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Quiz about Geographically Speaking Switzerland

Geographically Speaking - Switzerland Quiz

Do you know some basic facts about Swiss geography? Take this quiz and find out. The English form of names is used in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
minch

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,084

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2053

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the population of Switzerland? Hint

Between 8 and 9 million

Between 7 and 8 million

Between 5 and 6 million

Over ten million

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Question 2 of 10

2. What percentage of Switzerland is covered by mountain ranges? Hint

70 percent

85 percent

50percent

90 percent

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Question 3 of 10

3. We all know the Alps cover much of Switzerland, but what other mountain range runs through the country? Hint

Appennine Mountains

Urals

Pyrenees

Jura Mountains

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the judicial capital of Switzerland? Hint

Basel

Geneva

Lausanne

Bern

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous mountain is near the city of Zermatt?

Answer: (One Word ten letters English name)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Italy lies to the south of Switzerland. True or False?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. What small country is sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria? Hint

Andorra

San Marino

Luxembourg

Liechtenstein

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the French name for Lake Geneva? Hint

Lac Lausanne

Lac Leman

Lac Louis

Lac Constance

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Question 9 of 10

9. What major river that flows to the North Sea, rises in Switzerland? Hint

Rhone

Rhine

Danube

Weser

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name given to the warm, dry wind that occasionally blows in the Alps in winter? Hint

chinook

foehn

mistral

sirocco

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the population of Switzerland?

Answer: Between 8 and 9 million

It is over eight million.

2. What percentage of Switzerland is covered by mountain ranges?

Answer: 70 percent

The other thirty percent is the Swiss Plateau, an area of rolling hills. Most of the population live in this area.

3. We all know the Alps cover much of Switzerland, but what other mountain range runs through the country?

Answer: Jura Mountains

The Jura mountains are in the western part of Switzerland.

4. What is the judicial capital of Switzerland?

Answer: Lausanne

Bern is the administrative capital

5. What famous mountain is near the city of Zermatt?

Answer: Matterhorn

The Matterhorn is 14,692 feet high. Cervin is the name it is known by in French speaking Switzerland.

6. Italy lies to the south of Switzerland. True or False?

Answer: True

7. What small country is sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria?

Answer: Liechtenstein

It has an area of 60 square miles and a population of just over 32,000 (2000).

8. What is the French name for Lake Geneva?

Answer: Lac Leman

The German speaking Swiss know this lake as Genfer See.

9. What major river that flows to the North Sea, rises in Switzerland?

Answer: Rhine

The Rhone, which rises only fifty miles away from the Rhine's source flows into the Mediterranean

10. What is the name given to the warm, dry wind that occasionally blows in the Alps in winter?

Answer: foehn

The chinook is a similar wind that blows from the Rockies in North America. The sirocco is a hot humid wind that blows into southern Italy. The mistral is a dry, cold northerly wind of southern France.

Source: Author minch

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