What is _____________ continent in the world? (big)
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) North America
Asia (44,391,162 square kilometres)
100
What is __________ country in the world? (big) a) China b) Brazil c) Russia d) Canada
c) Russia (17,098,242 square kilometres)
100
What is _______________ river in the world? (long)
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.
100
Complete the sentence: What has _____ legs - a spider, a butterfly, or an ant?
A spider (8 legs). (A butterfly and an ant have 6 legs.)
100
Which plant has __________ growth in the world? (fast)
a) seaweed
b) bamboo
c) roses
b) bamboo (seaweed is not a plant - it is a type of algae.)
200
What is _____________ continent in the world? (small)
a) South America
b) Australia
c) Antarctica
b) Australia (9,008,500 square kilometres)
200
What is _______________ country in the world (small)? a) the Vatican b) Monaco c) Colombia d) Madagascar
a) The Vatican (0.44 square kilometres)
200
Mt Everest is __________ mountain in the world. (high) 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.)
200
What's __________, a giraffe or an African elephant? (tall)
A giraffe - the tallest male giraffe was about 5.9 metres tall.(The tallest elephant ever recorded was only 4 metres tall.)
200
How tall is ___________ tree in the world? (tall)
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.
300
Where are penguins ________ - in Antarctica or at the North Pole? (common)
In Antarctica. There are no penguins at the North Pole.
300
Which country is ___________, Australia or the USA? (big)
The USA (9.8 million square kilometres)
(Australia's area is about 7.7 million square kilometres.)
300
Where is _________ desert in the world? (big)
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) Australia
a) Africa (the Sahara Desert)
300
Which animal has a ____________ life- elephants or mice? (long)
Elephants. The oldest elephant in the world died at age 86.
Mice only live for a few years at the most.
300
What is ___________ plant in the world? (poisonous)
a) death cap mushrooms
b) oleander flowers
c) beetroots
b) oleander flowers. Mushrooms are not plants - they are a type of fungus.
400
Which continent has a __________ population - Africa or Asia? (large)
Asia (about 4.4 billion people)
(Africa has about 1.2 billion people)
400
What is ___________ country in the world (wealthy)?
a) Macau (in East Asia)
b) Qatar (in the Middle East)
c) the USA
b) Qatar (Macau=3rd, USA= 13th. International Money Fund, 2017)
400
Which waterfall is _____________ - the Niagara Falls in Canada or Angel Falls in Venezuela? (tall)
Angel Falls (979 metres tall). (Horseshoe Falls, which is the tallest part of the Niagara Falls, is only 57m tall.)
400
What is ____________ - a kangaroo or a horse? (fast)
A kangaroo- the fastest speed ever recorded was 71km/h. The fastest speed ever recorded for a horse was 70.76 km/h.
400
Indonesia has ___________ flower in the world. (big) 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
500
Which of these cities is _____________ to the equator? (close)
a) Sydney (Australia) b) Tokyo (Japan) c) London (UK) d) New York City (USA)
a) Sydney. Its latitude is 33.8688° S.
500
What is _______________ country in the world? (happy)
a) Australia
b) Norway
c) Costa Rica
b) Norway.
(Australia= 9th, Costa Rica=12th. United Nations "World Happiness Report" 2017)
500
Australia is one of ____________ continents. (dry) How much of it is desert?
a) 10%
b) 35%
c) 55%
35%
500
Which country's snakes are ___________ - Australia's or New Zealand's? (dangerous)
Australia's. There are no native snakes in New Zealand!
500
How old is _______________ living tree on Earth? (old)
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.)