Around the World in 10 Questions [7] Quiz

Answer: Anglesey

Anglesey is connected to the Welsh mainland by the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge. Anglesey, not the Isle of Man, is the largest island in the Irish Sea.

Answer: The Azores

The flag of the Azores is one-third blue/two-thirds white with a golden Northern Goshawk flying under a crescent of nine golden stars. In the top left-hand corner is the Portuguese coat of arms. The Goshawk, a medium-sized bird of prey, is the symbol of the Azores. The name 'Azores' comes from the Portuguese name for the Goshawk, 'Acor'.

Answer: Portsmouth

Located on Portsea Island, Portsmouth is the UK's only island city, and this inability to expand physically is the most likely explanation for the high population density within the city. With a population density of 12,015 people/sq mile at the 2001 census, Portsmouth was the only British city with a higher density than London's 11,816/sq mile. Both of these cities are positively spacious when compared with the world's most densely populated city, Manila in the Philippines, which is home to more than 110,000 people/sq mile.

Answer: Mumbai (Bombay)

Formerly named Bombay, Mumbai is the capital of the state of Maharashtra. Home to more than 13 million people, and with more than 21 million in the Metropolitan area, Mumbai is India's largest city. Originally named Sahar International Airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji is the busiest airport in southern Asia in terms of passenger numbers.

Answer: Slovenia

If you travel to Hungary, you will need to change your money into Forints, and you will need Koruna if you want to shop in the Czech Republic. However, if you travel to either Slovenia or Slovakia, Euros will be fine. Slovenia led the way, in January 2007, becoming the 13th member of the Eurozone, and the first of the former Communist states to join. Malta and Cyprus swelled the numbers a year later, and Slovakia (the second of the former Eastern Block countries to join) extended the zone to encompass 16 countries in January 2009.

Answer: The Channel Islands

With a total area of 75 sq miles, the Channel Islands are about the same size as American Samoa, or slightly less than half the size of Barbados. The main islands are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm, although Jethou, Brecqhou (Brechou) and Lihou are also not uninhabited.

There are also a number of tiny islets in the group. Although much closer to the French coast, the islands are British Crown Dependencies, but not actually part of the UK.

Answer: Melbourne

The Yarra River empties into the large natural bay called Port Philip, and the suburbs of Melbourne stretch east and west along the shoreline. Perth stands on the Swan River, whilst Sydney lies just south of where the Hawkesbury River empties into Port Jackson (otherwise known as Sydney Harbour). Adelaide does not have a major river, but stands on the shores of Gulf St Vincent.

Answer: Lausanne

Created in 1894, the International Olympic Committee has its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Located on the northern shore of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman to the French), Lausanne is the capital of the canton of Vaud in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. In addition to the IOC headquarters and museum, Lausanne is also home to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Answer: Ghana

With a surface area of 3,275 sq miles, Lake Volta is about the same size as Brunei, or about twice the size of the US state of Rhode Island. To give you an idea of just how big this lake is, you'd have to drive 2,980 miles to get all the way around it -- similar to New York-California.
At its deepest point, Lake Volta is 246 feet deep. Although the world's largest reservoir in terms of surface area, it is only fourth in terms of volume of water -- it contains 36 cubic miles of water, compared with the largest, Lake Kariba (on the Zimbabwe/Zambia border), which contains 43 cubic miles.

Answer: 778 feet

Everest peaks at 29,029 feet above sea level, K2 at 28,251, making the difference 778 feet. K2, though, is not known as 'The Savage Mountain' for no reason, and of the 14 mountains that rise above 8,000 meters only Annapurna has a higher summit-to-fatality ratio. For every four climbers who reach the top of K2, one dies trying -- K2's death rate is 23.4% compared with 5.7% on Everest. (The death rate on Annapurna is an incredible 42.85%.) K2 is also one of the five amongst the 14 that have still not been climbed successfully during the winter months. Strangely, Annapurna has been successfully climbed in the winter.