Places Beginning with "G" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Guam

Guam is an incorporated territory of the U.S.A. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. With an area of 202 square miles, it is marginally smaller than the Isle of Man. Formerly named Agana, the centrally-located capital of Guam is today called Hagåtña. The island's largest village, and home to almost a third of the territory's 150,000 people, is Dededo located in the extreme north of the island. The photograph shows Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica, built in 1669 and now a national landmark in downtown Hagåtña.

Originally a Dutch province, Guyana became a British colony called British Guiana. The world's most expensive postage stamp was issued here. Independent since 1966, it is the only part of the "Anglophone Caribbean" located on the South American mainland. The country's official title is the "Co-operative Republic of Guyana". Its capital is Georgetown.

Part of the British Overseas Territory of "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha", Ascension Island is located in the southern Atlantic Ocean roughly midway between South America and Africa. With an area of just 34 square miles, it would fit five times into Barbados. Its capital is Georgetown.

Part of the Greater Antilles island group, the Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory located south of Cuba in the Caribbean. With an area of 102 square miles, the Cayman Islands with almost fit ten times into Luxembourg. Its capital is George Town.

Answer: Ganges

The Ganges is one of world's truly iconic waterways and the photograph depicts a scene typical of life along the river. Its primary source is the 20-mile long Gangotri Glacier high up in the Himalayas in northern India, near the border with China. From there, the Ganges flows generally east/southeast across northern India and into Bangladesh, traveling 1,569 miles (2,525km) before discharging across the huge Ganges Delta into the Bay of Bengal.

Of the alternatives, the Guaporé is the longest, running 1,087 miles (1,749km) through Brazil and Bolivia, forming the border between those two countries for 600 miles before joining the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon. The Gambia River is a major waterway in northwest Africa, flowing 680 miles (1,094km) through Guinea and Senegal before dividing The Gambia. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the capital of The Gambia, Banjul. The Green River rises in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming before flowing 730 miles (1,175km) south through Utah before joining the mighty Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park.

Answer: Greensboro NC

With a population of 280,000 (2013 US Census Bureau), Greensboro in the third-largest city in North Carolina (after Charlotte and Raleigh) and the country's largest city starting with "G". Founded in 1808, today the city covers a land area of 131 square miles, which is slightly larger than the island of Malta. The photograph shows the skyline of downtown Greensboro NC.

Of the alternatives, Glendale AZ is one of two "G" cities with a population of around 235,000 (the other being Garland TX). Located just nine miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, Glendale is best known the site of the University of Phoenix Stadium, the home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals since 2006. The stadium hosted Superbowl XLII in 2008.

With a population of 105,000, Green Bay WI only barely makes it into the list of the country's largest 295 cities. Home to one the NFL's greatest franchises, the Packers, Green Bay is the smallest city with an NFL team. It is also the home of the National Railroad Museum.

The second-largest city in Michigan (after Detroit), Grand Rapids (population 192,000) is the home of the Mayweather boxing family, the singer Al Green and former U.S. President Gerald Ford. Although born in Omaha NE, Ford grew up in Grand Rapids and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is located here. Ford and his wife, Betty, are buried in the grounds.

Answer: Gabon

With an area of 103,347 square miles (marginally smaller than both New Zealand and the U.S. state of Colorado), the former French colony now officially called the Gabonese Republic is the largest of the "G" countries in Africa. With a population of around 800,000, Gabon's capital city, Libreville, is home to more than just over half of the country's people. The photo shows the Gabonese flag.

Both Ghana and Guinea are only marginally smaller than Gabon. With an area of 94,926 square miles, Guinea (another former French colony) is slightly larger than the United Kingdom. Although smaller than Gabon, Guinea has a population more than six times as large. Around 16% of Guinea's 10 million people live in its capital city, Conakry. Ghana is slightly smaller again, with an area of 92,098 square miles -- about the same as Romania. In 1957, the former British colony of Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence. The Republic of Ghana is home to more than 27 million people (2014 estimate), with more than 2.2 million of those living in the capital and largest city, Accra.

By far the smallest of the four options is Guinea-Bissau. With an area of 13,948 square miles it is only the size of Taiwan -- but still three times the size of Gambia. A quarter of the country's 1.6 million people live in the capital, Bissau.

Answer: Gibraltar (U.K.)

With an area of just 2.6 square miles, Gibraltar is one of the world's smallest territories -- only Vatican City, Monaco and a couple of Australian islands are smaller. Home to a population of around 30,000 though, it is the world's 5th-most densely populated entity -- only Macao (China), Monaco, Singapore and Hong Kong (China) have more people per square mile than the 11,000 in Gibraltar.

The design on the Gibraltan flag shows an elongated version of the coat of arms granted in 1502 by Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, who reigned from 1474 until 1504 as Queen of Castile. Isabella married King Ferdinand II of Aragon, thus joining the two primary powers in the region, resulting in the unification of Spain in the mid-16th century under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Answer: Grimsby

The photograph shows the Dock Tower and the Fish Dock in Grimsby Harbour. Although only 148.66 miles away on a direct line, the fastest trip from the center of London to Grimsby in Lincolnshire by road northwards via the A1 would involve a journey of 160 miles. Located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, Grimsby is one of England's most important North Sea fishing ports. Natives are known as Grimbarians but fans of rival soccer teams refer to supporters of Grimsby Town F.C. (officially nicknamed The Mariners) as 'codheads'.

Great Yarmouth in Norfolk has been a North Sea seaside resort since 1760. Only 110 miles from central London as the bird flies, the fastest road trip north and east up the A11 will see you driving 138 miles. Anna Sewell, the author of "Black Beauty" was born and grew up in Great Yarmouth.

Gloucester, the only English municipality starting with "G" that has city status, lies 92.76 miles from London on a direct line. A drive westwards along the M4 to reach the city would require a 97-mile journey. A cathedral city on the River Severn close to the Welsh border, Gloucester was founded as 'Colonia Glevum Nervensis' by the Romans in 97 AD and it was granted its first city charter by King Henry II in 1155. John Stafford Smith, the composer of the music for the song now known as "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the U.S.A., was born in Gloucester in 1750.

The shortest of the four journeys requires an 81-mile drive southwards down the A3 to Gosport. Just 64.37 miles by air from central London, Gosport occupies a peninsular that forms the west side of Portsmouth Harbour. European and Commonwealth 400m champion and Olympic silver medalist Roger Black is Gosport's favorite son.

Answer: Australia

Also known as the Eastern Highlands, the Great Dividing Range stretches from the central plains of western Victoria in the south all along Australia's east coast to Dauan Island at the northern tip of Queensland. The highest point in the range, and in Australia, is Mount Kosciuszko in the region of New South Wales known as the Snowy Mountains.

The photograph shows the view from the top of Mount Kosciuszko.

Answer: Connacht

Galway lies on the western coast of Ireland. It is bordered by County Mayo to the northwest, by Roscommon to the northeast, Offaly to the east, Tipperary to the southeast and by County Clare to the south. With an area of 2,374 square miles (slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Delaware), Galway covers a little less than 10% of the land area of the Republic of Ireland. Only County Cork is larger than Galway. Galway is part of the Province of Connacht along with counties Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. The photograph shows the 16th century Dunguaire Castle, which stands on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay.

Answer: Guatemala

Founded in 1776, Guatemala City is the capital and largest city in Guatemala. Home to almost 1.1 million people (2009 Census), it is the most populous city in Central America. Cathedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, known also as 'Cathedral of Guatemala City' or 'Metropolitan Cathedral', completed in 1815, is located at the 'Parque Central' in the heart of the city. Of the alternatives, the capital of Georgia is Tbilisi (although Kutaisi is the legislative capital), the capital of Guernsey in the Channel Islands is Saint Peter Port, and the capital the Danish territory of Greenland is Nuuk.

Answer: Gironde

With an area of 4,000 square miles, which is virtually the same as Lebanon, Gironde is comfortably the largest of the four options. The other three are all similar in size, with areas between 2,260 and 2,436 square miles.

Founded in 1790, Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution. The country now has 95 departments in mainland France plus five overseas territories which are technically part of France. Although Gironde is the largest of the 95 mainland France departments, the country's largest department is ' Guyane' (French Guiana) in South America, which has an area more than 20 times as large.

Located on the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest of the country, Gironde is part of the Aquitaine region. The 250,000 residents of the city of Bordeaux, the department's largest city, represent more than one sixth of the population of Gironde.