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Geography General Knowledge #7

Can you answer these random geography questions?
Includes questions from both physical geography and human geography
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First submittedMarch 24, 2013
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What country has the world's largest population after surpassing
China in 2023?
India
What is the highest mountain range in South America?
Andes
What family name is shared by approximately 40% of Vietnamese people?
Nguyen
What strait separates Alaska and Russia?
Bering Strait
What country has a town named Marathon, after which the race was named?
Greece
What is the world's biggest freshwater lake by surface area?
Lake Superior
What A word means "island chain"?
Archipelago
What is the only country where komodo dragons live in the wild?
Indonesia
What building is famously located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave?
The White House
Which country shares its name with a U.S. state?
Georgia
What strait, starting with the letter B, divides Europe from Asia at Istanbul?
Bosphorus
In what city would you find the Kowloon peninsula?
Hong Kong
What English town is famous for its white cliffs?
Dover
What formerly uninhabited island, starting with the letter P, was settled by
HMS Bounty mutineers?
Pitcairn Island
What is the second largest desert in Africa?
Kalahari Desert
What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?
Madagascar
What is the German word for Germany?
Deutschland
What type of bird is depicted on a Canadian $1 coin?
Common Loon
What country does Vegemite come from?
Australia
What frequently-photographed building was Galileo said to have dropped
a cannonball from?
Leaning Tower
of Pisa
aliberti68
+17
Level 54
Jul 29, 2013
Can't spell Archipelago.... grr.
IsleAuHaulte
+34
Level 89
Nov 2, 2018
To the JetPunk gulag you go.
lolrobbielol
+6
Level 53
Jul 30, 2013
Dover is definitely not a city
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Aug 13, 2015
Changed it to town.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 68
Apr 3, 2021
It's a city in every sense but the narrow UK definition of a "legal" city. I mean, it's also a town, so I'm fine with using that in the clue, but if we agreed that Dover is not a city, we kind of would have to also agree that England is a country.
camus
+2
Level 78
Apr 3, 2021
Country, without further specifications, usually means sovereign state. But the definition of city is more vague. It usually means large settlement, but how large is large? A population 100 000 is often taken as a threshold, although not exclusively. Dover has 33 000 people.
dunkinggandalf2
+4
Level 68
Apr 4, 2021
What do you mean, "often"? In most languages I know of, "city" is just a generic term for a non-rural settlement. While there may be legal definitions (in France, a "ville" is anything above 2.000 inhabitants), that's not how the term is used. When people say they come "from the city", they mean they live in an urban environment, no matter how many inhabitants it actually has. While Dover may not be a legal city in England, that definition makes no sense to anyone in the rest of the world. Are we expected, for any "cities of the world" quiz, to look up what the specific laws of that country deem a "city"? Are "municipalities", "communities", "federal districts", all cities, even though their particular legal status does not include the term "city"? I really think we should stick to a substantial definition of the word, otherwise, it becomes meaningless in an international context such as jetpunk.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Apr 4, 2021
Also, while I love England and have in fact lived and worked there, I like jetpunk's usual policy of not catering to English exceptionnalism and their overblown sense of entitlement and self-importance, which Brexit has so far made even worse (before the inevitable crash).
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 68
Apr 4, 2021
It's by no means all English people, by the way. In fact, I have never so weird a people as the "English", whatever that means. There is no average English person. Those I have met were all either nasty nationalistic entitled pricks, or some of the most kind and good-hearted people I've ever known, and that's true across all social classes. Weird, weird, place.
atg
+4
Level 30
Apr 4, 2021
Gandalf, you do realise you are talking to yourself, right?
dunkinggandalf2
+11
Level 68
Apr 5, 2021
Please don't interrupt us ;-)
ZacG
+2
Level 55
Dec 3, 2013
can hellespont be accepted
Arp2600
+6
Level 86
Mar 2, 2014
I don't think so, since Istanbul is specified...
WelshWizard
+5
Level 83
Feb 2, 2016
Yeah, the Hellespont is the Dardanelles, not the Bosporus.
sillie
+3
Level 77
May 26, 2014
Had to look up the English spelling of that strait, knew it only in my language.
awesomeguy
+3
Level 36
Jan 18, 2016
Easy peasy. Two minutes left.
wolfcat95
+3
Level 67
Apr 4, 2021
Wow!!! It took you THAT long?
quizwhizz
+6
Level 67
Feb 2, 2016
I thought Lake Baikal in Russia was the biggest freshwater lake?
Lilylee
+10
Level 74
Feb 2, 2016
yes, by volume
SkyjumperTalon
+7
Level 58
Dec 29, 2017
Boston Marathon is named after a city in the USA...
Chad
+3
Level 63
Apr 3, 2021
Is this a joke?
anonymousrbarm
+2
Level 30
Jan 23, 2018
Please accept Moher for "English city famous for white cliffs." It is famous.
Yanni47
+15
Level 77
Jul 26, 2018
But Moher is neither a city nor is it in England.
bkemp2001
+13
Level 61
Jul 27, 2018
Also, those cliffs aren't white.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Jun 17, 2019
Does it have cliffs though?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Dec 14, 2020
You're joking right?
dunkinggandalf2
+8
Level 68
Apr 3, 2021
Cliff Richard is pretty famous, and white. So, please accept London as an answer!
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 55
Aug 3, 2023
Dún do chlab.
Dunmaglas
+12
Level 44
Feb 20, 2018
Is it reasonable to accept just 'Pisa' as a shortened version?
ander217
+3
Level 75
Nov 1, 2018
Leaning tower was accepted for me.
Jotacampini
+5
Level 50
Nov 12, 2018
But Pisa Tower was not.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 67
Jun 17, 2019
Tower of Pisa was.
freon22tec
+3
Level 58
Nov 1, 2018
Tres facile
Stevan62
+3
Level 64
Nov 1, 2018
Isn't Caspian lake the largest in the world by surface, or is it considered a sea?
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Nov 1, 2018
I think you have it backwards: it's called the Caspian Sea, but it's sometimes considered a lake. I don't know what exactly the dividing line between "salt water" and "fresh water" is, so I don't know whether it would qualify for this answer.
dunkinggandalf2
+5
Level 68
Apr 3, 2021
I think it has to do with the amount of salt in the water, but I'm no expert.
AndreasP96
+2
Level 71
Nov 1, 2018
I wrote Pisa tower, wasnt accepted
aferguson22
+1
Level 48
Jul 2, 2023
No one calls it that
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 60
Aug 30, 2023
AndreasP96 does.
HPaddict
+3
Level 28
Nov 1, 2018
Round 1, I'm disappointed in myself. I'm from america, and I couldn't remember the White House, but I remembered Archipelago. What is wrong with me????
RealDad12
+4
Level 67
Nov 1, 2018
19/20. The bird on the Canadian coin stumped me. I tried the Canada Goose out of desperation.
jtjerue
+2
Level 54
Nov 1, 2018
I.. uh. I literally typed in every country in the world when China wouldn't work. They were asking for city. Hong Kong. I feel really stupid.
RKS
+3
Level 65
Aug 8, 2019
Pitcairn is not uninhabited, populuation of 50 as of 2018
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Aug 8, 2019
Changed the clue to say "formerly uninhabited" so there is no confusion.
dunkinggandalf2
+5
Level 68
Apr 3, 2021
That's clever, because every (natural) island in the world is formerly uninhabited!
wolfcat95
+1
Level 67
Aug 30, 2023
I think that applies to man-made islands as well. I cannot be inhabitted until it first becomes an (uninhabitted) island.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Aug 30, 2023
In theory, it could be built as someone stood on it. That would be an interesting marketing approach.
BenFL
+9
Level 44
Jan 18, 2020
‘Common Loon’ sounds like a really posh insult
Byterapper
+3
Level 94
Dec 9, 2020
When you remember the capital being Adamstown but struggle to find the island's name, despite knowing the first letter...
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 51
Dec 14, 2020
I like this series
mirtaxsisko
+4
Level 75
Feb 20, 2021
what the heck are canadian coins doing in geography general knowledge quiz
kitsims
+1
Level 82
Apr 3, 2021
Came here to say this also.
Koult45
+1
Level 54
Apr 3, 2021
Ugh. I misread South American mountain range as South American mountain and was just trying to guess the individual peak. Would've gotten 20/20.
Lucas88
+1
Level 36
Apr 4, 2021
Me too. Tried Aconcagua for 6 times haha
em2133
+1
Level 62
Apr 3, 2021
Please accept Pisa for the Leaning Tower of Pisa one
geographysmart
+2
Level 24
Apr 5, 2021
Spelling Deutschland is really difficult.
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
Aug 26, 2023
Sad German noises :'(
BazTheFraz
+3
Level 61
Apr 5, 2021
Me: "Oh I think a $1 canadian coin is called a loonie"

Me: *Doesn't guess loon*

Antoniomartin
+1
Level 46
Mar 3, 2022
the US should be counted for Marathon too, cause there is a city named that in Florida.
GeneralZ
+5
Level 42
May 1, 2022
There are a few cities in the US named Marathon, but the marathon race is named after the one in Greece.
ChanceZaMan
+1
Level 49
May 19, 2023
Should update Most populous country to India.
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