National Geographic Bee Quiz — March 14th, 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)      In AUSTRALIA, the Northern Territory's largest city south of the MacDonnell Ranges was founded as a station on the Overland Telegraph Line in the late 1800s. Name this city.
A — Perth
B — Canberra
C — Alice Springs

2)      The Nansen Cordillera, an undersea ridge named for explorer Fridtjof Nansen, is found in which ocean?
A — Pacific Ocean
B — Atlantic Ocean
C — Arctic Ocean

3)      The Guadalupe River flows past New Braunfels and Victoria in which U.S. state?
A — Texas
B — Nevada
C — Arkansas

4)      In 1885, the completion of which kind of transportation system encouraged the settlement of western CANADA?
A — river
B — railroad
C — highway

5)      The Huang Ho is commonly known by what English name?
A — Yellow River
B — Yangtze River
C — Red River

6)      Which UNITED STATES city is located on a river delta?
A — Oklahoma City
B — New Orleans
C — Austin

7)      Which U.S. state borders more Canadian provinces than any other state?
A — Montana
B — New York
C — North Dakota

8)      Which country has more boreal forests?
A — COSTA RICA
B — FINLAND
C — GREECE

9)      In 1741, explorers discovered large populations of sea otters and fur seals in the waters around the Aleutian Islands. These explorers claimed the area for what country?
A — RUSSIA
B — The NETHERLANDS
C — The UNITED STATES

10)      On a Canadian ten-dollar bill, the word dix means ten in which language?
A — French
B — Dutch
C — Danish




















ANSWERS

Question 1:
C . . . . . Alice Springs

Question 2:
C . . . . . Arctic Ocean

Question 3:
A . . . . . Texas

Question 4:
B . . . . . railroad

Question 5:
A . . . . . Yellow River

Question 6:
B . . . . . New Orleans

Question 7:
A . . . . . Montana

Question 8:
B . . . . . Finland

Question 9:
A . . . . . Russia

Question 10:
A . . . . . French