Islands and Archipelagos
Deserts
US Cities and States
Bodies of Water
Miscellaneous
100

This is the world's largest Island chain with 137 islands in total. The Hoary Bat and the Monk seal are the only mammals native to these islands. Because of its diversity, there are no racial majorities. Most of the population is ethnically mixed. 

What is Hawaii?

100

Dates, millet, and Sorghum grow in its oasis. It is the 3rd largest desert on the planet. It receives only 4 inches of rainfall every year. It's highest point is a dormant volcano known as Emi Koussi. 

What is the Sahara?(3rd behind the cold deserts of Antarctica and the Arctic. Largest HOT desert). 

100

It is known for its deep dish pizza and its fully loaded hot dogs which include a pickle spear. On St. Patrick's Day, they dye the river green.

What is Chicago?


100

It is the largest fresh-water lake in the World.


What is Lake Superior?

100

Jasmin, Basmati, and Champa are varieties of this. It is the main ingredient of a pilaf or the Muslim Indian dish of biryani. 

What is rice? 

200

This archipelago includes Baltra Island which is also known as South Seymour. It is controlled by Ecuador.

What is the Galapagos? 

200

The first evidence of dinosaurs laying eggs was found here. It is rich in wildlife and home to the two-humped camel. it can get as hot as 113 degrees Fahrenheit  and as cold as  -40 Fahrenheit. 

What is the Gobi Desert?

200

This US City was named after a nearby lake that is 7 times saltier than the ocean and is impossible for a person to sink to the bottom. The lake is home to tiny crustaceans known as Brine Shrimp but are often sold to children under the guise of Sea Monkeys! 

What is Salt Lake City? 

200

It's chief tributary is the Maranon River. It got its name when the conquistadors were attacked by a group of women. It merges with the Rio Negro at the "Meeting of the Waters".

What is the Amazon River? 

200

This country is in the breakaway region of Puntland. It is separated from Yemen by the Gulf of Aden and is located on the Horn of Africa. 

What is Somalia?

300

This island's southern coast is home to the resort town of Ubud. It is governed by its own province from the city of Denpasar and is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It has a Hindu majority. 

What is Bali? 

300

This large desert covers much of southern Africa in Botswana and Namibia. It hosts large subterranean water reserves like Dragon's Breath Cave and was a lake until it dried up 10,000 years ago.  

What is the Kalahari?


300

This was the city of the famous Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. after Rosa Parks was arrested.


What is Montgomery Alabama? 

300

The city of Sukhumi lies along this body of water and serves as the unrecognized state of Abkhazia. The disputed Tuzla Island lies along the Northern Banks within the Kerch Strait.  

What is the Black Sea? 

300

It is the 3rd largest island in the world and serves as the capital of the Sarawak state. It's highest peak of Mount Kinabalu overlooks the habitat of its native orangutans.

What is Borneo? or Kalimantan

400

This island has the only tropical rainforest managed by the US National Forest service known as El Yunque. 

What is Puerto Rico?

400

It is considered one of the hottest places on the planet and is included in the Unesco Heritage sites for its unique beauty. It boasts some of the tallest sand dunes in the world and is located in the Kerman province of Iran. 


What is the "Lut"?  or "Dasht -e Lut" Desert?

400

This is the capital city of California.

What is Sacramento?

400

After passing through the vale Polabi, this river receives the river Orlice near the city of Hradec Kralove. The river rises near the mountains of Bohemia near the Czech polish border. It empties into the North Sea after passing through Hamburg.

What is the Elbe (Or the Labe) River?

400

This country is home to the Masurian Canal and the Bledow Desert. Though its history goes back over a thousand years in the last 200 years it has fallen to France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany until finally regaining its status as an independent state.

What is Poland? 

500

This island is home to statues of little men with mushrooms on their heads known as harubangs. The islands highest point is Hallasan, home to the Jonjaamji Pagoda. Nearly 300 people perished on their way to this island in a ferry disaster. It is a popular honeymoon destination in the far east. 


What is Jeju island? 

500

This desert borders two countries and has one of the hottest recorded temperatures on the planet. It is the only place  where Saguaro Cacti grow naturally. It is the wettest desert in the world with up to 25 inches of rainfall per year. it has over 400 species of birds.

What is the Sonoran Desert?


500

This is the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.

What is St. Augustine, Florida. (It was founded in September 1565)

500

This process is tracked by the TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Process. Driven primarily by Greenland, it may soon be surpassed by events in Antarctica. Countries like Maldives, Bangladesh, and Florida will be greatly affected. 

What is Sea Level Rise? 

500

Name these monoliths created by the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island.


What are the Mo'ai?