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Kids Quiz 3
Q 1) Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves? |
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Hang from Ceiling Easy to remember - they hang on 'tite' whereas the others (Stalagmites) 'might' fall. |
Q 2) In what country would you find the cities Ankara and Istanbul? . |
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Turkey. Ankara is the capital |
Q 3:- In what country was a 2,000 year old terracotta army discovered buried? |
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China. Near the city of Xi'an - pronounced SheeAn |
Q 4:- On what continent would you find the Atacama Desert? |
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South America Mainly in Chile |
Q 5:- What (or where) is the highest waterfall in the world |
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Angel Falls, Venezuela, South America. The falls are 3230 feet in height, with an uninterrupted drop of 2647 feet. Angel Falls is located on a tributary of the Rio Caroni. |
Q 6:- What is the name of the active volcano in Sicily? |
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Mount Etna |
Q 7:- Which continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located on? |
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Africa |
Q 8:- Name four of the five oceans? |
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Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern |
Q9:- What are the two longest rivers in the world? |
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The Nile (Africa) and The Amazon (South America) |
Q 10:- Which city is nicknamed The Big Apple? |
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New York |
Q 11:- Which of the following is not a type of liquid associated with a volcano? a) Magma, b) Petrol, c) Lava |
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b) Petrol |
Q 12:- What type of natural disaster can be described as a series of long, high sea waves caused by an earthquake? |
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Tsunami |
Q 13:- What is the name of the world's biggest coral reef: a) Amazon Reef, b) Great Barrier Reef, c) Apo Reef? |
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b) Great Barrier Reef, Australia |
Q 14:- Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic are the three basic types of what? |
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Rocks |
Q 15:- Which ocean surrounds Madagascar? |
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The Indian Ocean |
Q 16:- The River Seine flows through which European capital city: a) Madrid, b) London, c) Paris? |
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c) Paris? |
Q 17:- Two African countries begin with letter Z. Can you name either? |
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Zambia and Zimbabwe |
18 :- This national capital city is located on the banks of the Thames river. What is its name? |
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London |
Q19 :- Which city is the only city in the world situated on two continents? |
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Istanbul in Turkey. As the city spreads over two sides of a river canal, the Bosporus, which is separates the city in an Asian part and an European part. |
Q20:- Which is the largest metropolitan city in the world (by population)?
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Tokyo, Japan. More than 37 million people live in the metropolitan city. That is 1.5 times the size of Australian population |