Tough Geography Quiz (How Do You Score?)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Want to know how well you really know geography? Play this quiz and find out! This quiz is designed to test your current geographical knowledge and see how well you know the world. How well do you know your capitals? Your cities? The different regions of the world? Find out in this tough quiz!
P.S.: we do our best to make good quizzes, do you see something wrong, a mispronunciation or a misspelling? We are sorry for that, but these are for fun. Don't get upset about it please.
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How about using the word "which" (a choice from a limited range of possibilities) rather than "what"?
Some of the questions came with a map where you could see the answer straight away if you looked closely. For exemple, the question about the capital of Nigeria would perhaps been a bit harder without seeing a map of Nigeria where the capital city is highlighted...
Well I got 21/25 and was feeling quite pleased with myself.
Same, though to be honest a couple were wild stabs and a couple others were coin toss after narrowing the field.
@@joekahno A "coin toss after narrowing the field." sounds like a valid test taking strategy.
Me too!
It was a very easy quizz so 25/25. But may be it is because I was educated in Europe where geography is taken very seriously?
24/25, but got lucky with a couple. Taught Geography for 41 years so would have been annoyed to do badly. Most were easy questions but a couple were challenging.
Well done Paul!
Many questions are easier if you are European.
This is good. Not easy and quite challenging. Some obscure questions, If you answered correctly all 25, you're in another league.
Thanks 😊
22/25 for me, I'm proud of knowing where Galati is.
Questions were breezing a bit basic, at least for me (a 70 y.o. 7th-grader with a passport) but a few were tacking too remotely!
I was imagining some continuity of theme and randomness? For example--
* river systems are very popular in general interest sections lately, along with their relationships with the larger tributaries, agriculture rights and urban siphoning;
* or interior cities vs ocean port cities at rivers' mouth;
* or both-bank, twin-facing cities;
* or two-bank borders for two-nation trade traffic.
Altogether, riverine borders with two-nation twins, like Buda & Pest (but without Orban THE Pest) make interesting, coherent packages, and might even help folks remember the correct answers, I bet.
For History fans and Diplomacy scholars, there is endless interest in the grand sweep of Rome's Rhine & Danube "Limes," which functioned both as the limits for the imperial legions and battlements for resisting raids from "barbarians," (who were no less barbarous nor more stinky than archers, slingers or centurions who hadn't bathed since crossing the Po). These ancient Maginot lines were studded regularly with semi-permanent forts for burly but famished infantry (how many wild boar, migrating ducks and plump hares died to keep Rome secure for 800 years?).
Anyway, just some thoughts for maintaining the interest of those of us who think we're beyond capital-city and neighboring-country familiarity. In other words, 8th-graders like me!
This quiz is a mixed bag: Some questions are extremely easy (do people really "struggle" with knowing that Athens is the capital of Greece?), one doesn't make any sense (#16: what country has the largest number of coastlines? What is a coastline? Do you mean the total length of the coast in km/miles, or do you mean how many oceans does it have coasts with, or something different altogether?
More challenging questions, please!!
Agreed. These were easy.
@@carelgoodheir692very easy. I’m 11 and got 25/25
23/25 92% reasonably pleased with that !
2 difficult. The rest very easy
Ok 👌🏻
This how you Don't pronounce Galati city. I am Romanian and had no idea what city they were referring to.
Missed 4 , yes there is different ways to answer questions correctly on these quizzes
19/25 never really excelled in geography, surprised myself.
Hmm, looks like I need to brush up on capitol cities.
One of those quizes with multiple correct answers where one must guess what the teacher wants to hear. Of course Denmark belongs to Western Europe, but no, the teacher wants to hear "northern", so we'll pretend it is.
Right.
As a european I have to say. The terms "northern europe" and "southern europe" may exist but aren't used much.
There is: eastern europe, western europe, the mediterranean and scandinavia.
Eg. Italy would be located in the mediterranean (and of course west europe), but nobody would say it is in "southern europe"
The terms "western europe" and "eastern europe" originated mostly from the political situation during the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s and not from the geographical sitation. The so called "iron curtain" divided europe in a western part and an "estern part" (often called the "eastern block")
Geographically I would place Denmark in Northern Europe, although politically it might be considered part of Western Europe. West to East it is right in the middle, but North to South it is more to the North. In Australia, Scandinavian people, for example, are often referred to as Northern Europeans, while those bordering the Mediterranean are referred to as Southern Europeans. This may be because Australians divide them selves in the same way. We actually have states/ territories called Western Australia, South Australia and The Northern Territory.
Americans also often see them selves in a similar way eg Southerners/ Northerners or West coast/ East coast.
Denmark actually is in Northern Europe. A fact that you would find if you actually consulted a map. 'Guess what the teacher wants to hear' must be a Yank educational abnormality. Keep pretending you actually have an education.
Western Europe...nuff said
What terms european use really depends on the Country: in my language, Denmark is definitely Northern Europe, but so are Germany and the Netherlands, politically speaking (German speaking countries and Nothern Countries). Almost all those Countries touching the Mediterranean are considered, here, Southern Europe (The Hiberian peninsula, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Malta). France is a peculiar exception, as it is not really perceived as Southern Europe, unless you really have to choose.
However, it is not a thorough division: the best one is East-West, following the Iron Curtain (except East Germany is Germany, so Western Europe).
I am sure that new ways will be born in the future, like Western, Central, Eastern, which will come back into fashion from the world before the Cold War.
Fun quiz. FYI, Greenland is a county of Denmark, not an independent nation. Also, Greenland is part of North America, so that makes the question about "where is Denmark" problematic.
Denmark is in the northern part of Western Europe
No Greenland is not a county of Denmark, Greenland is in commonwealth with Denmark. They have their own Parliament and their own flag and make a Lot of decisions themselves
8 wrong - didn't see that coming!
Wauw 🤩
Got 22 which included one good guess 😂 Overall very simplistic.
Same score here, probably for the same reason you mentioned.
Yeah but it must be hellish difficult to know where to pitch the questions.
TRY:
Which nation uses as much electricity for everything as the US consumes on Christmas lights?
Which US National Park has reported it is suddenly short of a long established glacier?
Where did the last Dodo's live?
*simple, NOT "simplistic"
22/25. Not bad for an old lady who only ever had one geography class in her life.
The NUMBER of coastlines? Or the longest coastline?
21/25 -could have been 23 but I jumped the wrong way twice!
Great score 👌🏻
21/25. Got a bit confused by the "number of coastlines" question. What on earth does that mean ?
"What on earth does that mean ?"
Each island gets one coastline. In other words, "a coastline" is when you trace the junction of water and land, perhaps with your finger, until you reach your starting point or the end of a country. Australia has one coastline for the main continent, another coastline for Tasmania, and a little coastline for any other island. Canada has many large islands up north and each of them has a Canadian coastline.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I got 22 right.
Must be really hard for Americans who don't know the name of the next-door state or are unaware other countries exist.
24/25.Never heard of Galiti city. The rest was pretty easy. I suspect that you threw that one in to make sure nobody got a perfect score. You could at least have made it a multiple choice to give us a chance
I have never heard the term "National River" . what does it mean ?
I got 5 wrong, I am fairly good in Geography, was one of the top 3 students throughout my school days in,Kerala (India). - AndrewMathews
24 out of 25. A quiz that only a Yank would consider tough!
Nice 👍🏻
I miss five but I doubled guessed to my second answer was correct! Those old answers or things that haven't changed are easy!
Missed out on six,cheers.
I question the placement of Denmark in Northern Europe rather than Western Europe. I learnt that only countries north of the Baltic Sea are considered Northern Europe.
much more interesting quiz without the choices
Well Jemma, me too! Been a long time since I took a geography test!
22/25. Aargh!
Haha good job almost 100% 🙌🏻
I only got one wrong. But I did once work at the United Nations.
80 % or 20 out of 25 answers correct. I had no idea about Putrajaya, I considered Galati to be in Turkey instead of Romania, Cairo to be older than Damascus (damn, I have been in both cities back in the 90s), Australia to have a larger coastline than Canada and the Yukon to be longer than McKenzie river. Two mistakes are connected to Canada - seems that I should travel there next 😂.
Unbelieveble! I made the same mistakes!
As an Australian, we all know that Canada has a longer coast line, purely because of all the islands in Canada.
The question was not " The longest single coast line ".
Even Norway has a longer coast line, again, because of islands.
actually, the question was "what country has the largest number of coastlines". I guessed Canada, but I still don't know what that was supposed to mean. Does each island count as having one coastline? did they mean "what country has the longest (aggregate) coastline"? or maybe "what country has coastlines on the largest number of oceans"?
Putrajaya is the new administration centre of Malaysia, it used to be Kuala Lumpur
"Australia to have a larger coastline than Canada"
That wasn't the question. The question is HOW MANY coastlines. Each island gets one coastline and Canadian northern territories has many islands. The longest coastline is probably Greenland because of its extremely wiggly coastline. Yukon is a long river, maybe longer than McKenzie river BUT most of the Yukon river is in the United States.
20: Missed Malaysia capitol, Severn River, Galati, Oldest active volcano, Saudi Arabia being south and east of Jordan.
I learned all the names of the state and national capitals when I was in school and then they changed a bunch of them!!
18 correct
Well done 👍🏻
The largest number of coastlines-what does that even mean?
I missed so many of these that I couldn't even keep up.
I got 21 out of 25. Not bad considering my last geography class was more then 40 years ago...
Pretty easy. My dog only missed 2.
Funny how general and basic all questions are until Galati City becomes an answer. Never heard of it. Not even Romania's capitol.
Got 20 correct.Not bad !
I actually got 20 out of 25 answers correct. Let the banners ring and the bells fly. I am wondering about your source for the volcano question and how age is estimated North America has been moving over theYellowstone hot spot for such a long time.
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20/25. Good quiz.
Some v easy but couple of harder ones. 20.
19. I stopped taking Geography in 1972, so not too bad.
Very good 😊
Please learn the difference between “what” and “which”. Also the tense of a sentence is important when trying to understand syntax.
Got 20/25. Some questions were tough. Rest was easy. Guessed right a couple times.
Very good 😊
The Denmark question was rather daft as it’s clearly in Northern AND Western Europe but I plumped for the right answer in the end. I don’t really see the problem with the question about the number of coastlines as Canada has two coastlines on its mainland and coastlines around places like Newfoundland and Prince Edward’s Island. Of course Australia has the coastline of some places like Tasmania to take into account but no doubt the number of coastlines is fewer.
24, good quiz, the Romanian question got me.
Amazing score 👏🏻
Exactly the same here.
21/25. Sixty two years since I passed geography at O-level. There were plenty I couldn’t have answered if they hadn’t been multiple choice - sort of, “Well, I know it’s not that and it’s definitely not Africa, so it must be Caracas”, reasoning.
Very good 😊
The choice of Damascus(as the oldest with the biggest population) is more socio-cultural...historical than geographical...just a thought
Pretty comprehensive though.
I give up after the first 3 wrong answers. These are part of my non essential need to know questions. Now if you had " Who is buried in Grants tomb?" I might of got this one correct.
I got 22 of 25. I missed questions about things I'd never heard of such as the judicial territory of Indonesia and the city in Romania.
Some are really difficult but I got 18
That’s good 😊
23 Stumped by Romania and Malaysian cities. Mt Etna was a good guess. Thanks
Well done!
20/25. Could have used a little more time to think ...
Only got 20 of 25. Need to brush up on capitals.
Gpt them all apart from Etna and the Malaysian judicial capital.
Managed 19 correct answers
Very good 😊
Good quiz
Thanks 🙏🏻
24/25, but I have always loved Geography so it comes as no surprise that I got a good score here. Just as well it was a geography quiz and not a science quiz as that would probably be round 2/25 for me.
Too many easy questions and several very obscure questions
I got 21 out of 25. (All but Putrajaya, Galati, Damascus and Mt. Etna.)
same here, plus yucatan/Cuba, I wasn't quick enough there.
22 out of 25. Some “correct” answers are debatable as others have said
Well done 👍🏻
I am a Geographer, but was unable to answer any of these questions.
I got 19 correct. I got the last one right. I couldn't believe it. I still need to improve my geography. Thanks for this video. Hopefully, the next time I'll do better.
21 out of 25. Guessed mount Etna. Pure luck, thought in might be one of those obscure ones in Indonesia
Well done 👍🏻
19/25. What is meant by coastlines. A land mass has only one coastline, not several. The question is meaningless. My GGGrandfather lived in Galatz in the 1850's, and I failed to recognise that Galatz and Galati are the same place
"What is meant by coastlines."
A continuously traceable coastline that ends when you return to the start OR encounter an international border. Canada has many large islands up north and consequently many coastlines, one for each island.
@@thomasmaughan4798 Thank you for the clarification, I recon Oz would have to be up there along with Canada then, having a continuous coast line and many hundres of islands too.
Well, thats just great you made it official Im dumb as dirt.
Does this mean I have to repeat night school?
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21/ 25 Good Quiz
Good quizz i got 20 out of 25
22 right, a couple were just guesses though.....
The largest desert in the world is antartica, there is no rain and no such thing as fresh water, but cold ice.
PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTIONS
Got all 25. Next time please try a harder geography quiz.
I got 5 wrong or 25 on 30. That was a fun quiz.
You are wrong on Denmark being in Northern Europe. Denmark is on the south side of the Baltic Sea and shares a border with Germany. Northern Europe is Norway, Sweden, Finland.
Got 4 wrong, good quiz!
I can imagine this quiz being difficult for the average American
I didn't quite understand the wording of the most coastlines? Does that mean touching most different oceans? Most miles of coastline? Had you clarified the question, I would've had the correct answer. I was stumped by Mt. Etna of all places!
A coastline is continuous. One for any particular landmass. Canada has many large islands, each of which has its own coastline.
@@thomasmaughan4798 Then I would've know that because Canada is full of islands. I've flown over several times and enjoy the vastness of Arctic Canada and Greenland.
@@ulfthegoon I flew over northern Canada once from Seattle to Copenhagen and it is vast and beautiful in a terrifying sort of way; particularly Baffin Island. Greenland was just one huge block of ice and not much to look at.
That was a well thought-out quiz with fair questions
Thank you!
Seems many disagree with that. We shouldn't have to guess the methodology being used.
@@thomthom6268 I'm not sure what that means, methodology? I like the well rounded questions
The oldest continuously inhabited city is not a question in geography but in history.
22 out of 25 with three or four lucky guesses. I'd never heard of Galati. Some questions were very easy - others less so.
I got 23 of the questions right. Fell down on Putrajaya, which I was clueless about. I got Galati wrong, although I really did know it at some point in my life!
Well done 👍🏻
All three answers for Copenhagen are correct....
Good fun, and got 5 wrong.
Don't feel too bad if you got the Malaysian capital Putrajaya wrong , Malaysia has two capitals the other is Kuala Lumpur , which I was thinking of ,so that question through me off.
4 wrong - I had 1 of them right but then I second guessed myself 😢.
I missed about 5. The other 15 were rediculously easy, though.
There were 25 questions.
@@aspenrebel Good it wasn't a maths test - lol
@@Karen-ul9hd "math" NOT "mathS"!!
22/25 - I guess that makes me a bit of a geography nerd :-)
16 Correct
Good job 👏🏻
Tough! But only for Americans, who know nothing about the world beyond their own borders.
Only had 4 wrong. A little too easy
16 correct.
Just 1/25 -but then, I'm Cornish, and what goes on in the rest of the World is absolutely inconsequential. Pasty for me lunch, please: proper job for the likes o' we.