JigsawLakes of the World Quiz
Free map quiz on the lakes of the world, with trivia questions and answers and “which is bigger?”. Easy and hard, for kids and adults.
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About this quiz
Each round has ten questions from every corner of the planet. In most of them a river, lake, sea, mountain range or volcano lights up on the map and you pick its name from four. Others are quick trivia questions, like which river flows through Paris, and some play like a game of higher or lower: which of two places is longer, deeper, higher or bigger, from the longest rivers to the highest mountains.
After every answer you see a short fact about the place and, when we have a puzzle photo of it, the photo too: tap it to play the same place as a jigsaw puzzle. The Easy level keeps to the best-known places; All adds hundreds more.
It is a free physical geography quiz and map game for anyone: the Easy level suits kids, students and beginners, while All is a real test for adults and geography fans. Play it on your own, against a friend with the challenge link, or in class on a big screen.
The figures come from standard references such as Britannica and are rounded. Where experts disagree, as on whether the Nile or the Amazon is longer, we say so instead of picking a side, and we leave out places whose names are disputed.
Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). The photos are credited under each picture and on their puzzle pages.
Sample questions and answers
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Which is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal. Baikal is 1,642 m deep and holds about a fifth of the fresh water in the world’s lakes and rivers.
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The shore of which lake is the lowest land on Earth?
Answer: Dead Sea. The shore of the Dead Sea is more than 430 m below sea level, and it is so salty that you float without trying.
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Lake Titicaca lies between which two countries?
Answer: Peru and Bolivia. At 3,812 m, Titicaca is the highest lake in the world that big boats can sail on.
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Which is the largest of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes, shared by Canada and the USA.
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In which country is Loch Ness?
Answer: Scotland. Loch Ness holds more fresh water than all the lakes of England and Wales together.
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Which is the largest lake in Africa?
Answer: Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake, shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
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The White Nile flows out of which lake?
Answer: Lake Victoria.
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Which Great Lake lies entirely in the USA?
Answer: Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that lies entirely in the USA.
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Which lake has lost most of its water since the 1960s, because its rivers were used to water farms?
Answer: Aral Sea. Since the 1960s the Aral Sea has lost most of its water, taken by farms along its rivers.
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Lake Bled, with its little island church, is in which country?
Answer: Slovenia. Lake Bled has a little island with a church, the only natural island in Slovenia.