National Geographic Bee Quiz — February 26th, 2018

GeoFact of the Day's GeoBee Quiz posts are essentially archived and therefore always available (↗), even if National Geographic removed questions from the website. Some questions may be fairly easy, especially for adults — but you never know when you'll encounter a toughie! Try this latest geography quiz; correctly answering at least seven out of ten questions means you surely are a geography whiz! Many more quiz questions are found on the National Geographic Geo Bee Quiz (↗) website.

1)      Hundreds of wooden stave churches — containing both Christian and Viking symbols — were built during the Middle Ages in the Nordic country bordering the Barents Sea. Name this country.
A — SWEDEN
B — NORWAY
C — FINLAND

2)      Alberta and which other province in CANADA are landlocked?
A — Saskatchewan
B — Ontario
C — Newfoundland

3)      Which arctic animal traditionally played an important role in the economy and lifestyle of the Sami people?
A — reindeer
B — polar bear
C — musk ox

4)      Name the explorer killed in the PHILIPPINES in 1521 after becoming the first European to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
A — Marco Polo
B — James Cook
C — Ferdinand Magellan

5)      Transylvania is a region made famous by a fictional character, Count Dracula. This region is located in which European country?
A — SWEDEN
B — ROMANIA
C — MOLDOVA

6)      The city of Manaus, BRAZIL is situated on a river near its confluence with the Amazon river. Name this river.
A — Rio Negro
B — Nile
C — Urubamba

7)      Which modern-day country was not a part of the Roman Empire at any time?
A — ITALY
B — SPAIN
C — SOUTH AFRICA

8)      Name the sea created by the spreading of the Earth's crust along the junction of the African and Arabian tectonic plates.
A — Red Sea
B — Mediterranean Sea
C — Balic Sea

9)      Land bordering the mouths of the James, Rappahannock, and York rivers is part of the Tidewater region of which state?
A — Ohio
B — Virginia
C — Georgia

10)      The Tigris and Euphrates rivers have their sources in which Mediterranean country?
A — TUNISIA
B — ISRAEL
C — GREECE
D — TURKEY




















ANSWERS

Question 1:
B . . . . . Norway

Question 2:
A . . . . . Saskatchewan

Question 3:
A. . . . . reindeer

Question 4:
C . . . . . Ferdinand Magellan

Question 5:
B . . . . . Romania

Question 6:
A . . . . . Rio Negro

Question 7:
C . . . . . South Africa

Question 8:
A . . . . . Red Sea

Question 9:
B . . . . . Virginia

Question 10:
D . . . . . Turkey