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Trivia Quiz

Don't Know Much About Geography

Test your knowledge

1) What U.S. state gets its name from a Dakota Indian word meaning "sky-tinted water"?
a) Montana
b) Minnesota
c) Wyoming
d) Missouri

2) The Sandwich Islands are now known as what chain of islands?
a) Hawaiian
b) Galapagos
c) Marshall
d) Canary

3) What lake is the chief source of the Nile River?
a) Baikal
b) Tanganyika
c) Victoria
d) Malawi

4) What is the oldest capital city in the world?
a) Istanbul, Turkey
b) Damascus, Syria
c) Jerusalem, Israel
d) Cairo, Egypt

5) Who was the first explorer to fly over the North Pole?
a) Richard Byrd
b) Roald Amundsen
c) Robert Scott
d) Robert Edwin Peary

6) In what French city were 17,000 year old cave paintings discovered?
a) Le Havre
b) Montignac
c) Cluny
d) Lascaux

7) What geologist led the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon?
a) John Welsey Powell
b) John Charles Fremont
c) Jim Bridger
d) Charles Preuss

8) What is Maine's official state nickname?
a) Granite State
b) Pine Tree State
c) Centennial State
d) Beaver State

9) Virtually all of South America lies east of which U.S. city?
a) Phoenix, AZ
b) Houston, TX
c) Savannah, GA
d) New Orleans, LA

10) About how many active volcanoes are there on the face of the Earth?
a) 100
b) 200
c) 600
d) 1000