Geography
233 questionsExplore the world through geography! Answer questions about countries, cities, landmarks, capitals, geographical features, world maps, and the fascinating places that make up our planet.
Easy Questions
61How many countries does Mexico border?
The correct answer is C. 3
What is the nickname for the US state Delaware?
The correct answer is B. The First State
What is the capital of India?
The correct answer is C. New Delhi
Greenland is a part of which kingdom?
The correct answer is A. Denmark
Which of the following countries has a flag featuring a yellow lion wielding a sword on a dark red background?
The correct answer is D. Sri Lanka
What country has a horizontal bicolor red and white flag?
The correct answer is D. Monaco
The Space Needle is located in which city?
The correct answer is B. Seattle
Which nation claims ownership of Antarctica?
The correct answer is B. No one, but there are claims.
Which of the following Arab countries does NOT have a flag containing only Pan-Arab colours?
The correct answer is C. Qatar
Which of these is the name of the largest city in the US state Tennessee?
The correct answer is C. Memphis
What is the only state in the United States that does not have a flag in a shape with 4 edges?
The correct answer is D. Ohio
Which of these is NOT an Australian state or territory?
The correct answer is A. Alberta
What is the Polish city known to Germans as Danzig?
The correct answer is A. Gdańsk
What is the largest country in the world ?
The correct answer is D. Russian Federation
Which country does Austria not border?
The correct answer is A. France
All of the following are classified as Finno-Ugric languages EXCEPT:
The correct answer is D. Samoyedic
What is the capital of Denmark?
The correct answer is C. Copenhagen
What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag?
The correct answer is B. Red
How many time zones does China have?
The correct answer is A. 1
Which Russian oblast forms a border with Poland?
The correct answer is A. Kaliningrad
What is the name of New Zealand's indigenous people?
The correct answer is A. Maori
What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal?
The correct answer is B. Iberian Peninsula
Where would you find the "Spanish Steps"?
The correct answer is D. Rome, Italy
How many countries does the United States share a land border with?
The correct answer is B. 2
What name was historically used for the Turkish city currently known as Istanbul?
The correct answer is B. Constantinople
What is the capital of Spain?
The correct answer is B. Madrid
What is the capital of Scotland?
The correct answer is B. Edinburgh
What is the capital of Indonesia?
The correct answer is B. Jakarta
What is the smallest country in the world?
The correct answer is D. Vatican City
What is the capital of the American state of Arizona?
The correct answer is B. Phoenix
How many federal states does Germany have?
The correct answer is B. 16
Which of the following languages does NOT use the Latin alphabet?
The correct answer is A. Georgian
Which of the following Japanese islands is the biggest?
The correct answer is B. Honshu
What is Canada's smallest province?
The correct answer is C. Prince Edward Island
What is the capital of South Korea?
The correct answer is C. Seoul
Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union?
The correct answer is B. Romania
Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain?
The correct answer is A. Andorra
The Alps are a mountain range on which continent?
The correct answer is C. Europe
Which of the following former Yugoslavian states is landlocked?
The correct answer is D. Serbia
Which US state has the highest population?
The correct answer is A. California
Harvard University is located in which city?
The correct answer is A. Cambridge
The body of the Egyptian Sphinx was based on which animal?
The correct answer is D. Lion
What state is the largest state of the United States of America?
The correct answer is A. Alaska
Which ocean borders the west coast of the United States?
The correct answer is D. Pacific
Which of these African countries list "Spanish" as an official language?
The correct answer is C. Equatorial Guinea
What country is the second largest in the world by area?
The correct answer is A. Canada
How many stars are featured on New Zealand's flag?
The correct answer is C. 4
Which city is the capital of the United States of America?
The correct answer is D. Washington D.C
The longest shared border in the world can be found between which two nations?
The correct answer is A. Canada and the United States
Which of the following European languages is classified as a "language isolate?"
The correct answer is A. Basque
What is the Capital of the United States?
The correct answer is D. Washington, D.C.
What is the capital of Jamaica?
The correct answer is B. Kingston
What is the capital of the US State of New York?
The correct answer is A. Albany
If soccer is called football in England, what is American football called in England?
The correct answer is A. American football
What is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
The correct answer is B. Omicron (Îź)
What is the largest country in the world?
The correct answer is C. Russia
What is Laos?
The correct answer is B. Country
The derisive acronym "PIIGS" refers to which of the following European countries and their economic statuses?
The correct answer is D. Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain
Which country is the home of the largest Japanese population outside of Japan?
The correct answer is A. Brazil
What is the official language of Costa Rica?
The correct answer is D. Spanish
Which UK country features a dragon on their flag?
The correct answer is D. Wales
Medium Questions
119How many countries does Spain have a land border with?
The correct answer is D. 5
What is the capital of Senegal?
The correct answer is B. Dakar
What is the largest lake in the African continent?
The correct answer is D. Lake Victoria
What is the right way to spell the capital of Hungary?
The correct answer is D. Budapest
What tiny principality lies between Spain and France?
The correct answer is A. Andorra
Kuala Lumpur is the capital of which country?
The correct answer is B. Malaysia
How many timezones does Russia have?
The correct answer is A. 11
All of the following countries have official claims to territory in Antartica EXCEPT:
The correct answer is D. United States
The Japanese district Akihabara is also known by what nickname?
The correct answer is B. Electric Town
Which country has the abbreviation "CH"?
The correct answer is D. Switzerland
Gibraltar, located just south of the Iberian peninsula, is a territory of which West Europe country?
The correct answer is D. United Kingdom
All of the following are towns/villages in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati EXCEPT:
The correct answer is C. Urutora
What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
The correct answer is C. Pyrenees
Where is the world's oldest still operational space launch facility located?
The correct answer is B. Kazakhstan
How many time zones are in Russia?
The correct answer is A. 11
What is the capital of British Columbia, Canada?
The correct answer is D. Victoria
Which of these American cities has fewer than 1,000,000 people?
The correct answer is D. San Francisco, California
Lake Titicaca is located between which two nations?
The correct answer is D. Peru and Bolivia
What European country is not a part of the EU?
The correct answer is D. Norway
What is the name of the only remaining Grand Duchy in the world ?
The correct answer is C. Luxembourg
The formerly East-Prussian city of Königsberg is known as which Russian City today?
The correct answer is A. Kaliningrad
Where is Hadrian's Wall located?
The correct answer is B. Carlisle, England
The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
The correct answer is A. Anatolia
What is the northernmost human settlement with year round inhabitants?
The correct answer is A. Alert, Canada
What is the highest mountain in the world?
The correct answer is D. Mt. Everest
What is the busiest port in Europe?
The correct answer is D. Port of Rotterdam
Which of these country's capitals starts with the letter B?
The correct answer is C. Lebanon
What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
The correct answer is D. The 1936 Olympics
How many countries share a land border with Luxembourg?
The correct answer is B. 3
How many sovereign states are members of the United Nations?
The correct answer is C. 195
What is the smallest country in South America by area?
The correct answer is C. Suriname
Which country has three capital cities?
The correct answer is C. South Africa
Which country inside the United Kingdom does NOT appear on its flag, the Union Jack?
The correct answer is D. Wales
What is the largest Muslim country in the world?
The correct answer is A. Indonesia
Colchester Overpass, otherwise known as "Bunny Man Bridge", is located where?
The correct answer is B. Fairfax County, Virginia
What is the capital of the US state Nevada?
The correct answer is A. Carson City
What is the capital of Australia?
The correct answer is B. Canberra
On a London Underground map, what colour is the Circle Line?
The correct answer is D. Yellow
In the 2016 Global Peace Index poll, out of 163 countries, what was the United States of America ranked?
The correct answer is B. 103
What is the capital of Peru?
The correct answer is B. Lima
What's the first National Park designated in the United States?
The correct answer is C. Yellowstone
The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized micronation off the coast of what country?
The correct answer is D. The United Kingdom
Which of the following countries does NOT recognize Armenia as an independent country?
The correct answer is C. Pakistan
The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border of which two countries?
The correct answer is A. France and Spain
Which Canadian province has Charlottetown as its capital?
The correct answer is C. Prince Edward Island
What is the largest non-continental island in the world?
The correct answer is B. Greenland
The land of Gotland is located in which European country?
The correct answer is D. Sweden
What is the capital of Seychelles?
The correct answer is D. Victoria
What is the region conjoining Pakistan, India, and China with unknown leadership called?
The correct answer is C. Kashmir
Which European city has the highest mileage of canals in the world?
The correct answer is C. Birmingham
Where is the area commonly known as the Bermuda Triangle?
The correct answer is B. North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida and Puerto Rico
Which of the following language families is the most controversial amongst modern linguists?
The correct answer is A. Altaic
How many provinces are in the Netherlands?
The correct answer is B. 12
What is the capital of Chile?
The correct answer is C. Santiago
Which of these is NOT an island that is part of the Philippines?
The correct answer is A. Java
Bridgetown is the capital of which island country in the Carribean?
The correct answer is A. Barbados
Which of the following countries banned the use of personal genetic ancestry tests?
The correct answer is C. Germany
What continent is the country Lesotho in?
The correct answer is A. Africa
Which of these Japanese islands is the largest by area?
The correct answer is D. Shikoku
Broome is a town in which state of Australia?
The correct answer is D. Western Australia
How many countries are larger than Australia?
The correct answer is C. 5
Where are the Nazca Lines located?
The correct answer is D. Peru
How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?
The correct answer is A. 0
Which country claims ownership of the disputed state Kosovo?
The correct answer is D. Serbia
How many states are in Australia?
The correct answer is B. 6
What are the four corner states of the US?
The correct answer is D. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
What is the capital of Estonia?
The correct answer is C. Tallinn
How tall is One World Trade Center in New York City?
The correct answer is B. 1,776 ft
Which of these countries is located the FURTHEST away from the South China Sea?
The correct answer is A. Bangladesh
What is the only country in the world with a flag that doesn't have four right angles?
The correct answer is C. Nepal
What was the most populous city in the Americas in 2015?
The correct answer is D. SĂŁo Paulo
Which of these countries is NOT located in Africa?
The correct answer is D. Suriname
What city is the Terracotta Army located in?
The correct answer is D. Xi'an
What is the official national language of Pakistan?
The correct answer is D. Urdu
Which of the following countries is within the Eurozone but outside of the Schengen Area?
The correct answer is A. Cyprus
Which of these countries is the smallest by population?
The correct answer is C. Norway
What is the capital of Greenland?
The correct answer is C. Nuuk
On which continent is the country of Angola located?
The correct answer is A. Africa
Which is the world's longest river?
The correct answer is C. Nile
Which of these countries is "doubly landlocked" (surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries)?
The correct answer is D. Uzbekistan
Which of the following is not a megadiverse country - one that harbors a high number of the earth's endemic species?
The correct answer is D. Thailand
Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state?
The correct answer is B. Niue
Which state of the United States is the smallest?
The correct answer is C. Rhode Island
What city has the busiest airport in the world?
The correct answer is A. Atlanta, Georgia USA
The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
The correct answer is B. Belgium
In which English county is Stonehenge?
The correct answer is D. Wiltshire
Where is the "Sonoran Desert" located?
The correct answer is C. North America
The World Health Organization headquarters is located in which European country?
The correct answer is C. Switzerland
How many countries are inside the United Kingdom?
The correct answer is A. Four
What is the fifth largest country by area?
The correct answer is B. Brazil
Which is the largest city in Morocco?
The correct answer is A. Casablanca
What is the capital of Lithuania?
The correct answer is D. Vilnius
Which of the following is NOT a capital city?
The correct answer is D. Sydney
Which city is the capital of Switzerland?
The correct answer is A. Bern
What is the name of the capital of Turkey?
The correct answer is A. Ankara
What is the longest river in Europe?
The correct answer is D. Volga
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
The correct answer is D. Wellington
Which two modern-day countries used to be known as the region of Rhodesia between the 1890s and 1980?
The correct answer is D. Zambia & Zimbabwe
What is the name of the former country that was succeeded by countries such as Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia?
The correct answer is D. Yugoslavia
What is the capital city of Slovenia?
The correct answer is A. Ljubljana
In which English county is the city of Portsmouth?
The correct answer is B. Hampshire
What African country has Portuguese as its official language?
The correct answer is C. Mozambique
Which of the following is the longest river in Europe?
The correct answer is D. Volga
Which one of these countries borders with Poland?
The correct answer is B. Lithuania
How many independent countries are there within the continent of South America?
The correct answer is B. 12
What is the capital of Slovakia?
The correct answer is A. Bratislava
Montreal is in which Canadian province?
The correct answer is D. Quebec
What island in the Canary Islands was the scene of one of the worst air disasters in history with the collision of two jumbo jets?
The correct answer is D. Tenerife
What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States?
The correct answer is A. Olympia
Which English county will you find the University of East Anglia?
The correct answer is C. Norfolk
Which of these is NOT a city in Saudi Arabia?
The correct answer is A. Dubai
The following Spanish provinces are located in the northern area of Spain except:
The correct answer is C. Murcia
Which German city is located on the River Isar?
The correct answer is D. Munich
What was the African nation of Zimbabwe formerly known as?
The correct answer is C. Rhodesia
The historical city Timbuktu is located in which West African country?
The correct answer is B. Mali
What is the official language of Bhutan?
The correct answer is A. Dzongkha
How many counties in the Republic of Ireland.
The correct answer is A. 26
Frankenmuth, a US city nicknamed "Little Bavaria", is located in what state?
The correct answer is B. Michigan
What is the capital of Belarus?
The correct answer is B. Minsk
Hard Questions
53Which of these countries is NOT a part of the Asian continent?
The correct answer is D. Suriname
What is the second-largest city in Lithuania?
The correct answer is A. Kaunas
What is Canada's largest island?
The correct answer is A. Baffin Island
Where is the fast food chain "Panda Express" headquartered?
The correct answer is B. Rosemead, California
How many stations does the Central Line have on the London Underground?
The correct answer is C. 49
Into which basin does the Jordan River flow into?
The correct answer is C. Dead Sea
What is the official German name of the Swiss Federal Railways?
The correct answer is B. Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
What is the capital of Wisconsin, USA?
The correct answer is B. Madison
What is the name of one of the Neo-Aramaic languages spoken by the Jewish population from Northwestern Iraq?
The correct answer is D. Lishana Deni
Which of the following Inuit languages was the FIRST to use a unique writing system not based on the Latin alphabet?
The correct answer is C. Inuktitut
Which of these cities has a 4° East longitude.
The correct answer is A. Amsterdam
What is the capital of Mauritius?
The correct answer is A. Port Louis
The prefix Sino- (As in Sino-American) is used to refer to what nationality?
The correct answer is A. Chinese
Bir Tawil, an uninhabited track of land claimed by no country, is located along the border of which two countries?
The correct answer is B. Egypt and Sudan
Which country was NOT formerly part of Yugoslavia?
The correct answer is A. Albania
What is the land connecting North America and South America?
The correct answer is B. Isthmus of Panama
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in South East Asia are controlled by which country?
The correct answer is A. India
What is the most common climbing route for the second highest mountain in the world, K2?
The correct answer is A. Abruzzi Spur
Which of these cities is NOT in England?
The correct answer is A. Edinburgh
When does Finland celebrate their independence day?
The correct answer is A. December 6th
How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?
The correct answer is C. 4
Which of these is NOT a province in China?
The correct answer is D. Yangtze
Which of these is NOT a city in India?
The correct answer is D. Islamabad
Which is not a country in Africa?
The correct answer is A. Guyana
What is the name of the Canadian national anthem?
The correct answer is C. O Canada
What city is known as the Rose Capital of the World?
The correct answer is D. Tyler, Texas
What is the county seat of King County, Washington?
The correct answer is C. Seattle
What is the area of Vatican City?
The correct answer is B. 0.44km^2
The Maluku islands (informally known as the Spice Islands) belong to which country?
The correct answer is C. Indonesia
Which country is completely landlocked by South Africa?
The correct answer is B. Lesotho
What is the largest freshwater lake by volume?
The correct answer is A. Lake Baikal
The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries?
The correct answer is A. Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Hunua Ranges is located in...
The correct answer is D. New Zealand
Which of these island countries is located in the Caribbean?
The correct answer is A. Barbados
In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada?
The correct answer is C. Sudbury, Ontario
What is the tallest mountain in Canada?
The correct answer is C. Mount Logan
What year is on the flag of the US state Wisconsin?
The correct answer is C. 1848
In which country is Tallinn located?
The correct answer is A. Estonia
What national museum will you find in Cooperstown, New York?
The correct answer is C. National Baseball Hall of Fame
Which country is the Taedong River in?
The correct answer is C. North Korea
What is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in 2010?
The correct answer is A. Indonesia
What is the capital city of Bermuda?
The correct answer is A. Hamilton
Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
The correct answer is D. Lake Superior
What is the name of the formerly rich fishing grounds off the island of Newfoundland, Canada?
The correct answer is A. Grand Banks
In 2012 the German-speaking microstate "Liechtenstein" in Central Europe had a population of how many inhabitants?
The correct answer is C. 36,600
What is the name of rocky region that spans most of eastern Canada?
The correct answer is B. Canadian Shield
What is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka?
The correct answer is A. Colombo
What country is not a part of Scandinavia?
The correct answer is B. Finland
The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains below what symbol?
The correct answer is B. Crown
What is the Finnish word for "Finland"?
The correct answer is C. Suomi
Which of these is NOT a real tectonic plate?
The correct answer is A. Atlantic Plate
What North American tourist attraction is served by the "Maid of the Mist" tour company?
The correct answer is B. Niagara Falls
LlanfairÂpwllgwyngyllÂgogeryÂchwyrnÂdrobwllÂllanÂtysilioÂgogoÂgoch is located on which Welsh island?
The correct answer is A. Anglesey
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