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Earth Records Quiz: Tallest, Longest, Biggest and Deepest

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Earth Records Quiz: Tallest, Longest, Biggest and Deepest

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Earth records quiz: 25 questions about the tallest, longest, deepest and most extreme places on Earth. 🏔️

The mountain taller than Everest from its base, the deepest point in the ocean, a cave with its own jungle and the peak farthest from Earth's center. Great for family quiz nights, road trips and classrooms.

❓ IN THIS QUIZ

  • Which mountain is tallest from its base to its peak?
  • Where is the world's largest cave?
  • Which is the largest country with no permanent rivers?
  • Which mountain peak is farthest from the center of the Earth?

How to play

  1. Read the question and look at the pictures.
  2. Pick your answer before the timer runs out (or switch the timer off).
  3. See if you were right and read the fun fact.
Answers and fun facts (spoilers!)
  1. Let's break some records! Which mountain is tallest from its base to its peak?
    Mauna Kea
    Measured from its base on the seafloor, Hawaii's Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m tall, taller than Everest!
  2. Where is the deepest point in the ocean?
    Mariana Trench
    Its Challenger Deep is about 10,900 m (35,800 ft) down. Everest would fit inside with room to spare!
  3. Which river is usually listed as the longest?
    Nile
    The Nile is usually listed as the longest, though some measurements give the Amazon the title!
  4. Which river carries the most water?
    Amazon
    The Amazon carries about a fifth of all the river water flowing into the world's oceans!
  5. What is the largest lake on Earth?
    Caspian Sea
    Despite its name, the Caspian Sea is a lake, and the world's largest!
  6. Which freshwater lake has the largest surface area?
    Lake Superior
    Lake Superior covers the most area; Lake Baikal holds the most water!
  7. Where is the world's largest cave?
    Vietnam
    Hang Sơn Đoòng in Vietnam is so big it has its own jungle inside!
  8. Which city is the world's highest seat of government?
    La Paz, Bolivia
    La Paz sits about 3,640 m (11,900 ft) above sea level!
  9. Which is the driest non-polar place on Earth?
    Atacama Desert
    Some weather stations in Chile's Atacama have barely recorded any rain at all!
  10. Which is the largest active volcano on Earth?
    Mauna Loa
    Hawaii's Mauna Loa is the biggest active volcano by volume!
  11. Which Hawaiian volcano is one of the most active in the world?
    Kīlauea
    Kīlauea has erupted many times in recent decades.
  12. Where is the world's tallest active geyser?
    Yellowstone
    Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone can shoot water over 90 m (300 ft) high!
  13. Which village is one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth?
    Oymyakon, Russia
    Oymyakon in Siberia once recorded -67.7 °C (-89.9 °F)!
  14. Where is the lowest dry land on Earth?
    Dead Sea shore
    The Dead Sea shore is about 430 m (1,410 ft) below sea level!
  15. Which lake is often called the highest navigable lake?
    Lake Titicaca
    Lake Titicaca sits about 3,800 m (12,500 ft) up, between Peru and Bolivia!
  16. What is the longest mountain range on Earth?
    Mid-ocean ridge
    The mid-ocean ridge runs about 65,000 km under the oceans!
  17. Which is the world's largest river delta?
    Ganges Delta
    The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta in India and Bangladesh is home to the Sundarbans mangrove forest!
  18. Where is the world's largest glacier?
    Antarctica
    Antarctica's Lambert Glacier is over 400 km (250 miles) long!
  19. Which is the largest country with no permanent rivers?
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia has no rivers that flow all year round!
  20. What is the world's largest tropical wetland?
    Pantanal
    The Pantanal stretches across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.
  21. Where is the world's longest known cave system?
    Kentucky, USA
    Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has over 680 km (420 miles) of mapped passages!
  22. Where is the largest known impact crater on Earth?
    South Africa
    The Vredefort crater in South Africa was made by an asteroid about 2 billion years ago!
  23. What is the tallest mountain in Europe?
    Mount Elbrus
    Mount Elbrus in Russia is 5,642 m. Mont Blanc is the tallest in the Alps.
  24. What is the highest mountain in the UK?
    Ben Nevis
    Ben Nevis in Scotland is 1,345 m (4,413 ft) tall.
  25. Final question! Which mountain peak is farthest from the center of the Earth?
    Chimborazo
    Earth bulges at the equator, so Ecuador's Chimborazo pokes out farther than Everest!