Geography Quiz #1

Geography Quiz #1

Questions

1. LAR is the international vehicle registration of which country?
2. What notable geographical feature is shared by Oxford, Reading, Windsor and London?
3. Who renamed the South Sea as the Pacific Ocean in 1520?
4. What is the largest country in the world?
5. Which capital city has the highest population (as at 2006)?
6. What Central American country's name means 'many fish'?
7. Which country has the internet domain .me?
8. What and when is the biggest national celebration every year in Australia?
9. Which is the least populated state in the USA?
10. Where can you find the first iron bridge ever built?
11. What is the capital of Qatar?
12. In which South American country is the Atacama desert?
13. Where are the North Yolla Bolly mountains?
14. Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria?
15. What's the most southerly city; Toronto, Seattle, Budapest or Bordeaux?
16. What language do the locals speak in Bogota?
17. Which country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was previously known as Aden?
18. The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which country?
19. Where would you find the Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maud mountain ranges?
20. The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the oldest of what type of institution in the world?
21. The largest policeman's beat (territory) in Europe is in which country?
22. What is the world's third largest sea?
23. In which country is the Blarney Stone?
24. Which country was previously called Abyssinia?
25. Which country had the world's tallest habitable building as at 2006?

1. LAR is the international vehicle registration of which country?

   Libya
2. What notable geographical feature is shared by Oxford, Reading, Windsor and London?

   The River Thames, the longest in England
3. Who renamed the South Sea as the Pacific Ocean in 1520?

   Ferdinand Magellan
4. What is the largest country in the world?

   Russia
5. Which capital city has the highest population (as at 2006)?

   Tokyo
6. What Central American country's name means 'many fish'?

   Panama
7. Which country has the internet domain .me?

   Montenegro
8. What and when is the biggest national celebration every year in Australia?

   Australia Day, January 26th
9. Which is the least populated state in the USA?

   Wyoming
10. Where can you find the first iron bridge ever built?

    Ironbridge, near Telford in Shropshire, England
11. What is the capital of Qatar?

    Doha
12. In which South American country is the Atacama desert?

    Chile
13. Where are the North Yolla Bolly mountains?

    USA, California
14. Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake Victoria?

    The Equator
15. What's the most southerly city; Toronto, Seattle, Budapest or Bordeaux?

    Toronto
16. What language do the locals speak in Bogota?

    Spanish
17. Which country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was previously known as Aden?

    Yemen
18. The tenge is the basic monetary unit of which country?

    Kazakhstan
19. Where would you find the Queen Alexandra, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Maud mountain ranges?

    Antarctica
20. The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the oldest of what type of institution in the world?

    University
21. The largest policeman's beat (territory) in Europe is in which country?

    Scotland
22. What is the world's third largest sea?

    Mediterranean
23. In which country is the Blarney Stone?

    Ireland
24. Which country was previously called Abyssinia?

    Ethiopia
25. Which country had the world's tallest habitable building as at 2006?

    Taiwan