Extreme Geography Quiz

Question 1

What is the lowest point on Earth's land surface?

Accepted Answer

The Dead Sea shore (Israel/Jordan/Palestine) at -430 metres

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The Mariana Trench at -11,034 metres

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The Afar Depression at -155 metres

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Death Valley at -86 metres

Question 2

Which is the world's coldest permanently inhabited place?

Accepted Answer

Oymyakon, Russia

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Yakutsk, Russia

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Barrow (Utqiaġvik), Alaska

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Resolute Bay, Canada

Question 3

What is the world's largest hot desert?

Accepted Answer

The Sahara Desert

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The Arabian Desert

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The Australian Outback

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The Gobi Desert

Question 4

What is the world's largest country by land area?

Accepted Answer

Russia

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China

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Canada

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United States

Question 5

Which point on Earth's surface is farthest from the Earth's centre?

Accepted Answer

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador — because Earth bulges at the equator, making equatorial mountains further from the centre

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Mount Everest — because it is the highest point above sea level

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The North Pole — because the Arctic is elevated ice

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The Tibetan Plateau — because it is the highest landmass by average elevation

Question 6

The Amazon River discharges more water than any other river. How much of the world's freshwater discharge into oceans does it represent?

Accepted Answer

About 20%

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About 5%

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About 10%

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About 30%

Question 7

What is the world's highest navigable lake?

Accepted Answer

Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border at 3,812 metres

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Lake Tanganyika in East Africa at 773 metres

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The Caspian Sea at -28 metres

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Nam Tso in Tibet at 4,718 metres

Question 8

Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

Accepted Answer

Canada

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Australia

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Indonesia

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Russia

Question 9

What is the world's smallest country by area?

Accepted Answer

Vatican City

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Monaco

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San Marino

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Liechtenstein

Question 10

Where is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area?

Accepted Answer

Lake Superior, North America

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Lake Baikal, Russia

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Lake Tanganyika, Africa

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The Caspian Sea

Question 11

Which continent has the highest average elevation?

Accepted Answer

Antarctica

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Asia

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South America

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North America

Question 12

Which country is the most densely populated in the world (excluding city-states)?

Accepted Answer

Bangladesh

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India

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Rwanda

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Netherlands

Question 13

What is the world's largest canyon?

Accepted Answer

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, Tibet

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The Grand Canyon, USA

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The Cotahuasi Canyon, Peru

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The Blyde River Canyon, South Africa

Question 14

Where is the world's highest waterfall (by total drop)?

Accepted Answer

Angel Falls, Venezuela

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Niagara Falls, USA/Canada

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia

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Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina

Question 15

What is the world's longest mountain range?

Accepted Answer

The Mid-Ocean Ridge

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The Himalayas in Asia

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The Rocky Mountains in North America

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The Andes in South America

Question 16

Which country has the largest number of active volcanoes?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia

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Japan

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Philippines

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Iceland

Question 17

What is the world's most sparsely populated country?

Accepted Answer

Mongolia

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Greenland

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Iceland

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Namibia

Question 18

Which is the world's largest lake by surface area (if salt lakes are included)?

Accepted Answer

The Caspian Sea

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Lake Superior, North America

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Lake Baikal, Russia

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Lake Huron, North America

Question 19

What is the driest non-polar desert on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Atacama Desert

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The Sahara Desert

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The Arabian Desert

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Death Valley

Question 20

Which country contains the point on Earth most distant from any ocean — the 'pole of inaccessibility'?

Accepted Answer

China

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Russia

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Kazakhstan

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Mongolia