Europe: Odd One Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bambari

Bergen is found on the west coast of Norway; Bratislava is Slovakia's capital and largest city; and Bilbao is in northern Spain. Bambari is in Africa, lying on the Ouaka River in the Central African Republic.

Answer: Syria

Syria is bordered by Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. It is considered to be part of the Asian continent, specifically, Southwest Asia.

Answer: Bering Sea

While the Bering Sea is named after a native European (Danish born Vitus Bering), it lies to the east of Russia, forming part of the north Pacific Ocean between Asia and North America. The North Sea is part of the Atlantic, located between Great Britain, Scandinavia and other parts of Western Europe. The Tyrrhenian Sea forms part of the larger Mediterranean Sea.

Answer: Luzon

Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, home to its capital Manila. Mallorca (also known as Majorca) is considered to be part of Spain, and the largest of the Balearic Islands, found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Answer: Lithuania

Lithuania, along with Estonia and Latvia, is known as a Baltic state. These are defined as the three countries east of the Baltic Sea, which lies on the west coast of Lithuania. Latvia borders Lithuania to the north, Belarus and Poland to the south and the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the southwest.

Answer: Olympic

The Olympic Mountains are situated in Washington, USA. The Carpathians stretch across Central and Eastern Europe, while the Alps cover eight countries across the continent from Austria in the east to France in the west. The Apennines, while over 1,000km in length, are found in a single country, Italy.

Answer: Germany

Ukraine is the second largest European country (after Russia), with an area spanning around 600,000 square kilometres. France comes in third on the list at around 550,000 and Sweden at number five (about 450,000). Germany, while substantial in size (over 350,000 square km) is the seventh largest in Europe.

Answer: Andorra

Andorra is a tiny country by world standards at just under 500 square km. However, it is only the sixth smallest in Europe, with Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Malta (in that order) being smaller.

Answer: Geneva

Chișinău is the capital of the Republic of Moldova; Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia; and Lisbon is the capital of Portugal. Geneva, a well-known and heavily populated city in Switzerland, is not its capital (that is Bern, or Berne to the Swiss).

Answer: Lake Ladoga

Russia's Lake Ladoga is Europe's largest lake, spanning just over 18,000 square km. In contrast, the Caspian Sea, the world's largest lake, has an area of over 371,000 square km. Lake Tanganyika sits in Africa; Baikal in the Asian part of Russia; and Balkhash in Kazakhstan.