Geography50 randomly selected Geography questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 12th January 2026 (Please note: Questions are taken from our database of previous quizzes. Some questions and answers may be outdated.) |
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| 1. | What is the capital of Qatar? |
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Doha (Arabic: الدوحة) | |
| 2. | How many standard time zones are there in the contiguous United States? |
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4 (Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern) | |
| 3. | Which of these German cities is furthest north? Hamburg, Hannover, or Heidelberg? |
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Hamburg | |
| 4. | Nyasaland in southeast Africa gained independence from Britain in 1964 and was renamed to what? |
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Malawi | |
| 5. | What is the official language of Bangladesh? |
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Bengali / Bangla (বাংলা) | |
| 6. | What is the nearest national capital city to Paris? |
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Brussels (165 miles - Luxembourg 180, London 213) | |
| 7. | What is the name of the harbour that separates Hong Kong Island in the south from the mainland to the north? |
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Victoria Harbour | |
| 8. | What Central American country is the only one to have humans depicted as a major design element on its national flag? |
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Belize | |
| 9. | Measured by area, what is the largest landlocked country in Africa? |
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Chad (Closely followed by Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia) | |
| 10. | Gunnbjørn is the highest point of what Atlantic island? |
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Greenland (3,694 m) | |
| 11. | What is the official currency of the Philippines? |
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Peso / Piso | |
| 12. | Buffalo, New York and Cleveland, Ohio both lie on the shores of what Great Lake? |
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Lake Erie | |
| 13. | What is the southernmost national capital city on mainland Europe? |
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Athens (Greece) | |
| 14. | Located in Siberia, Russia, what is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world and the world's deepest and oldest lake? |
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Lake Baikal | |
| 15. | By what name is Mount Godwin-Austen in the Himalayas better known? |
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K2 | |
| 16. | What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? |
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Madagascar | |
| 17. | In what European country are the cities of Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg? |
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Denmark | |
| 18. | Darī and Pashto are the official languages of what country? |
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Afghanistan | |
| 19. | Norfolk is a major Atlantic port in what U.S. state? |
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Virginia | |
| 20. | Through which two U.S. states does the South Platte River flow? |
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Colorado and Nebraska | |
| 21. | Ignoring the curvature of the Earth, what two U.S. states are rectangular in shape? |
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Colorado and Wyoming | |
| 22. | Measured by area, what is the world's largest enclosed inland body of water? |
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Caspian Sea (371,000 km2) | |
| 23. | In terms of area, what is the world's largest island? |
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Greenland | |
| 24. | Isfahan is the third largest city in what Middle East country? |
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Iran (after Tehran and Mashhad) | |
| 25. | Muscat is the capital of what Middle East country? |
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Oman | |
| 26. | Measured by both area and population, what archipelago is the smallest country in Africa? |
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Seychelles | |
| 27. | What English county is this? |
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Gloucestershire | |
| 28. | Stepping straight on to the beach from the rainforest, in what Australian state is Cape Tribulation? |
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Queensland | |
| 29. | The lowest point in Australia, in which State would you find Lake Eyre? |
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South Australia | |
| 30. | What is the capital of Qatar? |
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Doha | |
| 31. | North of the Åland Islands, what large body of water lies between Sweden and Finland? |
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Gulf of Bothnia (Finnish: Pohjanlahti; Swedish: Bottniska viken) | |
| 32. | In the United States, the "Twin Cities" usually refers to what two cities? |
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul | |
| 33. | How many U.S. states have a two-syllable name? |
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6 (Georgia, Kansas, New York, Texas, Utah, Vermont) | |
| 34. | In terms of land area, what is the largest province in Thailand? |
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Nakhon Ratchasima / Korat (นครราชสีมา / โคราช) | |
| 35. | In what country does the river Douro flow into the Atlantic? |
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Portugal | |
| 36. | Unguja (Zanzibar) and Pemba Islands are part of what country? |
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Tanzania | |
| 37. | The deepest part of any ocean in the world is in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of around 36,000 feet. What name is given to this area? |
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Mariana Trench | |
| 38. | What island is officially named the Republic of China? |
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Taiwan | |
| 39. | Between 1955 and 1971, by what name was modern-day Bangladesh known? |
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East Pakistan | |
| 40. | Of what Australian State is Melbourne the capital? |
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Victoria | |
| 41. | If you travelled due south by sea from Malta, what country would you arrive in? |
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Libya | |
| 42. | What is the only independent country in the Americas whose official language is Dutch? |
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Suriname | |
| 43. | To what does "Sahara" translate from Arabic to English? |
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Desert (Arabic: الصحراء aṣ-ṣaḥrā - the desert ) | |
| 44. | Which two colours appear on the Indonesian flag? |
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Red and White | |
| 45. | What is the largest desert in Australia? |
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Great Victoria Desert | |
| 46. | The name of what Southeast Asian capital city translates into English as "muddy confluence"? |
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Kuala Lumpur (kuala is the point where two rivers join together or an estuary, and lumpur means "mud") | |
| 47. | What North American city was known as Bytown until 1855? |
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Ottawa (Canada) | |
| 48. | The suburbs of what Swiss city cross the borders into both France and Germany? |
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Basel | |
| 49. | The name of what island nation in the Americas translates from Spanish to English as "Ancient and Bearded"? |
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Antigua and Barbuda | |
| 50. | What is the capital, and largest city, of the partially-recognised state of Kosovo? |
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Pristina | |
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