Friday, March 31, 2006

Quiz - Name that River

Name that River

Drag your cursor over the answer to reveal it.

1. Joins Lake Erie and Lake Ontario: Niagara

2. Runs past Louisville Ohio

3. Joins the Allegheny at Pittsburgh. Monongahela

4. With the San Joaquin, flows into San Francisco Bay: Sacramento

5. Forms the border between Texas and Mexico: Rio Grande

6. Carved the Grand Canyon: Colorado

7. Flows past Memphis: Mississippi

8. Lewis and Clark spent their FIRST winter on its banks: Missouri

9. Lewis and Clark spent their SECOND winter on its banks: Columbia

10. Laughably called a river. carries only urban run-off most of the year: Los Angeles River

11. Can be navigated by use of the Beauharnois Locks: St. Lawrence

12. Runs through Tulsa: Arkansas River

13  From Jim: Runs north to Hudson Bay: Red river MN

14  From Anita: Locale for film Deliverance:  Tennessee

15 From olddog: Home of the "Atlantic Salmon Pool" where the President's spring salmon used to come from: Penobscot

16. From Anita: River named from the French word for "flat":  Platte

17.  From Mary, Alphawoman: Runs NW and empties into the Ohio in Carrolton, KY.The Kentucky

Add your river questions to the comments and I will add them to the quiz. (don't forget to include the answers.)

Soon as I find my Atlas: World River Quiz

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks I only got ontario have agreat weekend friend.

Anonymous said...

i only got 1 colorado lol

Deb

Anonymous said...

Home of the "Atlantic Salmon Pool" where the President's spring salmon used to come from: Penobscot

I managed to get 7 of the original questions. And so it goes.

Anonymous said...

Well I got six of them and I am proud!! Most rivers run north to south...this one runs south to north.....I'll e-mail the answer.