FunTrivia Geography Mix: Vol 17 1/2 Quiz

Answer: California

The San Andreas Fault is a right-lateral, strike-slip fault. Right-lateral means that the land opposite the fault moves right in relation to you. It extends from Punta Gorda near Cape Mendocino to the northern Gulf of California, a distance of over 800 miles. The fault acts as the plate boundary between the North American and Pacific plates, which are moving at approximately two inches per year.

The San Andreas fault was responsible for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (magnitude 7.8), among many others. Due to the potential damage from another similar-sized earthquake, there is much speculation on where and when the next "big one" will strike.

Question by player Schoonie101

Answer: Italy

Italy has twenty administrative regions including the three mentioned in the question. Umbria is found in the central part of Italy and is landlocked. It is bordered by Tuscany on the northern and western sides. Lombardy is located in the north western part of the country.

Question by player zorba_scank

Answer: Hawaii

Kona and Hilo are districts on the "Big Island" of Hawaii. Kona is famous for its coffee, which is regarded as some of the finest in the world. Hilo is a popular tourist destination, famous for whale watching. Even if you made it to Hawaii, you probably could not visit Niihau. Since 1864, this island has been owned by the same family.

It is a sort of sanctuary for native Hawaiian culture and tradition. There are only about 130 permanent inhabitants, and one must obtain special permission, which is rarely granted, to visit. Niihau is often called "The Forbidden Island."

Question by player daver852

Answer: tsunami

The word tsunami comes from two Japanese words meaning harbor and wave. Thucydides, a Greek historian, was the first person to discover a connection between an ocean earthquake and a tsunami.

Question by player nmerr

Answer: Florida

Several states border the Gulf of Mexico, and several states border the Atlantic Ocean, but only Florida borders both bodies of water.

Question by player zorlock7

Answer: Belfast

The Irish for Belfast is Béal Feirste, which means `mouth of the sandbars`. The Titanic was built there by a shipbuilding company called Harland and Wolff. C.S Lewis, author of "The Chronicles of Narnia", was born there. It is the capital of Northern Ireland.

Question by player PERENELLE

Answer: Singapore

Singapore is a tropical city-state made up of many islands. The name may seem pretty unique, but there is actually a ghost town named Singapore, Michigan!

Question by player dash102

Answer: India

Except Narmada, which flows into the Arabian Sea, the rest empty into the Bay of Bengal, which is the largest bay in the world area-wise. Hudson Bay is sometimes thought to be bigger, but it just has a longer coastline.

Question by player ankya316

Answer: Edmonton

Though it's not the furthest west in all of Canada, Edmonton is the furthest of these four, showing up in Western Alberta. The other options, heading east, are Winnipeg, Manitoba a couple of provinces over, Montreal Quebec, two more east, and then Halifax, Nova Scotia in the Maritimes on the Atlantic Coast. Edmonton is known for its oil industry and being home to one of North America's largest malls.

Question by player kyleisalive

Answer: Dolphin

Monkey Mia is in Francois Peron National Park on a peninsula stretching northwards through the World Heritage Site, Shark Bay. Bottlenose dolphins regularly come very near shore at Monkey Mia, and until the practice was discouraged, people regularly could pat the dolphins while they were being fed.

The Bay also is home to over 12% of the world's dugong population which live and feed in the vast seagrass beds.

Question by player MikeMaster99