20 questions geography quiz

1. GEOGRAPHY
QUIZ

2. GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
MEDIUM EDITION

3. HOW TO PLAY
4 OPTIONS WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN
10 SECONDS FOR EACH ROUND
FUN FACT PRESENTED WITH THE ANSWER
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4. QUESTION 1
WHAT IS EARTHS LARGEST CONTINENT
A:
D:
B:
C:
AFRICA
ASIA
ANTARTICA
EUROPE

5. CORRECT ANSWER
ASIA
FUN FACT ABOUT ASIA
THE 100 HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD ARE ALL LOCATED ON THECONTINENT OF ASIA
WITH THE HIGHEST BEING MOUNT EVEREST, LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE OF
NEPAL.

6. QUESTION 2
WHAT IS THE DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH?
A:
D:
B:
C:
MCMURDO
ATACAMA
KUFRA
SAHARA

7. CORRECT ANSWER
MCMURDO
FUN FACT ABOUT MCMURDO
MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS IN ANTACTICA. IT HASN'T RAINED THERE FOR MORE
THAN 2 MILLION YEARS!

8. QUESTION 3
WHAT IS THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD?
A:
D:
B:
C:
ATHENS
JERUSALEM
DAMASCUS
JERICHO

9. CORRECT ANSWER
DAMASCUS
FUN FACT ABOUT DAMASCUS
IN ENGLISH AND LATIN, THE NAME DAMASCUS WAS IMPORTED FROM GREEK
BUT ORIGINATED FROM ARAMAIC, TRANSLATING OUT TO 'A WELL WATERED
PLACE'

10. QUESTION 4
WHAT CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
CANBERRA
PERTH
MELBOURNE
SYDNEY

11. CORRECT ANSWER
PERTH
FUN FACT ABOUT PERTH
IT IS CLOSER TO BALI THAN CANBERRA.

12. QUESTION 5
RIYADH IS THE CAPITAL OF WHAT MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRY?
A:
D:
B:
C:
YEMEN
IRAQ
SYRIA
SAUDI ARABIA

13. CORRECT ANSWER
SAUDI ARABIA
FUN FACT ABOUT RIYADH
THE NAME RIYADH COMES FROM THE ARABIC WORD "RAWDAH" MEANING "A
PLACE OF GARDENS AND TREES"

14. QUESTION 6
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL RIVER OF RUSSIA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
RHINE
OB
DANUBE
VOLGA

15. CORRECT ANSWER
VOLGA
FUN FACT ABOUT VOLGA
VOLGA IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN RUSSIA AND THE LONGEST RIVER IN
EUROPE

16. QUESTION 7
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF COSTA RICO ?
A:
D:
B:
C:
SAN JOSÈ
CARTAGO
SANTA TERESA
BUENOS AIRES

17. SAN JOSÉ
CORRECT ANSWER
FUN FACT ABOUT SAN JOSÉ
SAN JOSE IS TECHNICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A TROPICAL RAINFOREST. GO OUTSIDE THE CITY
FOR A FEW MILES AND YOU’LL SOON ENCOUNTER TREES, HUMIDITY, AND ALL THOSE ANIMALS
YOU’D EXPECT TO FIND IN COSTA RICA’S RAINFORESTS.

18. QUESTION 8
WHICH SOUTH AMERICA COUNTRY ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN HALF THE WESTERN COASTLINE OF
SOUTH AMERICA
A:
D:
B:
C:
PERU
CHILE
ECUADOR
BOLIVIA

19. CORRECT ANSWER
CHILE
FUN FACT ABOUT CHILE
CHILE IS THE WORLD'S NARROWEST COUNTRY.

20. QUESTION 9
IN WHAT COUNTRY CAN YOU VISIT MACHU PICCHU?
A:
D:
B:
C:
PERU
COLUMBIA
VENEZUELA
CHILE

21. CORRECT ANSWER
PERU
FUN FACT ABOUT MACHU PICCHU
EACH STONE WAS PRECISELY CUT TO FIT TOGETHER SO TIGHTLY THAT NO
MORTAR WAS NEEDED TO KEEP THE WALLS STANDING

22. QUESTION 10
MONTEVIDEO IS THE CAPITAL OF WHAT SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY?
A:
D:
B:
C:
ARGENTINA
URUGUAY
PARAGUAY
SURINAME

23. CORRECT ANSWER
MONTEVIDEO
FUN FACT ABOUT MONTEVIDEO
MONTEVIDEO HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN RATED AS HAVING THE HIGHEST
QUALITY OF LIFE OF ANY CITY IN LATIN AMERICA.

24. QUESTION 11
WHAT RIVER RUNS THROUGH PARIS?
A:
D:
B:
C:
DANUBE
SEINE
THAMES
ELBE

25. CORRECT ANSWER
SEINE
FUN FACT ABOUT SEINE
EACH SUMMER IN PARIS, ROADWAYS ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE ARE
CLOSED AND COVERED IN SAND AND PALM TREES, TRANSFORMING THEM
INTO PARIS PLAGES, OR PARIS BEACHES

26. QUESTION 12
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF NIGERIA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
KANO
ABUJA
LAGOS
IBADAN

27. CORRECT ANSWER
ABUJA
FUN FACT ABOUT ABUJA
ABUJA OFFICIALLY BECAME NIGERIA'S CAPITAL ON DECEMBER 12, 1991,
REPLACING LAGOS, THOUGH THE LATTER REMAINS THE COUNTRY'S MOST
POPULOUS CITY.

28. QUESTION 13
WHICH COUNTRY IS NOT PART OF THE SCANINAVIAN PENINSULA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
FINLAND
SWEDEN
DENMARK
NORWAY

29. CORRECT ANSWER
FINLAND
FUN FACT ABOUT FINLAND
THE FINNS DRINK MORE COFFEE PER HEAD THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE WHOLE WORLD (12.2KG PER PERSON PER YEAR)

30. QUESTION 14
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF TURKEY?
A:
D:
B:
C:
ISTANBUL
IZMAR
BURSA
ANKARA

31. CORRECT ANSWER
ANKARA
FUN FACT ABOUT ANKARA
THE ANGORA GOAT, WHICH ORIGINATED IN ANKARA, WERE ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE TURKISH 50 BANKNOTES IN 1938-1952.

32. QUESTION 15
WHAT IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
MOUNT RUSHMORE
DENALI
MOUNT STEELE
KING PEAK

33. CORRECT ANSWER
DENALI
FUN FACT ABOUT DENALI
THE PEAK WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED DENALI, WHICH MEANS 'HIGH ONE,' BY THE ATHABASKAN
NATIVES. BUT IN THE YEAR 1896, IT WAS RENAMED MOUNT MCKINLEY HONORING U.S.
PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY BY A GOLD PROSPECTOR.

34. QUESTION 16
WHAT MOUNTAIN IS CLOSEST TO THE MOON?
A:
D:
B:
C:
MOUNT PANDIM
MOUNT CHIMBORAZO
NANGA PARBAT
MOUNT EVEREST

35. CORRECT ANSWER
MOUNT CHIMBORAZO
FUN FACT ABOUT CHIMBORAZO
ALTHOUGH MT. EVEREST HAS THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE IN TERMS OF SEA LEVEL
ON THE PLANET, BECAUSE OF THE EQUATORIAL BULGE MOUNT
CHIMBORAZO IS THE CLOSEST TO THE MOON.

36. QUESTION 17
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN?
A:
D:
B:
C:
ISLAMABAD
KARACHI
BAHAWALPUR
LAHORE

37. CORRECT ANSWER
ISLAMABAD
FUN FACT ABOUT PAKISTAN
THE WORLD'S FAMOUS PINK HIMALAYAN SALT IS ALSO MINED IN PAKISTAN

38. QUESTION 18
WHAT ASIAN COUNTRY HAS KUALA LUMPUR AS ITS CAPITAL?
A:
D:
B:
C:
MALAYSIA
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
BANGLADESH

39. CORRECT ANSWER
MALASYIA
FUN FACT ABOUT MALAYSIA
THE BIGGEST ROUNDABOUT IN THE WORLD IS LOCATED IN MALAYSIA. THE
PERSIARAN SULTAN SALAHUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ SHAH IN PUTRAJAYA IS 2.2
MILES AND HAS A DIAMETER OF 3.5KM

40. QUESTION 19
WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS HOME TO TRANSYLVANIA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
SLOVANIA
CROATIA
ROMANIA
BULGARIA

41. CORRECT ANSWER
ROMANIA
FUN FACT ABOUT ROMANIA
THE PARLIAMENT PALACE IN ROMANIA'S CAPITAL OF BUCHAREST IS THE SECOND LARGEST
BUILDING IN THE WORLD, BEHIND ONLY THE PENTAGON. THE BUILDING IS 84M HIGH. IT IS
ALSO THE HEAVIEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD.

42. QUESTION 20
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRY IN AFRICA?
A:
D:
B:
C:
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH AFRICA
NIGERIA
GHANA

43. CORRECT ANSWER
NIGERIA
FUN FACT ABOUT NIGERIA
IN TOTAL, EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT MORE THAN 500 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN.
SOME OF THE MAJOR LANGUAGES ARE HAUSA, IGBO, YORUBA, EVEN THOUGH ENGLISH SERVES
AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.

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