Where's My Elephant? Quiz | Our World for Kids

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1. Bluin saw a huge red monolith, a giant coral reef and an opera house that looked like the sails of the boats in the adjacent harbour. Which country was he visiting?

Answer: Australia

The monolith is Uluru, sometimes called Ayers Rock; it is a sacred site for the indigenous people of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Northern Queensland, is the largest in the world. The Sydney Opera House was designated a World Heritage Site in 2007.

2. Entering through the Strait of Gibraltar, Flora cruised past the Balearic Islands and on towards Malta and Crete before finishing her journey at Cyprus. Through which sea was she sailing?

Answer: Mediterranean Sea

The word Mediterranean comes from two Latin words and means in the middle of the land. However, the Romans themselves called it Mare Nostrum which means Our Sea. Because it's almost completely cut off from the Atlantic Ocean, the rise and fall of the tides in the Mediterranean Sea is less than 40cm in most places.

3. Peanut visited a giant statue of a lady holding a torch near one ocean before flying across forests, a large river system, prairies and mountains to see a golden suspension bridge near a different ocean. Which country has he just crossed?

Answer: United States of America

The Statue of Liberty was given to America by the people of France in 1886; it stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The Mississippi-Missouri river system is the largest in North America. The Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937; it spans the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

4. Ike has been to see a statue of a little mermaid in Copenhagen, visited a museum housing the 17th century warship, Vasa, in Stockholm; then he took a cruise among the fjords north of Bergen. Which part of Europe has he visited?

Answer: Scandinavia

Copenhagen is in Denmark, Stockholm is in Sweden and Bergen is in Norway. Often taken to mean just Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Scandinavia also includes Finland and Iceland.

The Low countries are Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The Iberian Peninsula consists of Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar. The Baltic countries are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

5. Elwyn looked at a few of the pictures housed in the Hermitage before travelling inland to see the magnificent towers and spires of the Kremlin, then he travelled on a long train journey across the steppes to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean. Where has he been?

Answer: Russia

The Hermitage in St. Petersburg (formerly the capital of Russia) is one of the largest museums in the world; the art collection was started by Catherine the Great in 1764, and it has been open for public viewing since 1852. The Kremlin is in the heart of Moscow (the present capital city) next to Red Square; the many coloured domed spires are a magnificent sight, especially when the sun shines on them.

The Trans-Siberian Railway runs for 9289km from Moscow to Vladivostok in the east of Russia.

6. Stripey flew from Angel Falls in Venezuela across the rain forests of the Amazon basin to Lake Titicaca on the borders of Peru and Bolivia in the Andes. To which continent has he been?

Answer: South America

The Angel Falls holds the world record for the longest continuous fall of water - 807m. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world at 3812m.

7. Ellie has travelled from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro to the bottom of the Ngorongoro Crater before relaxing on the beaches of Zanzibar. Which African country was she visiting?

Answer: Tanzania

At 5895m Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, and, despite being very close to the equator, it has a permanent snow cap. The Ngorongoro Crater is a volcanic crater; it has been declared a World Heritage Site, and is a conservation area and home to many different species of wildlife including elephants, hippos, zebras, giraffes, wildebeest and lions. Zanzibar is just off the east coast of Tanzania near Dar es Salaam; it is sometimes called the spice island, but it is also known for the wonderful carved wooden doors on the buildings in the Stone Town.

8. Monty left his home at the foot of Mt. Blanc near Chamonix in France to travel to Interlaken in Switzerland, then he went to see the famous Goldenes Dachl in Innsbruck in Austria. Through which mountain range was he travelling?

Answer: The Alps

In south-east France, Mt. Blanc stands 4810m above sea level and is the highest mountain in the Alps. Interlaken means between the lakes in German; it lies between Thunersee (Lake Thun) and Brienzsee (Lake Brienz) in central Switzerland. The Goldenes Dachl is a golden roof on a building in the old town of Innsbruck in the Tirol in western Austria.

9. Lottie has been to see the huge cities of New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. In which country did she find them?

Answer: India

New Delhi has been the capital of India since 1911. Mumbai was formerly known as Bombay, and is known for the Bollywood films which are made there. Kolkata was once called Calcutta; it is the city where Mother Teresa spent most of her life helping those in need.

10. Ernest is too old to travel far so he contented himself with seeing the famous bridge over the river Thames with the opening bascules and the equally well-known clock tower near the Houses of Parliament before going to see an ancient stone circle where the druids celebrate the summer solstice every year. Which part of the British Isles has he visited?

Answer: England

The bridge is Tower Bridge which was opened in 1894. The clock tower is the Elizabeth Tower (named after Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 in honour of her diamond jubilee); it is often referred to as Big Ben, although that is actually the name of the Great Bell in the tower.

They are both in London, which is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. The stone circle is Stonehenge, another World Heritage site, and is thought to be around 5000 years old.

Source: Author Lottie1001

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Where's My Elephant? Trivia Quiz

I have a lot of elephants, who can be quite adventurous. Ten of them have travelled to different places in the world. Can you work out where each of them has been?

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