Geography Trivia
So, as I promised, here is the list of questions from the geography trivia challenge we had at our team meeting a while back. Let me know how many questions you got it right (and of course, googling is strictly prohibited). I will leave the answers in the comments section, like I did before.
- How deep is the deepest point of the earth's oceans? What is it called?
- What are the 5 largest countries (by area) in the world?
- What is the 3rd most populous country in the world? And what is the population?
- If you a drive a hole in Clinton, OH into the earth, what part of a water body will you come out of the other side of the earth? (This one is from a recent episode of Jeopardy)
- Monaco is the most dense country in the world. What is the density of population?
- What is the deepest lake in the world? How deep it is?
- How long is the Nile river?
- What are 5 biggest states in the US? Same question w.r.t India.
- What percentage of the surface area of earth do the oceans cover?
- How many countries are there in the African continent?
Let the geography geek in us come to life :) And do let me know how many questions you got it right. I got 5 of the 10 answers correct.
posted by Filbert at 3:43 PM
5 Comments:
Answers to the trivia:
1) 11,033 metres (36,201 feet) deep. It is called Mariana Trench and is located in the Pacific Ocean, near Japan.
2) Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil
3) USA with a population of 298 million
4) Indian ocean
5) 16,486 persons per square km (Some web sites say Macau is the country with the highest density - 20,824)
6) Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is 5,712 feet deep.
7) 6695 kms (4184 miles)
8) US --> Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, New Mexico
India --> Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
9) 71 percent
10) 53
i didn't know even 1 :( but the 1st answer was a very interesting piece of trivia...
Me too filbert.. Don't know answers.. aha.. pothu arivu kalanjiyam marilla erukku, eppovellam unga posts..
I am not too good at geography, Balaji. But I like it and usually try to remember these 'highest, largest,most populated' stuff.
Appadi ellaam illa, Karthik :) These trivia quiz sessions in the team meetings are getting very interesting. So, just thought of posting them here too. Plus, some of my friends who read my blog asked me to continue posting them. So, obliging their requests too :)
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