How Well Do You Know Your Geography?
- 1.
If Iraq were a continent and not a country would it be cold there year around and if you lived there could you see Russia from your back porch?
- A.
Yes. Cold year around and you could see Russia from your porch if you had a flashlight.
- B.
No! It's only cold there six months out of the year and porches in Iraq aren't built facing northeasterly for religious reasons.
- C.
Yes! Iraq is certainly like their neighbor to the south, Iceland. Not sure you can see Russia from there, but then I've never been so maybe you can...?
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- 2.
What country, or countries, border New Zealand to the south and north?
- A.
None. It borders Australia to the east and Antarctica to the west.
- B.
Latvia and Estonia. Too easy!
- C.
None. New Zealand is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The nearest country to her is Alaska. Duh!
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- 3.
Are there three or are there four oceans of the world?
- A.
There are four; Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic. Anyone with half a brain knows that one!
- B.
Three; the reason people think there are four is because of the four directions; north, east, south and west, but there are only three- Pacific, Atlantic and Indian. All of the others are actually seas.
- C.
Neither. There are six; Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Northern Ocean and Southern Ocean. The seas are Mediterranean, Caribbean, South China, Bering, Okhotsk, East China, Japan, Andaman, North, Red, and Baltic. The Caspian sea is a lake.
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- 4.
How many countries are on earth?
- A.
148
- B.
195
- C.
201
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- 5.
What are the five largest states by area in the US?
- A.
Alaska, Texas, California, Wyoming and Colorado
- B.
Alaska, Texas, California, Wyoming and Mexico
- C.
Alaska, Texas, California, Wyoming and Florida
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- 6.
Which country borders the most other countries?
- A.
Russia and Afghanistan
- B.
China and North Korea
- C.
Asia and China
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- 7.
What do Azaerbaijan and Poland have in common?
- A.
They both use the dollar as their currency
- B.
They both border China
- C.
They both border Prussia
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- 8.
Are you living on a continent or in a country?
- A.
A continent
- B.
A country
- C.
Both
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- 9.
If you loved Fajitas which continent would you likely visit?
- A.
Mexico
- B.
South America
- C.
Europe
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- 10.
If your car ran out of gas somewhere between Greenland and Iceland which direction should you begin walking to find the nearest gas station?
- A.
Southeast
- B.
East
- C.
Ummm...North for 50 miles and then due west 17 km!
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