Statistics for 50% Quiz - Geography General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What island is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic?	Hispaniola	87%
What is the French town that is closest to Great Britain?	Calais	80%
What is the tallest mountain in the United States?	Denali	78%
What is the highest mountain in the Alps?	Mont Blanc	77%
In what language are Kardashian and Sarkisian common surnames?	Armenian	76%
What was the capital of West Germany?	Bonn	74%
In what country did Bossa Nova music originate?	Brazil	71%
On what peninsula would you find the cities of Mérida and Cancún?	Yucatan	71%
What West African country shares its name with a former British coin worth 21 shillings?	Guinea	70%
What family name is shared by approximately 40% of Vietnamese people?	Nguyen	69%
What is the world's biggest freshwater lake by volume?	Lake Baikal	68%
What river forms the eastern border of the West Bank?	River Jordan	67%
Who is the patron saint of England?	Saint George	67%
In what country did Zoroastrianism start?	Iran	65%
In what country did Gurkha soldiers originate?	Nepal	64%
What river does the Three Gorges Dam dam?	Yangtze	58%
In Russia, it's a Duma. In Israel, it's a Knesset. What is it in Great Britain?	Parliament	56%
What commonly-used map projection makes Greenland appear to be approximately the same size as Africa?	Mercator	55%
What river passing through Lake Geneva?	Rhone	49%
In Russia he's Иван, in the UK he's John, in Italy he's Giovanni. What is he in Portugal?	João	46%