Continents/Poles/Equator
What is the biggest continent in the world? a) Asia b) Africa c) North America
Asia (44,391,162 square kilometres)
What is biggest country in the world? a) China b) Brazil c) Russia d) Canada
c) Russia (17,098,242 square kilometres)
What is longest river in the world? a) the Amazon b) the Nile c) the Mississippi
a) OR b)! The Amazon, in South America, is about 7,000 km long and the Nile, in Africa, is about 6,900 km long, but it depends on where you start measuring them.
What has a biggest number of legs - a spider or a butterfly?
A spider (8 legs). (A butterfly has 6 legs.)
Which plant has fastest growth in the world? a) seaweed b) bamboo c) roses
b) bamboo (seaweed is not a plant - it is a type of algae.)
What is the smallest continent in the world? a) South America b) Australia c) Antarctica
b) Australia (9,008,500 square kilometres)
What is smallest country in the world? a) the Vatican b) Monaco c) Colombia d) Madagascar
a) The Vatican (0.44 square kilometres)
Mt Everest is higest mountain in the world. It is in... a) India b) China and Nepal c) Switzerland
b) China and Nepal. (The border between the two countries goes across the highest part of the mountain.)
What's tallest, a giraffe or an African elephant?
A giraffe - the tallest male giraffe was about 5.9 metres tall.(The tallest elephant ever recorded was only 4 metres tall.)
How tall is tallest tree in the world? a) about 56m b) about 116m c) about 216 m
c) about 116m. A redwood tree in California, named Hyperion, was measured at 115.92 metres tall.
Where are penguins most common? - in Antarctica or at the North Pole? (common)
In Antarctica. There are no penguins at the North Pole.
Which country is biggest, Australia or the USA?
The USA (9.8 million square kilometres) (Australia's area is about 7.7 million square kilometres.)
Where is biggest desert in the world? a) Africa b) Asia c) Australia
a) Africa (the Sahara Desert)
Which animal has a longest life- elephants or mice?
Elephants. The oldest elephant in the world died at age 86. Mice only live for a few years at the most.
What is most poisonous plant in the world? a) death cap mushrooms b) oleander flowers c) beetroots
b) oleander flowers. Mushrooms are not plants - they are a type of fungus.
Which continent has the larger population - Africa or Asia?
Asia (about 4.4 billion people) (Africa has about 1.2 billion people)
What is wealthiest country in the world? a) Macau (in East Asia) b) Qatar (in the Middle East) c) the USA
b) Qatar (Macau=3rd, USA= 13th. International Money Fund, 2017)
Which waterfall is tallest - the Niagara Falls in Canada or Angel Falls in Venezuela?
Angel Falls (979 metres tall). (Horseshoe Falls, which is the tallest part of the Niagara Falls, is only 57m tall.)
What is fastest - a kangaroo or a horse?
A kangaroo- the fastest speed ever recorded was 71km/h. The fastest speed ever recorded for a horse was 70.76 km/h.
Indonesia has biggest flower in the world. It isn't very pretty and it smells horrible! How many centimetres wide is it? a) about 30 b) about 50 c) about 100
c) about 100
Which of these cities is closest to the equator? a) Sydney (Australia) b) Tokyo (Japan) c) London (UK) d) New York City (USA)
a) Sydney. Its latitude is 33.8688° S.
What is happiest country in the world? a) Australia b) Norway c) Costa Rica
b) Norway. (Australia= 9th, Costa Rica=12th. United Nations "World Happiness Report" 2017)
Australia is one of driest continents. How much of it is desert? a) 10% b) 35% c) 55%
35%
Which country's snakes are most dangerous - Australia's or New Zealand's?
Australia's. There are no native snakes in New Zealand!
How old is oldest living tree on Earth? a) about 120 years old b) about 500 years old c) about 5,000 years old d) about 10,000 years old
c) about 5,000 years old. (The unnamed pine tree, which is in the White Mountains in the USA, is 5,066 years old.)