FunTrivia Geography Mix: Vol 29 Quiz

Answer: Cape

Capes can be formed by various environmental factors including sea level changes, volcanoes, and glaciers. Since they are located on the coast capes are often prone to erosion and tides. Other examples of capes include Cape Cornwall in England and Cape York in Australia.

Question by player Triviaballer

Answer: Italy

Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Venice and Milan.

Question by player laoi

Answer: Tijuana

San Diego, Tijuana, Rosarito Beach and Tecate form a transborder conglomeration exceeding five million in population. Tijuana, lying in Baja California, Mexico, and San Diego share the world's busiest land-border crossing with some 50 million people crossing annually. Both cities can trace their European routes to Portuguese explorers in the 16th century.

Question by player suomy

Answer: Ukiah

Founded by S. Lowry in 1856, the city of Ukiah (which spells Haiku backwards) is noted for its wine-growing soils, but grew up on hops manufacture and the Sequoia lumber mill industry in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Question by player TopherChris

Answer: Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth and it is bordered by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the west, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast. Negotiations over the legal status of the Caspian Sea began in 1996 and four other summits took place before the 2018 treaty was signed in Aktau, Kazakhstan.

The treaty primarily focused on oil rights and military use in the Caspian Sea.

Question by player Triviaballer

Answer: St. Petersburg

With a population of over five million in 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia is the largest city on the Baltic Sea. St. Petersburg, Florida is located in Pinellas County and it is nicknamed the 'Sunshine City' due to it receiving on average 361 days of sunshine annually. Mark Twain's famous adolescent characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were from St. Petersburg, Missouri which Twain modeled after his hometown of Hannibal.

Question by player Triviaballer

Answer: Colorado River

The mighty Colorado River forms most of the southern border of Nevada. Boulder Dam, one of the largest concrete dams, holds back the river to form Lake Mead, the most popular water recreation area in Nevada.

Question by player ghosttowner

Answer: The Alps

These three mountains form the peaks of a mountain ridge overlooking the Bernese Oberland in southern Switzerland. Together they are sometimes referred to as the Maiden, the Monk, and the Ogre, which sounds like the makings of a fairy tale. The north face of the Eiger is known as one of the most dangerous climbs in the world.

Question by player MJoan

Answer: Unicorn

The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom features the lion of England on the left and the unicorn of Scotland on the right. Interestingly there is a Scottish version of the coat of arms which, among other differences, has the animals reversed (unicorn left, lion right).

Question by player invererth

Answer: silver mining

In South America, Potosi is known as the place of the "silver mountains". In fact, some of the mountains of the region became hundreds of meters smaller as a consequence of mining.
The silver that originated there went directly to the Spanish monarchy.

Question by player cosechero