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