Geography General Knowledge #6

Can you answer these random geography questions?

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Question	Answer
What city hosts the most well-known Oktoberfest?	Munich
Not counting continental landmasses, what is the world's largest island?	Greenland
What is the holiest city of Islam?	Mecca
In what country would you find Annapurna?	Nepal
What mountain range separates France and Spain?	Pyrenees
What tiny country is located within that mountain range?	Andorra
What river separates Texas from Mexico?	Rio Grande
What is the capital of Djibouti?	Djibouti
What does the £ symbol represent?	Pound Sterling
In what country did Zoroastrianism start?	Iran
What is the tallest active volcano in Italy?	Mt. Etna
What is the most populous province of Canada?	Ontario
New Zealand was named after the province of Zeeland. In what country would you find Zeeland?	Netherlands
What historical overland route connected China to the Mediterranean?	Silk Road
What is the name for Russian exclave that borders Lithuania and Poland?	Kaliningrad
What foreign city is connected to the Swedish city of Malmö via a bridge?	Copenhagen
Who is the patron saint of England?	St. George
What was the world's tallest building from 1931–1971?	Empire State Building
What river flows into the Mississippi river near St. Louis?	Missouri
What is the largest desert in East Asia?	Gobi Desert

Level 26

Jul 15, 2013

I do agree that Australia is in fact the correct answer, but you do have to wonder when does a landmass become defined as an island or a continent based on its land area?

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Level 87

Apr 19, 2019

When it's just plain huge.

Level 75

Aug 27, 2020

So I presume that you don't agree now that the answer has been corrected to Greenland?

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Level 69

Oct 16, 2020

It's fun how in this beautiful website people reply to each other after years. Like after 7 years the guy could have got a phd in geology starting from scratch or he could have completely changed his life :D

Level 40

Apr 18, 2021

Yea he just takes the effort to go back on jet punk and reply to this dude XD

Level 57

Jul 15, 2013

Only one I missed was Netherlands/Zeeland. I always thought it was named for the island of Zealand in Denmark. couldn't undertsand why it wouldn't take it. lol

PS 'The terms Oceania or Australasia are sometimes substituted for Australia to denote a region encompassing the Australian continent" -Wikipedia.

Level 47

Jul 16, 2013

holland should be accepted for netherlands

+25

Level 73

Jul 17, 2013

Holland is not a country.

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Level 70

Oct 13, 2018

Holland might historically be the term for what is now the provinces of North and South Holland, but I'd say it's pretty much accepted to use it as a synonym for the Netherlands. It is, anyway, in the Netherlands itself - hence a football song like 'Hup Holland Hup' and words like 'oerhollands', meaning something that is very Dutch. There are TV shows called 'Holland's got talent' and 'The Voice of Holland'. This use of 'Holland' for the Netherlands is not wrongful in my opinion, since the pars pro toto is a completely accepted figure of speech.

Level 59

Nov 6, 2020

Thanks for saying this tourwoorden. A lot of foreigners think that we as Dutch people are offended when people say Holland when they mean the entire country. But in fact, we dont really care and as you say, we use it ourselves as well in songs for example. I know its a bit late, but I just wanted to say this.

Level 80

Mar 13, 2021

Hmmm....I lived in the Netherlands for a few years and met more than a few people from places like Groningen who found the habit of referring to the whole country as 'Holland' quite irritating!

Level 77

Mar 13, 2021

Perhaps the people from Holland are fine with using Holland for Netherlands, while those from other regions feel overlooked? Just a guess.

Level 60

Dec 22, 2022

Your guess is correct

Level 85

Mar 2, 2014

Holland and Zealand are both provinces of the Netherlands :).

Level 63

Jan 12, 2016

Holland is only the name for 2 provinces (Noord (North) Holland and Zuid (South) Holland, which include Amsterdam and Rotterdam). Zeeland is another province. The name of the country is 'the Netherlands'.

Level 62

Jan 14, 2016

I mucked up and thought amsterdam.

Level 73

Dec 11, 2020

The Dutch government uses Holland to refer to the entire country and that's good enough for me :)

Level 73

Mar 13, 2021

(www.holland.com)

Level 60

Dec 22, 2022

The dutch government has officially dropped the nickname

Level 73

Jul 17, 2013

Also the Rio Grande is called the Rio Bravo by everyone south of it.

+17

Level 87

Apr 19, 2019

Hawaii and Miami are south of it.

+14

Level ∞

Aug 23, 2020

Giving the nitpickers a taste of their own medicine, I like it.

Level 45

Apr 17, 2014

Why is Holland not a country?? I have a Dutch friend, and she always says she comes from Holland, I've never heard her say "I'm from the Netherlands". I thought it was just a different way of saying it. I'm English, but I could also say I'm British or I'm from the Uk. I know these terms pertain to slightly different ares, but they're all acceptable ways of ways of saying basically the same thing. Only people who are massive sticklers for political correctness seem to get their knickers in a twist!

Level 78

May 26, 2014

I'd say it's slightly condescending of the Dutch to say they are from "Holland" (unless they are from one of the two provinces; north or south holland). The Dutch tend to believe that if you say "The Netherlands" no American will have any idea what they are talking about.

Level 87

Apr 19, 2019

Only people from Western Australia and South Australia should say they're from Australia.

Level 62

Oct 19, 2020

@someone2018 that's the dumbest thing I've heard. Australia is the actual name of the country, Holland isn't. Calling the Netherlands Holland is almost like calling the US Carolina or Dakota.

Level 67

Oct 13, 2018

Not every distinction of meaning involves political correctness. This is just a misunderstanding over how two terms relate to the same country. If you're going to get yourself into a lather over terms being used correctly or incorrectly, you should probably check to be sure you're using your own terms correctly.

Level 73

Oct 13, 2018

You'd be totally ok when someone refers to you as coming from England. Now imagine you were Scottish, living in Scotland and someone says you're from England... Same thing, many people in the Netherlands don't care, because it is well knowm "Holland" is more common to use in many places and most actually do live in either North or South Holland. Doesn't make it right, though

Level 66

Dec 14, 2018

holland isnt a country but everybody has been using it so long that they think it is. So if you say you are from teh netherlands most people dont have a clue what you are talking about.( though it seems to get slightly better) So instead of sticking up for ourselves, we give in and use the term other were wrongly using.. dont want to stick our necks out..

(Im not sure I would call it condesscending but definately annoying, I guess it would be calling someone that is from scotland an englishman, it is just wrong so it doesnt feel nice)

Level 78

Aug 31, 2020

The two provinces of Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland together form the region called Holland. There are altogether 12 provinces in the Netherlands.

Level 70

Sep 5, 2020

About 30 years ago, I was told by a Dutch person (she is in her 60s now) that people from the Netherlands often told Americans they are from “Holland” because too many had looked at them blankly when they said “The Netherlands” – but apparently could comprehend and mentally identify “Holland”. So yeah, it was basically dumbing things down for us Yanks.

Level 60

Apr 1, 2021

I had issues with term Netherlands when I moved to UK from Poland since in Polish it's "Holandia". All countries in English and Polish are guessable if heard or read but Netherlands is just that annoying monstrosity lol.

Level 41

Oct 9, 2014

A very good quiz! But Kaliningrad, strictly speaking, isn't the part of Russia in question, but only the biggest town there. The area should be identified as Kaliningrad Oblast, potentially as East Prussia (admittedly, this historical region is bigger than the current oblast).

Level 64

Jan 19, 2016

Second that

Level 48

Jan 12, 2016

I'm sorry, but accepting "Holland" for The Netherlands is like accepting "England" for the UK.

Just because ignorant foreigners (and many English people too) don't know the difference and persist in calling it as such, doesn't make it correct, and accepting such terms only encourages their ignorance.

Level 71

May 7, 2017

Read the Dutch Gentleman's reply earlier in the Comments, and try not to be so up-tight about little problems.

Level 67

Oct 13, 2018

You know what, I don't actually think you are sorry.

Level 81

Aug 23, 2020

It's regularly used by the Dutch as well. https://www.visitholland.nl is the official tourism website ...

Level 60

Jan 12, 2016

eaaasy

Level 62

Jan 14, 2016

Note to self: Aetna is not a mountain.

Level 45

May 7, 2017

This may help fix the problems with Greenland/Australia and Holland/Netherlands. Based on the National Geographic Bee in 2016/2017, Holland is not acceptable for the Netherlands. Also, Australia is considered the continent and Oceania is the region (with Oceania not being acceptable for the continent of Australia; the questions always follow the same pattern in the fact that they are always looking for the continent rather than the region).

Level 68

Nov 15, 2017

It's quite simple really. Australia (the landmass, not the country) is the largest landmass in the continent of Oceania, and therefore qualifies as the continental landmass. All the other landmasses in the continent, being smaller, qualify as islands. Some of these islands happen to belong to the country of Australia. Greenland is not the largest landmass in the North American continent so qualifies as an island.

Level 31

Mar 25, 2018

I am very curious as to how many people actually know of the Annapurna Massif. 20% seems pretty high for a vague fact like that.

Level 72

Oct 13, 2018

It's a catchy name that sounds "himalayan", then I just go with the Himalayan countries and as I usually start with Nepal...

Level 81

Aug 23, 2020

It's a famous 8k mountain, the first to be climbed.

Level 69

Mar 15, 2021

Annapurna is actually a subrange of the Himalayas which includes a number of mountains, one of which is Annapurna I

Level 55

Nov 20, 2022

It's a placename that sounds Indian, Nepali, or Thai to me. Others may have their own routes.

Level 44

Oct 13, 2018

Greenland eh... I thought Australia or Madagascar for sure! Nice quiz :)

Level 60

Oct 13, 2018

Can anyone tell me how the Patron Saint of England is related to Geography?

Level 56

Oct 15, 2018

Because England, being a delineated area of land, is a valid bit of geography. The Saint is in the category as well, as he seems to follow the laws of border control.

Level 61

May 16, 2019

14/20.

Level 75

Aug 27, 2020

I find the St George thing problematic. It's the right answer but, given that there's no good evidence that he ever existed, it's high time that we Brits chose a new patron saint. I propose St Alban, the first British martyr, who definitely existed and, after whom the Roman capital of Britain was renamed. Does jetpunk have the power to change this?

Level 76

Mar 14, 2021

Following that line of thinking do you want us to also replace the national animal of Scotland?

Level 59

Mar 14, 2021

"We Brits"? What would the patron saint of England have to do with Welsh, Scottish or Irish people? I hope you're not conflating England with the rest of the UK.

Level 67

Mar 13, 2021

It is a common misconception that the Oktoberfest is something which exists outside of Munich. There is only one Oktoberfest, all others are just knock-offs. The Oktoberfest is not a festivity which has specific relevance to the German-speaking world. It is historically anchored only in Munich. The reason why it has recently become a more widespread phenomenon can be attributed to its use in getting large numbers of drunkards to drink overpriced beer in unreasonable amounts, thus being an important economic factor for cities.

Level 77

Mar 13, 2021

Quizmaster probably worded the question the way he did because otherwise someone would complain that he went to an "Oktoberfest" in Wakefield, Kansas. As you say there are knockoffs but if they carry the name Oktoberfest, well, they are an Oktoberfest. By the way we have one in my little city in western Germany, too, and the Lederhosen and Dirndls are just as exotic for us as they are for Americans.

Level 27

Mar 19, 2021

Why is Copenhagen any more foreign than any other city?

Level 22

Aug 11, 2021

Far cry 4 had a town called Banapur and was set in the Himalayas. So that´s how my geography knowledge is going.

Level 63

Aug 18, 2021

I thought that New Zealand is named after the island of Zealand in Denmark

Level 34

Aug 15, 2022

I missed only Munich ;-;

Level 52

Dec 8, 2022

Can you please add Oblast to the end of Kaliningrad?

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