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Quiz about Around the World in Ten Questions 18
Quiz about Around the World in Ten Questions 18

Around the World in Ten Questions (18) Quiz


From Europe to Oceania via Asia, Africa, and North and South America, take a whirlwind trip around the wide world of Geography in ten questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
394,941
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
443
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Question 1 of 10
1. On which sea does Montenegro have a coastline? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which former Soviet state is now the world's largest landlocked country? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In which country is the most northerly point of Africa? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which is the easternmost of the Caribbean island nations? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which U.S. state is bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Mississippi to the west, and by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. On which river does the Swiss city of Basel stand? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Excluding continents, what is the largest island in the Southern Hemisphere? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which constitutional monarchy has a coastline on the Persian Gulf and land borders with Saudi Arabia and Iraq? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The source of the Amazon River is in which country? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which island group contains the world's smallest inhabited island? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On which sea does Montenegro have a coastline?

Answer: Adriatic Sea

Part of the former Yugoslavia, Montenegro is similar in size to the U.S. state of Connecticut. Podgorica is the capital and largest city. The Adriatic provides coastlines for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.
2. Which former Soviet state is now the world's largest landlocked country?

Answer: Kazakhstan

Surrounded by Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and China with a coastline on the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan is the world's ninth-largest country (behind Argentina) with an area larger than the whole of Western Europe.
3. In which country is the most northerly point of Africa?

Answer: Tunisia

Located 25 miles north of Cape Serrat on the Tunisian mainland and 90 miles south of the Italian island of Sardinia, the Galite Islands are the site of the northernmost point of the African continent.
4. Which is the easternmost of the Caribbean island nations?

Answer: Barbados

A sovereign nation in the Lesser Antilles, Barbados covers an area of just 21 miles by 14 miles, and so is barely 10% the size of the smallest U.S. state, Rhode Island. It lies about 100 miles east of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 250 miles northeast of Trinidad and Tobago.
5. Which U.S. state is bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Mississippi to the west, and by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south?

Answer: Alabama

Nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, the Cotton State and The Heart of Dixie, Alabama is slightly larger than Greece and became the 22nd U.S. state in 1819. Its capital is Montgomery and Birmingham is the largest city by population. Alabama's highest point is Mount Cheaha at 2,413 feet.
6. On which river does the Swiss city of Basel stand?

Answer: Rhine

Located in north-central Switzerland, just on the Swiss side of the point where the Swiss, French and German borders intersect, Basel has suburbs in both other countries. Home to 177,000 in 2018, it is the third-largest city in Switzerland, after Zurich and Geneva. Known today for its museums, the city of Basel joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1501.

It is also home to Switzerland's oldest university, founded in 1460.
7. Excluding continents, what is the largest island in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer: New Guinea

Although only one-third the size of the world's largest island (Greenland), New Guinea is larger than the U.S state of Texas and of similar size to Turkey. It is shared by the Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.
8. Which constitutional monarchy has a coastline on the Persian Gulf and land borders with Saudi Arabia and Iraq?

Answer: Kuwait

About half the size of Taiwan, Kuwait is a West Asian country located at the northern edge of Eastern Arabia. In 2016, more than 70% of its 4.2 million population were expatriates. Kuwait has the world's sixth-largest oil reserves and the Kuwaiti Dinar is the world's highest-valued currency.
9. The source of the Amazon River is in which country?

Answer: Peru

Many rivers join to form the Amazon itself, but its two primary sources are the Apurimac and the Mantaro rivers, both of them Peruvian. These two join to form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River before it crosses the border into Brazil.
10. Which island group contains the world's smallest inhabited island?

Answer: Channel Islands

Part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, the tiny island of Sark lies off France's Normandy coast. Just 2.1 square miles in area, it is home to a population of 600. It is one of the world's few places with no cars: only tractors and horse-drawn vehicles are allowed.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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