The city of Chicago, also known as the Windy City, was incorporated in 1837 in which US state?
Illinois
100
At around 2.8 million people, this city is Kenya's largest economical and financial center, as well as its capital. What is its name?
Nairobi
100
Asia is home to the world's lowest point and highest point of elevation, the latter (second) being part of which famous mountain range?
Himalayas
100
Lake Superior is the largest lake of the Great Lakes and is the second largest lake in the world (first is the Caspian Sea). In between which two countries is it located?
Canada and the United States
100
Which type of natural disaster is caused by the shifting of tectonic plates in the Earth's crust?
Earthquakes/Volcanic eruptions
200
Johannesburg, the home of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is the biggest city of which country that was under president Nelson Mandela?
South Africa
200
Kenya gained its independence from which European country in 1963?
Great Britain/England
200
In the billions, how many people live in Asia?
4
200
This northern US state is famously known as the land of 10,000 lakes; in fact, there are so many lakes there that over a 100 of them are called "Mud Lake." Which state is this?
Minnesota
200
Accounting for more than a 1,000 deaths and $108 billion in property damage, Hurricane Katrina hit which Southern US state in 2005?
Louisiana
300
This city, known as the City of Lights, was formerly Pakistan's capital; now it is the country's main seaport and financial center. What is its name?
Karachi
300
Kenya shares the world's second-largest freshwater lake by area with two other countries - Tanzania and Uganda; what is the lake's name?
Lake Victoria
300
Nine of the world's ten tallest buildings are located in Asia (if the Middle East counts as a part of Asia). After the Burj Khalifa and at 2,073 feet tall, what Chinese tower is second tallest?
The Shanghai Tower
300
Known as the world's deepest lake and largest volume freshwater lake, Lake Baikal is located in which large country?
Russia
300
In 1960, the world's largest earthquake - measuring a 9.5 on the Richter scale - started off the coast of which country?
Chile
400
The urban area of Tokyo and what other city is 1st in population by 15 million people?
Yokohama
400
One of Kenya's largest economies is agriculture; they grow about 40,000 tons of their most popular product per year, which is?
Coffee
400
With a median of 44.6 years for a life span, a staggering 50,000 people have lived over a 100 years old in which Asian country?
Japan
400
Which US state is the only one without any natural lakes (not created by damming rivers)?
Maryland
400
Due to Australia's warm climate, cities like Melbourne have been experiencing which type of natural disaster that caused the killing of 173 people known as the "2009 Black Saturday"?
Bushfires/Forest fires
500
This city in China holds about 8.5 million people and is famously known as the home of the ancient "Temple of the Six Banyan Trees." Which city is this?
Guangzhou
500
Kenya uses 6 main energy sources, but most commonly (at 49%) uses which type of energy source that produces about 761 MW per year?
Hydroelectricity
500
This body of water transits 20 percent of all seaborne trade and a third of the world's oil shipments. Located in between Malaysia and Indonesia, what is this body of water called?
The Strait of Malacca
500
At 6,405 square kilometers, this lake is the world's largest desert lake (lake found in middle of desert) and Africa's fourth largest lake by area. What is its name?
Lake Turkana
500
Five of the ten greatest natural disasters in all of history occurred in a single country; the greatest of which killed about 3.7 million people from flooding. What is the name of this country?