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Welcome to our Quiz About the Southern Hemisphere
Trivia Questions
- Can you name the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere?
- How much of Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere, a third or two-thirds?
- True or false, penguins only live in the Southern Hemisphere?
- What 'effect' causes cyclones and tropical storms to spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Can you name the largest landmass in the Southern Hemisphere?
- What percentage of the people on Earth live in the Southern Hemisphere: (a) 10%, (b) 20%, or (c) 30%?
- How many continents are completely in the Southern Hemisphere?
- The majority of the hemisphere's population speak one of just five languages. Can you name all five?
- Can you name the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world?
- Which country that lies entirely within the Southern Hemisphere has three capital cities?
- Which island country, with Dili as its capital city, is the only Asian country to be located completely in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Which is the most populated country located at least partly in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Three countries begining with the letter 'p' are located completely in the Southern Hemisphere - can you name all three?
- In which month is the Summer Solstice in the southern hemisphere? (Note: the Summer Soltice is the longest day.)
- How many times has the Summer Olympics been held in the Southern Hemisphere?
- In horse racing, in the UK a thoroughbred's official birthday always falls on January 1, what is this universal birthday in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Road signs mark which circle of latitude that passes through Namibia?
- Can you name the Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ created by French sculptor Paul Landowski in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
- How much of the surface of the Southern Hemisphere is water: (a) 61%, (B) 71%, or (c) 81%?
- What is the name of the ocean between South America and Africa?
- The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which Australian state?
- Who was the leader of the expedition that reached the Geographic South Pole on 14 December 1911?
Answers:
- Aconcagua
- One-third of Africa
- False. The Galapagos penguins live in the northern hemisphere, the only ones to do so.
- The Coriolis Effect
- Antarctica
- (a) 10%
- Two (Australia and Antarctica)
- Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, and Indonesian
- Luanda (in Angola) - remember, we asked for most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city NOT city
- South Africa
- East Timor
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Peru
- December
- Three times. Australia (1956 and 2000) and Brazil (2016)
- August 1
- The Tropic of Capricorn
- Christ the Redeemer
- (c) 81%
- Atlantic Ocean
- Queensland
- Roald Amundsen (of Norway)