What island nation is famous for lemurs?
Madagascar
What is the name of the sea bordered by Jordan, Israel, and Palestine?
The Dead Sea
What is the highest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls in Venezuela.
Which country is known as the "Land of Fire and Ice"?
Iceland
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
What is the world’s longest coral reef system?
The Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the longest coral reef system in the world. It stretches for 1,429 miles (2,300 kilometers)
What mountain range separates Europe and Asia?
The Ural Mountains.
Which country is called the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"
Sri Lanka
Which is the deepest point in the ocean?
The Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench in the western part of the Pacific Ocean
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
The Equator
What is the largest lake in the world?
he Caspian Sea is conventionally considered the world's largest lake, but it is centered on an oceanic basin
What country is nicknamed "The Land of Smiles"?
Thailand
Which country is called the “Land of Poets”?
Chile, due to a tradition of poets, including Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral, who each won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
What is the name of the body of water that separates the UK and France?
The English Channel.
What U.S. state has the most national parks?
California - 9 parks
Which U.S. state has the most active volcanoes?
Alaska
What island is known as the "Emerald Isle"?
Ireland because of its green countryside.
Which desert is known as "The Empty Quarter"
The Rub' al Khali Desert, which spans Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates.
What is the capital city of South Korea?
Seoul.
What is the capital city of Belize?
Belmopan.
What is the largest railway station in the world?
Where is the Christ the Redeemer statue located?
On top of Corcovado, a mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In which modern day country were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon said to be located?
Iraq
In which modern day country was the Temple of Artemis said to be located?
Turkey