Geography Trivia Questions XIV

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The Nile may be longer, but this Brazilian river outranks it in terms of watershed area, number of tributaries and volume of water discharged. What is it?

       a. Rio de Janeiro
       b. Rio de la Plata
       c. Amazon
       d. Rio Grande


All of these cities are on the Rhine, but which one is not in Germany?

       a. Dusseldorf
       b. Strasbourg
       c. Bonn
       d. Cologne


What tourist attraction's Latin inscription has vanished after years of removing the lipstick that covered it?

       a. Black Stone of the Ka'aba
       b. Blarney Stone
       c. Plymouth Rock
       d. Stone of Scone


At 83"40', the northernmost point on land in the world is Kaffeklubben Island, which is slightly north of Cape Morris Jesup. Where is it?

       a. Alaska, USA
       b. Greenland
       c. Baffin Island, Canada
       d. Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


With a 1902 election coming up, this island's incumbent governor downplayed the dangers of Mount Pelee, hoping to keep his wealthy voters from fleeing before election day, even blocking the road. As a result, all but two of the 30,000 residents of St Pierre died on what island?

       a. Martinique
       b. Krakatoa
       c. Sicily
       d. Tahiti


The Republic of South Africa, naturally, has Africa's southernmost point. But if the country with Africa's northernmost point decided to rename itself the Republic of North Africa, what country would this be?

       a. Libya
       b. Algeria
       c. Tunisia
       d. Morocco


What city's people are known as Portenos, or "people of the port"?

       a. Havana
       b. Buenos Aires
       c. Mexico City
       d. Santiago


Moscow and Lithuania used to be grand duchies, and Napoleon created a whole bunch of them. What country is the world's last grand duchy?

       a. Liechtenstein
       b. Luxembourg
       c. Monaco
       d. Andorra


The Greek explorer Pytheas stumbled on one of the so-called "Seven Seas" in the fourth century BC. Which sea is this?

       a. Baltic Sea
       b. Arctic Ocean
       c. Indian Ocean
       d. Mediterranean Sea


A network of alleys called De Wallen, also known as Walletjes or Rosse Buurt, is the famous red-light district in what city?

       a. Amsterdam
       b. Berlin
       c. Antwerp
       d. Zurich


Cwrw means "beer" in what country, known locally as Cymru?

       a. Scotland
       b. Ireland
       c. Wales
       d. Cornwall


Although most prominent as a symbol of Hinduism, an eagle called Garuda is also a national symbol in which Muslim country, which has named its airline for it?

       a. Thailand
       b. Indonesia
       c. Pakistan
       d. Nepal


Bergen was this country's biggest city until the 1830s. And it was the country's capital until 1299. Which one?

       a. Norway
       b. Austria
       c. Belgium
       d. Germany




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