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1) Which country's economy is more dependent on fisheries than the other two options?
A — BURKINA FASO
B — NORWAY
C — BOLIVIA
2) What Central American country was formerly known as British Honduras?
A — BELIZE
B — COSTA RICA
C — PANAMA
3) When Prophet Muhammad left Mecca, he traveled north to which now-sacred city in SAUDI ARABIA?
A — Tabuk
B — Riyadh
C — Medina
4) Central Bengal, Eastern Bengal, Northern Bengal, and Southern Bengal are regions in which country?
A — PAKISTAN
B — THAILAND
C — BANGLADESH
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Norway
Question 2:
A . . . . . Belize
Question 3:
C . . . . . Medina
Question 4:
C . . . . . Bangladesh
1) MONACO had an adult literacy rate of 99% in the year 2023. The relatively tiny but wealthy principality is east of Nice — a city in which country?
A — GERMANY
B — FRANCE
C — SPAIN
2) Lake Mattamuskeet is only five miles away from the Atlantic Ocean. It is completely contained within Hyde County in which state in the UNITED STATES?
A — North Carolina
B — Pennsylvania
C — Vermont
D — Arkansas
3) Jaco is a tiny, circular island east of Timor Island and Cape Cutcha. It is the easternmost point of TIMOR-LESTE (East Timor) and is about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in length. Overnight stays are not allowed on the uninhabited island. What is the official reason why visitors are banned from staying overnight on Jaco?
A — vicious nocturnal crocodiles
B — the island is sacred
C — to let birds sleep peacefully
D — sneaky leopards like to prowl at night and scare visitors
4) True or false: there are no time zones in the Arctic Circle.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . France
Question 2:
A . . . . . North Carolina
Question 3:
B . . . . . the island is sacred
Question 4:
True
1) True or false: according to 2018 data from UNESCO's Institute for Statistics, LESOTHO's youth literacy rate is 95.2%.
There is a town named Bratsberg near the center of ____________________.
A — NORWAY
B — GERMANY
C — LATVIA
3) Which of the following is not a city in Lebanon?
A — Beirut
B — Tyre
C — Riyadh
D — Tripoli
4) Being home to an interesting red-and-white 1800s lighthouse (↗) and having a namesake current, Cape Agulhas is located southeast of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. The southernmost point of Africa, this cape is known as a separation point between the Atlantic Ocean and __________ Ocean.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
True
Question 2:
A . . . . . Norway
Question 3:
C . . . . . Riyadh which is in Saudi Arabia (↗); Tripoli (D) is a city in Lebanon and also in Libya (↗)
Question 4:
Indian
1) The Principality of MONACO borders which sea?
A — Caspian Sea
B — Mediterranean Sea
C — Sulu Sea
2) According to data in the year 2022, IRAN has an overall adult literacy rate of _________.
A — 23%
B — 61%
C — 89%
3) True or false: rainbows are very common in Antarctica.
4) While there are several San Juan counties in the Western UNITED STATES, one of these has the highest number of neighboring counties (14) in the U.S. It is also one of the largest counties with a 7,933 square-mile area. Which state is this county located in?
A — Washington
B — Colorado
C — New Mexico
D — Utah
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Mediterranean Sea
Question 2:
C . . . . . 89%
Question 3:
False: they are quite rare in Antarctica; colorless icy haloes are more frequent.
Question 4:
D . . . . . Utah (↗)
Have a Happy Saint Patrick's Day on March 17th!
1) Which of the following is not a city in PORTUGAL?
A — Lisbon
B — Porto
C — Madrid
D — Coimbra
2) Highclere Castle is the grand main setting of the episodes and movies of Downton Abbey. This impressive building is located in which southern ceremonial county of the UNITED KINGDOM?
A — Cornwall County
B — Devon County
C — Hampshire County
3) True or false: BAHRAIN is an island country.
4) Nicknamed the Green Mountain State, which of the following choices gained statehood to the UNITED STATES as the 14th state?
A — Maine
B — Vermont
C — Minnesota
D — Washington
ANSWERS
Question 1:
C . . . . . Madrid — capital of Spain (↗)
Question 2:
C . . . . . Hampshire County
Question 3:
True
Question 4:
B . . . . . Vermont (↗)
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Here's to a New Year's Resolution of learning about our amazing planet!
1) Which of the following is not a city in ROMANIA?
A — Bucharest (București)
B — Timișoara
C — Belgrade (Beograd)
2) Which state in the UNITED STATES has exactly 100 counties? Some of these counties include Durham, Mecklenburg, Orange, Pitt, Wake, and Watauga.
A — Vermont
B — North Carolina
C — New Mexico
3) BANGLADESH is mostly bordered by INDIA but also shares a border in the southeast with _____________.
A — MYANMAR
B — NEPAL
C — PHILIPPINES
ANSWERS
Question 1:
C . . . . . Belgrade (Beograd) which is the capital of Serbia (↗)
Question 2:
B . . . . . North Carolina (↗)
Question 3:
A . . . . . Myanmar (↗)
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
1) Which of the following is not a city in NORWAY?
A — Stockholm
B — Oslo
C — Bergen
D — Trondheim
2) In late summer 2024, over 20 silver Roman denarii coins were discovered inside a wall hole at an acropolis on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. The Italian island is located between ITALY and which country in Africa?
A — CAMEROON
B — TUNISIA
C — ETHIOPIA
3) Which two states in the UNITED STATES have more than 80 counties each?
A — Arizona and Nevada
B — Michigan and Minnesota
C — Connecticut and Rhode Island
D — North Dakota and South Dakota
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Stockholm which is the capital of Sweden (↗)
Question 2:
B . . . . . Tunisia
Question 3:
B . . . . . Michigan and Minnesota
1) Situated in the extreme northwest corner of British Columbia, Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park is wedged in a triangular area between Alaska to the south and west and which territory of CANADA to the north?
A — Northwest Territories
B — Nunavut
C — Yukon
2) True or false: The state of Georgia in the UNITED STATES has two towns named Mountain Park.
3) Tanbaly (Tamgaly) is an archaeological UNESCO world heritage site situated in the historic Zhetysu region of southeastern KAZAKHSTAN. Tanbaly is featured on an interestingly shaped 500 Tenge coin (↗) from the year 2012. The landscape is particularly notable for having about 5,000 ____________.
A — hieroglyphs
B — petroglyphs
C — buildings
D — vases
ANSWERS
Question 1:
C . . . . . Yukon
Question 2:
True . . . . . a small Mountain Park town is in Fulton County, and a Census-designated place with the same name is in Gwinnett County.
Question 3:
B . . . . . petroglyphs
1) Which answer choice is not a traditional name and meaning of Mount Everest?
A — Pittiputhisetrimadayinokki (“towering pillar of the cosmos”)
B — Sagarmatha (“head of the Earth touching heaven”)
C — Chomolungma (“goddess mother of the world”)
2) True or false: Minted in the year 1999, a gold commemorative coin issued by TÜRKIYE displays a denomination of 60,000,000 Lira.
3) Which gemstone is oftentimes the top export of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC?
A — topaz
B — diamond
C — emerald
D — sapphire
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Pittiputhisetrimadayinokki (“towering pillar of the cosmos”)
Sidenote: The technically correct pronunciation of Mount Everest should be “eve-rest” instead of “ever-est,” based on how George Everest’s surname was pronounced. Therefore, the first syllable would rhyme with “sleeve” rather than “never.”
Question 2:
True
Question 3:
B . . . . . diamond
The Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris ended a little while ago on Sunday, August 11th. Congratulations to all athletes who came to these Olympics and competed fairly and to the best of their ability! This GeoFact of the Day quiz highlights medal winners representing countries — and an athlete valiantly competing for the Refugee Team — that have not won a medal previously or have not won a gold medal until Paris 2024. Three Caribbean island countries, three African countries, one European country, one Central American country, and the Refugee Olympic Team are all represented in this post. Quiz answers are listed below — enjoy and good luck!
1) GRENADA earned bronze medals in men’s javelin throw and men’s decathlon. 2024 is the first Olympic year in which Grenada won more than one medal. Which name is not one of the athletes who won these medals?
A — Lindon Victor
B — Anderson Peters
C — Timothy Conch
2) BOTSWANA celebrates its first ever gold medal, which was won by Letsile Tebogo. Letsile also earned a silver medal as a teammate on the men’s ___________ team.
A — badminton
B — 4 x 400 meter relay
C — football
3) ____________ is the home country of Cindy Ngamba, the women’s 75 kg boxer who earned the first ever medal (bronze) on the Refugee Olympic Team.
A — CAMEROON
B — SOMALIA
C — YEMEN
4) True or false: EL SALVADOR is the Central American country winning its first ever gold medal.
5) Track athlete Julien Alfred won a gold medal in the women’s 100 meter dash and a silver medal in the women’s 200 meter dash at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She won these first ever medals on behalf of which Caribbean island country?
A — SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
B — SAINT LUCIA
C — TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
D — BARBADOS
6) Two freestyle wrestlers — Chermen Valiev and Islam Dudaev — won the first ever medals (both bronze) for their country in Southeastern Europe. Which country?
A — ALBANIA
B — GREECE
C — NORTH MACEDONIA
D — MONTENEGRO
7) David de Pina (Daniel Varela de Pina) won a bronze medal in men’s 51 kg boxing and therefore earned the first ever medal for which island country in Africa? Hint: this country is an archipelago located west of mainland West Africa, and the country’s name translates to green cape in Portuguese.
A — MAURITIUS
B — SEYCHELLES
C — SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
D — COMOROS
E — CABO VERDE
F — MADAGASCAR
8) True or false: Thea LaFond competed in women’s triple jump and earned the first ever medal — and a gold one at that — for DOMINICA.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
C . . . . . Timothy Conch
Question 2:
B . . . . . 4 x 400 meter relay
Question 3:
A . . . . . Cameroon
Question 4:
False . . . . . Guatemala
Question 5:
B . . . . . Saint Lucia
Question 6:
A . . . . . Albania
Question 7:
E . . . . . Cabo Verde
Question 8:
True
1) The Congo Pedicle is a foot-like panhandle region in the southeastern corner of the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO and situated near ZAMBIA. The pedicle area features a national park known as Demalisques de Leshwe, possibly named after the genus (damaliscus) of which animal?
A — sloth
B — aardvark
C — antelope
D — penguin
2) True or false: There is an island named Komodo in INDONESIA.
3) The third highest mountain the world is Kangchenjunga, a Himalayan peak standing over 8,500 meters and 28,000 feet tall. Kangchenjunga is situated on the border between INDIA and what mountainous country flying a double pennant shaped flag?
A — ARGENTINA
B — BANGLADESH
C — SWITZERLAND
D — NEPAL
ANSWERS
Question 1:
C . . . . . antelope
Question 2:
True . . . . . it is home to the world-renown Komodo dragon!
Question 3:
D . . . . . Nepal
Learn more about the wonderful world with the help of a GeoFact of the Day Geography Bee Quiz (↗) like this one! I hope you enjoy these tasty morsels of knowledge. The answers to this quiz are listed below — enjoy and good luck!
1) To aid in the dispersal of dandelion seeds by wind (or when people blow on the dandelion), a feature known as the _______ acts like a “parachute” to keep the seeds afloat.
A — pappus
B — petal
C — stamen
D — husk
2) True or false: EQUATORIAL GUINEA is situated directly on the Equator Line.
3) Once known as Belgian Congo and later as Zaire, this vast country lies east of the smaller REPUBLIC of the CONGO.
A — ANGOLA
B — BENIN
C — DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO (D.R. Congo)
D — DJIBOUTI
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . pappus
Question 2:
False . . . . . slightly north of the Equator by about 1 to 2 degrees
Question 3:
C . . . . . Democratic Republic of the Congo
In commemoration of the upcoming total solar eclipse in the upper Western Hemisphere, the Amazing Astronomy Blog features a celestial trivia quiz involving this solar spectacle! Click the image above to access the quiz, and good luck!
1) Fill in the blank: along the mighty Zambezi River, _________ of ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE is the world’s largest artificial lake by volume as of the year 2023.
A — Lake Baikal
B — Lake Kariba
C — Lake Tanganyika
2) True or false: The community of Nahwa in the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES is completely surrounded by Madhā in OMAN. Also, the doughnut-shaped territory of Madhā is surrounded by additional land of the United Arab Emirates.
3) Fill in the blank: standing at over 8,281 feet (2,524 meters) in elevation, the highest mountain of SRI LANKA is _________.
A — Dealul Balanesti
B — Pidurutalagala
C — Hombori Tondo
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Lake Kariba
Question 2:
True . . . . . Nahwa is rare phenomenon known as a counter-exclave — in which an exclave (Nahwa) is surrounded by another exclave (Madhā). Nahwa is the “egg yolk” to Madhā’s “egg white”!
Question 3:
B . . . . . Pidurutalagala
I hope you have a Happy Halloween!
1) HUNGARY is home to several national parks that are mostly located in the northeast. Which of the following is not the name of a national park in Hungary?
A — Biogradska
B — Bükk
C — Hortobágyi
2) Which river does not flow beside or through TAJIKISTAN?
A — Naryn
B — Panj
C — Syr Darya
3) Which is a South Asian country with several UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the Fort and Shalamar Gardens, Makli, Moenjodaro (Moenjo-daro), Rohtas Fort, and Taxila?
A — SLOVAKIA
B — PAKISTAN
C — The PHILIPPINES
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Biogradska
Question 2:
A . . . . . Naryn
Question 3:
B . . . . . Pakistan
Questions for this quick geography quiz are inspired by the Language of the Day series from Ethnologue (ethnologue.com). You can further test your geographic knowledge (↗) with more quizzes from GeoFact of the Day. The answers to this quiz are listed below; enjoy and good luck!
1) Which option is the Southeast Asian country where Pwo Western Karen is a threatened language with about 210,000 (and possibly decreasing) speakers?
A — MYANMAR
B — MADAGASCAR
C — UGANDA
D — TURKEY
2) With only about 280 speakers, the Hiw language is used for communication in which country in Oceania?
A — SAMOA
B — VANUATU
C — TONGA
3) Which of the following languages is not used for communication in PAPUA NEW GUINEA?
A — Opao
B — Vincentian English Creole
C — Saruga
D — Siroi
4) Which option below is the East African country in which over 3.4 million people communicate with the Nyankore (Nkore) language?
A — UGANDA
B — TOGO
C — AZERBAIJAN
D — KAZAKHSTAN
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Myanmar
Question 2:
B . . . . . Vanuatu
Question 3:
B . . . . . Vincentian English Creole
Question 4:
A . . . . . Uganda
Happy New Year! January 2023’s continental quiz is a continuation of the Africa GeoQuiz in December of last year. After testing your African trivia prowess, you can further test your geographic knowledge (↗) with other geography quizzes from GeoFact of the Day. The answers are listed below; enjoy and good luck!
1) Fill in the blank: _________ from desert land in present-day MALI was once so highly prized that an ounce of this resource carried the same value as an ounce of gold!
A — sand
B — salt
C — pepper
2) True or false: the Olduvai Gorge, Serengeti grassland region, and Mount Kilimanjaro are all notable landscape features of northern UGANDA.
3) The naming (etymology) of BURKINA FASO translates in English to “land of the honest men” as well as “land of the _________.”
A — liars
B — incorruptible
C — brazen
4) Fill in the blank: tucked in the northeast corner of EQUATORIAL GUINEA, Ebebiyín is a “corner city” of about 36,000 residents near _________ as well as GABON.
A — CAMEROON
B — DJIBOUTI
C — LESOTHO
D — MADAGASCAR
5) MAURITIUS is one of the first countries around the globe to convert a relatively unconventional material to generate electricity. Steam turbines powered by this crop produce up to one fifth (1/5) of the island’s electricity during the annual harvest season! Which crop is especially used in Mauritius for energy needs?
A — broccoli
B — sugarcane
C — plantains
D — guava, mangoes, and papaya
6) True or false: Lake Togo gave the country of TOGO its name. Togo is derived from the Ewe word togodo, meaning “behind the lake.”
7) One provincial name in SOUTH AFRICA translates from the Sotho language into English as the “place of gold.” Which is the correct province?
A — Gauteng
B — Kwazulu-Natal
C — Western Cape
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . salt
Question 2:
False . . . . . northern Tanzania
Question 3:
B . . . . . incorruptible
Question 4:
A . . . . . Cameroon
Question 5:
B . . . . . sugarcane
Question 6:
True
Question 7:
A . . . . . Gauteng
December’s GeoFact of the Day Blog quiz centers on the mighty and wonderful continent of Africa. After testing your African trivia prowess, you can further test your geographic knowledge (↗) with other geography quizzes from GeoFact of the Day. The answers to this quiz are listed below; enjoy and good luck!
1) Fill in the blank: the Tsodilo Hills in northwestern Botswana are nicknamed the “_________ of the Desert” for having more than 4,500 ancient rock paintings in the area!
A — Louvre
B — Lascaux
C — Paint Palette
2) True or false: the “official car” of the SEYCHELLES is the mini-moke, a Tonka Truck-style Jeep powered by the engine of a Mini brand car.
3) Fill in the blank: at the civilization’s societal peak, the kingdom of Meroe in present-day ___________ geographically stretched all the way to LEBANON and SYRIA.
A — BENIN
B — SUDAN
C — TANZANIA
4) In 2002, Swaziland’s parliament voted against a government request to buy a $50 million USD luxury jet for which of the following kings (two of the names below are fictional)?
A — King Mbabane XII
B — King Mswati III
C — King Mhlambanyatsinhlangano
5) During its heyday, the renowned university at Timbuktu gave approximately 25,000 scholars of all ages opportunities to study and learn. Where is Timbuktu?
A — MALI
B — LIBYA
C — EGYPT
D — MAURITANIA
6) Which of the following is not a typical ingredient in a slow-cooked stew known as calulu, the national dish of SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE?
A — eggplants
B — prawns and smoked fish
C — turnips
D — spices
7) The DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DR Congo) is Africa’s second largest country, containing a geographic area that is 36,330 square kilometers lower than ALGERIA’s area. DR Congo is also 80 times larger than neighboring BURUNDI and which other relatively small country?
A — CAMEROON
B — CHAD
C — NAMIBIA
D — RWANDA
ANSWERS
Question 1:
A . . . . . Louvre, named after the famous Paris art museum established in 1793
Question 2:
True
Question 3:
B . . . . . Sudan
Question 4:
B . . . . . King Mswati III
Question 5:
A . . . . . Mali
Question 6:
C . . . . . turnips
Question 7:
D . . . . . Rwanda
Questions for this quick geography quiz are found in the National Geographic GeoBee Quiz (↗) interactive game. You can further test your geographic knowledge (↗) with geography quizzes from GeoFact of the Day. The answers to this quiz are listed below; enjoy and good luck!
1) Many Dravidian temples are found in Chennai, a seaside city located in the south part of which Asian country?
A — CHINA
B — INDIA
C — THAILAND
2) What West African river flows in a great curve from GUINEA through MALI and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean?
A — Orange River
B — Niger River
C — Congo River
3) Which of these South American countries shares a border with more countries?
A — BOLIVIA
B — CHILE
C — URUGUAY
4) 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
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . India
Question 2:
B . . . . . Niger River
Question 3:
A . . . . . Bolivia
Question 4:
C . . . . . Arctic Ocean
Questions for this quick geography quiz are inspired by the Language of the Day series from Ethnologue (ethnologue.com). You can further test your geographic knowledge (↗) with more quizzes from GeoFact of the Day. The answers to this quiz are listed below; enjoy and good luck!
1) With about 2 million people using this language for communication, Southern Betsimisaraka Malagasy is a language in which of the following countries in Africa?
A — REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
B — MADAGASCAR
C — UGANDA
2) With about 108,000 speakers and designated as a de facto language of national identity, Vincentian English Creole is used for communication in which country (the other two options are fictional word combos)?
A — SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
B — SAINT VINCENT AND THE TOBAGO
C — SAINT VINCENT AND THE BARBADOS
3) In use by about 96,300 people, Rendille is a language of which country?
A — NICARAGUA
B — UZBEKISTAN
C — KENYA
4) Which language is used for communication by about 46,000 people in BENIN?
A — Ede Ica
B — Morokodo
C — Müün Chin
5) Kioko is a threatened language is used for communication in the only Southeast Asian country listed below. Which country is the correct answer?
A — INDONESIA
B — LIBYA
C — EQUATORIAL GUINEA
6) Which language of AUSTRALIA is considered dormant and moribund since the last speaker of this language lived until the 1980s?
A — Gooniyandi
B — Umiida
C — Ngarinyman
7) Which option is a Himalayan country where Puma is a threatened language of recognized indigenous nationality used for communication by the Rai people?
A — GABON
B — DJIBOUTI
C — NEPAL
D — PALESTINE
8) Where is Oji-Cree (Oji Cree) a threatened language used for communication by multiple indigenous tribes — including the Albany, Animakee Wa Zhing, Aroland, Bearskin Lake, Brunswick House, Cat Lake, Constance Lake, and Day Star peoples?
A — MONTENEGRO
B — CANADA
C — FRENCH GUIANA
D — WESTERN SAHARA
E — TURKMENISTAN
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Madagascar
Question 2:
A . . . . . Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Question 3:
C . . . . . Kenya
Question 4:
A . . . . . Ede Ica
Question 5:
A . . . . . Indonesia
Question 6:
B . . . . . Umiida
Question 7:
C . . . . . Nepal
Question 8:
B . . . . . Canada
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