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Lakes of the World Trivia Quiz

An interesting quiz about lakes of the world. FYI, lakes are defined as: a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.

A multiple-choice quiz by TonyTheDad. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
TonyTheDad

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
15,018

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
5710

Last 3 plays: mauiwaui60 (12/15), Guest 42 (6/15), Guest 86 (5/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of the Great Lakes is entirely within US territory? Hint

Lake Erie

Lake Superior

Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

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Question 2 of 15

2. Name one of two African lakes that are divided between four countries:

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 3 of 15

3. What lake is at the junction of the borders of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland? Hint

Lake Geneva

Lake Constance

Lake Neuchatel

Lake Zurich

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Question 4 of 15

4. What Scottish body of water supposedly has a monster (or monsters) living in it? Hint

Loch Treig

Loch Lomond

Loch Ness

Loch Laggan

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Question 5 of 15

5. What lake does the Panama Canal 'go through'? Hint

Lake Gatun

Lake Colombia

Lake Colon

Lake Managua

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Question 6 of 15

6. What reservoir is formed behind the Hoover Dam? Hint

Grand Lake

Lake Powell

Lake Mead

Flaming Gorge Reservoir

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Question 7 of 15

7. What lake is the source of the Nile (White Nile) River?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which of these lakes does the Asian Jordan River flow into? Hint

Great Salt Lake

Lake Baron

Lake Nasser

Dead Sea

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Question 9 of 15

9. What lake straddles the New York-Vermont border? Hint

Great Salt Lake

Moosehead Lake

Lake Champlain

Lake Erie

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Question 10 of 15

10. What are the long, thin, glacial lakes in central New York collectively called?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 11 of 15

11. What lake straddles the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, NV? Hint

Lake Tahoe

Lake Fresno

Lake Bravo

Lake Mead

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the largest lake in Manitoba, Canada? Hint

Lake Winnipeg

Lake Superior

Lake Manitoba

Reindeer Lake

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Question 13 of 15

13. What large lake (called a sea) straddles the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan? Hint

Red Sea

Caspian Sea

Aral Sea

Black Sea

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Question 14 of 15

14. What reservoir is formed behind the Aswan High Dam in Egypt?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is the highest large lake in the world? Hint

Lake Malawi

Lake Baikal

Lake Titicaca

Grand Lake

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the Great Lakes is entirely within US territory?

Answer: Lake Michigan

Some consider Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to be two lobes of the same lake. The Huron Lobe and the Michigan Lobe are at the same elevation and are connected by the 120-foot-deep Mackinac Strait, also at the same elevation. Lakes are separated from each other by streams and rivers.

The Strait of Mackinac is not a river. It is 3.6 to 5 miles wide, wider than most lakes are long. In essence, it is just a narrowing, not a separation of the two lobes of Lake Michigan-Huron.

2. Name one of two African lakes that are divided between four countries:

Answer: Lake Chad

Lake Chad straddles Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon. Lake Tanganyika straddles Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Tanzania, and Zambia.

3. What lake is at the junction of the borders of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland?

Answer: Lake Constance

Lakes Zurich and Neuchatel are wholly within Switzerland. Lake Geneva straddles the Swiss-French border.

4. What Scottish body of water supposedly has a monster (or monsters) living in it?

Answer: Loch Ness

Hence the monster's nickname: Nessie.

5. What lake does the Panama Canal 'go through'?

Answer: Lake Gatun

It also 'goes through' Miraflores Lake.

6. What reservoir is formed behind the Hoover Dam?

Answer: Lake Mead

Lake Powell is formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the other end of the Grand Canyon. Flaming Gorge is formed from the Green River in northern Utah. Grand Lake is the source of the Colorado River.

7. What lake is the source of the Nile (White Nile) River?

Answer: Lake Victoria

The first European to see Lake Victoria (originally called Ukerewe) was John Speke, the British explorer, in 1858. Speke believed it was the source of the Nile, but didn't prove it. Henry Stanley explored the region in 1875, thus proving it to be the White Nile's source. The Blue Nile flows from Lake Tana.

8. Which of these lakes does the Asian Jordan River flow into?

Answer: Dead Sea

The Dead Sea, with no outlets and a high evaporation rate, is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. It supports no macroscopic life. However, small amounts of bacteria and microbial fungi exist in the brackish waters. Its shore is the lowest dry point on the Earth's surface
There is also a Jordan River in Utah.

9. What lake straddles the New York-Vermont border?

Answer: Lake Champlain

The lake, named for the explorer Samuel de Champlain, was the scene of battles in the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution.

10. What are the long, thin, glacial lakes in central New York collectively called?

Answer: finger lakes

11. What lake straddles the California-Nevada border west of Carson City, NV?

Answer: Lake Tahoe

12. What is the largest lake in Manitoba, Canada?

Answer: Lake Winnipeg

13. What large lake (called a sea) straddles the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan?

Answer: Aral Sea

The Aral Sea has shrunk to half its former size since the Soviet Union started using its feeder rivers for irrigation.

14. What reservoir is formed behind the Aswan High Dam in Egypt?

Answer: Lake Nasser

15. What is the highest large lake in the world?

Answer: Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca's shore is at 12,500 ft. above sea level.

Source: Author TonyTheDad

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