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Spring/Summer 2006: Week 1, Round 4
Geography: Lakes
  1. The largest lake in Africa was named by British explorer John Hanning Speke?

     

    A: Lake Victoria

     

  2. Which large lake, partly in Israel, and partly in Jordan, is the lowest surface point on earth?

     

    A: Dead Sea

     

  3. The deepest lake is the world is in Russia. What is its name?

     

    A: Lake Baikal

     

  4. A lake of northwest England in the Cumbrian Mountains is the largest lake in England. What is it called?

     

    A: Lake Windermere

     

  5. What is the most usual name for the lake on the Swiss-French border, also called Lake Leman?

     

    A: Lake Geneva

     

  6. Which saltwater lake between Europe and Asia is the largest inland body of water in the world?

     

    A: Caspian Sea

     

  7. David Livingstone was found by H.M. Stanley in 1871 at Ujiji on the shore of which African lake?

     

    A: Lake Tanganyika

     

  8. What is both the largest freshwater lake and is also the highest commercially navigable lake in the World?8

     

    A: Lake Titicaca

     

  9. What is the only great lake whose border is not shared by both Canada and the U.S.?

     

    A: Lake Michigan

     

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