GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NO. 46
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:33 pm1. Which range of mountains separates France from Spain?
PYRENEES
2. In which country is the highest peak on the continent of Africa?
TANZANIA
3. Which river forms much of the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk?
RIVER WAVERNEY
4. Off the coast of which country would you find the Gulf of Carpentaria?
AUSTRALIA
5. What is the longest river in Europe?
VOLGA
6. In which country is the source of the river Danube?
GERMANY
7. What country is home to Varig Airlines?
BRAZIL
8. Which of the Great Lakes in North America is the largest?
LAKE SUPERIOR
9. What is the name of the deepest part of the pacific Ocean?
MARIANA TRENCH
10. Which Irish county stretches the furthest North?
DONEGAL
11. Beneath which Paris monument is France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
ARC DE TRIOMPHE
12. By area which is the smallest ocean?
ARCTIC
13. In which hills is Cheddar Gorge?
MENDIPS
14. Near which town is Riber Castle?
MATLOCK
15. The eastern Mediterranean is known by what name?
LEVANT
16. The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima - where was the second dropped?
NAGASAKI
17. In which country were Duesenberg cars manufactured?
U.S.A.
18. From which country do the Gurkhas come from?
NEPAL
19. What is mainland Europe's most heavily populated city?
PARIS
20. Which country's capital shares the name with a now obsolete British jet bomber?
CANBERRA
PYRENEES
2. In which country is the highest peak on the continent of Africa?
TANZANIA
3. Which river forms much of the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk?
RIVER WAVERNEY
4. Off the coast of which country would you find the Gulf of Carpentaria?
AUSTRALIA
5. What is the longest river in Europe?
VOLGA
6. In which country is the source of the river Danube?
GERMANY
7. What country is home to Varig Airlines?
BRAZIL
8. Which of the Great Lakes in North America is the largest?
LAKE SUPERIOR
9. What is the name of the deepest part of the pacific Ocean?
MARIANA TRENCH
10. Which Irish county stretches the furthest North?
DONEGAL
11. Beneath which Paris monument is France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
ARC DE TRIOMPHE
12. By area which is the smallest ocean?
ARCTIC
13. In which hills is Cheddar Gorge?
MENDIPS
14. Near which town is Riber Castle?
MATLOCK
15. The eastern Mediterranean is known by what name?
LEVANT
16. The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima - where was the second dropped?
NAGASAKI
17. In which country were Duesenberg cars manufactured?
U.S.A.
18. From which country do the Gurkhas come from?
NEPAL
19. What is mainland Europe's most heavily populated city?
PARIS
20. Which country's capital shares the name with a now obsolete British jet bomber?
CANBERRA
