Indian Ocean General Knowledge - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What island was formerly known as Ceylon? Sri Lanka
94%
What gulf borders Iraq, Iran, and Qatar? {Persian} Gulf
90%
What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? Madagascar
87%
What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean? Suez Canal
87%
What is the most populous Australian city on the Indian Ocean? Perth
86%
What bay separates India from Myanmar? Bay of {Bengal}
84%
What bird onced live on the island of Mauritius, but famously went extinct in the 1600s? Dodo
84%
What Tanzanian island, starting with Z, was once an important trading center? Zanzibar
80%
What country controls the island of Réunion? France
78%
Two cities with a metro population over 15 million border the Indian Ocean. What are they? Mumbai
78%
What language, starting with S, is a lingua franca of Kenya and Tanzania? Swahili
75%
25% of the world's goods travel through the Strait of Malacca - which connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Name one of the two largest cities on that strait. Kuala Lumpur or Singapore
72%
What sea borders India, Oman, and Pakistan? {Arabian} Sea
70%
What river flows through Bangladesh on its way to the Indian Ocean? Ganges / Brahmaputra
70%
Who was the first European explorer to sail from Europe to India? Vasco da Gama
60%
What fictional Arabian sailor sailed the Seven Seas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans? Sinbad
54%
Two cities with a metro population over 15 million border the Indian Ocean. What are they? Karachi
46%
What country is the island of Socotra part of? Yemen
43%
What is Kenya's largest city on the Indian Ocean? Mombasa
42%
What city has a building, under construction, that is planned to be the tallest in the world? Jeddah
27%
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