What is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from sea level?
Mount Everest
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Nanga Parbat
What is the largest country in the world by land mass?
China
Canada
Russia
USA
This is the flag of which country?
Iceland
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Name 5 common things people forget to pack for vacation/travel
Power cables, chargers, sunscreen, toothbrushes, razors, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, floss, toiletries, soap, hairbrush, comb, glasses, medicine, etc.
What factor defines all deserts?
heat
lack of plant/animal life
sandy terrain
lack of rainfall
What is the most populous country in the European Union?
France
Germany
Spain
Italy
True or False. New York, NY USA is north of Rome, Italy.
False. Rome is further North than New York City. New York City is about the same latitude as Naples Italy.
This is the flag of which country?
Mexico
True or False. Ants can be found on every continent in the world
False. Ants are found on every continent on Earth except Antarctica. Some islands like Greenland do not have native ant species, but ants now live there.
What country has the most islands?
Norway
Indonesia
Japan
Sweden
What is the longest river in the world?
Amazon
Nile
Yangtze
Yellow
Which country borders the most other countries?
China
Germany
Brazil
Russia
What is the language most spoken in the world (including second/third/etc languages)?
Spanish
Mandarin
English
Hindi
How many countries make up the United Kingdom?
4: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
This is the flag of which country?
France
What are the summer months in Australia?
December, January, and February
What is the most visited country in the world?
USA
France
China
Spain
What is the tallest building in the world?
One World Trade Center in NYC
Shanghai Tower in Shanghai
Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lampur
What is the longest border between two countries?
USA and Canada
Brazil and Uruguay
Chile and Argentina,
Russia and Kazakhstan
This is the flag of which country?
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
Paraguay
Where were apricots originally cultivated?
Mexico
Belgium
China
Morocco
Which ocean is the warmest on average?
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
True or False. The official name of only 2 countries begins with “The”.
True. Officially, only two countries as of 2018 have “the” in their official English country names; The Gambia and The Bahamas.
Which of these countries does NOT lie on the equator?
Philippines
Indonesia
Brazil
Uganda
What is the largest state in the US by land mass?
Florida
Alaska
California
Texas
This is the flag of which country?
Switzerland
This is the flag of which country?
Ireland
What is the most populous African country?
Ethiopia
Egypt
South Africa
Nigeria
This is the flag of which country?
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
What is the most visited museum in the world?
National Air and space Museum in Washington, DC
The Louvre in Paris
British Museum in London
Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
True or False. The Sahara Desert spans 10 countries.
True. The enormous desert spans 10 countries (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia)
This is the flag of which country?
New Zealand
Australia
Jamaica
Northern Ireland
Where was tea invented?
China
India
Japan
England
No country in the world starts with this letter.
X
Z
Q
Y
This is the flag of which country?
Ukraine
Georgia
Croatia
Albania
This is the flag of which country?
Italy
What is the smallest country in the world by area?
Nauru
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Vatican City
Name 5 of the world’s seas
Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, Sargasso Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Bering Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Sea of Japan, Arabian Sea, Red Sea,
This is the flag of which country?
Northern Ireland
Australia
Wales
New Zealand
What is the most populous country in the world?
Nigeria
India
China
Mexico
True or false. Bhutan is the first and only carbon-negative country in the world
True the carbon footprint is so small that the nation removes more CO2 from the atmosphere than it emits. The country has large forests which absorb carbon
Which country spans 5 time zones but only operates on 1 time zone?
Russia
Mexico
India
China
Name 5 countries that lie completely within the Southern Hemisphere
New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Namibia, Argentina,Russia