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Geography True or False #3

Try to guess whether these geographical statements are true or false.
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First submittedMarch 29, 2019
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1. It snows in Hawaii
True ✓
False ✓
Keep in mind that Hawaii has some tall mountains
2. Turkey is part of NATO
True ✓
False ✓
3. Moscow is the most populous urban area whose name starts with the letter M
True ✓
False ✓
Manila, Mexico City, and Mumbai are all larger
4. The Rio Grande is located on the border between Mexico and Texas
True ✓
False ✓
5. Most of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet
True ✓
False ✓
6. The highest mountain in the United States is in Colorado
True ✓
False ✓
Denali is the highest mountain in the U.S. It is located in Alaska.
7. The White Cliffs of Dover are sometimes visible from France
True ✓
False ✓
8. The United States exports more than it imports
True ✓
False ✓
The United States has by far the largest trade defecit of any country
9. Crimea is located on the Caspian Sea
True ✓
False ✓
Crimea is located on the Black Sea
10. Hindi and Urdu are closely related languages
True ✓
False ✓
In fact, some people consider them to be the same language. This is politically controversial.
11. Lagos is the capital of Nigeria
True ✓
False ✓
Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital in 1991
12. Indonesia is more populous than Vietnam
True ✓
False ✓
13. Ontario touches the sea
True ✓
False ✓
The northern part of Ontario touches Hudson Bay
14. The Cayman Islands are an independent country
True ✓
False ✓
The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory
15. Johannesburg is one of the three capitals of South Africa
True ✓
False ✓
The three capitals are Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein
16. Switzerland is landlocked
True ✓
False ✓
17. Tanzania is on the east coast of Africa
True ✓
False ✓
18. The "s" in Cannes is silent
True ✓
False ✓
GeoDude
+8
Level 48
Mar 29, 2019
Lagos isn't the capital? Well that's news to me.
Lilylee
+1
Level 72
Mar 30, 2019
Hasn't been since the 70's.
Yanni47
+20
Level 75
Mar 31, 2019
Try 1991, as it says in the explanation.
cockybra
+1
Level 48
Nov 27, 2020
Just like the USA. They chose a centralized capital that was equally accessible to the Rural/Muslim North and the more Urban/Christian South (Lagos).

In the US it pretty much the same except they more less were all Christian.

typhoons
+1
Level 55
Sep 19, 2021
im pretty sure washington dc was picked because its more centralized on the east coast, where most of the population lives
Freestatebear
+3
Level 83
Jan 24, 2022
When Washington's location was selected, the east coast WAS the United States (minus Florida and Maine).
MatthewBowling64
+1
Level 38
Jan 24, 2022
Yeah it was chosen before the Louisiana purchase so the USA only had the east coast
ingriddurden
+1
Level 60
Mar 30, 2019
I thought so too, GeoDude. Turns out it is Abuja.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Aug 18, 2019
If we can continue to call Cote d'Ivoire the Ivory Coast (as this site does), then we can continue to call Lagos the capital of Nigeria; call it Swaziland instead of eSwatini, and continue to use Macedonia instead of North Macedonia..
martay
+4
Level 69
Jan 26, 2022
Except Lagos and Abuja are two entirely different cities whereas your other examples are referring to the same place but by different appellations. That's akin to saying Philadelphia and Washington DC are the same city because Timor Leste and East Timor are often used interchangeably.
ebarky
+12
Level 56
Mar 30, 2019
I thought the White Cliffs of Dover were in Delaware... :/
bmjs98
+12
Level 54
Jun 19, 2019
Would have made the question easier.
100Greats
+1
Level 57
Mar 31, 2019
Surprise, Ontario touches sea in Hudson Bay... However, this was a nice Quiz!
obmeb
+5
Level 60
Jun 19, 2019
I only lived there for thirty years - red face.
sleekcollins
+9
Level 70
Mar 31, 2019
Ok, I am an idiot. I know Greenland is mostly covered in ice, but for some reason I thought it was a trick question and, thus, went for false.
mikeb
+5
Level 66
Apr 16, 2019
And this proves it WAS a trick question!
JackintheBox
+4
Level 77
Jun 18, 2019
I kept in mind that Hawaii has tall mountains, but still got it wrong...
Canuckquizzer1981
+9
Level 59
Jun 18, 2019
The Ontario question should be reworded...Technically it is not true. Ontario touches water, but Hudson Bay is not a sea. Neither is the Atlantic Ocean or Arctic Ocean.
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Jun 18, 2019
The question says "the sea".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea

Wikipedia: "The sea, the world ocean or simply the ocean is the connected body of salty water that covers over 70% of Earth's surface"

Bugalaman
+2
Level 46
Oct 15, 2019
It is still a trick question. It touches a body of water that touches the "sea". It's like asking if Italy touches the sea. By your logic, yes. By the definition of a sea, absolutely not.
Aahzmandus
+7
Level 19
Apr 28, 2021
Dude, have you ever heard of Adriatic or Ligurian sea?
FlickerP
+3
Level 69
Jan 24, 2022
Yep, he picked a very poor example there to try and prove a point
fortniteomgyes
+1
Level 26
Jul 24, 2022
Yeah I picked false because I knew it bordered Hudson Bay and I didn't consider it to be a sea as it is called "Hudson Bay" and not "The Hudson Sea".
diamadi
+1
Level 53
Jun 18, 2019
Should say Ontario, Canada. Ontario, California does not touch any sea. I pretty much figured it meant the Canada one, but for accuracy's sake...
Loyal
+5
Level 65
Jun 18, 2019
you wouldn't clarify new york america
bunwalla
+1
Level 69
Jan 21, 2021
If there were other New Yorks, you might.
Badeghut
+3
Level 69
Jan 24, 2022
If that's the precedent then anytime you mention Moscow, Paris, Berlin, London (or pretty much any British city) you'd need to specify which country it's in. At that point it's just silly. And what happens if you have two cities of the same name in the same country or subdivision? For example there are two towns in Ontario named Poplar Hill. One is just outside London, Ontario, Canada and the other is in Northern Ontario. Gets a bit ridiculous.
toshten
+2
Level 55
Jan 24, 2022
This New York?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Lincolnshire

SnowAintMyThing1
+1
Level 46
Jun 18, 2019
Question 15 is wrong
GeographyGeek42
+4
Level 66
Jun 23, 2019
Pretoria, Kaapstad and Bloemfontein.
blackholexsun
+4
Level 61
Jun 19, 2019
I also got the Ontario one wrong because it doesn't touch A sea, but THE sea. It was a bit confusing.
bagofnice49
+1
Level 58
Jun 20, 2019
I thought it said "Tasmania is on the east coast of Africa" bruh
Bdubz
+1
Level 43
Jun 22, 2019
Proud of myself, an American, for remembering the Hudson Bay
MDW
+1
Level 43
Jun 25, 2019
The Rio Grande has hundreds of miles north of El Paso where it isn't on the border, so why use it for a True/False quiz? Its True that its the border except for when its False where it isn't...
ardnas
+2
Level 66
Jul 18, 2020
I agree with Canuckquizzer1981 regarding the Ontario question. It touches water but it's a bay not a sea so it should be reworded as I was thinking of seas as in Labrador Sea.
ClutchNferno
+1
Level 57
Apr 4, 2021
Okay, c'mon. It can be assumed that you mean water.
duckwantbread
+1
Level 58
Dec 8, 2022
No you can't, it'd be a lot higher guessed if it said "on water" considering Ontario borders the great lakes, but lakes obviously aren't seas.
ClutchNferno
+1
Level 57
Apr 4, 2021
I feel like I've been living under a rock with the White Cliffs of Dover question, because I've never heard of 'em before. I thought it meant Dover as in the capital of Delaware, so I thought the question was ridiculous and there was no way France could see them across the entire Atlantic. This all happened until I looked them up...
HeyItsMeJJ
+2
Level 59
Apr 20, 2021
I totally thought it meant lake ontario. D'oh
DaveM
+1
Level 74
May 25, 2021
Same, weird.
ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 56
Jan 24, 2022
Same
axelf
+1
Level 48
May 7, 2021
rien de comment je sais rien
bacoachi
+1
Level 64
Jan 24, 2022
The only thing more shocking than me somehow not getting the "Ontario touches the sea" one correct is the fact that only 38% of people managed to get it correct
EMPTYHAND
+1
Level 33
Jan 24, 2022
The Cayman Islands are a part of Spain
maple
+1
Level 53
Jan 28, 2022
Haha! No they aren't... It's a British Overseas Territory
GalileoS
+1
Level 76
Jan 24, 2022
How embarassing, apparently with my Tidewater Twang I have been mispronouncing a major film festival for years.
dasmetzger
+1
Level 46
Jan 25, 2022
Considering Canada has both "Maritime" and "Atlantic" provinces and neither groupings include Ontario.. i feel op is being a little stubborn with the comments and does need better wording. just abandon the idea of the "gotcha hudson bay as a sea" wording and change the question to "the ocean", which is much more definitively False.
matty2903
+1
Level 46
Jan 26, 2022
I may be wrong, but I don't consider the Hudson Bay to be the "sea." I think that question is a bit subjective.
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 67
Jan 26, 2022
In the answer to question 8, the word "deficit" is misspelled.
maple
+1
Level 53
Jan 28, 2022
Lol for some reason I thought of Toronto when I read Ontario so I just read the question as "Does Toronto touch the sea?"
josedimaria237
+1
Level 65
Jan 30, 2022
You should correct the spelling of ''deficit'' in question 8.
LeonardTheGreat
+1
Level 53
Dec 13, 2022
I'm astonished that I've gotten all of them right! I was merely guessing most of them.
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