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