Around the World
What is the largest country by area?
Russia
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What is the world's tallest mountain?
Mount Everest
Canberra
Which country has the largest population?
India
How many states are in the United States?
50
What is the name of the mountain range that includes Mount Everest?
The Himalayas
What is the largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
What is Australia's tallest mountain?
Mount Kosciuszko
What percentage of Australia is covered by desert?
70%
How many countries are in Africa?
54
Would accept 55
What is the capital of the only country in the world that is also an island, a city, and a state?
Singapore
What is the name of the world’s largest coral reef system, located off the northeast coast of Australia, so massive it can be seen from space?
The Great Barrier Reef
What is Australia's largest lake?
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Which country has the smallest population?
Vatican City
What is the smallest country by area?
Vatican City
Which Asian country has the most volcanoes?
Indonesia
What is the name of the salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west, known for being one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth and the lowest point on the Earth's surface on land?
The Dead Sea
Which Australian city has the largest population?
Sydney
Which country is known as the Land of Fire and Ice due to its volcanoes and glaciers?
Which country is the most recently recognised country?
Bonus 100 points if you can identify the year.
South Sudan, 2011
Which country is home to the world's largest volcano?
Bonus 200 points if you can name it
Mauna Loa in Hawaii
What is the name of the world's largest sand island?
K'Gari (Fraser Island)
Which country is geographically closest to Australia?
Papua New Guinea
Most populated city in the world? (300 points)
Bonus 200 points: how many people? (Guess must be within 1 million)
Tokyo, 37 million people