Geography Quiz Bowl

Easy Round (1 pt each)

1. He is considered as the “Father of History” and also of geography.a. Miletus c. Herodotusb. Eratosthenes d. Hipparchus

2. What is the other name for human geography?a. Sociology c. Cultural geographyb. Anthropology d. Population geography

3. How many times does the sun’s volume is larger compare to earth’s volume?a. 109 times c. 1, 300,000 timesb. 1, 400,000 times d. 1,000,000 times

4. According to the international system, the earth is divided into how many time zones?a. 15 c. 24b. 18 d. 60

5. A landform with altitude that varies from 500 feet to 1000 feeta. Plains c. Mountainsb. Plateaus d. Hills

6. What is the height of Mt. Everest in meters?a. 8855 c. 8848b. 8850 d. 8845

7. Which of the following is the highest navigable lake?a. Caspian Sea c. Lake Titicacab. Lake Superior d. Lake Baikal

8. Middle East is also known asa. East Asia c. Southeast Asiab. South Asia d. Southwest Asia

9. What is the capital of Jordan?a. Muscat c. Ammanb. Nicosia d. Damascus

10. What is the currency of Vatican?a. Denar c. Eurob. Krona d. Ruble

11. What is the sixth largest country in the world?a. USA c. United Kingdomb. Australia d. Indonesia

12. What body of water from Asia separates Africa?a. Atlantic Ocean c. Red Seab. Suez Canal d. Mediterranean Sea

13. What is the world’s fifth largest continent?a. Europe c. North Americab. South America d. Antarctica

14. What is the main religion of India?a. Hinduism c. Islamb. Buddhism d. Confucianism

15. What is the highest peak in North America?a. Mt Aconcagua c. Mt. Galan b. Mt. Coropuna d. Mt. Ancohuma

16. Which of the following is the longest river in South America?a. Uruguay c. Amazonb. Paraguay d. Orinoco

17. What continent is the home of the world’s oldest civilization?a. Asia c. South Americab. Africa d. North America

18. The sun makes one complete rotation every how many earth days?a. 28 c. 24b. 25 d. 20

19. It is the branch of science that studies soila. Pedogenesis c. Pedonb. Pedology d. Geomorphology

20. The earth is tilted on its axis about how many degrees?a. 23.5 c. 90b. 66.5 d. 180

Average Round (3 pts)

1. Who among the following European explorers sighted first the coast of South America?a. Amerigo Vespucci c. Christopher Columbus b. Francisco Pizzaro d. Vasco de Gama

2. Who among the following discovered Guam?a. Amerigo Vespucci c. Martin de Goitib. Ferdinand Magellan d. Christopher Columbus

3. Which of the following cities belongs to two continents?a. Iraq c. Islamabadb. Turkey d. Istanbul

4. What country has the longest coastline?a. Philippines c. Canadab. Indonesia d. Hawaii

5. What is the color of the flag of Libya?a. White c. Redb. Green d. Blue

6. Lagoa dos Patos is the largest lagoon, in what country it is found?a. Russia c. Perub. Arizona d. Brazil

7. How many square miles is the largest island?a. 580,000 c. 840,000b. 625,500 d. 1,500,000

8. How many square miles is the size of the smallest island with a country status?a. 1.0 square miles c. 1.75 square milesb. 1.50 square miles d. 2.25 square miles

9. What is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?a. Vietnam c. Saigonb. Yangtze d. Singapore

10. What year Antarctica was discovered?a. 1820 c. 1823b. 1821 d. 1901

11. Great Barrier Reef is located in what state of Australia?a. Queensland c. Tasmania

b. Victoria d. New South Wales

12. Who among the following first to practice slave trading?a. African c. Arabsb. Europeans d. Persians

13. Mt. McKinley is the highest peak in North America. Where it is located?a. Mexico c. Alaskab. Canada d. Greenland

14. What is the first country in Europe who give women the right to vote?a. United Kingdom c. Finlandb. Ireland d. France

15. About how many percent in Antarctica is ice-free?a. 3 to 5% c. 1 to 5%b. 1 to 10% d. 10%

Difficult Round (5 pts each)

1. What is the coolest temperature, when it happened and where it is located?Ans: -89 deg, July 21, 1983, Vostok, Antarctica

2. What is the original name of Los Angeles?Ans: El Pueblo De Nuestra Senora La Reina Delos Angeles Del Riio Porciuncula

3. The Mappa Mundi was drawn on a sheet of vellum, supported by an oak frame. What is the dimension of the sheet of vellum?Ans: 64 x 54 inches

4. What is the absolute location of the Philippines?Ans: 4 deg 23 min and 21 deg 25 min North Latitude and between 116 deg and 127 deg East Longitude

5. What is the hottest temperature, when it happened and where it is located?Ans: 57.8 deg, September 30, 1922, El Azizi

6. What is the meaning of the Latin phrase “terra Australia incognita”?Ans: Unknown southern Land

7. What is the average density of the earth’s core?Ans: 15g/cu. cm.

8. How large is the Panama Canal?Ans: 16, 240, 000 sq. miles

9. At sea level, what is the approximate mean atmospheric level?Ans: 14.7 pounds per square inch

10. What is the most densely populated country in South America?Ans: Ecuador