Q 01/05

Despite its name, what kind of body of water is the Dead Sea?

A) A landlocked salt lake

B) A freshwater reservoir

C) An inland arm of the Red Sea

D) A tidal lagoon

Answer · why

A) A landlocked salt lake

It sits in an endorheic basin, meaning no streams flow out of it; water leaves only by evaporation.

Q 02/05

Which country borders the Dead Sea on its eastern shore?

A) Egypt

B) Jordan

C) Israel

D) Syria

Answer · why

B) Jordan

Israel and the West Bank lie on the western side.

Q 03/05

What is the Dead Sea's main tributary?

A) Orontes River

B) Litani River

C) Jordan River

D) Yarmouk River

Answer · why

C) Jordan River

The river has been so heavily diverted that it now supplies only about a sixth of the lake's inflow, less than direct rainfall.

Q 04/05

As of 2025, roughly how far below sea level is the surface of the Dead Sea?

A) 900 metres

B) 150 metres

C) 50 metres

D) 440 metres

Answer · why

D) 440 metres

That makes its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth, and the level keeps falling.

Q 05/05

Compared with ordinary seawater, the Dead Sea is roughly how much saltier?

A) About twofold

B) About tenfold

C) About fiftyfold

D) About a hundredfold

Answer · why

B) About tenfold

Its salinity was 34.2% in 2011, against about 3.5% for seawater.