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Rivers A-Z

Try to name these rivers that start with (almost) every letter of the alphabet.
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First submittedSeptember 10, 2013
Times taken30,268
Average score64.0%
Rating4.30
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Clue
River
A
World's biggest by volume
Amazon
B
Longest entirely in Texas
Brazos
C
Flows through the Grand Canyon
Colorado
D
Flows through four European capitals
Danube
E
Parallel to the Tigris
Euphrates
F
Flows into the sea at Vancouver
Fraser
G
Sacred river of Hinduism
Ganges
H
Separates NYC from New Jersey
Hudson
I
Pakistan river home to an
ancient civilization
Indus
J
Major river of Somalia
Jubba
K
River in Thailand; British POWs
built a bridge near it
Khwae Noi
L
Longest in France
Loire
M
Longest in North America,
excluding tributaries
Mississippi
 
Clue
River
N
World's longest
Nile
O
River that flows past Cincinnati
Ohio
P
Its delta is near Hong Kong
Pearl
Q
 
 
R
Longest in Germany
Rhine
S
Paris's river
Seine
T
London's river
Thames
U
Flows through Russia and
Kazakhstan into the Caspian
Ural
V
Longest in Europe
Volga
W
It's not a question, it's the
5th longest river in England
Wye
X
Largest river in Hunan, China
Xiang
Y
Frequent floods led to this river
being called "China's Sorrow"
Yellow
Z
Victoria Falls lies along its path
Zambezi
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32 Comments
CorkSpork
+4
Level 71
Oct 30, 2013
Disappointed that Mississippi is listed rather than the Missouri. The Mississippi is the longest river system in the US, but the Missouri has a longer main stem (even if not by much). Very good quiz on the whole.
ThirdParty
+1
Level 45
Dec 23, 2013
The Rio Brazos can't possibly be longer than the Rio Grande. I guess the Rio Grande doesn't count as "in" Texas, because it's on the border?
postwaste
+3
Level 85
Dec 23, 2013
The Brazos is entirely in Texas. Rio Grande flows through two other states and the border.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 24, 2013
Fixed the clue.
Dazzy69
+1
Level 56
Jul 23, 2020
The Wye river is not in England , touches England but majority and start of it is in Wales , that is a fundamental error , question should read 5th biggest river in UK , just to inform you Great Britain would of been correct also , GB has 3 constituent countries ,those being England , Scotland and Wales ..when you add Northern Ireland it is then the UK , bit like Saying New York biggest city in Canada. Or even Russia really , ..so please before insulting 10 million people again please do research , thanks
melman007
+4
Level 25
Dec 23, 2013
For the Ganges answer, can Ganga also be accepted?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges_in_Hinduism

kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Dec 24, 2013
The Indians in Varanasi call it the "Gunga" River..
Neodymium
+1
Level 59
Mar 30, 2023
That's the pronunciation.
ponnuki
+5
Level 58
Jan 12, 2014
Tried all kinds of ways to spell "Yangtze", only to realize it was the Yellow River JUST after I pressed "give up"
Carry
+1
Level 63
Feb 3, 2014
I'm proud. Got 13, I don't know anything about rivers.
joeythelemur
+8
Level 83
Aug 31, 2016
Well, you apparently know *something* about rivers.
sillie
+1
Level 76
May 13, 2014
Zambesi?
Hominka
+3
Level 81
Nov 18, 2014
I can SEE the Fraser River from my apartment in Vancouver --- at least I got that one right!
HelveticaBold
+3
Level 71
Jan 2, 2016
Splendid quiz. But the river Wye actually starts in Wales, flows a little through England, and then finishes along the border between the two :-)
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Jan 20, 2016
Agree with earlier comment about the Mississippi. The Missouri is longer, if only by about 20 miles.

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

CardinalSin
+2
Level 78
Oct 10, 2019
All down to the daft way in which the river system is named, isn't it? The river that flows out into the Gulf of Mexico close to New Orleans is the longest in N. America. The fact that we humans have chosen to name it the Mississippi and its longest the tributary the Missouri, should not blind us to that simple geographical fact. Similar remarks apply to the Ob and the Irtysh, the Murray and Darling etc.
Findlay
+1
Level 82
Aug 25, 2016
Missed Jubba, Fraser and Wye. I was a bit slow catching onto what the clue was getting at with the last one. Kinda surprised as many people are getting Jubba as are - people clearly have their Somali geography down to a far greater extent than me.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Feb 21, 2020
I'm surprised only 16% are getting the Pearl River even though its urban delta of Guangzhou is a mainstay of quizzes and debate on JetPunk. It's the economic powerhouse of Chinese exports.
travelfan
+2
Level 67
Aug 26, 2016
Haha, I loved the clue for the English river. I tried the correct spelling of all five "W"s, then settled on "why" and decided to try alternate spellings. A fun quiz!
Gripgirl17
+1
Level 42
Sep 2, 2016
The Chinese popularly believe that the Yellow River was the cradle, however, archaeology shows that settlements sprang up along both the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers around the same time. The Yellow River thing is a hang over from the Zhou Dynasty looking to legitimise their claims to the throne. I think you should accept both answers.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 85
Sep 4, 2016
I only got 19. Gave up with :02 left. Knew I wasn't going to get any more, and didn't want to waste more time. :-P
awesomeman259
+1
Level 49
Apr 4, 2018
same
NauruPalau
+2
Level 49
Jan 30, 2020
Wow got Juba river with a complete guess since it’s the capital of South Sudan. Lets go
Tramp
+2
Level 76
Apr 14, 2020
Hah, same here. I also guessed Xiang by guessing all Chinese pinyin combinations beginning with X. Got it on my third or fourth guess.
Damangio
+1
Level 64
Mar 18, 2020
Darn. I was sure "Xingu" would be on this quiz. I didn't get the X one.
ChipOtley
+1
Level 74
Apr 14, 2020
There are probably more gettable ones, but for Q there is a River Quaggy in South-East London
biggyofmt
+1
Level 65
Apr 16, 2020
I tried Who, What, When, Where and Why for the W Clue XD
Ferinoze
+1
Level 61
Apr 19, 2020
You should accept Li for yellow river as that's its original name.

Maybe fine a river which name actually starts with Y, like the Yangtze river.

zjschrage
+1
Level 23
Mar 13, 2021
The Li river is a river in southern China on the back of the 20 yuan bill, the Yellow river is in northern China and is yellow, so they are different.
FolgoreCZ
+1
Level 59
Aug 11, 2020
Surprisinģ not to see people complaining abou Indus being an Indian river.
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 82
Sep 16, 2022
Proud to see the river that flows by my house on the list, even if it does seem out of place among these famous world rivers.
dirkster42
+1
Level 89
Sep 16, 2023
The Danube is the longest river in Germany.
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