First, Biggest, Smallest, Oldest, Largest General Knowledge Exercise 08
First, Biggest, Smallest, Oldest, Largest
General Knowledge Exercise 08
- Largest river in volume is Amazon (Brazil).
- Longest river is Nile (Egypt).
- Largest sea bird is Albatross.
- Largest space centre is Cape Kennedy (USA).
- Largest stadium is Straho Stadium Prague.
- Tallest statue is Statue of Liberty (NY).
- Largest suspension bridge is Verazano-Narrows, NY.
- Longest swimming course is English Channel, UK.
- Broadest strait is Mozambique.
- Longest strait is Malacca.
- Biggest Telescope is Astro Physical Observatory.
- Largest temple is Angkor Vat (Cambodia).
- Longest non-stop train is Flying Scotman.
- Highest town is Wenchuan, Tibet (China).
- Tallest tower is CNN Tower, Toronto, USA.
- Longest road tunnel is Seikan (Japan).
- Highest volcano is Cotapaxi (Ecuador).
- Largest volcano is Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
- Philippines has the greatest number of volcanoes in the world.
- Longest wall is Great Wall of China 1550 miles long.
- Highest waterfall is Angel (Venezuela)
- Lowest body of water is Dead Sea.
- Biggest zoo is Etosha National Park, Namibia.
- In 2650 the first Pyramid was built in Egypt.
- In 776 First Olympic Games were played in Greece.
- Alexander invaded India in battle of Hydaspes.
- Emperor Theodesius banned the Olympic Games.
- Sun and Moon pyramids are in Mexico.
- Rock temple was built at Jerusalem.
- The largest tea producing country is India.
- USA has the largest production of aluminium.
- Rainfall related to mountains is Orographic rainfall.
- Lakes give the source of terrestrial moisture.
- Bangladesh has a dispute over the construction of a dam on Naaf River with Myanmar.
- A large coral reef containing islands encompassing a sea water lagoon is named Atoll.
- The largest basins in the face of the earth are oceans. Basin is a low land area.
- Sri Lanka is not a landlocked country.
- The thinnest earth layer is Crust.
- The name of the second highest African peak is Mount Kenya.
- Name of the second largest river of Africa is The Congo.
- Sundarbans Forests are world’s largest mangrove forests.
- Khunjra Pass connects Pakistan with China.