Name the world's largest island? (Ans: Greenland - the next in order are New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, Baffin, Sumatra, Honshu and Great Britain)
How many stripes are there on the American flag? (Ans: 13 stripes - representing the 13 British colonies that declared independence from the UK in 1776)
Name the highest waterfall in the world? (Ans: Angel Falls in Venezuela)
What does the word sahara mean? (Ans: Desert - yes, so Sahara Desert actually translates to Desert Desert)
What aboriginal name was given to large sandstone rock formation in Northern Territory, Australia, previously known as Ayers Rock? (Ans: Uluru)
Name the only two landlocked countries in South America? (Ans: Paraguay and Bolivia)
Which motorway in the UK is the longest? (Ans: M6 - starts at M1 near Rugby and terminates at the A74(M) at Gretna)
How many European capital cities does the Danube flow through? (Ans: Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary) and Belgrade (Serbia))
Which country is the largest in Africa (Ans: Algeria - the next in order are the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then Sudan)
Which country is the largest landlocked country in the world? (Ans: Kazakhstan - Mongolia was formerly the largest before the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991)
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon? (Ans: Colorado River)
Can you name the smallest independent country in the world? (Ans: Vatican City)
Name the second highest mountain in the world? (Ans: K2 or Godwin Austen)
What number parallel north forms the border between North and South Korea? (Ans: 38th parallel)
What animal is the Canary Islands named after? (Ans: Dogs - comes from the latin word for dog, 'canaria')
Name the most populated country in africa? (Ans: Nigeria - followed by Ethiopia, then Egypt)
Name the largest lake in the world? And name the largest lake in the UK? (Ans: Caspian Sea. Loch Neagh is the largest in the UK. (note: Loch Lomond is the largest in Scotland))
Name the capital city of Canada? (Ans: Ottawa)
Name the biggest desert in the world? (Ans: Antarctica - the Sahara is the largest 'hot' desert. Antarctica is classified as a desert because so little moisture falls from the sky; it gets less rain than the Sahara)
What are the three main types, or classes, of rock? (Ans: Sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous)
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country? (Ans: Australia)
Can you name the five Great Lakes of North America? (Ans: Superior (the largest), Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario)
Which river runs through Baghdad? (Ans: Tigris)
What is the name of the 'trench' in the Pacific Ocean that is the deepest place on Earth? (Ans: Mariana Trench)
Which three countries have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines? (Ans: Spain, France and Morocco)
What is the largest desert in the world by area? (Ans: Antarctica (there are both polar and sandy deserts))
Which country has the highest number of active volcanoes in the world? (Ans: Indonesia)
Which city is the UK's smallest with just 1,600 inhabitants? (Ans: St Davids, Wales)
There are four time zones for the continental United States, can you name them? (Ans: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific)
Name the only country in South America where Portuguese is the official language? (Ans: Brazil)