Is Brisbane closer to Cairns or Melbourne? Take our 12-question geography quiz

Is Japan’s population growing or declining? Is Brisbane closer to Cairns or Melbourne? What’s the difference between weather and climate? Test your knowledge in our 12-question geography quiz.

The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. But is Japan’s population growing or declining? Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images

Do you know the difference between weather and climate? An SA academic fears a new curriculum could end up “dumbing down” the teaching of geography in primary schools to the point that “students’ knowledge of the world will be significant reduced”. Read Colin James’ exclusive report here and test your knowledge of basic geography in the 12-question quiz below.

Decide your answer then scroll down to see the answers. No cheating!

Question 1. What are the three southernmost capital cities in Australia?

Question 2. How many continents are there?

Question 3. What is the difference between weather and climate.

Question 4. Is the continent of North America larger in land area than the continent of Africa?

Question 5. Is Indonesia’s population growing faster than Australia’s?

Question 6: Is Japan’s population growing or declining?

Question 7. Which countries on the Mediterranean Sea are the same latitude north of the Equator as Adelaide is south?

Question 8. Florence is on the same latitude as Toronto. How can they produce decent wine in Tuscany?

Question 9: Is Brisbane closer to Cairns or to Melbourne?

Question 10: Which country was the birthplace of the largest number of people living in Australia in 2021?

Question 11: Is Australia at the bottom of the world, down under?

Question 12: What is the Middle East the middle of?