110 Epic Geography Trivia Questions and Answers [Geography Quiz Ideas]

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Basic Geography Questions

1. What’s the largest continent on earth?

A: Asia (17,300,000 square miles or 44,806,812 sq km)

2. What’s the longest river in the world (by length)?

A: The Nile River (6,695 km or 4,160 miles)

3. What’s the only country that shares a land border with the United Kingdom?

A: Ireland

4. Which European country has remained famously neutral in world conflicts?

A: Switzerland

5. What’s the name and location of the highest peak on Earth?

A: Mount Everest, which lies in both Nepal and China

6. What’s the only country on Earth that’s also its own continent?

A: Australia

7. Which European city is nicknamed “The Eternal City?”

A: Rome, Italy

8. What’s the name of the river that flows through the Grand Canyon?

A: The Colorado River

9. What’s the capital city of Poland?

A: Warsaw

10. What’s the smallest country in the world?

A: Vatican City, Italy (0.44 sq km)

11. What’s the capital city of New York state?

A: Albany

12. What’s the name of the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall?

A: Angel Falls, Venezuela

13. Bangkok is the capital city of which country?

A: Thailand

14. Which continent boasts the largest desert on earth?

A: Antarctica

15. Which two countries border the Dead Sea?

A: Israel and Jordan

16. Which river is the biggest in the world (by volume), containing 20% of the planet’s fresh water?

A: The Amazon River

17. Which African nation is home to the cities of Benghazi and Tripoli?

A: Libya

18. What’s the name of the island where Emperor Napoleon was first exiled?

A: Elba

19. Which river originates in China and flows all the way to the southern tip of Vietnam?

A: The Mekong River

20. What’s the name of the tallest mountain in Canada?

A: Mount Logan

21. In which country will you find Badlands National Park?

A: The United States

22. What’s the name of the cape at the southern tip of Africa?

A: The Cape of Good Hope

23. Which islands in the West Indies have the words “Lesser” and “Greater” in their names?

A: The Antilles

24. In which country will you find Lake Maracaibo, thought to be one of the oldest lakes on the planet?

A: Venezuela

25. The Bermuda triangle lies between the island of Bermuda and which two other landmarks?

A: Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico

26. Interstate 90, the longest highway in the United States, connects which two major cities?

A: Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington

27. What’s the largest island in the world?

A: Greenland (836,330 sq miles or 2,166,086 sq km)

28. What’s the name of the world’s shortest river (just 200 feet/60m long)?

A: The Roe River in Great Falls, Montana, USA

29. With more than 30,000 residents per square kilometre, this city is the most densely populated in the world.

A: Dhaka, Bangladesh

30. What’s the world’s longest river that flows through only one country?

A: The Yangtze River in China

World Geography Trivia Questions

31. What’s the name of the river that runs through Baghdad, Iraq?

A: The Tigris River

32. What’s the largest capital city in North America?

A: Mexico City, Mexico

33. Which famous mountain range is named for the Sanskrit phrase, “Abode of snow?”

A: The Himalayas

34. Which Japanese city lends its name to a famous type of beef?

A: Kobe

35. Which country has the largest population of people?

A: China (1.439 billion)

36. What are the names of the planet’s five oceans?

A: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic

37. Which island nation has no venomous snakes?

A: New Zealand

38. Which country is the largest landlocked nation on Earth?

A: Kazakhstan

39. Which country would you visit to tour the ruins of Macchu Picchiu?

A: Peru

40. What’s the capital city of Canada?

A: Ottawa

41. Which Scottish lake has a famous mythical creature named after it?

A: Loch Ness

42. Which country links the continents of North and South America?

A: Panama

43. You’ll find the planet’s largest tectonic plate deep beneath the surface of which ocean?

A: The Pacific Ocean

44. Which country spans 11 different time zones?

A: Russia

45. In which country will you find a capital city named Tegucigalpa?

A: Honduras

46. Seoul is the most populated city in South Korea, but what’s the name of its second-largest city?

A: Busan

47. Ninety per cent of the world’s population lives in which hemisphere?

A: The northern hemisphere

48. In which country will you find the Great Victorian Desert?

A: Australia

49. What’s the official term for a collection or chain of islands (such as the Bahamas or the Galapagos)?

A: An archipelago

50. Phnom Penh is the capital of which Asian country?

A: Cambodia

51. Which South Pacific island nation shares its name with a famous brand of bottled water?

A: Fiji

52. The Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Menorca, and Ibiza belong to which mainland country?

A: Spain

53. Name the two countries that border Costa Rica.

A: Nicaragua and Panama

54. Three of the world’s ten largest islands (Victoria, Baffin, and Ellesmere) lie in which country?

A: Canada

55. Which Indian city would you need to visit to tour the Taj Mahal?

A: Agra

Random Country Trivia

56. Which small country is bordered on three sides by France?

A: The Principality of Monaco

57. Where can you find the famous Temple of Angkor Wat?

A: Siem Reap, Cambodia

58. The Zambezi River flows through which two African nations (that also start with the letter “Z”)?

A: Zambia and Zimbabwe

59. Which country was the filming location for the Star Wars planet Tatooine?

A: Tunisia

60. In which capital city will you find the iconic 72-storey Shard skyscraper?

A: London, England

61. What type of leaf will you find on the Canadian flag?

A: A maple leaf

62. After Alaska, which US state boasts the most miles of coastline?

A: Florida (1,350 mi or 2,170 km)

63. What’s the only continent without a major mountain range (peaks over 7,300 ft/2,225m)?

A: Australia

64. Which long, thin country makes up more than half the coastline of western South America?

A: Chile (4,000 miles or 6,435 km)

65. What’s the only continent that straddles all four hemispheres?

A: Africa

66. Which British-owned Atlantic island has no natural source of fresh water and relies solely on rainwater collection?

A: Bermuda

67. Which modern-day African country was known as the Gold Coast in colonial times?

A: Ghana

68. The city of Aachen, the coronation site for 30 different kings and emperors, lies in which European country?

A: Germany

69. Which Asian country happens to be the world’s largest producer and exporter of milk?

A: India

70. Which US state boasts the smallest population, despite being the 10th largest state?

A: Wyoming

71. Sugarloaf Mountain stands high over which South American city?

A: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

72. Which famous square in Beijing has a name that means, “The Gate of Heavenly Peace?”

A: Tiananmen Square

73. Which country has the most natural lakes?

A: Canada (563 lakes larger than 100 sq km)

74. What’s the only country that has three capital cities?

A: South Africa (Capetown, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein)

75. Name the small independent municipality sandwiched between Spain and France and revered for being a duty-free tax haven.

A: Andorra

76. What’s the name of the famous highway that traverses 2,448 miles (3,939 km) across the United States?

A: Route 66

77. Which Asian nation is home to the world’s largest population of Muslims?

A: Indonesia

78. Which country would you visit to walk along the shores of Lake Como?

A: Italy

79. Name three bordering US states that all begin with the letter “I.”

A: Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa

80. The lost city of Petra, made famous in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, lies in which country?

A: Jordan

81. Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is made up of 26 ring-shaped atolls?

A: The Maldives

82. Which historic city is home to the Spanish Steps?

A: Rome, Italy

83. In Morocco, Marrakech is known as the “Red City” while _______ is known as the “Blue City.”

A: Chefchaouen

84. Which two countries share the northern border of Hungary?

A: Slovakia and Ukraine

85. Which country’s summers are so hot that its mining towns (such as Cooper Pedy) are actually built underground?

A: Australia

Challenging Geography Questions and Answers

86. Which country has the most pyramids?

A: Sudan (not Egypt!)

87. In which US state will you find the strangely-named town of Truth and Consequences?

A: New Mexico

88. Name the Mediterranean island that’s been governed by both Turkey and Greece since 1974.

A: Cyprus

89. Antananarivo is the capital city of which African nation?

A: Madagascar

90. Which country owns Antarctica?

A: No one does, it’s shared and managed by 12 different countries through the Antarctic Treaty

91. What’s the name of Gaudi’s cathedral that’s been under construction in Barcelona since 1882?

A: Sagrada Familia

92. The tiny nation of Lesotho is completely landlocked by just one other country — which one?

A: South Africa

93. Name the most geographically isolated large city in the world.

A: Perth, Australia

94. The Kingdom of Bahrain lies in which body of water?

A: The Persian Gulf

95. Besides the country of Guinea, which three countries also feature “Guinea” in their names?

A: Papua New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea

96. What’s the earth’s only sea with no land boundaries or coastline?

A: The Sargasso Sea (in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean)

97. In which city will you find Topkapi Palace, the former royal home of the Ottoman Empire?

A: Istanbul, Turkey

98. This Russian city of 300,000 people is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle.

A: Murmansk

99. What’s the last word in the official motto of the Bahamas: “Forward, Upward, Onward, _______?”

A: Together

100. Name the formerly Malaysian state that gained independence and became its own island city-state in 1965.

A: Singapore

101. What’s the driest place on Earth?

A: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

102. The self-governing island of Niue enjoys free association with which nearby larger country?

A: New Zealand

103. Name the three African countries whose names contain only four letters.

A: Mali, Chad, and Togo

104. The still-active volcano of Mount Vesuvius overlooks which present-day city?

A: Naples, Italy

105. What’s the name of the mainland portion of the territory of Hong Kong?

A: Kowloon peninsula

106. Name the country that was first named “New Holland” by 17th-century Dutch explorers.

A: Australia

107. What’s the name of the tallest volcano on Earth?

A: Mauna Kea, Hawaii (33,000 feet/10,058m)

108. Which Caribbean nation changed its name from Saint-Domingue following independence from France in 1804?

A: Haiti

109. What and where is the world’s largest concrete structure?

A: The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China

110. Which city are you in if you’re visiting the world’s largest fish market?

A: Tokyo, Japan (Tsukiji Fish Market)

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