WORLDWISE LOCAL QUIZ 2009-10
MIXED BAG ROUND
Note to organiser: This can be used for up to six teams. It should be possible to add extra
sets for more teams using the structure theme of each question.
Questioner’s Introduction
In this round there are 10 questions for each team to answer in ONE minute, with one mark
for each correct answer. You may confer, but if your team is stuck say pass. The first audible
answer will be taken.
Team A
1
What is the capital of Ecuador?
2
In which continent are the Carpathian Mountains?
3
What does an anemometer measure?
4
In which country do Maoris form a notable minority?
5
In which part of the UK would you find the Giant’s
Causeway?
6
Which is the odd one out? Rain Gauge, Seismograph,
Sunshine recorder, Thermometer.
7
In which city would you find the HQ of the United
Nations?
8
Which motorway links Edinburgh and Glasgow?
9
Which colour of sea separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia?
10 Place these oceans in order of size, largest first; Arctic,
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific.
Team B
1
What is the capital of Venezuela?
2
In which continent are the Atlas Mountains?
3
What is the measurement we use for atmospheric
pressure?
4
In which country do Inuit form a notable minority?
5
In which county is most of the Lake District National
Park?
6
Which is the odd one out? Paraguay, Ukraine, Botswana,
Austria.
7
In which city would you find Red Square?
8
Which motorway links Birmingham and Carlisle?
9
Which colour of sea separates Turkey from Ukraine?
10 Place these continents in order of size, largest first;
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australasia.
Team C
1
What is the capital of Colombia?
2
In which continent are the Appalachian Mountains?
3
What name is given to storms in the NW Pacific?
4
In which country do Basques form a notable minority?
5
In which county is most of the Peak District National
Park?
6
Which is the odd one out? Easter Island, Samoa, Tristan
da Cunha, Tahiti.
7
In which city would you find an area called the Left Bank?
8
Which motorway links Cardiff and Swansea?
9
Which colour names are given to the two main branches
of the river Nile?
10 Place these rivers in order of size, longest first; Yangtze,
Amazon, Hwang He (Yellow), Nile
Quito
Europe
Wind speed
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
(Antrim)
Seismograph not a weather
instrument
New York
M8
Red
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
Caracas
Africa
Millibars
Canada
Cumbria
Ukraine not landlocked
Moscow
M6
Black
Asia, Africa, Antarctica,
Australasia.
Bogota
North America
Typhoons
Spain
Derbyshire
Tristan da Cunha
Atlantic island
Paris
M4
White and Blue
Nile, Amazon, Yangtze,
Hwang He
Team D
1
What is the capital of Peru?
2
In which continent are the Snowy Mountains?
3
What is the name of the seasonal rainfall in India
4
In which country do Lapps form a notable minority?
5
In which county is Bodmin Moor?
6
Which is the odd one out? Orleans, Loire, Seine,
Garonne.
7
In which city would you find a region called Beverley
Hills?
8
Which motorway links Liverpool and Hull?
9
Which colour sea is a branch of the Arctic Ocean
leading to Archangel?
10 Place these rivers in order of size of discharge at the
mouth, largest first; Zaire, Orinoco, Yangtze,
Amazon
Team E
1
What is the capital of Chile?
2
In which continent are the Western Ghats?
3
The Fohn and the mistral are examples of what?
4
In which country do Welsh Patagonians form a notable
minority?
5
In which part of the UK would you find the Cairngorms?
6
Which is the odd one out? Savanna, Prairies, Steppes,
Taiga.
7
Near which city would you find the Pyramids?
8
Which motorway links Leeds and London?
9
Which country would seem to have a poor colour name
when it is mostly ice?
10 Place these lakes in order of size, by volume of water,
largest first; Baikal, Superior, Caspian Sea, Victoria
Team F
1
What is the capital of Uruguay?
2
In which continent are the Himalayas?
3
What hazard, (besides icebergs) do ships often meet
off Newfoundland?
4
In which country do Walloons form a notable minority?
5
In which part of the UK would you find Snowdonia?
6
Which is the odd one out? Fair Isle, Thames, Severn,
Dogger.
7
8
9
10
Near which city would you find an island with a former
prison called Alcatraz?
Which motorway links Southampton and London?
In which country would you find Yellowknife?
Place these rivers in order of size of drainage basin,
largest first; Danube, Amazon, Missouri-Mississippi,
Nile.
Lima
Australasia (Australia/Oceania)
Monsoon
Finland, Sweden or Norway
Cornwall
Orleans (Town)
Los Angeles
M62
White
Amazon, Zaire, Yangtze, Orinoco
Santiago
Asia
Winds
Argentina
Scotland (Highland)
Taiga (forest)
Cairo
M1
Greenland
Caspian, Baikal, Superior,
Victoria
Montevideo
Asia
Fog
Belgium
(North) Wales (Conwy)
Severn (not forecasting area)
San Francisco
M3
Canada
Amazon, Missouri/Mississippi,
Nile, Danube.