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World Geography Quiz - 'Millionaire' Format

These geography questions start out by being easy, but become increasingly more difficult.

A multiple-choice quiz by buguru. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
buguru

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,673

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
11339

Last 3 plays: Guest 165 (3/15), DCW2 (15/15), JamesElliott (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the biggest ocean on Planet Earth? Hint

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which of the following cities has the largest population? Hint

Glasgow

Mexico City

Suva

Antananarivo

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the highest mountain in Argentina? Hint

Mt McKinley

Everest

Mt Cook

Aconcagua

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes of North America? Hint

Lake Superior

Lake Johnson

Lake Michigan

Lake Ontario

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of the following European countries has the largest population? Hint

Spain

France

Germany

Poland

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is the fifth-largest country in the world, in terms of area? Hint

Australia

USA

China

Brazil

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is the name of the river that flows through Dublin, Ireland? Hint

Liffey

Shannon

Severn

Tyne

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the name of the second-highest mountain on earth? Hint

Mt Erebus

Mt Kilimanjaro

Mt Godwin-Austen

Mt Huascaran

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is an isthmus? Hint

Extra-long peninsula

Mountain under the surface of the sea.

Deep sea trench

Narrow neck of land

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the capital city of Mongolia? Hint

Ulaan Baatar

Choybalsan

Darkhan

Erdenet

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Question 11 of 15

11. What are the two land-locked countries of South America? Hint

Paraguay and Guyana

Paraguay and Uruguay

Paraguay and Bolivia

Bolivia and Guyana

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Question 12 of 15

12. How many of the world's countries have the letter 'Z' somewhere in the English spelling of their name? Hint

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which country's flag consists of a blue horizontal stripe, a black horizontal stripe, then a white horizontal stripe at the bottom? Hint

Gambia

Estonia

Thailand

Nicaragua

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Question 14 of 15

14. To the nearest thousand, how many islands make up the Indonesian archipelago? Hint

21000

19000

15000

17000

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the name of the wind that often blows in the afternoon in the city of Perth, Western Australia? Hint

Southerly Buster

Geraldton Tonic

Indian Cooler

Fremantle Doctor

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the biggest ocean on Planet Earth?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is so vast that all of the continents would fit into its area.

2. Which of the following cities has the largest population?

Answer: Mexico City

Mexico city is far, far larger than any of the other cities in the question.

3. What is the highest mountain in Argentina?

Answer: Aconcagua

Aconcagua is 22,834 feet, or 6960 meters, in height. Everest is the highest in the world, but it's in the Himalayas. Mt Cook is in New Zealand, and My McKinley is the highest in North America.

4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes of North America?

Answer: Lake Johnson

The other two Great Lakes are Lake Erie and Lake Huron.

5. Which of the following European countries has the largest population?

Answer: Germany

Germany's population is over 80 million people.

6. What is the fifth-largest country in the world, in terms of area?

Answer: Brazil

1. Russia, 2. Canada, 3. China, 4. USA, 5. Brazil, 6.Australia.

7. What is the name of the river that flows through Dublin, Ireland?

Answer: Liffey

The Liffey is not a long river - stretching only some 50 miles (80 km).

8. What is the name of the second-highest mountain on earth?

Answer: Mt Godwin-Austen

Mt Godwin-Austen is also known as K2. Erebus is a mountain in Antarctica. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, Huascaran is the highest in Peru.

9. What is an isthmus?

Answer: Narrow neck of land

A more detailed definition of isthmus would include the fact that an isthmus connects two major land forms, and that there is water on either side of the isthmus.

10. What is the capital city of Mongolia?

Answer: Ulaan Baatar

Ulaan Baatar is sometimes spelt Ulan Bator.

11. What are the two land-locked countries of South America?

Answer: Paraguay and Bolivia

In 1879 Bolivia fought Chile so that it could have a corridor to the Pacific Ocean, but it lost the war.

12. How many of the world's countries have the letter 'Z' somewhere in the English spelling of their name?

Answer: 16

In alphabetical order: Azerbaijan, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, New Zealand, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

13. Which country's flag consists of a blue horizontal stripe, a black horizontal stripe, then a white horizontal stripe at the bottom?

Answer: Estonia

Estonia is the smallest of the three Baltic countries.

14. To the nearest thousand, how many islands make up the Indonesian archipelago?

Answer: 17000

Not long ago it was claimed that there were around 13.5 thousand islands in Indonesia. Recently, however, the figure has been upped to over 17,000.

15. What is the name of the wind that often blows in the afternoon in the city of Perth, Western Australia?

Answer: Fremantle Doctor

After a hot middle-of-the-day period, the 'Doctor' brings cool medicine.

Source: Author buguru

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