Can you name the 20 Things You Should Know About the World? by Almasa

Question	Answer
Most Spoken Language?
Most Practiced Religion?
Most Populous City?
Most Populous Country?
Highest Mountain?
Largest Ocean?
Highest GDP per capita Country?
Country with Highest Life Expectancy (Overall)?
Largest Continent?
Site of Oldest Known Human Ancestor Fossils'?

Question	Answer
Longest River?
Largest River (Rate of Discharge)?
Highest Waterfall?
Deepest Lake?
Largest (Surface Area/Volume) Lake?
Most Common Type of Rock?
Most Abundant Element in the Earth's Crust?
What Geological Epoch are we in?
Deepest Point in the Oceans?
Largest Island?

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20 FACTS You Should Know About Earth Quiz

by Almasa

Created Jan 10, 2011 in Geography
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	trythemain:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 23:50 GMT	3 points
	Is there a reason I can't put in 'Mandarin' and get it right?

	Almasa:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT	1 point
	ya, sorry i fixed that. I forgot I had to type it in after because I added in the number of mandarin speakers.

	crazylegs:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 02:27 GMT	1 point
	"Cradle of Mankind" is kind of vague Mr. Almas. And I personally don't feel like I need to know what epoch were in.

	Almasa:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 02:43 GMT	0 points
	Ya, I realized the cradle of mankind was not a great descriptor, that's why I used the quotations around it, because apparently in some circles that phrase is widely used.....as per its wikipedia page...maybe i'll add something to it.

	coulraphobic123:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 03:10 GMT	3 points
	You should consider accepting Ngorongoro Crater for the cradle of mankind. I believe the cradle of mankind lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area so either could be accepted. Plus, I couldn't quite think of the answer you have (it was on the tip of my tongue but just couldn't retrieve it from my memory haha).

	IronFirefly:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 15:10 GMT	0 points
	I know why, but caspian sea should be called caspian lake if that's the case ;)

	Miike:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 16:21 GMT	1 point
	The World Heritage Site called "The Cradle of Humankind" is near Johannesburg in South Africa.

	ostroffj:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 18:11 GMT	1 point
	I thought by "Largest (surface area/volume) lake" you meant the lake for which the ratio of surface area to volume is highest, in which case it's a tie between the left and right compartments of my contact lens case.

	Almasa:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 20:34 GMT	1 point
	The title cradle of mankind is contentious in that several places use that name - I will change it to something more descriptive

	BradEinstein:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 21:49 GMT	1 point
	there are a couple of mistakes with this quiz: 1. The most populous city proper in the world is Shanghai 2. The term highest mountain must be properly defined from a reference point; in this case, Mt. Everest is the highest mountain from sea level. If you say highest mountain from the ground, the correct answer would be Mauna Kea in Hawaii

	Almasa:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 22:16 GMT	1 point
	@ Brad: Are you stating that to call Mt. Everest the highest mountain is a mistake? Because colloquially it is assumed that mountains start at sea level. If the implication is otherwise, then it is always stated. Secondly, using different sources with different criteria for what a city is will almost always give separate answers....maybe the source you used stated Shanghai as the largest. But it is widely accepted that Tokyo is the largest city in the world by the World Gazetteer, World Atlas, United Nations, CIA Factbook, City Population and others.

	paulio_ham:	Jan 12th, 2011 at 03:30 GMT	1 point
	@BradEinstein 1. Shanghai is not the most populous city proper in the world by any widely accepted measure. 2. Mauna Kea is not the highest mountain from the ground. If you mean it is the largest measuring from its oceanic base then yes you're right. But the question is asking for the highest mountain, not the deepest one. 3. Stop trying to poke holes in a quiz just for the sake of it.