Interesting geography. Entertaining tasks for geography lessons

This quiz can be included in scripts extracurricular activity dedicated to International Day land or scenarios for environmental holidays .

Geography quiz for 5th grade students with answers

Quiz topic: Geography

1. In the tundra, during the short, cool summer, only the very top layer of soil has time to thaw. And the layer hard as stone, with streaks of ice, lying underneath is called... (permafrost).

2. Can a polar bear and a penguin meet in nature? (No. Polar bear lives at the North Pole, and the penguin lives at the South Pole.)

4. This climate zone resembles a huge beach. (Desert.)

5. Name a city and a river that have the same name. (Moscow, Orel.)

6. St. Petersburg, Orenburg. What does it mean when translated from german word"burg"? (Fortress, city.)

7. Name it geographical features, named after famous travelers? (Strait of Magellan, city of Khabarovsk, island of Tasmania.)

8. In the polar regions of our planet you can observe this unusually beautiful natural phenomenon. (Northern lights.)

9. Which river can fly? (Rivers Vorona and Soroka.)

10. Which country is home to one of the seven wonders of the world - the world famous pyramids? (In Egypt.)

11. Which city has the same name as a bird of prey? (Eagle.)

12. Which city is named after the shape of the bay on the shores of which this city is located? The shape of the bay resembles the horn of a large herbivore. (Taganrog.)

13. There is a city in our country whose name is the most beloved and with a kind word for any person. (Mama City.)

14. Which city is crawling? (Uzhgorod.)

15. Name the smallest and cold ocean. (Arctic.)

16. Which peninsula complains about its small size? (Yamal.)

17. Which island can you wear on your head? (Sombrero.)

18. The name of which state coincides with the name of the headdress? (Panama.)

19. Which cape can be used to dig up a vegetable garden? (Spatula.)

20. What time of year is it in South America and Australia in July? (Winter.)

21. This is the only continent in the world that has absolutely no vegetation. (Antarctica.)

22. The outlines of which country on the map resemble boots? (Italy.)

23. Marsupials live only on this continent. In addition, there is only one state here. (Australia.)

24. The birthplace of football and basketball. (England.)

26. The station in Siberia with the coolest name? (Zima station.)

27. What city in Russia is called Northern Venice, since it, like the Italian city of Venice, is located on several dozen islands? (Saint Petersburg.)

28. One day, an unusual rain fell on one of the US cities: pebbles, algae and even frogs fell from the sky! Which a natural phenomenon preceded such a “rain”? (Tornado.)

29. The natural border between Europe and Asia is located on the territory of our country. Do you know where this border is? (Across the Ural Mountains.)

30. Where should a house be built so that all its windows face north? (At the South Pole.)

31. Which continent is washed by all four oceans? (Eurasia.)

32. Very interesting names people give to rivers, cities and lakes. Often these names are associated with people's names. Name the people on the map. (The cities of Anna, Lida, the Lena, Yana rivers, the city of Vladimir, Lake Victoria.)

33. The deepest lake in the world, into which many rivers flow, but only one flows out - the Angara. (Baikal.)

34. With this word we call sports complex for swimming lessons, and part earth's surface, from which water is collected through streams and rivers into a larger body of water (lake or river). What is this word? (Pool.)

It is still not clear why Lake Hillier is Western Australia Pink colour
To protect against evil spirits, people of the Akha tribe living in northern Laos nail wooden models of Kalashnikov assault rifles and hand grenades to gate posts. People are sure that not a single evil spirit will dare to pass through such a gate.
The driest place on earth is the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, where there has been no precipitation for two million years.
Actually large quantities The population of Africa speaks languages - the number of African languages exceeds two thousand. The rarest of them is the Bikya language. In 1998, only one 87-year-old woman from a village on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria spoke this language.
Holland is a province within the Netherlands, which in the 16th–18th centuries was the political and economic core of the state. Since then, the history of this province has merged so much with the history of the entire country that the Netherlands began to be called Holland.
On geographic poles(Northern and Southern) time can be chosen at your discretion since all meridians converge at one point, and therefore the concept of geographical longitude loses its meaning. Since calculating the time of day anywhere on Earth is related to geographic longitude this place, then the uncertainty of longitude at the geographic poles leads to the uncertainty of the time of day at them.
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world that is located on two continents.
Most Old city in the world - Damascus, the capital of Syria. It flourished for several thousand years until the founding of Rome in 753 BC.
The most large building in the world - the Burj Dubai skyscraper (Dubai Tower). Its height is 828 meters (164 floors).
Costa Rica does not have a regular army.
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
The smallest states: Vatican City - approximately 0.44 square meters. km. Population 770 people; Monaco - approximately 1.9 sq. km. Population - 32,000 people; Nauru - approximately 21 sq. km. Population 13,000; Tuvalu - approximately 25 sq. km. Population - 12,000 people; San Marino - approximately 61 sq. km. Population: 29,000 people.
Streets in Japan have no names.
Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
Austria was the first country to use postcards.
10 percent of the Russian government's revenue comes from the sale of vodka.
Japan is 70% mountainous.
All 14 mountains that are higher than 8000 meters are in Asia.
The most high mountain in the world with a foot on the ocean floor is Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Its height is 10203 m, but only 4205 m are above sea level.
In Korea, it is considered tactless to keep your hands behind your back or in your pockets.
In Brazil, pulling down the lower eyelid of the right eye means that the listener doubts what you are saying.
The full name of Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be reduced to 3.63% of the original size: "LA".
In 1980, there was only one country in the world where there were no telephones - Bhutan.
The character Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
IN Saudi Arabia A woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem.
5% of Canadians don’t know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but they know the first 9 words of the American anthem.
The West African Matami tribe plays football with a human skull.
Part of the state of Papua New Guinea includes the islands of New Britain and New Ireland.
The capital of Vermont, Montpelier, is the only state capital in the United States without a single McDonald's.
Montpelier (Vermont) is the smallest state capital in the United States. Its population is only about nine thousand inhabitants.
The Weddell Sea in Antarctica is considered the cleanest sea on Earth.
The farthest point from all the oceans on Earth is in China.
In France, Italy and Chile the existence of UFOs is officially recognized.
In May 1948, two New Zealand volcanoes, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, erupted simultaneously.
Unlike most African nations, Ethiopia was never a European colony.
Lebanon is the only state in the Middle East without deserts.
The city of Hong Kong ranks first in the world in the number of Rolls-Royce cars.
There are only two countries in South America that do not have access to the ocean: Bolivia and Paraguay.
Amsterdam and Antwerp have 26 islands each, St. Petersburg has 101, and Venice has as many as 118.
In the town of Calama, located in the Chilean Atacama Desert, it never rains.
The widest street in the world is located in Brasilia (Monumental Axis street, width - 250 meters).
Residents of the island of Lesbos are called lesboians and lesbosians, rather than lesbians and lesbians.
The Red Sea is the warmest sea on Earth.
Indonesia is located on 17,508 islands.
There is not a single river in Saudi Arabia.
The Ob River has about 150,000 tributaries.
The Greek national anthem has 158 versions. No one in Greece knows all 158 versions of their country's anthem.
In Malaysia, they believe that by bathing a child in beer, you can protect him from all sorts of troubles and illnesses.
The 7 most numerous peoples in the world: Chinese (Han), Hindustani, US Americans, Bengalis, Russians, Brazilians and Japanese.
Tallest of extinct volcanoes on Earth - Aconcagua, located in Argentina. Its height is 6960 meters.
Several buildings in Manhattan have their own zip code. And at the World Shopping Center there are even several of them.
There is only one river in the world that originates at the equator and flows into a temperate climate zone: the Nile. For some unknown reason, the remaining rivers flow in the opposite direction.
The center of Europe is located on the territory of Ukraine in the Transcarpathian region between the cities of Tyachev and Rakhiv, near the village of Delovoye, and the center of Asia is in the city of Kizyl, Tuva Republic.
In Thailand it is still considered indecent to use a fork when eating. The fork is used only to transfer food from the plate to the spoon.
Despite the fact that Delhi and Novosibirsk are almost at the same longitude, their time differs by an hour and a half. This is due to the fact that India has special maternity hours.
23 of the 50 American states have access to the ocean.
On February 18, 1979, it was snowing in the Sahara Desert.
There are 17 active volcanoes in Japan.
The first capital of the Russian state was Ladoga.
Cuba is the only Caribbean island with railways.
Nauru is the only state in the world that does not have an official capital.
The largest ports in the world: Rotterdam, Singapore, Kobe, New York, New Orleans.
The last eruption of the Japanese volcano Fuji occurred in 1707.
336 rivers flow into Lake Baikal, but only one flows out (the Angara).
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) is considered the coldest capital in the world.
Until almost the end of the 1980s, there was not a single telephone in Bhutan.
Of the 25 highest peaks in the world, 19 are in the Himalayas.
Less than 1 percent of the Caribbean islands are inhabited.
There are as many as 3 cities in Peru and 9 more in Paris in the USA.
The Ganges has the largest delta of all rivers.
Japan includes more than 3,900 islands.
In the state of Togo, a man who compliments a woman is obliged to marry her.
On central square the Canadian town of Glendon towers over it official symbol- dumpling 9 meters high and weighing 2700 kg.
The eruption of the Mexican volcano Paricutin lasted 9 years (from 1943 to 1952). During this time, the volcano's cone rose 2,774 meters.
There are 5 states in Europe that border only one other state - Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City and Monaco.
7 most big countries world (Russia, Canada, USA, China, Australia, Brazil and Argentina) occupy half of the planet's total land area.
The inscription Allah Akbar is repeated 22 times on the Iranian flag.
The Philippines archipelago includes 7,107 islands.
The Trans-Siberian Railway crosses exactly 3901 bridges.
The Kingdom of Tonga is the only monarchy in Oceania.
The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper, and the first American flag was woven from hemp paper.
House numbering was first adopted in London in the 18th century, before which the address was determined by the owner's name.
In 1991, a monument to the ax was erected in Canada on a concrete pedestal. The weight of the monument was 7 tons.
60% of all are concentrated in Italy cultural values Western Europe. Any Italian city- open-air museum.
In the city of Tegazi (Sahara) there are houses with walls made of rock salt. This is one of the driest places on Earth.
In Finland, Italy, Germany, England, France and Spain, the number of cell phones exceeds the number of regular phones.
Visitors to the museum in Wupperteil are given identical postcards and asked to send them from their hometown. They make up the exhibition.
In the city of Tombsone, men and women over 18 years of age are prohibited from smiling if they are missing more than 1 front tooth.
The Ecuadorian postal service stamps the envelopes: Pyramid, located on the equator and dividing the world in half.
In England, 12 million old cell phones and 2 million televisions are thrown into landfill every year.
In London, a true Cockney is considered to be one who was born in the East End, within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow.
During the construction of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, there was such a demand for Romanian marble that even tombstones throughout the country were made from other materials.
The cities of Makhachkala and Buinaksk are named after the Dagestan revolutionaries Magomed-Ali Dakhadaev (Makhach) and Ullubiy Daniyalovich Buinaksky.
The Russian city of Armavir got its name in honor of ancient capital Armenia - Armavir. Now they are sister cities.
Canada has been declared the best country to live by the UN 4 times over the past 5 years.
There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
The only country where not a single birth was registered in 1983 is the Vatican.
If you stretch out all the steel cables of the largest suspension bridge Akashi-Kaikyo, then they could encircle the Earth as many as seven times.
The windiest place is Victoria Land, located in Antarctica. The wind speed here reaches 215 kilometers per hour.
Andorra is the only country in the world with free postal services.
Scrolling your finger at your temple means “I think” in Argentina and Peru. In other countries, the same gesture means “crazy.”
In Japan, it is considered very indecent to kiss in front of witnesses.
The equator passes through 13 countries of the world.
In Iceland, tipping is considered an insult.
The United Nations University is located in Tokyo.
Venice in Italy is built on 118 islets and connected by 400 bridges. She gradually sinks into the water.
In Paraguay, registered blood donors can legally duel.
Extracurricular work in geography: Entertaining geographical issues.

Quizzes, crosswords, literary assignments, riddles, puzzles, puzzles.

Geographical assignments using literary works.

1. In E. Rumyantsev’s poem “Guess” we read:

If there are lips on the map,

If there are noses on it,

So somewhere between them

Located......mustache!

Look for the famous “lips”, “noses” and “mustaches” on the map of Russia.

Answer: Lips: Onega Bay, Dvinskaya, Mezenskaya - White Sea; Tazovskaya, Gydanskaya, Obskaya - Kara Sea; Penzhinskaya, Yanskaya, Udskaya - Sea of Okhotsk;

Capes: Holy Nose - on Kola Peninsula, Kanin Nos - in the Kanin village, Beluzhsky Nos - in the half of Yamal; Rivers named Us and Usa are tributaries of the Yenisei, Pechora and Tom.

2. Near Pechora, by the river where the reindeer herders live

And fishermen fish.

Located in the city center national district. Its name translates as Red City. Name it.

Answer : Naryan - Mar

3. About what large Siberian region, on the territory of which geologists have recently made outstanding discoveries, as they say in the poems of the poet I. Molchanov? What minerals is this area rich in?

I saw how grain was being transported by cars,

I heard the earth sing brightly

In the granaries of distant Ishim,

In the golden Ust-Lamen fields.

I was at the site of Ermakova’s battle,

I heard the beating of new life

There, on the “wild shore of the Irtysh”...

With the Khanty in the silver Altynka

I caught gap-toothed sterlets

I saw how the taiga was drowning in haze,

I saw the work and courage of people.

Answer: Tyumen region with its oil and gas reserves.

- I should go to Erofey Pavlovich. And you?

To me - to the city named after him.

In this case, I should leave earlier.

Who or what were the interlocutors talking about?

Answer: The Erofey Pavlovich station in the Amur region and the city of Khabarovsk are named in honor of E.P. Khabarova.

5. Winter here is “the quietest, clearest, driest and most stable of the local climatic periods…. There are no sudden changes in weather in winter. The cold grows and falls in smooth and large scales. The day differs little in temperature from the night. There are almost no winds... They are so weak here that they are not able to move the forests, dressed in thick vestments of snow, which stand white and motionless all winter, like frozen river foam. Indestructible silence, calm, silence reigns everywhere. Everything froze, became numb, turned into ice... Even the vault of the sky seems like a dome carved out of ice. It is pale, transparent, and for weeks at a time neither cloudy spots nor clouds can be seen on it...” (V. Seroshevsky).

To which region of our homeland does this description of winter apply?

Answer: Eastern Siberia. In winter, a Siberian anticyclone is established here, the action of which is described.

Quiz “Ural Gems”

1. There is a mineral in nature that bears a human name. Name it.

Answer: Mineral alexandrite

2. . There is a beautiful mineral in nature, the “name” of which was included in the title of the story by the famous Russian writer A.I. Kuprina. Name this stone.

Answer: This is granite. Story by A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet".

Puzzle “Arithmetic and Russian cities”

1. Your task is quite simple: you need to add up the words below and in total get the name of some Russian city. In this case, it is allowed to rearrange letters within one “example”.

1. KUS + CRIT =? 6. SHAFT + DRAIN + DIVO = ?

2. BRIDGE + KORA = ? 7. BAR + ULAN = ?

3. YAK + BUSH = ? 8. AGREEMENT + N =?

4. THIEF + GAD + GOL = ? 9. TAP + R + SODA = ?

5. STO + VARNISH = ? 10. BORIS + GLEB + JUICE = ?

Answers: 1. Irkutsk 6. Vladivostok

2. Kostroma 7. Barnaul

3. Yakutsk 8. Novgorod

4. Volgograd 9. Krasnoyarsk

5. Kotlas 10. Borisoglebsk

Crosswords

1. Horizontally
1. Transport serving foreign trade in Russia
6. The science that studies stars.
7. 1.The main processing industry within the agro-industrial complex (Food)
9. The cheapest transport for transporting passengers
11. In what country is the city of Kommunar located?
13. The only type of power plant that produces solid waste (Thermal)

Vertically
2. Transfer of military enterprises to the production of civilian products
3. Type of power plants that take longer and are more expensive to build than all others (Hydraulic)
4. What potential is the leading factor in the location of machine-building enterprises
5. center uniting scientific institutions with knowledge-intensive industrial enterprises
8. Industrial connections between enterprises jointly producing certain products
10. ... complex - a set of industries that produce a variety of machines

Answers:

2. Seas of Russia

Puzzles:

1.

Answer: Map

2.

Answer: Capital

3.

Answer: Russia

4.

Answer: Baikal

5.

Answer: City

Puzzles

1. The main city of the state,
Be it a republic or a kingdom.
This is where ingenuity comes in handy:
Here is Moscow, it is...
(Capital.)

2. With this city
Others can't compare.
He is the main one in the country,
It's called...
(Capital.)

3. Territories of the country
You guys should know
To write letters to everyone,
To send parcels.
There are Ryazanskaya, Tverskaya,
What is yours like?
(Region.)

Interesting geography questions:

1. The Russian traveler, scientist, researcher of the life of the peoples of one distant island, was not only a wonderful naturalist, but also a talented artist. His landscape sketches and portraits have not lost their scientific value and still is. Look at the drawing from this traveler's diary and say his name? What research did he devote his life to?

Answer: Niklukho - Maclay. He proved that the Papuans and other peoples of Oceania, in their own way moral qualities not inferior to Europeans. He believed that racial differences peoples arise under the influence of nature and living conditions.

2. Which lake is shown in the picture?

Answer: Lake Baikal

3. The picture shows the coat of arms of the smallest union republic former USSR. Which? What mountain is depicted on the coat of arms?

Answer: Armenia, Mount Ararat

4. From the journalist’s diary: “Finally, for the first time in several days, the clouds cleared, and we saw the night sky in all its beauty. The first thought that came to my mind was to find a bucket that was familiar to me Ursa Major. But no matter how I turned my head, he was not there. I did not find any other constellations decorating our Moscow sky. The North Star was not visible either.”

Which hemisphere was the journalist in?

Answer: The journalist was in southern hemisphere, that’s why I didn’t see the North Star.

Geographic “record holders”.

2. The most transparent sea. (Weddell Sea)

3. The largest (Caspian)

4. The coldest ( East Siberian and Beaufort in Northern Arctic Ocean, Bering and Okhotsk in Pacific Ocean and off the coast of Antarctica)

5. The highest land "sleeping" volcano globe is ACONCAGUA in the South American Andes (6960m).

6. A Japanese volcano is called a “dormant” volcano, which one? (Fujiyama)

7. The most deep well on Earth, is it? (On the Kola Peninsula in Russia)

8. Although, as they sing in the song, “nature has no bad weather, all weather is grace,” we would venture to say that the place “ worst weather"should be considered the island of Janmayen, located in the North Atlantic between Norway and Greenland. Why?

Answer: Here, at the junction of the warm North Atlantic and cold polar currents, cyclones and storms do not subside. Over the entire year, there are on average only three days of relatively tolerable weather.

References:

1. Makartsev L.V., Kuskov A.S. Extracurricular work on economic and social geography of Russia, JSC Publishing House Lyceum, Saratov, 2001,

2. Nagorny B.A. Interesting geographical questions. Publishing house "Prosveshchenie", Moscow, 1968

3. Scarlato G. Interesting geography for children and adults. Publishing house "Alterpress", Kyiv, 1996.

This quiz will be useful for teachers, parents and all those who organize leisure time with children.

Questions on the topic Geography for high school students

1. Which island nation off the coast of America is a freely acceded territory of the United States? (Puerto Rico)

2. To which country do the Commander Islands belong? (Russia)

3. What was the name of the atoll in the Pacific Ocean where the Americans tested hydrogen bomb? (Bikini)

4. What is the current name of the island that Christopher Columbus named Hispaniola? (Haiti)

5. How many seas wash the shores of Turkey? (Four seas: Black, Marmara, Mediterranean and Aegean)

6. Which oceans are connected by the Suez Canal? (Indian and Atlantic)

7. Name the largest lake in both Americas? (Top)

8. Which African river has the largest basin, second only to the South American Amazon? (Congo River)

9. What is the name of the largest desert in Eurasia? (Gobi)

10. Which sea is the largest in the world? (Sargasso)

11. Name the most large peninsula in Europe? (Scandinavian)

12. What is the old name of the Ural River? (Yaik - until 1775)

13. On what continent are the Rocky Mountains located? (North America)

14. On which island, according to ancient Greek legend, was the labyrinth of the Minotaur located? (In Crete)

15. Which islands are separated by the La Perouse Strait? (Sakhalin Island and the Japanese island of Hokkaido)

16. On which lake is Kizhi Island, a monument of wooden architecture, located? (On Lake Onega in Karelia)

17. On the border of which two countries is Mount Everest (Qomolangma) located? (Nepal and China)

18. What was the name of the ancient single continent from which all the continents were formed? (Pangea)

19. What is the name of the world's largest peninsula? (Arabian)

20. What is the name of the greatest of the high-mountain lakes on our planet? (Lake Titicaca in South America, on the border of Bolivia and Peru)

21. On the shore of which lake is the ancient Russian city of Rostov the Great? (Lake Nero in the Yaroslavl region)

22. Name the strait between the continent South America and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. (Strait of Magellan)

23. Name the largest island Mediterranean Sea? (Sicily. Italian territory)

24. What is the name of the island, which was discovered by Gedenstorm’s expedition in 1811, discovered again by geologist Tol in 1902, but the expedition of Academician Samoilovich, specially organized in 1937, could not discover? (Sannikov Land)

25. The name of which large desert in China is translated into Russian as; “Whoever gets here always disappears”? (Takla Makan)

26. What straits separate the European and Asian parts of Turkey? (Bosphorus and Dardanelles)

27. Between which seas does it lie? Asia Minor? (Between the Black and Mediterranean Seas)

28. What territory did the UK return to China in 1997? (The Hong Kong Peninsula (Chinese name for Hong Kong) was a British colony for 155 years)

29. What is the name of the main island of Japan? (Honshu)

30. Which island is the largest in Europe? (Great Britain)

31. They can have the shape of an arch, a wing, a dome, a pyramid, a table, and their maximum draft can be more than half a kilometer. About what we're talking about? (About icebergs)

32. Which islands name literally translates to “Turtle Islands”? (Galapagos Islands in the South China Sea)

33. The Sandwich Islands archipelago consists of twenty-four islands: Mauk, Mole Okai, Oahu, and so on. What is the name of the largest of the Sandwich Islands? (Hawaii. The Sandwich Islands are otherwise called the Hawaiian Islands)

34. Mount Tonga is only slightly inferior to Everest: its height is 8,690 meters. However, it is not listed among the eight-thousanders on Earth, and climbers have not made a single attempt to conquer it. Why? (It is underwater in the Pacific Ocean)

35. The Muna Kea volcano can be considered the highest mountain in the world. Its base is located under water at a depth of 5,500 meters, and the top rises four thousand three hundred meters above sea level. The total distance between the base and the top is 9,800 meters. On which islands is this volcano located? (in Hawaiian)

36. Which port is called the “ocean gate” of our country? (Port city of Nakhodka in Primorsky Krai)

37. Which lands of Ukraine are named after the trees that grow there? (Bukovyna)

38. Which cities have the word “salt” in their names? (Sol-Iletsk (Orenburg region), Solvychegorsk (Arkhangelsk region), Solikamsk and Usolye ( Perm region), Usolye-Sibirskoye ( Irkutsk region), Soltsy ( Novgorod region), Sol (Donetsk region, Ukraine), Staraya Sol (Lviv region, Ukraine))

39. How famous mountain range and the river have the same name? (Ural)

1. Which river flows from the letter “A” to the letter “Z”?

(“From the letter A to the letter Z the Amu Darya River flows.” S.Ya. Marshak.)

2. Which continent stretches from the letter “A” to the letter “Z”?

(Australia.)

3. What animal is there in every village in the world?

(Donkey - donkey-ok)

4. What takes up exactly half of any island?

(Rov - island)

5. Which river fits in the palm of your hand, which in a glass, which in an inkwell, and which in a canister?

(Don in the palm of your hand, Oka in a glass, Nile in an inkwell, Istra in a canister)

6. What is in the river, in the pond, in the lake, in the sea, but not in the ocean?

(Letters "R")

7. Which country is always remembered and named when saying goodbye?

(Denmark - goodbye)

8. Which Russian river flows in London?

(Don - London, but seriously, the Thames)

9. Which tributary of the Samara flows... through wires?

(Current)

10. In the Amur region there is a river in which... mice hide! What is this river called?

(Nora.)

11. Which tributary of the Volga flows in the spring from... a wounded birch tree?

(Juice)

12. What river... is fished in the sea?

(Cod River)

13. Name the thinnest and sharpest cape.

(Cape Agulhas)

14. Is it true that in India you can have a dream with with open eyes without going to bed?

(Yes, after all, the Son is a river in India, the right tributary of the Ganges)

15. Where are the bridges with streets, parks, houses, schools, hospitals, shops, factories?

(In the Czech Republic - the city of Most, in Belarus - the city of Mosty)

16. Which sea bay does each geographer consider his own?

(Geographa Bay in Indian Ocean off the southwest coast of Australia)

17. Where does the “parliamentary river” flow?

(The Seim River, the left tributary of the Desna, flows in the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Seim is the name of parliament in some countries)

18. The name of which river in Siberia is pronounced by all children in the cradle, long before learning about geography?

(Mama River, Vitim tributary)

19. Which river has space for airplanes?

(In Hangar - Hangar-a)

20. Name the “smartest” mountain range in the world.

(Ridge of the Academy of Sciences, in the Western Pamirs, in Tajikistan)

21. The back rows of desks in a classroom or auditorium are named after which peninsula of our country?

(Kamchatka Peninsula - “Kamchatka”)

22. What city Krasnoyarsk Territory has a mathematical name?

(Minusinsk)

23. The name of which of our rivers is the first word in the title of a work by a Spanish writer and an opera by an Italian composer?

(Don: “Don Quixote”, “Don Carlos”)

24. What does a shoe, a mountain, and a wave have?

(Sole)

25. Will geography help you find happiness?

(Yes, she will tell you that the city of Shchastya is located in Ukraine, in the Lugansk region, on the Northern Donets River)

GEOGRAPHY AT ALL!

Guess the words that are geographical concepts, titles and names that contain the numeral 100.

STO _ - cardinal direction.

(East)

STO _ - the beginning of the river.

(Source)

ONE HUNDRED _ _ _ _ - main city countries.

(Capital)

STO _ _ _ is a state in the Baltic states.

(Estonia)

STO _ is the city of the “Golden Ring” of Russia.

(Rostov)

ONE HUNDRED _ _ _ _ - heroic city in Crimea, which gave its name to the famous waltz.

(Sevastopol)

STO _ is a city in the Russian Federation, a port on the Pacific Ocean.

(Vladivostok)

STO _ is the capital of Jamaica, a port on the Caribbean Sea.

(Kingston)

STO _ is a US city, a port on the Atlantic Ocean.

(Boston)

STO _ is a city in Germany, a port on the Baltic Sea.

(Rostock)

STO _ _ _ _ _ _ is the capital of Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea.

(Stockholm)

STO _ _ _ is the name of the navigator who discovered America.

(Christopher Columbus)

STO _ is the surname of the explorer who discovered Victoria Falls, the city of the same name in Zambia.

(Livingston)

DOES ANYONE LIVE IN THE CITY (TOWN)?

As you know, Muscovites live in Moscow, Odessa residents live in Odessa, and Japanese live in Japan. But try to determine where they live:

Paleshans - ...

(In the village of Palekh, Ivanovo region RF)

Donetsk residents - ...

(In Donetsk, Ukraine)

Monegasques - ...

(In Monaco, Europe)

Chelny residents - ...

(In Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation)

Varna residents - ...

(In Varna, Bulgaria)

Arlesians - ...

(In Arles, France)

Bergamaschi - ...

(In Bergamo, Italy)

Donkeys - ...

(In Oslo, Norway)

Omsk - ...

(In Omsk, Russian Federation)

Kuryans - ...

(In Kursk, Russian Federation)

Tomichi - ...

(In Tomsk, Russian Federation)

Smolyan - ...

(In Smolensk, Russian Federation)

CAPITALS - ANAGRAMS

Use the hints to guess original word. Next, rearrange the letters in it so that you get the capital of a state. Hints will also help you with this.

1. Antonym of quarrel à ... (on the Tiber River, “eternal city”).

(World - Rome)

2. St. Petersburg water artery à ... (on the Danube, “the capital of waltzes”).

(Neva - Vienna)

3. Pedestrian street of Moscow à ... (in Africa, “orange capital.”)

(Arbat - Rabat)

4. A close relative of the barrel à ... (In South Asia, in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta).

(Kadka - Dhaka)

5. Sugar Island à ... (In Transcaucasia, on the Caspian Sea).

(Cuba - Baku)

6. Musical part of the individualist à ... (in Northern Europe, VI Winter Olympic Games)

(Solo - Oslo)

7. Planet-goddess à ... (on the Hrazdan River, in Transcaucasia).

(Venus - Yerevan)

8. Eye curtains à ... (on the Dnieper River, in Eastern Europe.)

(Veki - Kyiv)

9. The main occupation of children and actors is ... (on the Daugava River, in the Baltic States).

(Game - Riga)

10. A rich white friend of black bread à ... (in South-West Asia, the capital of a mountainous country).

(Bulka - Kabul)

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GEOGRAPHY AT ALL!

DOES ANYONE LIVE IN THE CITY (TOWN)?

CAPITALS - ANAGRAMS