Geography 150714

Geography 150714 is a selection of 10 questions. Geography 150714 is the filename to differentiate it from other Geography quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   Which river flows over Niagara Falls?
A   The Niagara River

2   Which two countries does the Khyber Pass link?
A   Pakistan and Afghanistan

3   Which country covers almost half of the South American landmass?
A   Brazil

4   Which US city is first encountered when travelling due west from Madrid?
A   New York

5   Which three countries have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
A   France, Spain, Morocco

6   What is the name of the most populous island outside of Asia?
A   Britain

7   What is the only official language of the European Union that is the least widely spoken in any country?
A   Irish (Gaeilge) / Irish Gaelic

8   If flying south out of Detroit City Airport USA, which foreign country would you fly over first?
A   Canada (before re-entering US airspace in Ohio – if flying out of Detroit’s

9   What is the modern-day name for the body of water called the German Ocean, a name that persisted until the 1850s?
A   North Sea (“North Sea” probably came into English via the Dutch “Noordzee”)

10   How points of direction are there on a compass?
A   32 (N, NbE, NNE, NEbN, NE, NEbE, ENE, EbN, E, EbS, ESE, SEbE, SE, SEbS, SSE, SbE, S, SbW, SSW, SWbS, SW, SWbW, WSW, WbS, W, WbN, WNW, NWbW, NW, NWbN, NNW, NbW)