geography Trivia Quiz # 82
This is Geography Quiz # 82, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Geography Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Geography Question 1
Cities on Rivers: Europe - What is the largest Serbian town on the Danube, apart from the capital Belgrade?
The correct answer is 'Novi Sad'
Novi Sad is in the province of Vukovina. It was a part of Hungary until 1918.
Geography Question 2
Myanmar - Myanmar was part of this country's empire over a period of sixty years?
The correct answer is 'Britain'
Britain made Myanmar part of its empire. Myanmar was a province of India until 1948 when it became a self-governing country. General NE Win was the ruler of Myanmar until 1988. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ange San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest from 1998 to 1995.
Geography Question 3
Rivers 3 - What river runs through Baghdad?
The correct answer is 'Tigris'
Originates at Lake Hazar.
Geography Question 4
Tour around Luxembourg - Which important politician, one of Europe's founding fathers, was born in Luxembourg?
The correct answer is 'Robert Schuman'
Robert Schuman, a Frenchman, was born in Luxembourg in 1886. As a French foreign affairs minister he proposed a plan which led to the creation of the first European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community.
Geography Question 5
I'm Where In Africa - Kaduna - Makurdi - Kano - Minna
The correct answer is 'Nigeria'
Geography Question 6
Newcastle - Party city and more! - Newcastle's protestant Cathedral Church is named after which saint?
The correct answer is 'St Nicholas'
Built in the fifteenth century it became the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas in 1882. It is located on the corner of Mosley Street and St Nicholas Street.
Geography Question 7
Siberia, Land of Exile - Which mountain range divides European Russia from Siberia?
The correct answer is 'Urals'
The Urals also divide Europe from Asia; there is an obelisk marking the point where the two continents meet along the Trans-Siberian railway line. Family members saying farewell to departing exiles in Tsarist times were not allowed to accompany them beyond this point.
Geography Question 8
Galway - My Favourite Irish County! - Each year, in the town of Ballinasloe, a well-known event takes place. Can you name it?
The correct answer is 'Ballinasloe Horse Fair'
The Horse Fair is well-known all around Ireland, and people come from all around Ireland to buy or sell horses, or just to have a fun day out.
Geography Question 9
Some Questions About Bavaria - Mozart's family originally was Bavarian? True or False?
The correct answer is 'True'
Mozart's father Leopold was born in Augsburg and lived there until the familiy moved to Austrian Salzburg, where his son Amadeus was born. The name Mozart is related to a small Bavarian village which was called Motzhart in earlier times.
Geography Question 10
The Eurovision Song Contest - FunTrivia Edition! - We've had Turkey already this evening, so we might as well welcome their adversaries, Greece! Peach is singing this little number, and it's all about Greek history. Should be a laugh. Hold on to your lunches, folks, here we go...
'This land has tales and myths of yore
Involving Gods, mortals, and animals galore
A little look closer, and all is revealed
That the sex in these stories is barely concealed
At Euro '04, this country earned glory
And they're famous for her with the glasses, Mouskouri.'
This whole night just seems like one giant stab at Nana Mouskouri. Well, she's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle it. But the question isn't about Miss Mouskouri, I'm afraid. It's more about mythology, or to be precise, the promiscuity of Zeus.
Now Zeus was a bit of a player. He got around a bit with various women, infatuating and impregnating. He was ancient Greece's answer to today's 'big player'. But which of these women was not impregnated by Zeus according to Greek mythology?
'This land has tales and myths of yore
Involving Gods, mortals, and animals galore
A little look closer, and all is revealed
That the sex in these stories is barely concealed
At Euro '04, this country earned glory
And they're famous for her with the glasses, Mouskouri.'
This whole night just seems like one giant stab at Nana Mouskouri. Well, she's a big girl, I'm sure she can handle it. But the question isn't about Miss Mouskouri, I'm afraid. It's more about mythology, or to be precise, the promiscuity of Zeus.
Now Zeus was a bit of a player. He got around a bit with various women, infatuating and impregnating. He was ancient Greece's answer to today's 'big player'. But which of these women was not impregnated by Zeus according to Greek mythology?
The correct answer is 'Athena, the goddess of wisdom.'
According to Greek mythology, Athena sprung out of Zeus's head. It was her mother, Metis, who Zeus actually impregnated. Metis was desperate to avoid Zeus after he had got her 'up the duff', and so she metamorphosises into animals, trying to escape him. When she turned into a fly, however, Zeus ate her, and this was how Athena came to be inside Zeus's skull.
After suffering headaches so bad that 'all the earth could hear his cries', Hermes called Hephaestus, and ordered him to take a wedge and split open Zeus's skull. As he did this, Athena sprang out, and it is said that her method of birth is how she became to rule over all things intellectual.
After suffering headaches so bad that 'all the earth could hear his cries', Hermes called Hephaestus, and ordered him to take a wedge and split open Zeus's skull. As he did this, Athena sprang out, and it is said that her method of birth is how she became to rule over all things intellectual.