Drop TRIVIA QUESTIONS

Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia

TEXAS

In 1845 The Republic of Texas was annexed by treaty into the Union as the 28th state.

ADRIATIC, IONIAN, TYRRHENIAN, LIGURIAN, MEDITERRANEAN

VIRGINIA

Virginia was divided into 8 shires or counties in 1634. They were: Accomac Shire, Charles City Shire, Charles River Shire, Elizabeth City Shire, Henrico Shire, James City Shire, Warwick River Shire, and Warrosquyoake Shire.

CHARLOTTE of MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ

The queen consort of British King George III.

BORNEO

Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia, with the Malaysian part being divided into the two states of Sarawak to the west and Sabah to the east. The Indonesian portion is known as Kalimantan and Brunei’s section is between Sabah and Sarawak on the coast.

IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, WI

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

SAN BERNARDINO

With nearly 20,000 square miles of land, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the U.S.

ALASKA & CALIFORNIA

They have both more earthquakes and more strong quakes than any other U.S. state.

I-90

It connects Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts : for a total of 3,021 miles.

ARIZONA

The Grand Canyon is a chasm 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide, and was formed by the Colorado River, which flows west through the canyon and averages about 300 feet width, 100 feet in depth and flows at an average speed of four miles per hour

LIBERIA, MYANMAR, & THE U.S.

It’s worth noting that even though these countries have not officially adopted the metric system, there may be some limited use of metric units in specific contexts or industries within these countries.

THE CHARRERIA

Since it was registered in the National Sports Commission. It is a horseback based livestock herding discipline. The riders are called called “Charros”

The Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

ANGEL FALLS, VENEZUELA

The falls are 3230 feet in height, with an uninterrupted drop of 2647 feet.

BAY OF FUNDAY, CANADA

RHODE ISLAND

In a referendum on Nov. 3, 2020, voters chose to amend their state constitution and shorten the name from “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” to just “State of Rhode Island”.

“J” STREET

Washington’s alphabet-ordered street plan jumps from I Street to K Street.

COSTA RICA

Costa Ricans gave themselves these colloquial monikers due to their linguistic tendency to add the diminutive “tico” to the end of words.

THE HARP

BORNEO

SECOND ST.

The most common street name in America is Second St., according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (this broke our brains too, apparently 2nd often follows both Main and First streets)

U.S. & CANADA

The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world – 5,525 miles long.

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, sits at 11,942 feet above sea level

BEAUMONT, PORT ARTHUR, ORANGE

ARMENIA

It dates back to 782 BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni.

THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS, & STATEN ISLAND

GEORGIA

LIBERIA, MYANMAR, & THE U.S.

CHAD, MALI, TOGO

HISPANIOLA

GERMANY in 1610

It wasn’t the shiny plastic stuff we get these days; it was made from shredded silver. The silver was hammered so that it was thin, and then cut into thin strips. 

ONE

China, a country roughly the same size of the continental United States, has one time zone: Beijing Standard Time.

SWITZERLAND

The letters CH appearing on Swiss cars and in internet addresses stand for the Latin words “Confoederatio Helvetica”, meaning Swiss Confederation.

OHIO

YANGTZE RIVER

The Wu, The Qutang, and The Xiling Gorges: AKA The “Three Gorges”

KENTUCKY

The name “Mammoth” was first used to describe the cave in the early 1800s. It refers to the “mammoth” size of the cave’s chambers and avenues, not the prehistoric elephant-like mammal.

6 STARS

The five grouped stars of the flag represent the Southern Cross. (or Crux) is the brightest constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere. The single star represents the Commonwealth.

PORTUGAL

INGOLSTADT

Victor Frankenstein builds the creature over a two-year period in the attic of his boarding house in Ingolstadt after discovering a scientific principle which allows him to create life from non-living matter.

Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States and the Confederate States of America

Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland

DANUBE RIVER

It flows through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.

DOVER, DE || PIERRE, SD JUNEAU, AK || JEFFERSON CITY, MO

ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE

MOUNT CHIMORAZO

Due to Earth’s equatorial bulge, Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo peak is, in fact, the closest to all things in “outer space” including our moon.

SPAIN, FRANCE, MOROCCO

RENO, NV

Its true Reno is actually West of Los Angeles.

CIMARRON, OK

Cimarron is the only county in the United States that touches four other states: Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas.

THE SARGASSO SEA

Its bounded on the West by the Gulf Stream, on the North by the North Atlantic Current, on the East by the Canary Current, and on the South by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current, the four together forming a clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre

I-90

It connects Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts : for a total of 3,021 miles.

ALASKA

The Aleutian Island, Semisopochnoi, sits in the Eastern Hemisphere about 10 miles from the 180th meridian, making Alaska the most “Eastern” U.S. state.

HAMILTON

CANADA

125,567 miles of total coastline is the most in the world: Pacific Ocean to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

BELIZE, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDORAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA

NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON D.C.

MAINE

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

GREENLAND

Named: “The National Park” it is the world’s largest. The area is nearly the combined size of France and Spain and includes the entire northeastern part of Greenland

ICELAND

They may “meet” in Iceland, but they are moving away from each other!

Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan

FIJI

NEW JERSEY

Every square mile in New Jersey averages 4.48 miles of roadway!

NIGERIA & SEYCHELLES

Nigeria has the largest (215,063,351)

Seychelles has smallest population (99,336)

PICO DE ORIZABA

Sitting on the border of Veracruz and Puebla, Pico de Orizaba is the third-highest peak in North America after Mount McKinley in the US and Mount Logan in Canada.

NAPLES, ITALY

COSTA RICA

BRISBANE

DEATH VALLEY

BELGIUM

INDONESIA

DELOREAN MOTOR COMPANY

ANTARCTICA

ROME, ITALY

TENNESSEE & MISSOURI