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Quiz about World Geography Quiz  Millionaire Format
Quiz about World Geography Quiz  Millionaire Format

World Geography Quiz - 'Millionaire' Format


These geography questions start out by being easy, but become increasingly more difficult.

A multiple-choice quiz by buguru. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
buguru
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
69,673
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
11323
Last 3 plays: Guest 118 (7/15), DeepHistory (14/15), Guest 76 (0/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is the biggest ocean on Planet Earth? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which of the following cities has the largest population? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is the highest mountain in Argentina? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes of North America? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Which of the following European countries has the largest population? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What is the fifth-largest country in the world, in terms of area? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What is the name of the river that flows through Dublin, Ireland? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What is the name of the second-highest mountain on earth? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What is an isthmus? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What is the capital city of Mongolia? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What are the two land-locked countries of South America? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. How many of the world's countries have the letter 'Z' somewhere in the English spelling of their name? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Which country's flag consists of a blue horizontal stripe, a black horizontal stripe, then a white horizontal stripe at the bottom? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. To the nearest thousand, how many islands make up the Indonesian archipelago? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What is the name of the wind that often blows in the afternoon in the city of Perth, Western Australia? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the biggest ocean on Planet Earth?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is so vast that all of the continents would fit into its area.
2. Which of the following cities has the largest population?

Answer: Mexico City

Mexico city is far, far larger than any of the other cities in the question.
3. What is the highest mountain in Argentina?

Answer: Aconcagua

Aconcagua is 22,834 feet, or 6960 meters, in height. Everest is the highest in the world, but it's in the Himalayas. Mt Cook is in New Zealand, and My McKinley is the highest in North America.
4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes of North America?

Answer: Lake Johnson

The other two Great Lakes are Lake Erie and Lake Huron.
5. Which of the following European countries has the largest population?

Answer: Germany

Germany's population is over 80 million people.
6. What is the fifth-largest country in the world, in terms of area?

Answer: Brazil

1. Russia, 2. Canada, 3. China, 4. USA, 5. Brazil, 6.Australia.
7. What is the name of the river that flows through Dublin, Ireland?

Answer: Liffey

The Liffey is not a long river - stretching only some 50 miles (80 km).
8. What is the name of the second-highest mountain on earth?

Answer: Mt Godwin-Austen

Mt Godwin-Austen is also known as K2. Erebus is a mountain in Antarctica. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, Huascaran is the highest in Peru.
9. What is an isthmus?

Answer: Narrow neck of land

A more detailed definition of isthmus would include the fact that an isthmus connects two major land forms, and that there is water on either side of the isthmus.
10. What is the capital city of Mongolia?

Answer: Ulaan Baatar

Ulaan Baatar is sometimes spelt Ulan Bator.
11. What are the two land-locked countries of South America?

Answer: Paraguay and Bolivia

In 1879 Bolivia fought Chile so that it could have a corridor to the Pacific Ocean, but it lost the war.
12. How many of the world's countries have the letter 'Z' somewhere in the English spelling of their name?

Answer: 16

In alphabetical order: Azerbaijan, Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, New Zealand, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
13. Which country's flag consists of a blue horizontal stripe, a black horizontal stripe, then a white horizontal stripe at the bottom?

Answer: Estonia

Estonia is the smallest of the three Baltic countries.
14. To the nearest thousand, how many islands make up the Indonesian archipelago?

Answer: 17000

Not long ago it was claimed that there were around 13.5 thousand islands in Indonesia. Recently, however, the figure has been upped to over 17,000.
15. What is the name of the wind that often blows in the afternoon in the city of Perth, Western Australia?

Answer: Fremantle Doctor

After a hot middle-of-the-day period, the 'Doctor' brings cool medicine.
Source: Author buguru

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