GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 1

Question: To which country does the island of Bermuda belong?
Answer: Britain

Question: What is the popular name for Middlesex Street in London?
Answer: Petticoat Lane

Question: Which South American country is named after an explorer?
Answer: Columbia

Question: In which country is the Orinoco River?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: Suez lies at one end of the Suez Canal which city is at the other end?
Answer: Port Said

Question: Give me the two former names of the modern Turkish city of Istanbul?
Answer: Constantinople, Byzantium

Question: What is the currency of Morroco?
Answer: Dirhams

Question: What is the Capital of the state of Louisiana?
Answer: Baton Rouge

Question: What is the official national anthem of the USA.
Answer: The Star Spangled Banner

Question: What creatures do the Galapagos island take their name from?
Answer: Tortoises

Question: How many time zones does Canada have?
Answer: Six

Question: Which Scandinavian capital begins and ends with the same letter?
Answer: Oslo

Question: Which Ocean's name means peaceful?
Answer: Pacific

Question: What is the national bird of New Zealand?
Answer: The kiwi

Question: How many countries border San Marino?
Answer: 1 (Italy)

Question: What is the only river which flows both north and south of the equator?
Answer: The Congo

Question: Which two US cities are joined by Route 66?
Answer: Chicago & Los Angeles

Question: Which US city is known as the ‘the big easy’?
Answer: New Orleans

Question: The Equator runs through Ecuador, Brazil and which other South American country?
Answer: Columbia

Question: What is the name of the layer between the crust and the core of the earth?
Answer: The mantle.