Can you name the correct answers to these statements related to geography?

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Hint	True/ False	Info
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil
The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world
There are more countries in Africa than Asia
The city of Utrecht is in Holland
Seattle is more northerly than New York City
Rhode Island has a greater population than Mongolia
The island of Borneo is occupied by three countries
Mount Kilimanjaro is higher than Mount McKinley
Memphis is the state capital of Tennessee		The capital of Tennessee is Nashville.
The Maldives has the lowest high point of any country
Japan has the world's highest life expectancy
The world's tallest waterfall is in Venezuela
The currency of Switzerland is the Euro
China borders the same number of countries as Russia		They each border 14 countries.
Shanghai has a greater population than Beijing

Hint	True/ False	Info
Russia is the world's largest oil producer
The Sahara Desert has a greater area than USA
Cyprus is the only country to depict its map on its flag
Australia's flag contains more stars than New Zealand's
Uruguay has a greater population than Paraguay
Vanuatu has a greater area than Nauru
Madrid is more easterly than London
Greenland is on the Eurasian tectonic plate
The Nile River is more than double the length of the Volga
Johannesburg is one of South Africa's three capital cities
Iowa has a greater area than Greece
Lake Victoria is larger than Lake Superior
Transnistria is a disputed territory in Moldova
Over a quarter of adults in Swaziland have HIV/AIDS
Osh is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan
Seattle is more northerly than New York City	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The Nile River is more than double the length of the Volga	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Shanghai has a greater population than Beijing	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Vanuatu has a greater area than Nauru	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Over a quarter of adults in Swaziland have HIV/AIDS	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Russia is the world's largest oil producer	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Iowa has a greater area than Greece	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
There are more countries in Africa than Asia	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Australia's flag contains more stars than New Zealand's	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Transnistria is a disputed territory in Moldova	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
China borders the same number of countries as Russia	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The world's tallest waterfall is in Venezuela	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The Maldives has the lowest high point of any country	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Madrid is more easterly than London	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Osh is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The city of Utrecht is in Holland	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The Sahara Desert has a greater area than USA	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Mount Kilimanjaro is higher than Mount McKinley	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Greenland is on the Eurasian tectonic plate	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Japan has the world's highest life expectancy	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Rhode Island has a greater population than Mongolia	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Uruguay has a greater population than Paraguay	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The island of Borneo is occupied by three countries	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
The currency of Switzerland is the Euro	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Lake Victoria is larger than Lake Superior	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Memphis is the state capital of Tennessee	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Johannesburg is one of South Africa's three capital cities	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.
Cyprus is the only country to depict its map on its flag	The capital city of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek. Osh is the second biggest city.

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True or False: Geography Quiz

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Created Sep 24, 2011 in Geography
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	save_ferris15:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:11 GMT		139 points
	I could have sworn it said "Over a quarter of adults in Switzerland have HIV/AIDS"...

	drywall:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:13 GMT		57 points
	According to my dictionary, the term Netherlands and the term Holland are synonymous. I understand there are technically historical and political differences between the two, but in common American usage they are interchangeable. This is absolutely NOT the case with the previously cited example of "Britain" vs. "Great Britain," which are not synonymous and is a terrible analogy. For crying out loud, even a "Dutchie" says the terms are used interchangeably.

	Sapphira:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:16 GMT		55 points
	I understand why you put that Utrecht isn't in Holland but the Netherlands is very commonly referred to by that name.

	thewildboo:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:29 GMT		22 points
	The lowest highest point!

	Amy_Rey:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT		17 points
	In the Osh clue, "capital" is misspelled.

sprodigy88:

Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT

26 points

I agree with a previous post. Holland is both a province in the Netherlands as well as a nickname for the entire country. Saying the Netherlands and Holland are different is like saying Dallas doesn't have a NFL team (the Cowboys play in Arlington, TX). Even the Dutch say they are from Holland.

	jobean82:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:47 GMT		44 points
	I confidently chose false for the Utrecht one thinking ha, you can't fool me, it's in Belgium...then I saw all the comments on here arguing Netherlands / Holland and realised I was wrong...still came out right though!

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	Beatlezfann:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 15:57 GMT		1 point
	i have a feeling that this quiz format is going to be the new minefield

	Jelsche:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:02 GMT		37 points
	Holland is no province: there is Noord (north) Holland and Zuid (south) Holland. They are both provinces. I am dutch and I said True!

	marpocky:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:12 GMT		42 points
	True or False: Toronto is an American city. It's the same kind of question as the Holland question. You can argue it both ways, so it's a bad question.

	Davidos:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:14 GMT		5 points
	^ If Watson says it's true then it must be true. (NOT!)

	pat19:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:19 GMT		43 points
	Hah! Trying to fool Sporclers with a Kyrgyzstan question...

	pat19:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:20 GMT		50 points
	That Utrecht question has Admiral Ackbar written all over it.

	dancastro:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:24 GMT		15 points
	@Jelsche: you've just opened another debate. Is the statement "The Hague is in Holland" true or false? You can argue: false, there's no province named "Holland" and The Hague is really in South Holland. Or: true, because both North and South Holland can be considered parts of Holland. If Sporcle had existed when there was a West and an East Germany, would the statement "Munich is in Germany" have been considered true or false?

	troy001:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:53 GMT		63 points
	Spelling "Kyrgyzstan" correctly but "capital" wrongly could be the masonic handshake of Sporcle. Nice quiz!

	criswell8:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT		20 points
	I'm glad I'm not the only one who fell into the Johannesburg trap.

	fraac:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 16:58 GMT		11 points
	I agree with Marpocky. While Sporcle convention always calls the country the Netherlands, and I should have paid attention, within the context of the quiz it comes off as a trick question.

	thetriviawizard:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 17:01 GMT		21 points
	Forgot Monaco has the largest life expectancy, should have remembered that from the life expectancy quiz

	nashedpotatoes:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 17:37 GMT		4 points
	dang thats a lot of people for swaziland!

	ralphieboy:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 17:41 GMT		5 points
	ohhhhh its not my lucky day :(

	NeerlandsHoop:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 17:52 GMT		54 points
	About the Holland thing; I always say I'm from The Netherlands, because I don't consider myself being from Holland (I'm not from either of the Holland-provinces). I don't terribly mind about foreigners naming the entire country Holland however, lots of Dutch do it themselves. It's a bit like calling the UK England; English wouldn't mind about that, but the Scottish and the Welsh would correct you. But if you're an experienced Sporcler, you should know there is a catch when a quiz uses Holland and not Netherlands.

	Peakey:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 18:00 GMT		7 points
	Great quiz with a lot of variety, thanks bazmerelda!

	laschmela:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 18:37 GMT		71 points
	Clarify the Info sections. "Vanautu has a population of 200 thousand, while Nauru has 9000 citizens." has nothing to do with the area of each country. "The Nile is 4 thousand miles long. The Volga in Russia is only about 2 thousand." If the Volga is about 2 thousand miles, and the Nile is 4 thousand miles, that means the Nile is or could be more than double the length of the Volga. If you just say "The Nile is 4,132mi and the Volga is 2,294mi," you're justification for the "False" would be much more accurate and much less debatable.

	JubaTuba:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 18:40 GMT		27 points
	Vanuatu does have a greater area than Nauru, and I got it right when I answered true, but why do you then give me the population figures for both countries?

	scoringeagle:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 18:44 GMT		23 points
	Its odd that the info on the Vanuatu/Nauru question gives population numbers, while the question asks about area. Also, there should be specific numbers given in regard to the river length of the Nile and Volga. It says the answer is false, yet the info does not satisfactorily support the claim.

	crdimitri:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 18:58 GMT		11 points
	Good quiz, but, yeah, the Vanuatu/Nauru and Volga/Nile questions need some clarification. (As well as Utrecht, which I didn't know enough to comment on.)

	Jam1:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT		-3 points
	@drywall, sapphira, sprodigy and others: You argue that because most people use Holland and Netherlands interchangeably, that makes them interchangeable? So, when most people believed the Earth was flat, did that make it flat? At one time, did the entire universe orbit the Earth, a universe that was comprised of just 4 elements, because most people believed that to be true? Holland means the area comprised of the provinces of North and South Holland; the Netherlands is the sovereign state that contains Holland. The fact that most people mistake these two places doesn't mean we should repeat their mistakes. Sporcle is supposed to be educational, so let's try to educate people on the difference instead.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT		16 points
	Even though evidence is something different from a collection of random anecdotes: I have three friends from Utrecht (not connected with each other) and they score 2-1 in favor of not calling it Holland.

	demonstah:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 19:34 GMT		-1 points
	I would have no complaints about this quiz as a simple user-submitted quiz, but how did it get published? Utrecht is a blatant trap, unknowable simply because one doesn't know whether the quizmaker is a donkey or an idiot. Nile-Volga explanation makes no sense, nor does Vanuatu-Nauru. Without the ambiguities, this quiz would have been much more fun.

	booklover12:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 19:41 GMT		18 points
	I said "false" for those appalling HIV/AIDS numbers in Swaziland because I so wanted it to be false. Alas, I was wrong.

	Margann:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT		10 points
	what does the population of Vanuatu and Nauru have to do with the general area? :p