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That's "+ Math.round((z/ numberQuestions) * 100)+"%." +"<br><br>" + "See if your friends know as much as you." +"<br><br></body></html>"); results.document.close(); } //--> </script> <h1>The River Nile Trivia Quiz</h1> <p>How much of an expert about River Nile facts are you? Are you a budding Nile adventurer, river explorer or ancient Egypt archaeologist? Test yourself with the questions below and find out...</p><br> <img src="art/nile-river-feluccas.jpg" width="425" height="128" alt="Felucca sailing boats on the Nile near Aswan in southern Egypt" /> <br><br> <form NAME="id"> <p>Firstly comrade, by what name do you go by? <input size="13" type="text" name="input1" rows="1" cols="50"></p> </form> <br> <p> Okay, here goes. Good luck!<p> <br> <form> <p>1. By how much does Ethiopia's Blue Nile River increase in volume during the rainy season?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q1" value="Two? Not even close, when it rains in Ethiopia, it rains!">2 times<br> <input type="radio" name="Q1" value="Try multiplying that by ten!">5 times<br> <input type="radio" name="Q1" value="It's a lot more than 10 times; it really buckets down in Ethiopia.">10 times<br> <input type="radio" name="Q1" value="Correct!">50 times<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>2. How many countries rely on the Nile river and it's tributaries for water and fish? <br> <input type="radio" name="Q2" value="Just one country? A lot of people think it's only Egypt, but I thought you'd know better.">1 country<br> <input type="radio" name="Q2" value="Not seven, quite a few more than that.">7 countries<br> <input type="radio" name="Q2" value="Correct!">11 countries<br> <input type="radio" name="Q2" value="Not quite 14.">14 countries<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>3. What percentage of the Nile River water that reaches Egypt originates from Ethiopia's Blue Nile?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q3" value="20%-40% is a trickle.">20%-40%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q3" value="It's a bit more than 40%-60%.">40%-60%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q3" value="Close, but believe it or not, it's more than 60%-80%.">60%-80%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q3" value="Correct!">More than 80%<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>4. The Nile Crocodile is the only freshwater species that sees humans as prey. How long do these crocodiles grow?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q4" value="About double that!">3 metres / 10 feet<br> <input type="radio" name="Q4" value="Five metres is big, but they're even bigger.">5 metres / 16 feet<br> <input type="radio" name="Q4" value="Correct!">6 metres / 20 feet<br> <input type="radio" name="Q4" value="Nile Crocs are big, but not nine metres big.">9 metres / 30 feet<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>5. In the 1970s the Nile Crocodile was close to extinction but there are now many lurking along the Nile. How many Nile Crocodiles are their estimated to be now?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q5" value="Times that by 50!">10,000<br> <input type="radio" name="Q5" value="30,000 is long way off!">30,000<br> <input type="radio" name="Q5" value="100,000 is a large number, but there are actually a lot more.">100,000<br> <input type="radio" name="Q5" value="Correct!">As many as 500,000<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>6. The Nile River is also crawling with hippos, considered by many as the most dangerous animal in Africa having killed more people than lions. How big do these monsters get?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q6" value="A young one may weigh a tonne, but there are much bigger ones than that.">1 tonne / 1.1 tons<br> <input type="radio" name="Q6" value="I know two tonnes sounds huge, but they are actually even bigger.">2 tonnes / 2.2 tons<br> <input type="radio" name="Q6" value="Correct!">3 tonnes / 3.3 tons<br> <input type="radio" name="Q6" value="Hippos are huge, but not five tonnes huge.">A whopping 5 tonnes / 5.5 tons<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>7. For how many years have farmers been living along the Nile River?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q7" value="Only 2,000 years? The Romans were already planning where to build their baths by then.">2,000 years<br> <input type="radio" name="Q7" value="Correct!">7,000 years<br> <input type="radio" name="Q7" value="6,000BC is kind of close, but there weren't really farmers on the Nile's banks that early.">8,000 years.<br> <input type="radio" name="Q7" value="12,000 years ago there wasn't a soul to be seen near the River Nile.">12,000 years<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>8. What percentage of Egypt's population live along the Nile River's banks?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q8" value="Not quite, there are still a few Egyptians living away from the Nile.">100%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q8" value="Correct!">90%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q8" value="Nope, more than 70%.">70%<br> <input type="radio" name="Q8" value="A lot more than 50%.">50%<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>9. Some of the most famous landmarks along the Nile River are the majestic pyramids. Which Nile country has the most pyramids?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q9" value="Correct!">Sudan<br> <input type="radio" name="Q9" value="While Ethiopia has some incredible ancient obelisks, it isn't really known for its pyramids.">Ethiopia<br> <input type="radio" name="Q9" value="Surprisingly not.">Egypt<br> <input type="radio" name="Q9" value="Guatemala is in Central America, oceans away from Africa and the Nile!">Guatemala<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p>10. As of 2011, how many people have paddled or self-powered themselves down the full length of the River Nile from either of it's sources?<br><br> <input type="radio" name="Q10" value="Correct!">2 people<br> <input type="radio" name="Q10" value="No, not even 17.">17 people<br> <input type="radio" name="Q10" value="A lot less than 100.">About 100 people<br> <input type="radio" name="Q10" value="1,000 people? The Nile is the world's longest river and has countless obstacles along the way.">Over 1,000 people<br> <br> <br> </p> </form> <form> <p><input type="button" name="answers" value="Click here to see how many River Nile facts you know" onclick="first()";> </p> </form> <br> <h6>Tell your friends and see how they go!</h6><br> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Check out MarkTanner.com: World-first Nile paddler, Viking treasure hunter, midwinter Canada cyclist and current China resident" target="_blank"><img src="art/twitter-icon.png" alt="Tweet it" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.marktanner.com" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank"><img src="art/facebook-icon.png" alt="Share on Facebook" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.marktanner.com" target="_blank"><img src="art/delicious-icon.png" alt="delicious" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.marktanner.com" target="_blank"><img src="art/stumble-upon-icon.png" border="0" alt="Stumble Upon" hspace="3" /></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=www.marktanner.com&title=Mark%20Tanner:%20Adventurer,%20Writer%20and%20Amateur%20Beatboxer&source=http://marktanner.com+&summary=World-first%20Nile%20paddler,%20Viking%20treasure%20hunter,%20midwinter%20Canada%20cyclist%20and%20current%20China%20resident" target="_blank"><img src="art/linked-in-icon.png" alt="Linked In" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <br><br> <h2>Discovering the Nile</h2> <p>In 2005 my friend Les and I became the first people to paddle from the source of the Blue Nile to the sea. <a href="niletrip/aboutnile.html">Click here for photos and my story about our adventure on the river Nile.</a></p><br><br> <p>Other interesting Nile River pages:</p> <p><a href="niletrip/Source-Nile-to-Nile-River-Valley-to-Nile-Delta-Egipt.html">The Top-10 Nile River Must-Sees</a></p> <p><a href="blog/yangtze-nile-river-facts-compared/">Yangtze and the Nile - Interesting river facts and stats</a></p> <p><a href="niletrip/importance-of-nile-river-floods.html">The annual Nile floods importance to Nile valley civilisation.</a></p><br><br> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmarktanner.com&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=70&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=30" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:250px; height:30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> </div></div> <div id="Footer"><a href="http://marktanner.com">Home</a> | <a href="../myself.htm">Myself</a> | <a href="../travels.php">Travels</a> | <a href="../curios.htm">Curios</a> | <a href="../site-map.php">Site Map</a> | <a href="../contact.htm">Contact</a> <a href="http://www.apollohosting.com/green-certified/marktanner.com" target="_new"><img src="art/wind-energy.png" alt="hosted by wind energy" border="0" width="109" height="64"/></a> </div></div> </div></div> <div id="social"> <div id="insidesocial"> <g:plusone annotation="none"></g:plusone><br> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmarktanner.com&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=24&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=30" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:24px; height:30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><img src="../art/facebook-edge.png" /> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" data-via="Tannernz" data-count="none"><img src="../art/tweet-button.png" alt="tweet this page" border="0" /> </a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit" onclick="window.location = 'http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location); return false"> <img src="../art/reddit.png" alt="submit to reddit" border="0" /> </a> </div></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MarkMenu", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"}); </script> </body> </html>