From 1,000 Places To See Before You Die by Patricia Shultz:
Question One:
The drainage basin of South America's Amazon River, the second-longest river in the world, extends into all the countries below except for which one?
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Uruguay
Venezuela
Question Two:
Which of the following countries is the home of both the longest suspension bridge and the longest transportation tunnel in the world?
Canada
France
Japan
Russia
United States
Answer to Question One:
Uruguay
Answer to Question Two:
Japan. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, connecting Kobe and Awaji Island, is the world's longest suspension bridge with a central span of 6,570 feet. The Seikan Tunnel is the world's longest transportation tunnel and connects the main island of Honshu to Hokkaido, and is 174,240 feet – or 33 miles – long.
* The title of course is a line from What A Wonderful World, written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, and sung by many, including Louis Armstrong, Herman's Hermits and a trio of Paul Simon, Art Garfunkle and James Taylor.
