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Extreme Geography Trivia Quiz

Geography quiz dealing mostly with islands and countries. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by bowsoljah. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bowsoljah

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
66,308

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
10059

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Question 1 of 10

1. Greenland with 840,004 square miles is the largest island in the world that is not a continent, but what island is the second largest? Hint

Borneo

Baffin

Madagascar

New Guinea

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the world's largest volcanic island? Hint

North Island,NZ

Sumatra

Honshu

Java

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Question 3 of 10

3. Of all the islands, what island has the highest point? Hint

Borneo,Indonesia

Akutan,Alaska

Irian Jaya,Indonesia

Hawaii,USA

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Question 4 of 10

4. Great Britain with 88,787 square miles is the largest island in Europe, the question is what is the second largest island in Europe? Hint

Ireland

Sicily

West Spitzbergen

Iceland

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Question 5 of 10

5. What of these is the world's largest island country (Island nation with the largest total land area of all its islands)? Hint

Indonesia

Papua New Guinea

Madagascar

Japan

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the largest island in the United States? Hint

Hawaii Island

Prince of Wales,Alaska

Kodiak,Alaska

Long Island,NY

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the largest island wholly situated within a lake? Hint

Vozrozhdeniya,Aral Sea

Olkhon,Lake Baikal

Rene-Levasseur,Manicouagan Resevoir,Quebec,Canada

Manitoulin,Lake Huron

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Question 8 of 10

8. What nation of the four listed is the largest in area? Hint

Argentina

Republic of Sudan

Kazakhstan

India

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Question 9 of 10

9. Of all the countries in the world, what country was the first to become a nation(world's oldest republic)? Hint

San Marino

Denmark

France

Portugal

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Question 10 of 10

10. Name one of the two countries that border the most other countries.

Answer: (One Word either of one of two nations)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Greenland with 840,004 square miles is the largest island in the world that is not a continent, but what island is the second largest?

Answer: New Guinea

New Guinea is at 303,381 square miles. Borneo is at 288,869 sq mi. Madagascar is at 226,917 sq mi., and Baffin is at 194,574 sq mi. Australia is a continent.

2. What is the world's largest volcanic island?

Answer: Sumatra

Sumatra,Indonesia has a land area of 171,069 square mi. Honshu,Japan has 87,182 sq mi. Java,Indonesia has 53,589 sq mi and North Island,New Zealand is 43,082 sq mi.

3. Of all the islands, what island has the highest point?

Answer: Irian Jaya,Indonesia

New Guinea's highest point is in Indonesia's Irian Jaya, a peak called Puncak Jaya at 16,503 feet. Second is Akutan,Alaska,USA at 14,026 feet. Third is Mauna Kea,Hawaii,USA at 13,796 feet. And fourth but definitely not least is the island of Borneo,Indonesia at 13,698 feet.

4. Great Britain with 88,787 square miles is the largest island in Europe, the question is what is the second largest island in Europe?

Answer: Iceland

Iceland is 33,769 sq mi. Ireland is next at 33,342 sq mi. West Spitzbergen is 15,200 sq mi. and Sicily is 9,807 sq mi.

5. What of these is the world's largest island country (Island nation with the largest total land area of all its islands)?

Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia has the largest total land area with 735,358 square miles. Madagascar is next with 226,917 square miles. Papua New Guinea with 178,704 sq mi. Japan has a total of 143,939 sq. mi.

6. What is the largest island in the United States?

Answer: Hawaii Island

Hawaii Island or The Big Island of Hawaii is 4,037 square miles. Second is Kodiak with 3,672 sq. mi. Third is Prince of Wales with 2,587 sq. mi. Long Island,NY is 10th on the list with 1,401 sq. mi.

7. What is the largest island wholly situated within a lake?

Answer: Manitoulin,Lake Huron

Manitoulin is at 1,068 sq mi. Vozrozhdeniya at 888 sq. mi. Rene-Levasseur with 780 sq mi. and Olkhon with 282 sq. mi.

8. What nation of the four listed is the largest in area?

Answer: India

The Republic of Sudan has an area of 728,215 square miles, Kazakhstan has an area of 1,049,155 square miles, and Argentina's total area is 1,068,302. India being the largest of the four has an area of 1,269,345 square miles.

9. Of all the countries in the world, what country was the first to become a nation(world's oldest republic)?

Answer: San Marino

Third smallest country in the world. It was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marinus in 301 A.D. This nations foreign policy is closely aligned with that of Italy. France was founded in 486 A.D.,Denmark in 950 A.D. and Portugal in 1143 A.D.

10. Name one of the two countries that border the most other countries.

Answer: China

China borders 14 different nations: Afghanistan,Bhutan,Burma(Myanmar),India,Kazakhstan,North Korea,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Mongolia,Nepal,Pakistan,Russia,Tajikistan,and Vietnam.Russia borders 14 nations:Azerbaijan,Belarus,China,Estonia,Finland,Georgia,Kazakhstan,North Korea,Latvia,Lithuania,Mongolia,Norway,Poland,and Ukraine. Brazil borders ten and Germany borders nine nations.

Source: Author bowsoljah

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