How well do you know geography?

You'd think with maps hanging in every school classroom people would at least have a clue about geography. But then Jay Leno goes out and asks really basic questions and people can't answer them. "What's the capital of the United States?" "Um, Las Vegas?"

So how much do you know about the world we live in? Do you know what else there is, beyond the town you live in? Or are you a potential Jaywalk All-Star?

What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
What is your gender?
Male
Female
1. How many continents are there?
3
5
7
8
2. What country is Johannesburg in?
Germany
The Netherlands
Namibia
South Africa
3. Which one of these cities is not in Canada?
Toronto
Milwaukee
Edmonton
Montreal
4. What is the capital of China?
Beijing
Singapore
Tokyo
Hong Kong
5. Which one of these countries is not an Arab country?
Syria
Iran
Qatar
Jordan
6. If someone is Dutch, and I don't mean Pennsylvania Dutch, where is that person from?
Germany
Denmark
The Netherlands
Liechtenstein
7. There is a long, famous river that winds through European cities like Vienna and Budapest, that Strauss wrote a waltz about back in the 1800s. What river is this?
The Ganges
The Danube
The Jordan
The Nile
8. What is the name of that country that borders Texas to the south?
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
Peru
9. Where is New Zealand?
The United States
Central Africa
India
It's a large island next to Australia
10. What state in the USA would you have to go to see Niagara Falls?
New York
Minnesota
Michigan
New Jersey
11. What country is the Suez Canal in?
Israel
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Egypt
12. Is Alaska an island?
yes
no
13. Way back in 1999 this place called Kosovo was all over the news. Where is Kosovo?
Serbia
Croatia
Turkey
Romania
14. Karachi is a really huge city. What country is it in?
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Tanzania
15. The tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is in what country?
Pakistan
Russia
Nepal
Canada

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