International Lakes

This is a lake (by normal geographic definition, so some things with "Sea" in their title are actually lakes (e.g., The Sea of Gallilee) that are shared by more than one country.  Also we are going by standard UN recognized borders.

1.   What lake is shared by the most countries (5)?

2.  There are two lakes shared by 4 countries, what are they?   Note - one of them would only qualify when full which is rather rare these days.

3.  Aside from that I can find 4 other lakes shared by 3 countries.  One of these is pretty obscure (I did not know this until I looked into it).   What are they?  (hint - you need not look in the western hemisphere)

4.  I can find 3 lakes split between two countries on an island.   How many can you name?  (there may be more than I found....)

 

 

2023 quiz

Landlocked Quiz

it's been ages since the last update, here we go:

1.   What is the world's most populous landlocked nation?

2.  What is the most populous landlocked US state?  (note having a port on the Great Lakes/St

 Lawrence Seaway does  not make you not landlocked ).

   Bonus - if having a port on the Segway made you not landlocked, what would be the .out populous landlocked state?

3.  Despite its large size, Canada only has two landlocked provinces.   This should be easy...

4.  Rank the continents by number of landlocked nations they contain.  We'll go by the US standard of 7 continents for this, splitting South and Noth America and Europe separate from Asia.   Yes, there can (will) be a tie...  also only internationally generally recognized nations, no Micronations or stuff only recognized by a couple countries 

5.  What is the most populous city located in a landlocked nation?

that's enough for now.   At the current rate next update will be in 2026 or 2027.

5.   

2020, time for a new quiz.  Today's focus:  Islands.

1.  With the UK leaving the European Union, that leaves only two entirely island nations in the EU.  What are they?

2.  Speaking of the UK, its history as a naval power has left it with many overseas territories also on islands.  While they have had large pieces of mainland territory in the past overseas (including Canada, the United States, India, etc), not to mention Calais, they now retain only two overseas territories that are NOT on islands.  What are they?

3.  Of the members of the EU that are not entirely insular, what nation has the largest percentage of its territory on islands.     Okay, now if you only count territory in Europe, what nation has the largest percentage of its territory on islands?

4.  The UK's departure takes the largest EU island, Great Britain, as well as part of the second largest, Ireland.   What is the largest remaining island in the EU (that is in Europe, not going to wrangle over the quasi-status of Greenland)?

5.  As far as the western hemisphere, the two largest archipelagos are the canadian arctic (which I'm going to lump Greenland in with) and the Caribbean.  The next two largest are also in Canada (Newfoundland and Vancouver).   Aside from Canada (and Greenland) and the Caribbean, where will you find the largest island in the western hemisphere?

here's a fun trivia thing I came up with while looking up something.

Every state has an official motto. e.g., Georgia, where I live, has "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation".

Over half the states, 29, like Georgia, have a state motto in english.

16 more states have state mottos in Latin, e.g., New York's motto is "Excelsior" (latin for "Ever Upward").

That leaves 5 states whose state mottos are not in English or Latin. Without googling, it, anyone care to take a guess on what those 5 states are, and what languages they are in?

Rivers of Time...

Here is a fun US geography trivia question I came up with while looking at a wall map...

How many rivers in the United States can you name that are used for time zone boundaries?

i.e., the time zone is different on each bank for a length.   So you can have an example I will give you one, the Colorado river is the boy dart between Mountain and Pacific along the ArizonazCalifornoa border (and Nevada-Arizona as well).   We will count that even though certain parts of the year Arizona is the same time as California, caused by Arizona not using Daylight Savings Time.

I found 10 on a quick glance search.  We are not gonna count Lake Michigan as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

So its been almost 3 years since my last post.   Okay, time for another geography quiz then.   None of that easy stuff.  I try to make them google-proof, though that is increasingly difficult.   Okay, then, without further ado:

1.  What is the longest river to flow through both the United States and another country?

2.  What is the largest island in the Mediterranean which does not belong to a European nation?   By European we mean a nation primarily in Europe.

3.  Not counting Puerto Rico, its outlying islands and the Virgin Islands, the United States owns one other island in the Caribbean.   What is it?

4.  This island, in the indian ocean, is so named not because it is run by the mob, but from a swahili phrase meaning "Heathy Dwelling Place".

5.  A few years after winning independence from the British, India successfully invaded and annexed a colonial territory belonging to which other European nation?

okay, been 3 years, we'll start with a short one.   Post your answers (yeah, right)....

Geography Quiz 2013

Geography Quiz...

1. You should all know that the largest lake island is Manitoulin in Lake Huron. What is the largest island in a lake that is not the largest island in its lake?

2. What is the largest US city that is not on an interstate highway (the Hawaii H- roads are part of the interstate system)

3. The two largest rivers by outflow into the sea the US are the Mississippi and the Columbia. What is third? (going by the amount of water that actually flows from its mouth into the sea)

4. As you should know, Mauna Kea is the highest US peak on an ocean island. Mauna Loa is a close second. Not counting Hawaii, what is the highest US point on an ocean island? (I don't want some glacial pond in colorado claiming it due to the lake being at such high altitude). Bonus question - okay, now not counting Alaska either.

5. What is the largest city (or town or settlement) on an island inside each of the world's oceans. As much as I hate the designation "Southern Ocean", it somehow seems to be more and more accepted these days so I guess we get five:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"

Count arms of the oceans and attached seas as part of that ocean (e.g., Mediterranean ounts as part of Atlantic). Suez still divides Atlantic from Indian. If in doubt, go by the CIA factbook boundaries not the IHO, as the IHO does not include attached seas. So... as far as Indonesia you can count the southern series of islands (Sumatera, Krakatoa, Java, Bali, Lombok, Komodo, Timor, etc) as being in the Indian, and the northern part (Borneo, Sulawesi, Ambon, New Guinea etc) as being in the Pacific. The abomination called the "Southern" ocean is defined as anything outside of 60 degrees south, so basically Antarctica's associated islands.

6. Same thing, only highest mountain on an island in each:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"