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.
What is the smallest country in the world by area?
Nauru
Vatican City
Monaco
Liechtenstein
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
What are the summer months in Australia?
December, January, and February
What is the most visited country in the world?
Spain
France
China
USA
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,
How many countries make up the United Kingdom?
4: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
This is the flag of which country?
Australia
Wales
Northern Ireland
New Zealand
What is the most populous African country?
Ethiopia
Nigeria
South Africa
Egypt
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 is the largest state in the US by land mass?
Alaska
Florida
Texas
California
What is the tallest building in the world?
Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lampur
Shanghai Tower in Shanghai
Burj Khalifa in Dubai
One World Trade Center in NYC
This is the flag of which country?
Australia
New Zealand
Jamaica
Northern Ireland
This is the flag of which country?
Croatia
Georgia
Albania
Ukraine
Where were apricots originally cultivated?
Mexico
China
Morocco
Belgium
This is the flag of which country?
Switzerland
This is the flag of which country?
Mexico
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)
Where was tea invented?
China
Japan
England
India
This is the flag of which country?
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
Finland
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 country has the most islands?
Norway
Japan
Indonesia
Sweden
Which of these countries does NOT lie on the equator?
Philippines
Uganda
Brazil
Indonesia
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
What is the most populous country in the world?
Mexico
Nigeria
China
India
Which ocean is the warmest on average?
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
What is the language most spoken in the world (incl second/third/etc languages)?
Hindi
Spanish
Mandarin
English
What is the most visited museum in the world?
British Museum in London
Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
The Louvre in Paris
National Air and space Museum in Washington, DC
This is the flag of which country?
Italy
This is the flag of which country?
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Iceland
What is the largest country in the world by land mass?
China
Russia
Canada
USA
What factor defines all deserts?
lack of plant/animal life
sandy terrain
lack of rainfall
heat
What is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from sea level?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Fuji
Nanga Parbat
Mount Everest
No country in the world starts with this letter.
Q
Z
X
Y
Which county spans 5 time zones but only operates on 1 time zone?
Russia
China
India
Mexico
What is the most populous country in the European Union?
Germany
Italy
Spain
France
What is the longer river in the world?
Yellow
Amazon
Nile
Yangtze
What is the longest boarder between two countries?
Chile and Argentina,
USA and Canada
Brazil and Uruguay
Russia and Kazakhstan
This is the flag of which country?
Ireland
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.
Which country borders the most other countries?
China
Brazil
Germany
Russia
This is the flag of which country?
Paraguay
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
This is the flag of which country?
France