Geography quiz

Published August 25, 2012

1.    In which European city would you find St. Peter’s Square?

2.    On which African river are the Victoria Falls?

3.    Which East African capital lies closest to the Equator?

4.    Which river discharges the greatest volume of water in the world?

5.    The name of which city in Pakistan literally means ‘the city of cut-stones’.

6.    Which country’s highest peak is Mt. Ararat?

7.    On which river does the city of Baghdad lie?

8.    The Opera House in which city is shaped like a giant lotus?

9.    What unusual weapon appears on the flag of The AK-47 rifle. The initials Ak stand for ‘avtomat Kalashnikov’, Russian for ‘automatic Kalashnikov’, named after its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov.

10.    Which is the longest of the five rivers of the Punjab?  — Rehan Jalal

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