Geography

Question 1

What Pacific island country, led by prime minister Kausea Natano, is looking to become the world’s first “digital nation” as it faces being swallowed by the sea within the century?

Answer 1

TUVALU

Question 2

Who is the mayor of Chicago

Answer 2

Brandon Johnson

Question 3

What area comprised of 27 European countries is the world’s largest “free travel zone”?

Answer 3

Schengen Area

Question 4

What name is given to the dangerous stretch of rainforest between Colombia and Panama, alongside a gulf of the same name? This crossing is part of the route migrants from South America have been using to reach the United States.

Answer 4

Darien Gap

Question 5

A high-speed railway known as “Whoosh” has opened in what Asian country? Connecting the cities of Jakarta and Bandung, Whoosh was a $7.3 billion project largely funded by China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Answer 5

Indonesia

Question 6

Some North American rivers

Answer 6

Mississippi, Missouri, Yukon, Mackenzie

Question 7

South American Rivers

Answer 7

Amazon, Parana

Question 8

European Rivers

Answer 8

Danube, Volga

Question 9

African rivers

Answer 9

Niger, Nile, Congo

Question 10

Russian rivers

Answer 10

Volga, Ob, Lena

Question 11

Asian rivers

Answer 11

Ganges, Yellow, Amur, Yangtze, Mekong

Question 12

Australian river

Answer 12

Murray river