Geography Quiz No. 3

[Carl]

• 1. Which 'D' is an northern England town on the banks of the River Skerne ?

• 2. In which English county might you find the towns Darwen and Nelson ?

• 3. Which is taller: The Eiffel Tower or Blackpool Tower ?

• 4. Baku is the capital city of which eastern European country ?

• 5. The Danube flows into what body of water ?

• 6. Which river rises in the Himalayas in India and drains into the Bay of Bengal ?

• 7. Which lake holds by far the largest volume of water in the UK ?

• 8. The M1 motorway is how many miles long ?

• 9. How many National Parks are there in Wales ?

• 10. In which country is the worlds highest waterfall ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

2 Lancashire
3 Eiffel

[freddo]

1 Darlington
4 Azerbaijan

[LucindaC]

5 Black Sea ?

[gail]

7 Loch Ness?

[freddo]

8 193.5 miles
9 three

[elcarretero]

6 Ganges?

[freddo]

10 Venezuela

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which 'D' is an northern England town on the banks of the River Skerne ? Darlington

• 2. In which English county might you find the towns Darwen and Nelson ? Lancashire

• 3. Which is taller: The Eiffel Tower or Blackpool Tower ? Eiffel Tower (324m vs 158m)

• 4. Baku is the capital city of which eastern European country ? Azerbaijan

• 5. The Danube flows into what body of water ? The Black Sea

• 6. Which river rises in the Himalayas in India and drains into the Bay of Bengal ? Ganges

• 7. Which lake holds by far the largest volume of water in the UK ? Loch Ness

• 8. The M1 motorway is how many miles long ? 193 miles

• 9. How many National Parks are there in Wales ? Three

• 10. In which country is the worlds highest waterfall ? Venezuela