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World Rivers Trivia: Fascinating Facts and Quiz


30 Questions


  1. Which river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?
  2. What is the longest river in Asia?
  3. Which river flows through Paris?
  4. Flowing for 19 miles, where is the Onyx River the longest?
  5. Which sea does the River Nile flow into?
  6. Which river known as the 'father of streams' is the largest tributary of the River Nile?
  7. What nickname was the Mississippi River given because of its murky brown colour?
  8. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
  9. The Danube River flows through which four European capitals?
  10. What is the longest river in Europe?
  11. Which river is sacred to Hindus?
  12. Which river is the longest in Pakistan?
  13. What is the longest river in South Africa?
  14. Which river is the principal river of Southeast Asia, flowing through countries such as Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam?
  15. Which river flows through Cologne, Rotterdam, Dusseldorf and Strasbourg?
  16. Which ocean does the Zambezi River flow into?
  17. Which river is the longest in Canada?
  18. The Porcupine River is a 569-mile tributary of which long Alaskan River?
  19. Which river flows through Moscow?
  20. What's the third longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo?
  21. Which river is the second-longest in South America?
  22. What historians call the cradle of civilisation, is a fertile area of land between which two rivers?
  23. Which river is the main river in Myanmar?
  24. Which river is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula?
  25. Which river is the world’s deepest with depths reaching over 220 meters?
  26. Which African river tumbles over the Victoria Falls?
  27. Flowing through Turin, which river is the longest in Italy?
  28. Which river flows through the city of Saint Petersburg?
  29. What river is the longest in New Zealand?
  30. Can you name the longest river in Japan?


Answers



  1. The Rio Grande
  2. The Yangtze River
  3. The Seine River
  4. Antarctica
  5. Mediterranean Sea
  6. Blue Nile
  7. Old Muddy
  8. The Colorado River
  9. Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade
  10. The Volga River
  11. The Ganges River
  12. The Indus River
  13. Orange River
  14. The Mekong River
  15. The Rhine River
  16. Indian Ocean
  17. The Mackenzie River
  18. The Yukon
  19. The Moskva River
  20. Niger
  21. The Parana River
  22. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  23. The Irrawaddy River
  24. The Tagus River
  25. The Congo River
  26. The Zambezi River
  27. The Po River
  28. The Neva
  29. The Waikato River
  30. The Shinano River