"Rollin’ on the River

#19 Week 5

Author

Sigrun Sørumgård
January 27, 2025

From famous flows to hidden streams, how well do you know the world’s rivers?

  1. The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the United States. Which is the longest?

  2. Which is the primary river that flows through Paris, France?

  3. Which African river crosses the equator twice?

  4. Which river is Europe’s longest?

  5. Where can you find the river Murry? Which country?

  6. Which river is known as the "Yellow River" in China?

  7. How long is the river Nile?

  8. Which is the UK’s longest river?

  9. Which river (2850 Km) known to history as one of the long-standing frontiers of the Roman Empire, flows through or acts as part of the border of ten European countries?

  10. The Victoria Falls in southern Africa is on which river?

The Wonder Wall

  • 27 rivers flow into Lake Titicaca, but only one flows out from it, The Desaguadero River.

  • The Nile River is widely accepted as the world’s longest river. Found in north Africa, it flows through 11 different countries.

  • The fourth Sunday of every September millions of people from all over the world celebrate World Rivers Day. This global event raises awareness of the importance of rivers and how we can best protect them for years to come!

Friday´s Questions & Answers

  1. Going back to the times when all the states are colonies, name the two Australian states that are named after the same person?

    Victoria and Queensland, named after named after Queen Victoria.

  2. How many stars are on the Australian flag?

    6 stars. The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars).

  3. Which Australian city is called the city of lights?

    Paris, France, the city most commonly referred to as the "City of Light", but Perth, Western Australia, became known worldwide as the "City of Light" when city's residents lit their house lights and streetlights as American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the Earth on Friendship 7 in 1962. The city repeated the act as Glenn passed overhead on the Space Shuttle in 1998.

  4. Which two Australian cities have hosted the Olympic Games?

    Melbourne & Sydney

  5. It is considered the world's largest single rock monolith, it is an inselberg, what is this iconic sandstone formation called?

    Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock

  6. What is the traditional musical instrument of the Aboriginal people of Australia?

    Didgeridoo, is a wind instrument, developed by Aboriginal peoples of northern Australia at least 1,000 years ago.

  7. Approximately, what percentage of Australia's land area is considered 'Outback'?

    70%

    Red and dark red areas form the Outback, dark red and striped areas forms the modern Outback

  8. Who were the first Europeans that recorded sighting and making landfall on the Australian mainland?

    The Dutch. The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken, captained by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon.[89] He sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in early 1606, and made landfall on 26 February 1606 at the Pennefather River near the modern town of Weipa on Cape York.

  9. Apart from the emu, which other native animal is featured on the Australian coat-of-arms?

    Kangaroo. The Australian government estimates that 42.8 million kangaroos lived within the commercial harvest areas of Australia in 2019, down from 53.2 million in 2013

  10. What is the capital city of Tasmania?

    Hobart, the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia.