beach
Beaches are deposits of loose sediment shaped by waves and currents. This topic is part of Physical Geography within Geography. This page currently draws on 58 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
beach trivia questions
A beach is a shoreline area commonly covered with sand, pebbles, or what other loose material?
Answer: Gravel
Bonus fact: Beaches are deposits of loose sediment shaped by waves and currents.
What coastal process carries sand along a shoreline at an angle because waves approach the beach obliquely?
Answer: Longshore drift
Bonus fact: Longshore drift transports sediment parallel to a coast.
What is the name for a narrow ridge of sand attached to land at one end and extending into the water?
Answer: Spit
Bonus fact: Coastal spits form when longshore drift deposits sediment beyond a bend or opening in the coastline.
What famous beach in Rio is known worldwide for its long curved shoreline?
Answer: Copacabana
Bonus fact: Copacabana stretches along Rio's South Zone.
Which five beaches were used in the main D-Day landings?
Answer: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
Bonus fact: U.S., British, and Canadian forces assaulted the five sectors.
Dover Beach looks across the English Channel toward which country?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: The speaker sees the French coast across the strait.
What famous metaphor in Dover Beach describes retreating religious certainty?
Answer: Sea of Faith
Bonus fact: The poem imagines faith withdrawing like a receding tide.
Which Beach Boys album was released in 1966?
Answer: Pet Sounds
Bonus fact: The National Recording Registry lists Pet Sounds as a 1966 recording by the Beach Boys.
Who played Colleen McMurphy on China Beach?
Answer: Dana Delany
Bonus fact: The series centers on personnel at an evacuation hospital and recreation facility in Vietnam.
Who is the only volleyball player to win Olympic gold medals in both indoor volleyball and beach volleyball?
Answer: Karch Kiraly
Bonus fact: Kiraly won indoor golds in 1984 and 1988 and beach gold in 1996.
Which beach volleyball pair won three consecutive Olympic women's gold medals from 2004 through 2012?
Answer: Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
Bonus fact: The American pair won Olympic titles in Athens, Beijing, and London.
Which network originally aired China Beach?
Answer: ABC
Bonus fact: The series centers on personnel at an evacuation hospital and recreation facility in Vietnam.