Geography50 randomly selected Geography questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 1st April 2024 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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1. | Between 1948 and 1976, Quezon City was the capital of what country? |
The Philippines | |
2. | Which of these three capital cities is the most northerly? Ottawa, Dublin, or Seoul? |
Dublin (51°37′N - Ottawa 45°25′N, Seoul 37°34′N) | |
3. | What country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined? |
Canada | |
4. | Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of what South American country? |
Suriname | |
5. | How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand? |
Four | |
6. | What is the most populous capital city in Europe? |
Moscow | |
7. | What is the only U.S. state to border only one other U.S. state? |
Maine (borders with New Hampshire) | |
8. | True or False? More people live in California than Canada. |
True (2016 estimates: California 39.3 million - Canada 36.2 million) | |
9. | Through what country does most of the River Nile flow? |
Sudan | |
10. | What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? |
Sicily | |
11. | Mount Logan is the highest mountain in what country? |
Canada (Yukon) | |
12. | Located in the Andes, on the border of Peru and Bolivia, what is the largest lake (by volume) in South America? |
Lake Titicaca | |
13. | Of the 10 highest mountains in the United States, how many are in Alaska? |
10 | |
14. | What region of France is home to Europe's Spaceport? |
French Guiana (Kourou) | |
15. | What is the largest lake in both Sweden and the European Union? |
Vänern | |
16. | After Berlin and Hamburg, what is Germany's third most populous city? |
Munich / München | |
17. | What Polynesian island nation generates around ten per cent of its government's total revenue from royalties from the use of its international domain suffix? |
Tuvalu (.tv) | |
18. | Straddling the Canada-US border, Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger, but what is the largest lake entirely within Canada? |
Great Bear Lake | |
19. | Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, what is the name of this 243-kilometre stretch of road between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford? |
Great Ocean Road | |
20. | What is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh water? |
Lake Superior | |
21. | I want to drive from Mexico to Canada, but want to travel through the minimum number of U.S. states. What is this minimum? |
3 | |
22. | The kyat is the currency of what Asian country? |
Myanmar / Burma | |
23. | What is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms? |
Great Barrier Reef (in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia) | |
24. | Valetta is the capital of what European country? |
Malta | |
25. | What canal was completed in 1825 to provide a navigable water route from the Great Lakes to New York City and the Atlantic Ocean? |
Erie Canal | |
26. | What is the northernmost capital city in mainland Europe? |
Helsinki (only Reykjavik, Iceland is further north) | |
27. | Measured by area, what is the largest country in Scandinavia? |
Sweden | |
28. | At 978 metres above sea level, what is the highest mountain in England? |
Scafell Pike (Lake District) | |
29. | What is the name of the stone and turf fortification built by the Romans between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde in Scotland? |
The Antonine Wall | |
30. | Piraeus serves as the port for what European capital city? |
Athens (Greece) | |
31. | In what country is the Suez Canal? |
Egypt | |
32. | What is the southernmost national capital city on mainland Europe? |
Athens (Greece) | |
33. | By population, what is Russia's second largest city? |
Saint Petersburg | |
34. | What two countries are linked by the Khyber Pass? |
Pakistan and Afghanistan | |
35. | What large desert covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa? |
Kalahari | |
36. | What European country is a federal republic divided into 26 Cantons? |
Switzerland | |
37. | The name of what country translates literally as "White Russia"? |
Belarus (a compound of the Belarusian bel- (бел-, "white") and Rus (Русь, Rus')) | |
38. | What river is this? |
Yellow River (Chinese: 黄河 Huang He) | |
39. | What European country's capital city lies on the River Aare? |
Switzerland (Bern) | |
40. | What is the official language of Bangladesh? |
Bengali / Bangla (বাংলা) | |
41. | The name of what Southeast Asian capital city translates into English as "muddy confluence"? |
Kuala Lumpur (kuala is the point where two rivers join together or an estuary, and lumpur means "mud") | |
42. | Due to its deadly ascent, what mountain in Asia is nicknamed the "Savage Mountain"? |
K2 | |
43. | What is the capital of Qatar? |
Doha | |
44. | What island nation in the Caribbean was named by Columbus after the Latin word for Sunday, the day he discovered it? |
Dominica (Latin: Dominica, the Day of God) | |
45. | What is the most southerly of these four cities; Seattle, Toronto, Vienna, Budapest? |
Toronto (43°42′N - Seattle 47°36′N - Vienna 48°12′N - Budapest 47°29′N) | |
46. | Which two capital cities face each other on opposite banks of the Congo River? |
Kinshasa & Brazzaville (Democratic Republic of the Congo & Republic of the Congo) | |
47. | What is the name of the sea that separates New Zealand and Australia? |
Tasman Sea | |
48. | What island nation in the Pacific Ocean was known as the Gilbert Islands before gaining independence from the United Kingdom on 12th July 1979? |
Kiribati | |
49. | What is the least-populous of Australia's eight states and major territories? |
Northern Territory | |
50. | Into what bay does the river Ganges flow? |
Bay of Bengal | |
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