Geography Quiz #5

What is the name of the mountain range beginning with ‘A’ that stretches across much of North Africa?

What ancient wonder is this?

What is the largest river in the world in terms of the volume of water that it carries?

What is Africa’s most dangerous animal?

Africa takes up roughly how much of the world’s total land area?

What is the world’s largest species of marsupial?

Which is further north, Rome or New York?

This is known as the ‘crookedest street in the world.’ It is called Lombard Street. In what US city is it located?

What was the name of the author behind such books as The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin?

What are the TWO countries that have hosted the men’s World Cups for football, cricket and rugby?

What is Africa’s most dangerous large animal?

Which of these cities has the largest population?

Indira Gandhi (1917-84) was the first (and so far only female) prime minister of which country?

In what US state did the spicy stew, known as gumbo, originate?

The historic water pageant known as the Regata Storica takes place on the Grand Canal of which European city?