A River runs thru 'em Trivia Quiz

Answer: Vltava

The Vltava River runs through the centre of Prague. It is not only the longest river in the Czech Republic but it has also provided a waterway through and around the city that has developed over the past 1,000 years.

The Vadar River runs through Skopje, the capital and largest city in the Republic of Macedonia. The Vistula River runs through Warsaw, the capital and largest city in Poland. The river is also in Belarus, Ukraine and Slovakia. The Vantaa River flows into the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.

Answer: Molonglo

The Molonglo River runs through Australia's capital city, Canberra, where it is dammed to form Lake Burley Griffin. It is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment area and part of the Murry-Darling basin.

The Murray River is Australia's longest river (2,508 kms) and mostly divides the states of Victoria and New South Wales. The Mohokare River (in the Southern Sesotho language) is also called the Caledon River on the South African side of the border. It is the main water source of the Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Mbabane is the largest and capital city of Swaziland and it sits on the Mbabane River.

Answer: Tiber

The capital city of Italy is Rome and is located on the shores of the Tiber River. The Tiber rises in the Apennine Mountains and is the third longest river in Italy at just over 400 kms in length.

Baghdad, the capital of the Republic of Iraq, is located along the Tigris River. The Tigris is 1,850 kms in length and rises in the Taurus Mountains in eastern Turkey. The Tagus River is the longest river on the Iberian peninsula and empties into the Atlantic ocean by Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The Tiranë River runs through Tirana, the capital and largest city of Albania.

Answer: White Nile

The White Nile is sourced from Lake Victoria and flows through the city of Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It gets its name from the white clay suspended in its waters.

The Blue Nile springs from Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands and flows 1,400 kms and meets the White Nile at Khartoum (capital of Sudan). It is here that they (White and Blue Nile) join to form the Nile River. Upper Nile is one of the states of Sudan and also known as the Greater Upper Nile region.

Answer: Daugava

The Daugava River rises in Russia and then flows through Belarus and Latvia before emptying into the Gulf of Riga. Riga lies at the mouth of the Daugava river where it empties into the gulf.

The Dnieper River is the fourth longest river in Europe behind the Volga, Danube and Ural. Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine, sits on the Dnieper River. Bucharest, the capital of Romania, sits on the Dambovita River. Georgetown, the capital of Guyana is situated on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River.

Answer: Aare

Bern, the capital of Switzerland, was built (12th century) on a hilly peninsula surrounded by the river Aare. The river flows in a wide loop around the Old Town.

The Akerselva is a river that flows through Oslo, the capital city of Norway. The Apies River flows through Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria (executive seat) is one of three capitals in South Africa, the other two being Capetown (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial). The sluggish Almendares River crosses the city of Havana (capital city of Cuba) from south to north and eventually empties into the Straits of Florida.

Answer: Sumida

The Sumida River surrounds Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. You can cruise on the river and get off the boat at any stop, just like a train or bus route.

The Sava River, a tributary of the Danube, connects three capital cities in Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade (Serbia) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). The Spree flows through Berlin, the capital of Germany. It is on this river that the original centre of Berlin was built. The Svislach is 327 kms in length and flows through Minsk, the capital city of Belarus.

Answer: Pasig

The Pasig River is only 25 kms in length and connects Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay. The city of Manila is mostly built on centuries of prehistoric alluvial deposits built up from the waters of the Pasig.

The Pirita River runs through Pirita, which is a one of the administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, runs along the banks of the Pedieos River. The Potomac River forms part of the borders between the state of Maryland and Washington, D.C. (USA).

Answer: Manzanares

The Manzanares is a river in central Spain which is only about 90 kms in length. It rises in the Sierra de Guadarrama which eventually passes through Madrid and then runs into the Jarama River.

The Miljacka River passes through Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Mapocho River is about 110 kms in length and rises in the Andes mountains and flows through and divides Santiago, the capital city of Chile. Moscow, the capital city of the Russian Federation is situated on the Moskva River. There are 49 bridges that cross the Moskva River within Moscow.

Answer: Red River

The Red River has various names in Vietnamese and Chinese. However, it is the river that flows from southwestern China through northern Vietnam and empties into the Gulf of Tonkin. The river flows past Hanoi before emptying into the gulf.

The city of Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, is located at the shore of the Rimac River, which is a vital source of water for the city. The Roseau River runs through Roseau, the capital city of Dominica. It then flows into the Caribbean Sea. The River Rhine is the second longest river in Central and western Europe after the Danube. It rises in the Swiss Alps and empties into the North Sea in The Netherlands. The largest city on the Rhine is Cologne, Germany.