True or False Geography Quiz Round 1 Answers

All done? Time to see how you did. Check your answers below and find out if you nailed this geography round.

  1. False: Fiji lies to the north-east of New Zealand, not directly north.
  2. True: Budapest has been Hungary’s capital since 1873.
  3. False: Sheffield is slightly south of Manchester.
  4. False: Denmark is larger than Belgium by land area.
  5. False: Minnamurra is not a desert; it is a location in Australia.
  6. False: Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point of Africa.
  7. False: Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Great Britain.
  8. True: New York is typically 5 hours behind London in December.
  9. False: They are part of the Channel Islands.
  10. True: Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa by surface area.
  11. True: The Colorado River carved and flows through the Grand Canyon.
  12. True: These islands are all part of the Hawaiian island chain.
  13. False: Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
  14. False: The Amazon Rainforest is the largest in the world.
  15. True: The Andes stretch over 7,000 km along the continent.
  16. True: Thailand was known as Siam until 1939.
  17. True: Genoa lies south of Turin in northern Italy.
  18. False: They are on the same time zone (GMT).
  19. True: The Rhine passes through or borders all these countries.
  20. True: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein share capital functions.