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Famous Lakes Quiz

Based on the clues, name these famous lakes.
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Last updated: September 12, 2019
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First submittedAugust 17, 2012
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Clue
Lake
World's largest inland sea
Caspian Sea
Largest freshwater lake (by area)
Lake Superior
Largest freshwater lake (by volume)
Lake Baikal
Largest lake in Africa (area)
Lake Victoria
Borders Toronto
Lake Ontario
Borders Chicago
Lake Michigan
Settled by Mormon pioneers
Great Salt Lake
Lake in Switzerland and France
Lake Geneva
High-altitude lake between
Bolivia and Peru
Lake Titicaca
African lake - world's second
largest by volume
Lake Tanganyika
Clue
Lake
Most famous in Scotland
Loch Ness
Largest in Scotland (by area)
Loch Lomond
Lake in Lombardy, famous for its villas
Lake Como
Salty lake at 1,371 feet below sea level
Dead Sea
Largest entirely within Canada
Great Bear Lake
Between California and Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Largest in Hungary
Lake Balaton
Deep lake atop an Oregon volcano
Crater Lake
Lake in Central America infested
with freshwater sharks
Lake Nicaragua
Israeli lake where Jesus is said to
have walked on water
Sea of Galilee
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Level 68
Mar 1, 2014
Got all but Lake Como. It was on the tip of my tongue, as usual for me for any last one.
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Level 74
Jun 6, 2014
There are sharks in Lake Nicaragua?! I didn't know that. As if that isn't bad enough, apparently they're Bull Sharks, which are man-eaters, they thrive in fresh water AND they jump up rapids like salmon to get in and out of the lake. Why can't they just stay where they belong?!
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Level 43
Feb 23, 2015
Why can't humans just stay where they belong?
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Level 49
Feb 18, 2016
Because we're stupid. Those not on this website, that is.
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Level 57
Dec 31, 2017
Cause we belong everywhere. We own this joint called Earth
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Level 41
Mar 25, 2019
But we don't own the ocean/lakes/seas/river 😑
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Level 66
Apr 1, 2020
Sincerely hope you are trolling jpcol
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Level 31
Jan 2, 2018
jpcol we don't own this world, nobody said that ever. Those that come before Humans are the ones that own the world, we're just invaders to the world. Where we truly belong is in present-day Ethiopia where supposedly the first humans lived.
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Level 60
Aug 26, 2020
Guys, stop with this hippie bs, of course we, as a species, own the Earth. We can do whatever we want with it, cut all the trees, dig all the plants, pour concrete everywhere.... or keep them as wildlife reservations or parks, etc. The question isn't about whether or not we own the planet, we do, the question is what are we supposed to do with it. Like with anything you own, you can either destroy it, keep it as it is or improve it. THAT is the queation that needs to be asked, stop distracting from it by useless arguments about ownership.
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Level 81
Jan 3, 2018
They also have lasers on their heads.
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Level 76
Dec 11, 2014
Accept Maggiore and Lugano as well?
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Level 41
Mar 25, 2019
They're different lakes. They aint aka Como
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Level 82
Feb 23, 2015
You should accept Tiberias for Galilee (and Kinneret). And what about Lake Pontchartrain? Coming up with type-ins for potential misspellings too intimidating to include that one?
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Level 77
Feb 23, 2015
Sea of Galilee is known as Lake Genesaret here. Wikipedia lists Lake Gennesaret as an alternative name (in addition to these kalbahamut mentioned, why leave Gennesaret from the list?). I'd say please accept. I know the name "galilee", but I always have to think hard to remember it.
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Level 27
Feb 23, 2015
I wrote Genesaret too...
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Level ∞
Feb 23, 2015
Added a whole bunch of potential type-ins for the Sea of Galilee.
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Level 68
Feb 23, 2015
Geologically speaking, Huron and Michigan are one lake, which is larger than Superior.
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Level 85
Apr 27, 2022
Guess we'll have to change the name to Lake Inferior.
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Level 70
Feb 24, 2015
I live in Michigan. Trust me, Huron and Michigan are not considered to be one lake. Lake Superior is on many lists as the largest freshwater lake.
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Level 60
Nov 12, 2017
Geneva could also be typed Geneve, the french version
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Level 69
Dec 31, 2017
but strangely enough, it's more widely known as lac leman in french. some call it lac de geneve, but lac leman is the more common name.
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Level 71
Jan 1, 2018
Not in English Language quizzes.
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Level 77
Mar 27, 2019
Yes, Leman should be accepted. I tried that first. It's what the locals call it. It's not unreasonable for you to accept Geneva as an alternative - but Leman is the true answer.
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Level 71
Jan 1, 2018
Like a change?...... try capitals that start with the same letter as their country........here it is
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Level 65
Jan 1, 2018
I could forgive you not including Lake Placid (made famous by the film) but leaving out Lake Constance (Bodensee) is, quite frankly, a disgrace.
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Level 79
Jan 2, 2018
You have a very low disgrace threshold.
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Level 67
Jan 2, 2018
Really interesting to me is how this shows how skewed map projections can be. Lake Victoria is bigger than either lakes Michigan or Huron (incl. Georgian Bay), but it looks far smaller. And Lake Tanganyika is barely visible on the globe, but it's bigger than Great Bear, which looks huge.
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Level 41
Jan 2, 2018
I believe that the lake in Switzerland and France would be called Lake Léman
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Level 41
Mar 25, 2019
Lac Léman (also known as Lake Geneva) is located between France and Switzerland.😊
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Level 20
Jan 4, 2018
I live near Lake Tahoe, I missed it.

*sighs 8747384922010408350238924834 times*

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Level 37
Apr 24, 2018
Why are the sea of Galilee and the dead sea called "lakes?"
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Level 74
Jun 12, 2018
They're called that because they are, in fact, lakes. Inland bodies of water.
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Level 27
Aug 11, 2018
can you accept leman for geneva?
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Level 71
Aug 13, 2018
Try the French language quiz:
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Level 77
Mar 27, 2019
Since when was Geography a branch of English?
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Level 80
Sep 11, 2019
You have to type the full "Crater Lake" but "lake" is not needed for all the other names.
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Level ∞
Sep 12, 2019
Fixed
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Level 66
Apr 1, 2020
Couldnt spell galilee and lomond (to be fair, with lomond I only knew it approximately, I tried lomoch and lomon)
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Level 76
Jan 23, 2023
I typed "Lamond" grr
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Level 76
Jan 23, 2023
I really wish Crater lake didn't get stocked with fish. It would have been so cool to have a natural lake entirely devoid of fish.