Random Geo Quiz No. 2 – Geography Challenge
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#1. Which of the following lakes is the largest by area?
Lake Superior has an area of 82,100 square km (31,700 sq. miles).
#2. Melbourne is the capital in which Australian state?
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria.
#3. Siam is a former name for which country?
Thailand (the Kingdom of Thailand) was formerly known as Siam. Thailand was renamed to Siam from 1946 to 1948, after which it again reverted to Thailand.
#4. The River Severn flows through which country?
The River Severn is the longest river in the United Kingdom, at about 220 miles (354 km).
#5. Which of the following countries has the smallest population?
Andorra has a population of (approximately) 78,000. Iceland has 330,000, Swaziland 1.1 million, and Botswana 2.1 million.
#6. The Prime Meridian, also known as the Greenwich Meridian, runs through which of these countries?
In Europe, the Prime Meridian runs from north to south through Great Britain, France, and Spain.
#7. In which country can you find this statue of Neptune?
The statue of Neptune and the Palace of Versailles is found in Paris, France.
#8. Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in:
Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in Ethiopia and tenth highest mountain of Africa.
#9. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States was founded in 1847 by followers of which religious group?
Salt Lake City is the capital of the U.S. state of Utah. It was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George Washington Bradley, and numerous other Mormon followers.
#10. What explains why the official language in many African countries is different from the African language group native to that area?
As a result of European colonization, European languages, or colonial languages, became the official languages in many Africa countries.
More Random Geography Quiz Questions
Random Geo Quiz Questions
This quiz has 10 random questions drawn from a pool of 100 different geography questions. Every time you take this quiz challenge, it will renew and have slightly different questions.
The quiz is ideal for a geo challenge between friends and with your family. It can also help you study and prepare for an official Geo Bee contest.
Geography Basics – the Crash Course
In general, we talk about 7 continents in the world – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.
Many geographic quizzes will ask you to pinpoint places on the correct continent, so when you want to prepare for a geo challenge, it can be a good idea to work your way around the globe continent by continent.
Learn which the largest countries are on each continent and note what surrounds them. Work your way from the large to the smaller.
Next step is to look at cities. Again, go from larger to smaller in each country. Try to make visual maps to help you remember them.
Then continue with bodies of water, like oceans, gulfs, straits, rivers, and lakes. Go from continent to continent, from larger to smaller.
Then you have the most important mountains and deserts.
Geography Crash Course Example
Here is an example for you to see if you can answer: “Which countries border the Mediterranean Sea?”
You will probably find that there are more countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea than you think.
Beyond the Basics
When you have a clear view of basics and can visualize maps in your head, you are ready to move beyond the basics.
Geography is also about the people who lives in all these places. It is about their economy, religion, and things that form their everyday life. It is about climate, weather, and natural resources.
Geography connects to history, biology, science, and more.
The more you learn, the more interesting geography is.
Hopefully, our random geo quiz will make you more curious and help you learn more facts. For additional geography quizzes, see below.
Answer to the Question about the Mediterranean Sea
21 countries have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea – Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
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