Geography Questions and Answers
Questions
- Name any of the only two countries on the mainland of South America that drive on the left?
- Which desert stretches along the coast of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa?
- Where is colder, the North or South pole?
- Gauteng, which means 'place of gold', is one of the nine provinces of which country?
- Can you name Germany's largest state by land area? And also name it's largest state by population?
- Which country's two largest cities are Santa Cruz de la Sierra and El Alto?
- The official name of Staines changed to what on 20 May 2012?
- The Angel Falls are the highest waterfalls in the world and the Tugela falls are the second highest; which two countries are these waterfalls in?
- Which is the longest motorway in the UK?
- There are 46 AONBs in Britain, what does the acronym AONB stand for? And where was the first AONB?
- Name the most populated city in India?
- Spain is home to the third largest Spanish-speaking population in the world; which two countries have more speakers?
- Can you name any three of the four most populated islands in the world?
- Can you give the two colour of the Cornish flag?
- Which national park, which runs through the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, is the most visited national park in the United States?
- The capital and largest city of which European country is Ljubljana?
- Which South Asian island country consists of a chain of 26 atolls southwest of Sri Lanka and India?
- What name is given to the peninsula containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia?
- Aden is a port city in which country?
- Which French city advertises itself as the 'Capital of the Alps', due to its size and its proximity to the mountains?
- Mount Vinson is the highest peak where?
- We need two cities; name the capital and the largest city of the United Arab Emirates?
- Which three main seas encircle the country of Turkey?
- Which European city is located on the Douro river estuary?
- The name for which British river, derived from the Celtic word for river, is also the name of an English county abolished in 1996?
Answers:
- Suriname or Guyana
- Namib Desert
- The South Pole (the South Pole is a lot colder!)
- South Africa
- Bavaria. North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is largest by population (its capital is Dusseldorf and largest city is Cologne)
- Bolivia (La Paz is the third-most populous city)
- Staines-upon-Thames
- Venezuela (Angel Falls). South Africa (Tugela)
- M6 (Rugby to Gretna, it's 232 miles long)
- Area of Outstanding Naatural Beauty. The Gower Peninsula, South Wales, was the first AONB in 1956.
- Munbai (formerly Bombay)
- Mexico and Colombia
- Java, Honshu, Great Britain and Luzon (Philipines)
- White cross on black background
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Slovenia
- Maldives
- The Horn of Africa
- Yemen
- Grenoble
- Antarctica
- Abu Dhabi (capital) and Dubai (largest city)
- The Aegean Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea
- Porto
- Avon
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