Blitz survey on geography. Extracurricular work in geography: “Interesting geographical questions

Quiz #1

1. What is the largest ocean? (Quiet.)

2. Which continent has no rivers? (In Antarctica.)

3. Deepest lake? (Baikal, 1620 m.)

4. Large estate in Brazil? (Hacienda.)

5. Tourist trip by water? (Cruise.)

6. A reference book about some historical place, museum, tourist route? (Guide.)

7. Icy crust on the snow after a short thaw? (Present)

8. In which sea do the inhabitants of three parts of the world fish? (In the Mediterranean Sea.)

9. Rotating model of the globe? (Globe.)

10. The inscription on the postal envelope indicating the recipient's location? (Address.)

1 1. An area of ​​stable low atmospheric pressure? (Cyclone.)

12. Gaseous shell surrounding the Earth? (Atmosphere.)

13. A large space, not inhabited by people, devoid of vegetation? (Desert.)

14. What is the hardest mineral? (Diamond.)

15. Significant flooding of the area as a result of rising water levels in the river during the snowmelt period? (Flood.)

16. Which river crosses the equator twice? (Congo.)

18. Where does the river flow into the sea, lake or other river? (Mouth.)

19. Line of apparent contact between the sky and the earth’s or water’s surface? (Horizon.)

20. Highest point of a mountain peak? (Peak.)

Quiz #2

2. Where is the Arabian Desert located? (In Africa.)

4. Cattle farm in the USA? (Ranch.)

5. A group of pack animals carrying people and cargo? (Caravan.)

6. A person who accompanies tourists and introduces them to the area and attractions? (Guide.)

7. A drifting ice mass that broke away from a glacier with a deeply submerged underwater part? (Iceberg.)

8. What part of the world is washed by all four oceans? (Asia.)

9. A period of time equal to the period of revolution of the Earth around the Sun? (Year.)

10. Collection of geographical maps? (Atlas.)

1 I. Region of stable high atmospheric pressure9 (Anticyclone.)

12. Molten mass in the depths of the Earth? (Magma.)

13. A stream of water rapidly falling from a height? (Waterfall.)

14. A piece of iron ore that has the property of attracting iron objects? (Magnet.)

15. Tremors and vibrations of individual sections of the earth's surface? (Earthquake.)

16. Which sea does not a single river flow into? (Red sea.)

17. What is the shallowest ocean? (Arctic.)

18. A depression in the ground through which a water stream flows? (Red.)

19. Sun setting beyond the horizon line? (Sunset.)

20. A device for determining the sides of the horizon? (Compass.)

Imagine a situation: a reporter from some local channel stops you on the street with an unobtrusive offer - to answer a series of simple questions about the country in which you live, study, work... If you doubt yourself, your knowledge, you will find thousands of reasons to avoid questions, you will want to move away, pass by, thereby avoiding a very delicate situation bordering on shame. It’s one thing to disgrace yourself in front of one person, and quite another to disgrace yourself in front of the whole country.

Recently, a video of just such a situation was shown on one of the state channels - in a crowded place, in the center of Moscow, a survey was conducted on the topic: “how do you know the geography of Russia.” The simplest questions were asked, and unfortunately most of the “test subjects” were embarrassed...

In this regard, we decided to introduce the “All about Russia” section, dividing articles into questions - answers on geography, history, and so on... Today we’ll start with geography. Test your knowledge here and now:

10 simple questions on Russian geography

1 Russia is the largest country in the world by area. Where is most of the territory of Russia located?

Answer: In eastern Europe and northern Asia

The European part of the country occupies about 23% of the area. Its border is the Ural Mountains, the border with Kazakhstan and the Kuma and Manych rivers.

The Asian part of Russia, occupying about 77% of the territory, lies east of the Urals and is also called Siberia (however, the exact definition of the boundaries of Siberia is a controversial issue) and the Far East.

2 How many subjects are there in the Russian Federation?

Answer: The Russian Federation consists of 85 constituent entities

Subject of the Russian Federation or abbreviated subject of the federation is the name of a territorial unit in the Russian Federation. According to the Russian Constitution of 1993, Russia is a federal state and consists of equal subjects of the Russian Federation. In total - 85 subjects. Of these, 22 are republics, 9 territories, 46 regions, 3 federal cities, 1 autonomous region, 4 autonomous districts.

3 How many time zones are there in Russia?

Answer: 11 time zones

Time in Russia is regulated by the Federal Law “On the Calculation of Time,” according to which, since October 26, 2014, 11 time zones have been established. It is curious that the Republic of Yakutia occupies as many as three time zones, the Sakhalin region two, while the rest of Russia lies within a single time zone.

4 How many countries border Russia?

Answer: 18 states

Russia recognizes the existence of borders with 18 states: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan and the United States, as well as the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

5 How many rivers and lakes are there in Russia?

Answer: More than 2.8 million rivers and ∼ 2,747,997 million lakes

There are more than 2.8 million rivers in Russia with a total length of 12.4 million km. Most of these rivers are relatively small and their length is usually no more than 100 kilometers. But as for large rivers, they are truly huge and reach shocking sizes. Read more about the largest rivers in Russia -

There are 2,747,997 lakes in Russia with a total area of ​​408,856 km (excluding the Caspian Sea). The largest lake is the Caspian Sea. From lakes in the traditional sense largest in area are Baikal (31,722 km²), Ladoga (17,872 km²), Onega (9693 km²) and Taimyr (4560 km²), and by volume Baikal (23,516 km³), Ladoga (838 km³), Onega (292 km³) and Khantay (82 km³), while about 96% of all lake water reserves are concentrated only in the eight largest lakes, of which 95.2% falls on Baikal alone. About the most beautiful lakes in Russia according to our magazine -

6 How many seas washes Russia?

Answer: Russia is washed by 1 closed sea and 13 seas belonging to three oceans

The seas of the Atlantic Ocean washing Russia:

• Baltic Sea
• Black Sea
• Sea of ​​Azov

Seas of the Arctic Ocean washing Russia:

• Barencevo sea
• Pechora Sea
• White Sea
• Kara Sea
• Laptev sea
• East-Siberian Sea
• Chukchi Sea

• Bering Sea
• Sea of ​​Okhotsk
• Japanese Sea

7 How many people live in Russia?

Answer: More than 146 million people

Russia is considered the largest country in the world in terms of the size of its own territory, but as for the population, here our country is located only on the 9th place on the planet.

• China 1,339,450,000
• India 1,187,550,000
• USA 310,241,000
• Indonesia 237,556,000
• Brazil 193,467,000
• Pakistan 170,532,000
• Bangladesh 164,425,000
• Nigeria 158,259,000
• Russia 143,300,000

According to Rosstat, as of January 1, 2017, the total population of Russia is 146,804,372 people.

And yet, the Russian Federation is the most populated state in Europe. The average density is 8.36 people per square kilometer, but the fact is that population density is extremely unevenly distributed. So, about 80 percent of our compatriots are in the European part of the country, which makes up only 23% of the entire territory of the Russian Federation. If the population density, say, in Chukotka is 0.07 inhabitants per square km, then in Moscow, the capital of our homeland, the numbers are completely different - about 4,700 people per square km!

8 How many federal districts are there in Russia?

Answer: 8 districts

All subjects of the Russian Federation are united into 8 federal districts.

The legal basis for the creation of federal districts of the Russian Federation is Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 No. 849 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the federal district.

In accordance with this Decree, seven federal districts were formed:

• Central (administrative center - Moscow)
• Yuzhny (administrative center - Rostov-on-Don)
• North-West (administrative center - St. Petersburg)
• Far Eastern (administrative center - Khabarovsk)
• Sibirsky (administrative center - Novosibirsk)
• Uralsky (administrative center - Yekaterinburg)
• Privolzhsky (administrative center - Nizhny Novgorod)
• In 2010, the North Caucasus Federal District was separated from the Southern Federal District. It became the eighth (administrative center - Pyatigorsk).
• By decree of President Vladimir Putin of March 21, 2014, the ninth federal district, Crimea, was formed. (administrative center - Simferopol), however later, in 2016, Vladimir Putin included the Crimean Federal District into the Southern Federal District.

9 How many cities are there in Russia?

Answer: 1113 cities

As of October 10, 2015, the number of cities in the Russian Federation increased to 1113, as the urban village of Uglegorsk, Amur Region, was transformed into the city of Tsiolkovsky.

However, it belongs to the so-called closed cities of Russia (ZATO). After all, this is where the full-scale construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is underway.

The Vostochny cosmodrome will be located not far from the Svobodny cosmodrome, which was disbanded in 2007. About closed cities of Russia -

The largest cities in Russia are:

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Volgograd, Voronezh.

Answer: Elbrus / Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth, which can be classified as the largest closed lake, or as a full-fledged sea, due to its size, as well as due to the fact that its bed is composed of oceanic-type crust. Located at the junction of Europe and Asia.

Lowest point in Russia located far in the south - right next to the Caspian Sea, where in the Caspian Lowland the absolute elevations reach -28 meters! In other words, this territory is located almost thirty meters below the level of the World Ocean.

Of course, it is far from the absolute champion - the Dead Sea, which lies another 400 meters below the ocean shores, but the height of a nine-story building is also a lot.

The Caspian lowland was once the bottom of a huge sea, the memory of which remains the vast Caspian Sea.

Extracurricular work in geography: Interesting geographical questions.

Quizzes, crosswords, literary assignments, riddles, puzzles, puzzles.

Geographical assignments using literary works.

1. In E. Rumyantsev’s poem “Guess” we read:

If there are lips on the map,

If there are noses on it,

So somewhere between them

Located......mustache!

Look for the famous “lips”, “noses” and “mustaches” on the map of Russia.

Answer: Lips: Onega Bay, Dvinskaya, Mezenskaya - White Sea; Tazovskaya, Gydanskaya, Obskaya - Kara Sea; Penzhinskaya, Yanskaya, Udskaya - Sea of ​​Okhotsk;

Capes: Svyatoy Nos - on the Kola Peninsula, Kanin Nos - on the Kanin Peninsula, Beluzhsky Nos - on the Yamal Peninsula; Rivers named Us and Usa are tributaries of the Yenisei, Pechora and Tom.

2. Near Pechora, by the river where the reindeer herders live

And fishermen fish.

The city is located - the center of the national district. Its name translates as Red City. Name it.

Answer : Naryan - Mar

3. What large Siberian region, on the territory of which geologists have recently made outstanding discoveries, is spoken of in the poems of the poet I. Molchanov? What minerals is this area rich in?

I saw how grain was being transported by cars,

I heard the earth sing brightly

In the granaries of distant Ishim,

In the golden Ust-Lamen fields.

I was at the site of Ermakova’s battle,

I heard the beating of new life

There, on the “wild shore of the Irtysh”...

With the Khanty in the silver Altynka

I caught gap-toothed sterlets

I saw how the taiga was drowning in haze,

I saw the work and courage of people.

Answer: Tyumen region with its oil and gas reserves.

- I should go to Erofey Pavlovich. And you?

To me - to the city named after him.

In this case, I should leave earlier.

Who or what were the interlocutors talking about?

Answer: The Erofey Pavlovich station in the Amur region and the city of Khabarovsk are named in honor of E.P. Khabarova.

5. Winter here is “the quietest, clearest, driest and most stable of the local climatic periods…. There are no sudden changes in weather in winter. The cold grows and falls in smooth and large scales. The day differs little in temperature from the night. There are almost no winds... They are so weak here that they are not able to move the forests, dressed in thick vestments of snow, which stand white and motionless all winter, like frozen river foam. Indestructible silence, calm, silence reigns everywhere. Everything froze, became numb, turned into ice... Even the vault of the sky seems like a dome carved out of ice. It is pale, transparent, and for weeks at a time neither cloudy spots nor clouds are visible on it...” (V. Seroshevsky).

To which region of our homeland does this description of winter apply?

Answer: Eastern Siberia. In winter, a Siberian anticyclone is established here, the action of which is described.

Quiz “Ural Gems”

1. There is a mineral in nature that bears a human name. Name it.

Answer: Mineral alexandrite

2. . There is a beautiful mineral in nature, the “name” of which was included in the title of the story by the famous Russian writer A.I. Kuprina. Name this stone.

Answer: This is granite. Story by A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet".

Puzzle “Arithmetic and Russian cities”

1. Your task is quite simple: you need to add up the words below and in total get the name of a Russian city. In this case, it is allowed to rearrange letters within one “example”.

1. KUS + CRIT =? 6. SHAFT + DRAIN + DIVO = ?

2. BRIDGE + KORA = ? 7. BAR + ULAN = ?

3. YAK + BUSH = ? 8. AGREEMENT + N =?

4. THIEF + GAD + GOL = ? 9. TAP + R + SODA = ?

5. STO + VARNISH = ? 10. BORIS + GLEB + JUICE = ?

Answers: 1. Irkutsk 6. Vladivostok

2. Kostroma 7. Barnaul

3. Yakutsk 8. Novgorod

4. Volgograd 9. Krasnoyarsk

5. Kotlas 10. Borisoglebsk

Crosswords

1. Horizontally
1. Transport serving foreign trade in Russia
6. The science that studies stars.
7. 1.The main processing industry within the agro-industrial complex (Food)
9. The cheapest transport for transporting passengers
11. In what country is the city of Kommunar located?
13. The only type of power plant that produces solid waste (Thermal)

Vertically
2. Transfer of military enterprises to the production of civilian products
3. Type of power plants that take longer and are more expensive to build than all others (Hydraulic)
4. What potential is the leading factor in the location of machine-building enterprises
5. center uniting scientific institutions with knowledge-intensive industrial enterprises
8. Industrial connections between enterprises jointly producing certain products
10. ... complex - a set of industries that produce a variety of machines

Answers:

2. Seas of Russia

Puzzles:

1.

Answer: Map

2.

Answer: Capital

3.

Answer: Russia

4.

Answer: Baikal

5.

Answer: City

Puzzles

1. The main city of the state,
Be it a republic or a kingdom.
This is where ingenuity comes in handy:
Here is Moscow, it is...
(Capital.)

2. With this city
Others can't compare.
He is the main one in the country,
It's called...
(Capital.)

3. Territories of the country
You guys should know
To write letters to everyone,
To send parcels.
There are Ryazanskaya, Tverskaya,
What is yours like?
(Region.)

Interesting geography questions:

1. The Russian traveler, scientist, researcher of the life of the peoples of one distant island, was not only a wonderful naturalist, but also a talented artist. His landscape sketches and portraits have not lost their scientific value to this day. Look at the drawing from this traveler's diary and say his name? What research did he devote his life to?

Answer: Niklukho - Maclay. He proved that the Papuans and other peoples of Oceania are not inferior to Europeans in their moral qualities. He believed that racial differences between peoples arise under the influence of nature and living conditions.

2. Which lake is shown in the picture?

Answer: Lake Baikal

3. The picture shows the coat of arms of the smallest union republic of the former USSR. Which? What mountain is depicted on the coat of arms?

Answer: Armenia, Mount Ararat

4. From the journalist’s diary: “Finally, for the first time in several days, the clouds cleared, and we saw the night sky in all its beauty. The first thought that came to my mind was to find the familiar Ursa Major bucket. But no matter how I turned my head, he was not there. I did not find any other constellations decorating our Moscow sky. The North Star was not visible either.”

Which hemisphere was the journalist in?

Answer: The journalist was in the southern hemisphere, so he did not see the North Star.

Geographic “record holders”.

2. The most transparent sea. (Weddell Sea)

3. The largest (Caspian)

4. The coldest (East Siberian and Beaufort in the Arctic Ocean, Bering and Okhotsk in the Pacific Ocean and off the coast of Antarctica)

5. The highest land “sleeping” volcano on the globe is ACONCAGUA in the South American Andes (6960m).

6. A Japanese volcano is called a “dormant” volcano, which one? (Fujiyama)

7. What is the deepest well on Earth? (On the Kola Peninsula in Russia)

8. Although, as they sing in the song, “nature has no bad weather, all weather is good,” we would venture to say that the place of “the worst weather” should be considered the island of Janmayen, located in the North Atlantic between Norway and Greenland. Why?

Answer: Here, at the junction of the warm North Atlantic and cold polar currents, cyclones and storms do not subside. Over the entire year, there are on average only three days of relatively tolerable weather.

References:

1. Makartsev L.V., Kuskov A.S. Extracurricular work on economic and social geography of Russia, JSC Publishing House Lyceum, Saratov, 2001,

2. Nagorny B.A. Interesting geographical questions. Publishing house "Prosveshchenie", Moscow, 1968

3. Scarlato G. Entertaining geography for children and adults. Publishing house "Alterpress", Kyiv, 1996.

1. It's still not clear why Lake Hillier in Western Australia is pink.
2. To protect against evil spirits, people of the Akha tribe living in northern Laos nail wooden models of Kalashnikov assault rifles and hand grenades to gate posts. People are sure that not a single evil spirit will dare to pass through such a gate.
3. The driest place on earth is the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, where there has been no precipitation for two million years.
4. The population of Africa speaks the largest number of languages ​​- the number of African languages ​​exceeds two thousand. The rarest of them is the Bikya language. In 1998, only one 87-year-old woman from a village on the border between Cameroon and Nigeria spoke this language.
5. Holland is a province within the Netherlands, which in the 16th–18th centuries was the political and economic core of the state. Since then, the history of this province has merged so much with the history of the entire country that the Netherlands began to be called Holland.
6. At the geographic poles (North and South), time can be chosen at your discretion, since all meridians converge at one point, and therefore the concept of geographic longitude loses its meaning. Since calculating the time of day at any place on Earth is related to the geographic longitude of that place, the uncertainty of longitude at the geographic poles leads to the uncertainty of the time of day at them.
7. Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world that is located on two continents.
8. The oldest city in the world is Damascus, the capital of Syria. It flourished for several thousand years until the founding of Rome in 753 BC.
9. The largest building in the world is the Burj Dubai skyscraper (Dubai Tower). Its height is 828 meters (164 floors).
10. Costa Rica does not have a regular army.
11. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
12. The smallest states: Vatican City - approximately 0.44 square meters. km. Population 770 people; Monaco - approximately 1.9 sq. km. Population - 32,000 people; Nauru - approximately 21 sq. km. Population 13,000; Tuvalu - approximately 25 sq. km. Population - 12,000 people; San Marino - approximately 61 sq. km. Population: 29,000 people.
13. Streets in Japan have no names.
14. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.
15. Austria was the first country to use postcards.
16. 10 percent of the Russian government's revenue comes from the sale of vodka.
17. Japan is 70% mountainous.
18. All 14 mountains that are higher than 8000 meters are in Asia.
19. The tallest mountain in the world with its base on the ocean floor is Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Its height is 10203 m, but only 4205 m are above sea level.
20. In Korea, it is considered tactless to keep your hands behind your back or in your pockets.
21. In Brazil, pulling down the lower eyelid of the right eye means that the listener doubts what you are saying.
22. The full name of Los Angeles is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be shortened to 3.63% of the original size: "LA".
23. In 1980, there was only one country in the world where there were no telephones - Bhutan.
24. The character Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
25. In Saudi Arabia, a woman can get a divorce if her husband does not give her coffee.
26. 7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem.
27. 5% of Canadians don’t know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but they know the first 9 words of the American anthem.
28. The West African Matami tribe plays football with a human skull.
29. The state of Papua New Guinea includes the islands of New Britain and New Ireland.
30. The capital of Vermont, Montpelier, is the only state capital in the United States without a single McDonald's.
31. Montpelier (Vermont) is the smallest state capital in the United States. Its population is only about nine thousand inhabitants.
32. The Weddell Sea in Antarctica is considered the cleanest sea on Earth.
33. The farthest point from all the oceans on Earth is in China.
34. In France, Italy and Chile the existence of UFOs is officially recognized.
35. In May 1948, two New Zealand volcanoes, Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe, erupted simultaneously.
36. Unlike most African nations, Ethiopia was never a European colony.
37. Lebanon is the only state in the Middle East without deserts.
38. The city of Hong Kong ranks first in the world in the number of Rolls-Royce cars.
39. There are only two countries in South America that do not have access to the ocean: Bolivia and Paraguay.
40. Amsterdam and Antwerp have 26 islands each, St. Petersburg has 101, and Venice has as many as 118.
41. In the town of Calama, located in the Chilean Atacama Desert, it never rains.
42. The widest street in the world is located in Brasilia (Monumental Axis street, width - 250 meters).
43. Residents of the island of Lesvos are called lesboians and lesbosians, rather than lesbians and lesbians.
44. The Red Sea is the warmest sea on Earth.
45. Indonesia is located on 17,508 islands.
46. There is not a single river in Saudi Arabia.
47. The Ob River has about 150,000 tributaries.
48. The Greek national anthem has 158 versions. No one in Greece knows all 158 versions of their country's anthem.
49. In Malaysia, they believe that by bathing a child in beer, you can protect him from all sorts of troubles and illnesses.
50. The 7 most numerous peoples in the world: Chinese (Han), Hindustani, US Americans, Bengalis, Russians, Brazilians and Japanese.
51. The tallest extinct volcano on Earth is Aconcagua, located in Argentina. Its height is 6960 meters.
52. Several buildings in Manhattan have their own zip code. And the World Trade Center even has several of them.
53. There is only one river in the world that originates at the equator and flows into a temperate climate zone: the Nile. For some unknown reason, the remaining rivers flow in the opposite direction.
54. The center of Europe is located on the territory of Ukraine in the Transcarpathian region between the cities of Tyachev and Rakhiv, near the village of Delovoye, and the center of Asia is in the city of Kizyl, Tuva Republic.
55. In Thailand it is still considered indecent to use a fork when eating. The fork is used only to transfer food from the plate to the spoon.
56. Despite the fact that Delhi and Novosibirsk are almost at the same longitude, their time differs by an hour and a half. This is due to the fact that India has special maternity hours.
57. 23 of the 50 American states have access to the ocean.
58. On February 18, 1979, it was snowing in the Sahara Desert.
59. There are 17 active volcanoes in Japan.
60. The first capital of the Russian state was Ladoga.
61. Cuba is the only Caribbean island with railways.
62. Nauru is the only state in the world that does not have an official capital.
63. The largest ports in the world: Rotterdam, Singapore, Kobe, New York, New Orleans.
64. The last eruption of the Japanese volcano Fuji occurred in 1707.
65. 336 rivers flow into Lake Baikal, but only one flows out (the Angara).
66. Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) is considered the coldest capital in the world.
67. Until almost the end of the 1980s, there was not a single telephone in Bhutan.
68. Of the 25 highest peaks in the world, 19 are in the Himalayas.
69. Less than 1 percent of the Caribbean islands are inhabited.
70. There are as many as 3 cities in Peru and 9 more in Paris in the USA.
71. The Ganges has the largest delta of all rivers.
72. Japan includes more than 3,900 islands.
73. In the state of Togo, a man who compliments a woman is obliged to marry her.
74. In the central square of the Canadian town of Glendon stands its official symbol - a dumpling 9 meters high and weighing 2700 kg.
75. The eruption of the Mexican volcano Paricutin lasted 9 years (from 1943 to 1952). During this time, the volcano's cone rose 2,774 meters.
76. There are 5 states in Europe that border only one other state - Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City and Monaco.
77. The 7 largest countries in the world (Russia, Canada, USA, China, Australia, Brazil and Argentina) occupy half of the planet's total land area.
78. The inscription Allah Akbar is repeated 22 times on the Iranian flag.
79. The Philippines archipelago includes 7,107 islands.
80. The Trans-Siberian Railway crosses exactly 3901 bridges.
81. The Kingdom of Tonga is the only monarchy in Oceania.
82. The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper, and the first American flag was woven from hemp paper.
83. House numbering was first adopted in London in the 18th century, before which the address was determined by the owner's name.
84. In 1991, a monument to the ax was erected in Canada on a concrete pedestal. The weight of the monument was 7 tons.
85. 60% of all cultural values ​​of Western Europe are concentrated in Italy. Any Italian city is an open-air museum.
86. In the city of Tegazi (Sahara) there are houses with walls made of rock salt. This is one of the driest places on Earth.
87. In Finland, Italy, Germany, England, France and Spain, the number of cell phones exceeds the number of regular phones.
88. Visitors to the museum in Wupperteil are given identical postcards and asked to send them from their hometown. They make up the exhibition.
89. In the city of Tombsone, men and women over 18 years of age are prohibited from smiling if they are missing more than 1 front tooth.
90. The Ecuadorian postal service stamps the envelopes: Pyramid, located on the equator and dividing the world in half.
91. In England, 12 million old cell phones and 2 million televisions are thrown into landfill every year.
92. In London, a true Cockney is considered to be one who was born in the East End, within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow.
93. During the construction of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, there was such a demand for Romanian marble that even tombstones throughout the country were made from other materials.
94. The cities of Makhachkala and Buinaksk are named after the Dagestan revolutionaries Magomed-Ali Dakhadaev (Makhach) and Ullubiy Daniyalovich Buinaksky.
95. The Russian city of Armavir received its name in honor of the ancient capital of Armenia - Armavir. Now they are sister cities.
96. Canada has been declared the best country to live by the UN 4 times over the past 5 years.
97. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.
98. There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
99. The only country where not a single birth was registered in 1983 is the Vatican.
100. If all the steel cables of the largest Akashi-Kaikyo suspension bridge were stretched out in length, they could encircle the Earth as many as seven times.
101. The windiest place is Victoria Land, located in Antarctica. The wind speed here reaches 215 kilometers per hour.
102. Andorra is the only country in the world with free postal services.
103. Scrolling your finger at your temple means “I think” in Argentina and Peru. In other countries, the same gesture means “crazy.”
104. In Japan, it is considered very indecent to kiss in front of witnesses.
105. The equator passes through 13 countries of the world.
106. In Iceland, tipping is considered an insult.
107. The United Nations University is located in Tokyo.
108. Venice in Italy is built on 118 islets and connected by 400 bridges. She gradually sinks into the water.
109. In Paraguay, registered blood donors can legally duel.