Geography trivia questions
1061 multiple-choice Geography trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which body of water, situated in Southern Siberia, is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake on Earth?
- This water body, which is South Americas largest freshwater lake, is the highest commercially navigable lake.
- This country has more than 60% of worlds lakes due to its special drainage system.
- This freshwater-lake island, with a surface area of 2,766 km², is the biggest on Earth.
- What Canadian lake is the largest in the world, located on an island?
- This is the lowest lake on Earth, situated at about 400 meters below sea level on the border between Israel and Jordan.
- Which tiny lake located in Tibet is the highest lake on Earth?
- With a surface area of about 82,000 km², this lake between Ontario and Minnesota is the largest single freshwater lake in the world.
- The word volcano comes from the name of the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. Who is the analogue of Vulcan in Greek mythology?
- If magma contains more than 65% silica, the lava is called this.
- Which of the following states of America is an inland one and has an official motto that does not come from Latin?
- Which of the following states has an official motto In God we trust, which is also the official motto of the United States of America?
- Three of these US states have an official motto related to liberty. Spot the odd one.
- This famous Latin maxim, which is the official motto of South Carolina, means While I breathe, I hope.
- Three of the following US states have a motto consisting of one single word in English. Which one does not belong to the group?
- North to the Future is the official motto of this US state, which is the largest in area.
- Which of the following maxims, meaning The people rule, is the official state motto of Arkansas?
- This famous exclamation, which has been attributed to ancient scientist Archimedes, is the official state motto of California.
- The official motto of this state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States comes from Chinook Jargon.
- Which of these states has an official motto that doesnt include the word rights in it?
- Which volcano, located on Ross Island, Antarctica, is the southernmost active volcano on Earth?
- This volcano, which is the largest in Europe, is located on the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Popocatépetl, a volcano whose name means Smoking Mountain, is 70 km away from the capital of which American country?
- Mount Vesuvius, that is notorious for the destruction of two Roman cities in the year 79, was linked most closely to which hero and demigod?
- What is the biggest extinct volcano in Ecuador, situated in the Andes mountain.
- This dormant volcano, which is 66 km northeast of Tehran, is the symbol of Iranian resistance against foreign rule.
- This active volcano, whose name means long mountain in Hawaiian, is one of the five peaks that form the Island of Hawaii.
- What volcano located on the island of Tenerife represents the highest mountain on Spanish territories?
- The name of this volcano, located on the Alaska Peninsula, means new eruption.
- Which is the volcanically active region that is situated in a famous national US park and has a territory of 55 kilometers by 72 kilometers?