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