash travel time as much as one-and-a-half hours between Milan to the south and Switzerland's largest city . . .

A. Basel

B. Bern

C. Geneva

D. Zurich

Q: Where is Milan located?

A. Southern Switzerland

B. Southeastern France

C. Northern Italy

D. Western Austria

Q: Switzerland's Gotthard tunnel is longer than the 33-mile tunnel linking the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in . . .

A. Hawaii

B. The Philippines

C. China

D. Japan


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