Geography Quiz · the world
World Geography Trivia
Borders, rivers, landmarks and oddities from every continent. Every question is listed below with its answer.
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Quick round · 10 questions
Ten questions from this pack, multiple choice. Scored on the spot.
Questions
860 total| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What currency does Argentina use? | Peso |
| What currency does Japan use? | Yen |
| What currency does India use? | Rupee |
| Which continent is Kenya in? | Africa |
| Which continent is Peru in? | South America |
| Which continent is Italy in? | Europe |
| Which language is most widely spoken in Brazil? | Portuguese |
| Which language is most widely spoken in Egypt? | Arabic |
| In what country is Lisbon? | Portugal |
| In what country is Sydney? | Australia |
| In what country is Toronto? | Canada |
| What is the capital of the United States? | Washington, D.C. |
| What is the capital of Switzerland? | Bern |
| What is the capital of China? | Beijing |
| What currency does Mexico use? | Peso |
| Which country is famous for its fjords? | Norway |
| In what country is Istanbul? | Turkey |
| The Burj Khalifa is in which country? | UAE |
| In what country is Lagos? | Nigeria |
| The Eiffel Tower is in which country? | France |
| The Brandenburg Gate is in which country? | Germany |
| What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? | Riyadh |
| What sea lies east of Greece? | Aegean Sea |
| What currency does Chile use? | Peso |
| Which continent is Thailand in? | Asia |
| What is the capital of New Zealand? | Wellington |
| In what country is Marrakech? | Morocco |
| What is the capital of Singapore? | Singapore |
| Which ocean lies west of Chile? | Pacific Ocean |
| Which continent is Finland in? | Europe |
| What is the capital of Iceland? | Reykjavik |
| Which language is most widely spoken in Colombia? | Spanish |
| What is the capital of Austria? | Vienna |
| What currency does Denmark use? | Krone |
| Which sea borders the Netherlands to the west? | North Sea |
| In what country is Brussels? | Belgium |
| What currency does Sweden use? | Krona |
| What is the capital of Ireland? | Dublin |
| What is the capital of the Philippines? | Manila |
| What is the capital of Malaysia? | Kuala Lumpur |
| What currency does Qatar use? | Riyal |
| In what country is Krakow? | Poland |
| By land area, most of Russia lies on which continent? | Asia |
| What is the capital of Vietnam? | Hanoi |
| Which country is famous for flamenco? | Spain |
| What is the capital of Indonesia? | Jakarta |
| Which language is most widely spoken in Argentina? | Spanish |
| The Great Sphinx of Giza is in which country? | Egypt |
| What is the capital of Brazil? | Brasilia |
| What currency does the United States use? | Dollar |
| What currency does South Korea use? | Won |
| What currency does Turkey use? | Lira |
| Which country uses the zloty as its currency? | Poland |
| Which of these countries does NOT use the Euro? | Switzerland |
| What currency does Norway use? | Krone |
| What currency does Russia use? | Ruble |
| What currency does South Africa use? | Rand |
| What currency does Saudi Arabia use? | Riyal |
| What currency does Australia use? | Dollar |
| What currency does Switzerland use? | Franc |
| What is the official language of Mozambique? | Portuguese |
| Which country has the most native Spanish speakers? | Mexico |
| In which country would you hear Tagalog spoken? | Philippines |
| What is the official language of Iran? | Persian (Farsi) |
| Which of these is one of Ethiopia’s federal working languages? | Amharic |
| Which is the official language of Pakistan? | Urdu |
| Which of these is an official language of Madagascar? | French |
| Which is the official language of Nigeria? | English |
| The Colosseum is in which country? | Italy |
| Machu Picchu is in which country? | Peru |
| The ancient city of Timbuktu is in which country? | Mali |
| The Taj Mahal is in which country? | India |
| The statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooks which city? | Rio de Janeiro |
| Angkor Wat is in which country? | Cambodia |
| Petra, the ancient city carved into rose-red cliffs, is in which country? | Jordan |
| The Great Wall of China stretches across which country? | China |
| The Acropolis and the Parthenon are in which country? | Greece |
| Which country has the longest coastline in the world? | Canada |
| Through which country does the Mekong River NOT flow? | India |
| Which country borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea? | Morocco |
| Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, borders Peru and which other country? | Bolivia |
| The Amazon River flows through Brazil and originates in which other country? | Peru |
| Which country contains the largest share of Lake Victoria? | Tanzania |
| Which country contains the most of the Sahara Desert? | Algeria |
| Which country borders both China and India? | Nepal |
| Which of these countries does NOT share a border with Germany? | Hungary |
| Which country ties with Russia for the most land borders, with 14 neighbouring countries? | China |
| Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa? | Lesotho |
| Which country borders France, Germany and Belgium? | Luxembourg |
| Which is the world's smallest country by area? | Vatican City |
| Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites (as of 2025)? | Italy |
| Which country is the world's largest producer of coffee? | Brazil |
| Which country has the highest mountain outside Asia? (Aconcagua) | Argentina |
| Including its overseas territories, which country spans the most time zones? | France |
| Which country is home to the most pyramids in the world? | Sudan |
| Which country has the world's largest rainforest? | Brazil |
| Which country has a small part west of the Ural River in Europe and most of its land in Asia? | Kazakhstan |
| Which Nordic country officially counts more than 260,000 islands? | Sweden |
| Which is the only country in the world with a non-rectangular national flag? | Nepal |
| Which country is the world's largest by land area? | Russia |
| Which river flows through Paris? | Seine |
| Which river flows through London? | Thames |
| Which river flows through Cairo? | Nile |
| Which is the longest river in Africa? | Nile |
| Which river carries the most water in the world? | Amazon |
| In which country does the Amazon reach the sea? | Brazil |
| Which river flows through Rome? | Tiber |
| Which river forms much of the border between the United States and Mexico? | Rio Grande |
| Which is the longest river in Europe? | Volga |
| Which river flows through Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade? | Danube |
| Which is the longest river in Asia? | Yangtze |
| Which river is sacred to Hindus? | Ganges |
| Niagara Falls is on the border between Canada and which country? | United States |
| Victoria Falls is on the border between Zambia and which country? | Zimbabwe |
| Iguazu Falls is on the border between Brazil and which country? | Argentina |
| Which river flows through Baghdad? | Tigris |
| In which country does the Rhine reach the sea? | Netherlands |
| Which river flows through Prague? | Vltava |
| Which river flows through Berlin? | Spree |
| Which river flows through Lisbon? | Tagus |
| Which river flows through Warsaw? | Vistula |
| Which river flows through Kyiv? | Dnieper |
| Which river flows through St. Petersburg? | Neva |
| Which river flows through Seville? | Guadalquivir |
| Which river flows through Florence? | Arno |
| Which is the longest river in Italy? | Po |
| Which is the longest river in France? | Loire |
| Which river starts at a Swiss glacier, flows through Lake Geneva and reaches the Mediterranean in France? | Rhône |
| In which country does the Danube start? | Germany |
| The Danube flows through or along how many countries? | 10 |
| How many capital cities lie on the Danube? | 4 |
| Into which sea does the Danube flow? | Black Sea |
| Into which body of water does the Volga flow? | Caspian Sea |
| Which river flows through Moscow? | Moskva |
| Which river flows through both Hamburg and Dresden? | Elbe |
| Which river forms much of the border between Germany and Poland? | Oder |
| Which river flows through Frankfurt? | Main |
| Which river flows through Munich? | Isar |
| Which river flows through Dublin? | Liffey |
| Which is the longest river in Ireland? | Shannon |
| Which is the longest river in Great Britain? | Severn |
| The Tigris and the Euphrates both flow through which country? | Iraq |
| In which country do both the Tigris and the Euphrates start? | Turkey |
| Where does the Jordan River end? | Dead Sea |
| In which city do the White Nile and the Blue Nile meet? | Khartoum |
| The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana. Which country is the lake in? | Ethiopia |
| Which is the deepest river in the world? | Congo |
| Which major river crosses the Equator twice? | Congo |
| Which river flows through Mali, Niger and Nigeria? | Niger |
| Which river plunges over Victoria Falls? | Zambezi |
| Which river ends in a swampy delta in the Kalahari instead of reaching the sea? | Okavango |
| Which is the longest river in South Africa? | Orange |
| Which river flows through Bangkok? | Chao Phraya |
| The Mekong flows through or along how many countries? | 6 |
| Which river forms much of the border between Laos and Thailand? | Mekong |
| Which river flows through Hanoi? | Red River |
| Which is the main river of Myanmar? | Irrawaddy |
| Which is the longest river in Pakistan? | Indus |
| The Ganges and which other river form the world’s largest delta? | Brahmaputra |
| Which river has been called “China’s Sorrow” because of its floods? | Yellow River |
| Which river forms part of the border between Russia and China? | Amur |
| Which Siberian river carries the most water into the Arctic Ocean? | Yenisei |
| In which direction do Siberia’s big rivers, the Ob, Yenisei and Lena, flow? | North |
| Which river flows through Seoul? | Han |
| Which is the longest river in the United States? | Missouri |
| Which river carved the Grand Canyon? | Colorado |
| Which river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic? | St. Lawrence |
| Which river flows past the west side of Manhattan? | Hudson |
| Which river flows through Washington, D.C.? | Potomac |
| Which is the longest river in Canada? | Mackenzie |
| Which river gave its name to a Canadian territory and also crosses Alaska? | Yukon |
| Buenos Aires and Montevideo stand on which estuary? | Río de la Plata |
| Which is the main river of Venezuela? | Orinoco |
| Which is the main river of Colombia? | Magdalena |
| Which is the second-longest river in South America? | Paraná |
| At which Brazilian city do the dark Rio Negro and the sandy Solimões meet and run side by side for kilometres? | Manaus |
| How many bridges cross the Amazon River? | None |
| Which is the longest river in Australia? | Murray |
| Which is the longest river in New Zealand? | Waikato |
| Which is the longest river that flows only through Greece? | Aliakmonas |
| Which river forms most of the border between Greece and Turkey? | Evros |
| Which is the largest country with no permanent river? | Saudi Arabia |
| Which river meets the Danube in Belgrade? | Sava |
| Which river separates Buda from Pest? | Danube |
| Into which body of water does the Seine flow? | English Channel |
| Which river flows through Bordeaux? | Garonne |
| Which river flows through Porto? | Douro |
| Which river forms the border between Spain and Portugal in the far north? | Minho |
| Which river flows through Basel, Cologne and Rotterdam? | Rhine |
| Which river flows through Liège and Maastricht? | Meuse |
| Which river flows through Antwerp? | Scheldt |
| Which wine river forms part of the border between Germany and Luxembourg? | Moselle |
| Which river loops around the old town of Bern? | Aare |
| Which river flows through Riga? | Daugava |
| Which river flows through Tbilisi? | Kura |
| Which river flows through Ljubljana? | Ljubljanica |
| Which capital on the Danube borders both Austria and Hungary? | Bratislava |
| What do you call the place where a river splits into many channels before the sea? | Delta |
| Which river does the Aswan High Dam hold back? | Nile |
| The Three Gorges Dam, the largest power station in the world, is on which river? | Yangtze |
| The Itaipu Dam lies on the border between Brazil and which country? | Paraguay |
| Which is the highest waterfall in the world? | Angel Falls |
| In which country is Angel Falls? | Venezuela |
| Into which sea does the Nile flow? | Mediterranean Sea |
| The Tigris and Euphrates join to form which waterway before reaching the Persian Gulf? | Shatt al-Arab |
| Which river flows through Delhi? | Yamuna |
| Shanghai lies near the mouth of which river? | Yangtze |
| Which is the longest river in South America? | Amazon |
| Which river flows through New Orleans? | Mississippi |
| Which of these rivers flows into the Atlantic? | Congo |
| Which capital lies across the Congo River from Kinshasa? | Brazzaville |
| Which river flows through both Bamako and Niamey? | Niger |
| Which river does the Hoover Dam hold back? | Colorado |
| Which river has the largest delta in Europe? | Volga |
| Most of the Danube delta lies in which country? | Romania |
| Which two rivers fed the Aral Sea before it shrank? | Amu Darya and Syr Darya |
| Which river flows through Turin? | Po |
| Which river flows through Verona? | Adige |
| Which French city stands where the Rhône and the Saône meet? | Lyon |
| Which German city stands where the Rhine and the Moselle meet? | Koblenz |
| Which river flows through Cologne? | Rhine |
| Which river flows through Salzburg? | Salzach |
| Which river did Julius Caesar cross in 49 BC, starting a civil war? | Rubicon |
| In which country does the Mekong reach the sea? | Vietnam |
| Which river flows through Phnom Penh? | Mekong |
| Where does the Ganges reach the sea? | Bay of Bengal |
| Which two countries are named after the same river? | Niger and Nigeria |
| Which of these countries is NOT named after a river? | Peru |
| Which river flows past Montreal and Quebec City? | St. Lawrence |
| Which river flows through Asunción? | Paraguay |
| Which river forms the border between Argentina and Uruguay? | Uruguay |
| Which is the largest lake in the world by area? | Caspian Sea |
| Which is the deepest lake in the world? | Lake Baikal |
| In which country is Lake Baikal? | Russia |
| Which is the largest lake in Africa? | Lake Victoria |
| Which three countries share Lake Victoria? | Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania |
| How many Great Lakes are there in North America? | 5 |
| Which of the Great Lakes lies entirely in the United States? | Lake Michigan |
| Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by area? | Lake Superior |
| Which of the Great Lakes is the smallest by area? | Lake Ontario |
| Which of the Great Lakes is the shallowest? | Lake Erie |
| About how high above sea level is Lake Titicaca? | 3,800 m |
| Which is the longest freshwater lake in the world? | Lake Tanganyika |
| How many countries share Lake Tanganyika? | 4 |
| Which lake has more species of fish than any other lake in the world? | Lake Malawi |
| Which African lake has lost about 90% of its area since the 1960s? | Lake Chad |
| Which lake shrank so much that old fishing boats now sit on dry desert? | Aral Sea |
| In which salty lake can you float without trying? | Dead Sea |
| Which country borders the Dead Sea to the east? | Jordan |
| Lake Geneva is shared by Switzerland and which country? | France |
| Which three countries touch Lake Constance? | Germany, Austria and Switzerland |
| In which country is Lake Balaton? | Hungary |
| Which is the largest lake in Italy? | Lake Garda |
| Lake Maggiore is shared by Italy and which country? | Switzerland |
| Which Scottish lake is famous for a monster? | Loch Ness |
| Which is the largest lake in the British Isles? | Lough Neagh |
| Which is the largest lake entirely in Europe? | Lake Ladoga |
| Which is the largest lake in the European Union? | Lake Vänern |
| Which country is called “the land of a thousand lakes” but has about 188,000 of them? | Finland |
| Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined? | Canada |
| Which is the largest lake entirely within Canada? | Great Bear Lake |
| Which is the deepest lake in North America? | Great Slave Lake |
| The Great Salt Lake is in which US state? | Utah |
| Which is the largest lake in Central America? | Lake Nicaragua |
| Which artificial lake forms part of the Panama Canal? | Gatun Lake |
| Over which lake in Venezuela do lightning storms flash on up to 260 nights a year? | Lake Maracaibo |
| Which is the largest volcanic lake in the world? | Lake Toba |
| Which is the largest lake in New Zealand? | Lake Taupō |
| Which lake marks the lowest point in Australia? | Lake Eyre |
| Which Australian lake is naturally bright pink? | Lake Hillier |
| Which pink lake near Dakar was for years the finish line of the Dakar Rally? | Lake Retba |
| What is the lowest point in Africa? | Lake Assal |
| Which is the largest artificial lake in the world by area? | Lake Volta |
| Which artificial lake holds the most water in the world? | Lake Kariba |
| Which lake in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide in 1986 that killed about 1,700 people? | Lake Nyos |
| Lake Kivu lies between DR Congo and which country? | Rwanda |
| Which lake in Tanzania is so alkaline that it turns dead birds to stone-like statues? | Lake Natron |
| Which large lake in Cambodia fills from the Mekong each rainy season? | Tonlé Sap |
| Which lake in Myanmar is known for fishermen who row with one leg? | Inle Lake |
| Which mountain lake in Kyrgyzstan does not freeze even in hard winters? | Issyk-Kul |
| Which lake in Kazakhstan is fresh at one end and salty at the other? | Lake Balkhash |
| Which is the largest lake in Turkey? | Lake Van |
| Lake Sevan is the largest lake in which country? | Armenia |
| Lake Ohrid is shared by North Macedonia and which country? | Albania |
| Which lake is shared by Albania, Greece and North Macedonia? | Lake Prespa |
| Which is the largest natural lake in Greece? | Lake Trichonida |
| Which lake in Slovenia has a small island with a church? | Lake Bled |
| Which Croatian national park has 16 lakes linked by waterfalls? | Plitvice Lakes |
| Which lake lies on the border between Estonia and Russia? | Lake Peipus |
| Which lake lies about 4 km under the ice of Antarctica? | Lake Vostok |
| What do you call a lake made by building a dam? | Reservoir |
| How many countries border the Caspian Sea? | 5 |
| Which of these countries does NOT border the Caspian Sea? | Uzbekistan |
| Caspian caviar comes from the eggs of which fish? | Sturgeon |
| Which is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland? | Lake Neuchâtel |
| In which mountain range is Lake Titicaca? | Andes |
| In which country is Lake Saimaa? | Finland |
| Which large lake in Iran has shrunk sharply since the 1990s? | Lake Urmia |
| Lake Victoria is the main source of which river? | Nile |
| Lake Como is in which country? | Italy |
| Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in which continent? | South America |
| Which is the highest mountain in the world? | Mount Everest |
| Mount Everest lies on the border between Nepal and which country? | China |
| Which is the second-highest mountain in the world? | K2 |
| Which is the highest mountain in Africa? | Kilimanjaro |
| In which country is Kilimanjaro? | Tanzania |
| In which mountain range is Mount Everest? | Himalayas |
| Which is the longest mountain range on land? | Andes |
| Which mountain range separates France and Spain? | Pyrenees |
| Which mountains are often used as the border between Europe and Asia? | Ural Mountains |
| Which is the highest mountain in Greece? | Mount Olympus |
| Which volcano buried Pompeii in AD 79? | Vesuvius |
| Which is the highest mountain in Japan? | Mount Fuji |
| On which island is Mount Etna? | Sicily |
| Table Mountain overlooks which city? | Cape Town |
| Mont Blanc lies on the border between France and which country? | Italy |
| Which is the highest mountain in South America? | Aconcagua |
| The Matterhorn lies on the border between Switzerland and which country? | Italy |
| If the Caucasus counts as Europe, which is Europe’s highest mountain? | Elbrus |
| Which is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland? | Mount Kosciuszko |
| Which is the highest mountain on the island of New Guinea? | Puncak Jaya |
| Which is the highest mountain in New Zealand? | Aoraki / Mount Cook |
| Which is the highest mountain in Antarctica? | Mount Vinson |
| How many mountains in the world are higher than 8,000 m? | 14 |
| How many of the fourteen 8,000 m peaks are fully or partly in Nepal? | 8 |
| Who were the first to stand on top of Everest, in 1953? | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay |
| Which country was Edmund Hillary from? | New Zealand |
| Which is the highest mountain that nobody has climbed? | Gangkhar Puensum |
| The summit of which mountain is the farthest point from the centre of the Earth? | Chimborazo |
| Measured from its base to its peak, which is the tallest mountain on Earth? | Mauna Kea |
| The highest mountain in North America is in which US state? | Alaska |
| Which is the highest mountain in the lower 48 US states? | Mount Whitney |
| Which is the highest mountain in Canada? | Mount Logan |
| Which is the highest mountain in Mexico? | Pico de Orizaba |
| Which is the highest mountain in Spain? | Teide |
| Which is the highest mountain in Germany? | Zugspitze |
| Which is the highest mountain in Austria? | Grossglockner |
| Which is the highest mountain in Switzerland? | Dufourspitze |
| Which is the highest mountain in the Balkans? | Musala |
| Which mountain is shown on the coat of arms and the flag of Slovenia? | Triglav |
| Which is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom? | Ben Nevis |
| Which is the highest mountain in Ireland? | Carrauntoohil |
| Mount Ararat, a symbol of Armenia, lies in which country? | Turkey |
| Which is the highest volcano in Asia? | Damavand |
| Which is the highest mountain in North Africa? | Toubkal |
| Which mountain range runs across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia? | Atlas Mountains |
| Which country lies entirely above 1,000 m? | Lesotho |
| Which volcano erupted in 2010 and stopped flights across Europe? | Eyjafjallajökull |
| Which volcano’s 1815 eruption led to “the year without a summer”? | Tambora |
| Krakatoa, which blew apart in 1883, lies between Java and which island? | Sumatra |
| Which country has the most active volcanoes? | Indonesia |
| The “Ring of Fire” of volcanoes surrounds which ocean? | Pacific Ocean |
| Which Italian volcano has erupted almost nonstop for about 2,000 years? | Stromboli |
| The word “volcano” comes from the name of which Italian island? | Vulcano |
| Which Greek island is what is left of a volcano that blew apart around 1600 BC? | Santorini |
| Which Mexican volcano was born in a farmer’s cornfield in 1943? | Parícutin |
| Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in 1991, is in which country? | Philippines |
| Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 in which US state? | Washington |
| Which is the highest mountain in the Alps? | Mont Blanc |
| How many countries do the Alps cross? | 8 |
| Which mountain range curves through the middle of Romania? | Carpathians |
| Which mountains run down Italy like a spine? | Apennines |
| In which country are the Dolomites? | Italy |
| Which mountain range runs along the border of Norway and Sweden? | Scandinavian Mountains |
| The High Tatras lie on the border between Slovakia and which country? | Poland |
| Which old mountain range runs from Alabama up into Canada? | Appalachians |
| Which mountain range runs down western North America from Canada to New Mexico? | Rocky Mountains |
| In which mountain range is K2? | Karakoram |
| Which is the second-highest mountain in Africa? | Mount Kenya |
| Which African range is nicknamed the “Mountains of the Moon”? | Rwenzori |
| Which mountain range lies along the border of South Africa and Lesotho? | Drakensberg |
| The Vaalserberg, just 322 m high, is the highest hill in the European part of which country? | Netherlands |
| In Greek myths, who lived on top of Mount Olympus? | The twelve gods |
| Which Greek peninsula has been a monks’ community for over 1,000 years, closed to women? | Mount Athos |
| Which Greek mountain above Delphi was sacred to Apollo and the Muses? | Mount Parnassus |
| Which mountain pass links Pakistan and Afghanistan? | Khyber Pass |
| Which Alpine pass links Austria and Italy? | Brenner Pass |
| Which is the longest railway tunnel in the world, opened under the Alps in 2016? | Gotthard Base Tunnel |
| Which high plateau is called “the Roof of the World”? | Tibetan Plateau |
| Ojos del Salado, the highest volcano on Earth, lies on the border of Argentina and which country? | Chile |
| Which is the highest mountain in Peru? | Huascarán |
| Which is the highest mountain in Ecuador? | Chimborazo |
| Which is the highest mountain in Brazil? | Pico da Neblina |
| Mount Roraima, a flat-topped mountain, sits where Venezuela, Guyana and which other country meet? | Brazil |
| Sugarloaf Mountain rises above which city? | Rio de Janeiro |
| Which is the highest mountain in Tajikistan, once called Communism Peak? | Ismoil Somoni Peak |
| In which country is Mount Kinabalu? | Malaysia |
| Australia’s highest mountain is named after a national hero of which country? | Poland |
| What do you call a mountain that can erupt lava? | Volcano |
| Which of these countries do the Andes NOT pass through? | Uruguay |
| The Himalayas formed when the Indian plate pushed into which plate? | Eurasian Plate |
| In which year did Bulgaria join the European Union? | 2007 |
| In which year did ten countries join the EU at once, its biggest enlargement? | 2004 |
| Which country joined the EU most recently? | Croatia |
| Which country left the European Union in 2020? | United Kingdom |
| In which year did Greece join the European Community? | 1981 |
| Spain and Portugal joined the European Community together in which year? | 1986 |
| Which three countries joined the EU in 1995? | Austria, Finland and Sweden |
| How many times have Norwegians voted against joining the EU? | 2 |
| How many countries founded the European Economic Community in 1957? | 6 |
| Which treaty set up the European Economic Community in 1957? | Treaty of Rome |
| In which year did euro coins and notes go into people’s pockets? | 2002 |
| As of 2026, which country was the most recent to switch to the euro? | Bulgaria |
| In which year did Greece join the euro? | 2001 |
| Which currency did Germany use before the euro? | Mark |
| Which currency did Greece use before the euro? | Drachma |
| Which currency did Portugal use before the euro? | Escudo |
| Which currency did Spain use before the euro? | Peseta |
| Which currency did Italy use before the euro? | Lira |
| Which currency did the Netherlands use before the euro? | Guilder |
| Which currency did Croatia use before it switched to the euro in 2023? | Kuna |
| As of 2026, how many EU countries use the euro? | 21 |
| How many countries are in the European Union? | 27 |
| Which of these EU countries does NOT use the euro? | Denmark |
| Which of these non-EU countries uses the euro? | Montenegro |
| Which of these countries is in the Schengen area but NOT in the EU? | Switzerland |
| In which year did Bulgaria and Romania fully join the Schengen area, with no more land border checks? | 2025 |
| In which year was NATO founded? | 1949 |
| Which two Nordic countries joined NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022? | Finland and Sweden |
| How many countries are members of NATO? | 32 |
| Greece and Turkey joined NATO together in which year? | 1952 |
| How many member states does the United Nations have? | 193 |
| Counting the 193 UN members and the two observer states, how many countries are there? | 195 |
| Which is the newest member of the United Nations? | South Sudan |
| In which year was the United Nations founded? | 1945 |
| Which country only joined the United Nations in 2002, after a referendum? | Switzerland |
| Which two are UN observer states rather than full members? | Vatican City and Palestine |
| How many countries are there in Africa? | 54 |
| How many independent countries are there in South America? | 12 |
| How many independent countries are there in Oceania? | 14 |
| How many countries in the world have no coastline at all? | 44 |
| How many independent countries are there in Central America? | 7 |
| Which continent has the most countries? | Africa |
| Which continent has no countries? | Antarctica |
| In which year did the United States declare independence? | 1776 |
| In which year did India become independent from Britain? | 1947 |
| Brazil became independent from which country in 1822? | Portugal |
| Which country became independent from Sweden in 1905? | Norway |
| Finland became independent from which country in 1917? | Russia |
| Iceland became fully independent from which country in 1944? | Denmark |
| Which country was the first Black-led republic, born from a revolt that won in 1804? | Haiti |
| Which two African countries are usually described as never having been colonised? | Ethiopia and Liberia |
| Which country in Southeast Asia was never colonised by a European power? | Thailand |
| Singapore became independent in 1965 after leaving which country? | Malaysia |
| Bangladesh became independent in 1971 from which country? | Pakistan |
| South Sudan split from which country in 2011? | Sudan |
| Which country split from Ethiopia in 1993? | Eritrea |
| In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into which two countries? | Czechia and Slovakia |
| In which year did the Berlin Wall fall? | 1989 |
| In which year did East and West Germany reunite? | 1990 |
| In which year did the Soviet Union break up? | 1991 |
| How many countries came out of the Soviet Union? | 15 |
| Which of these countries was NOT part of Yugoslavia? | Albania |
| In which year did Montenegro become independent from Serbia? | 2006 |
| In which year did Kosovo declare independence? | 2008 |
| East Timor became independent in 2002, after 24 years of rule by which country? | Indonesia |
| Namibia became independent in 1990 from which country? | South Africa |
| In which year did the United Kingdom hand Hong Kong back to China? | 1997 |
| Which country handed Macau to China in 1999? | Portugal |
| In which year did the Panama Canal open? | 1914 |
| In which year did the Suez Canal open? | 1869 |
| In which year did the Channel Tunnel between England and France open? | 1994 |
| In which year did Brasília become Brazil’s capital? | 1960 |
| Which city was Brazil’s capital before Brasília? | Rio de Janeiro |
| Which city was the capital of West Germany? | Bonn |
| Which city was Japan’s capital for over 1,000 years before Tokyo? | Kyoto |
| Which city replaced Istanbul as Turkey’s capital in 1923? | Ankara |
| Which city was Russia’s capital for about 200 years, until Moscow took over again in 1918? | St. Petersburg |
| In 1997 Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty to which city? | Astana |
| In 1991 Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to which city? | Abuja |
| Myanmar moved its capital from Yangon to which new city in 2005? | Naypyidaw |
| Which city was built in the 1960s to become Pakistan’s capital? | Islamabad |
| Canberra was chosen as Australia’s capital as a compromise between which two cities? | Sydney and Melbourne |
| Which country has three capital cities? | South Africa |
| Amsterdam is the Dutch capital, but which city is the seat of government? | The Hague |
| Sucre is Bolivia’s capital in the constitution. Which city is the seat of government? | La Paz |
| What was Sri Lanka called until 1972? | Ceylon |
| What was Thailand called until 1939? | Siam |
| Which country was called Persia until 1935? | Iran |
| What was DR Congo called from 1971 to 1997? | Zaire |
| Which country was called Upper Volta until 1984? | Burkina Faso |
| Which country was called Dahomey until 1975? | Benin |
| Which country was called Rhodesia until 1979? | Zimbabwe |
| Which country changed its name from Swaziland in 2018? | Eswatini |
| Which country changed its name in 2019 after a deal with Greece? | North Macedonia |
| Since 2022, which name does the UN use for Turkey? | Türkiye |
| What was Myanmar called before 1989? | Burma |
| Which island did Portuguese sailors name Formosa, “beautiful island”? | Taiwan |
| What was Ghana called before independence? | Gold Coast |
| In which year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas? | 1492 |
| Which explorer’s expedition made the first voyage around the world, finished in 1522? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Who was the first European to reach India by sea, in 1498? | Vasco da Gama |
| Who led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, in 1911? | Roald Amundsen |
| The Americas are named after which explorer? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Which country is named after Christopher Columbus? | Colombia |
| Which country is named after the liberator Simón Bolívar? | Bolivia |
| The Philippines are named after which Spanish king? | Philip II |
| In which year did the United States buy Alaska from Russia? | 1867 |
| In which year did Hawaii become a US state? | 1959 |
| How many states does the United States have? | 50 |
| How many provinces does Canada have? | 10 |
| How many federal states does Germany have? | 16 |
| How many cantons does Switzerland have? | 26 |
| How many states does Australia have? | 6 |
| How many states does Mexico have? | 31 |
| How many states does India have? | 28 |
| How many states does Brazil have? | 26 |
| The Titanic sank in 1912 on its way to which city? | New York |
| Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896? | Athens |
| Which country hosted the first FIFA World Cup, in 1930? | Uruguay |
| The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 split the newly found lands between which two countries? | Spain and Portugal |
| In 1803 the United States bought Louisiana from which country? | France |
| Which European country founded New Amsterdam, the town that became New York? | Netherlands |
| Greenland is part of which kingdom? | Denmark |
| The US Virgin Islands were bought in 1917 from which country? | Denmark |
| What currency does the United Kingdom use? | Pound |
| What currency does China use? | Yuan |
| What currency does Brazil use? | Real |
| What currency does Canada use? | Dollar |
| What currency does Egypt use? | Pound |
| What currency does Thailand use? | Baht |
| What currency does Vietnam use? | Dong |
| What currency does Indonesia use? | Rupiah |
| What currency does Malaysia use? | Ringgit |
| What currency does Nigeria use? | Naira |
| What currency does Kenya use? | Shilling |
| What currency does Ghana use? | Cedi |
| What currency does Ethiopia use? | Birr |
| What currency does Morocco use? | Dirham |
| What currency does Algeria use? | Dinar |
| What currency does Tunisia use? | Dinar |
| What currency does Israel use? | Shekel |
| What currency does Iran use? | Rial |
| What currency does Iraq use? | Dinar |
| What currency does the United Arab Emirates use? | Dirham |
| What currency does Kuwait use? | Dinar |
| What currency does Pakistan use? | Rupee |
| What currency does Bangladesh use? | Taka |
| What currency does Nepal use? | Rupee |
| What is the name of Bhutan’s own currency? | Ngultrum |
| What currency does Sri Lanka use? | Rupee |
| What currency does Myanmar use? | Kyat |
| What currency does Laos use? | Kip |
| What currency does Cambodia use? | Riel |
| What currency do the Philippines use? | Peso |
| What currency does Mongolia use? | Tögrög |
| What currency does Kazakhstan use? | Tenge |
| What currency does Kyrgyzstan use? | Som |
| What currency does Tajikistan use? | Somoni |
| What currency does Turkmenistan use? | Manat |
| What currency does Georgia use? | Lari |
| What currency does Armenia use? | Dram |
| What currency does Ukraine use? | Hryvnia |
| What currency does Hungary use? | Forint |
| What currency does Czechia use? | Koruna |
| What currency does Romania use? | Leu |
| What currency does Moldova use? | Leu |
| What currency does Serbia use? | Dinar |
| What currency does North Macedonia use? | Denar |
| What currency does Albania use? | Lek |
| What currency does Iceland use? | Krona |
| What currency does Peru use? | Sol |
| What currency does Venezuela use? | Bolívar |
| What currency does Bolivia use? | Boliviano |
| What currency does Paraguay use? | Guaraní |
| What currency does Guatemala use? | Quetzal |
| What currency does Honduras use? | Lempira |
| What currency does Costa Rica use? | Colón |
| What currency does Nicaragua use? | Córdoba |
| Which country uses the balboa alongside the US dollar? | Panama |
| What currency does Haiti use? | Gourde |
| What currency does Ecuador use? | Dollar |
| Which of these countries uses the US dollar as its own currency? | El Salvador |
| What currency does New Zealand use? | Dollar |
| What currency does Papua New Guinea use? | Kina |
| What currency does Tonga use? | Paʻanga |
| What currency does Samoa use? | Tala |
| What currency does Angola use? | Kwanza |
| What currency does Mozambique use? | Metical |
| What currency does Zambia use? | Kwacha |
| What currency does Botswana use? | Pula |
| What currency does Madagascar use? | Ariary |
| Which currency do Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast share? | CFA franc |
| What currency does Eritrea use? | Nakfa |
| What currency does Gambia use? | Dalasi |
| Which of these countries does NOT use a currency called the dollar? | Mexico |
| Which of these countries does NOT use a currency called the peso? | Peru |
| Which of these countries does NOT use the dinar? | Morocco |
| Which of these countries does NOT use a rupee? | Bangladesh |
| Which currency is named after a ridge of gold-rich rock near Johannesburg? | Rand |
| Kwacha, the currency of Zambia and Malawi, means what? | Dawn |
| Which two currencies both use the sign ¥? | Japanese yen and Chinese yuan |
| Which currency uses the sign £? | Pound |
| Which currency uses the sign ₹? | Indian rupee |
| Which currency uses the sign ₽? | Russian ruble |
| Which currency uses the sign ₩? | Won |
| Which is the largest island in the world? | Greenland |
| Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean? | Sicily |
| Which is the largest Greek island? | Crete |
| Madagascar lies off the coast of which continent? | Africa |
| Which island do Haiti and the Dominican Republic share? | Hispaniola |
| Which three countries share the island of Borneo? | Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei |
| Which two countries share the island of New Guinea? | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
| Which two countries share the island of Timor? | Indonesia and East Timor |
| Which Caribbean island is split between France and the Netherlands? | Saint Martin |
| Which island is shared by Ireland and the United Kingdom? | Ireland |
| Which country is made up of more than 17,000 islands? | Indonesia |
| About how many islands make up the Philippines? | 7,600 |
| Japan’s four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and which other? | Shikoku |
| Which is Japan’s largest island? | Honshu |
| Tasmania is part of which country? | Australia |
| New Zealand is made up mainly of how many large islands? | 2 |
| Which country do the Canary Islands belong to? | Spain |
| Which country do the Azores and Madeira belong to? | Portugal |
| Which country does Corsica belong to? | France |
| Which country do the Balearic Islands belong to? | Spain |
| Which country do the Faroe Islands belong to? | Denmark |
| Which country do the Galápagos Islands belong to? | Ecuador |
| Easter Island, known for its giant stone heads, belongs to which country? | Chile |
| Which country governs the Falkland Islands, which Argentina also claims? | United Kingdom |
| Which country do the Svalbard islands belong to? | Norway |
| Sri Lanka lies off the coast of which country? | India |
| Zanzibar is part of which country? | Tanzania |
| Socotra, with its umbrella-shaped dragon’s blood trees, belongs to which country? | Yemen |
| Which island country lies just south of Sicily? | Malta |
| Cyprus lies closest to the coast of which country? | Turkey |
| Which is the largest island in Europe? | Great Britain |
| Which strait separates Spain from Morocco? | Strait of Gibraltar |
| Which strait runs through the middle of Istanbul? | Bosphorus |
| Which strait separates Russia from Alaska? | Bering Strait |
| About a fifth of the world’s oil passes through which narrow strait? | Strait of Hormuz |
| Which strait between Malaysia and Sumatra is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world? | Strait of Malacca |
| Which strait’s name means “Gate of Grief”? | Bab-el-Mandeb |
| Which stretch of sea separates England from France? | English Channel |
| A bridge and tunnel across which strait link Denmark and Sweden? | Øresund |
| Which passage between South America and Antarctica is known for some of the roughest seas on Earth? | Drake Passage |
| Which canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea? | Suez Canal |
| Which Greek canal is only about 21 m wide at sea level, between cliffs up to about 80 m high? | Corinth Canal |
| Which sea lies between Europe and Africa? | Mediterranean Sea |
| Which sea separates Saudi Arabia from Africa? | Red Sea |
| Which sea has no coastline at all? | Sargasso Sea |
| How many countries border the Black Sea? | 6 |
| Which of these countries does NOT border the Baltic Sea? | Norway |
| Which sea lies between Italy and the Balkans? | Adriatic Sea |
| Which reef off Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world? | Great Barrier Reef |
| Which is the largest bay in the world? | Bay of Bengal |
| Where are the highest tides in the world? | Bay of Fundy |
| Which is the largest ocean? | Pacific Ocean |
| Which is the smallest ocean? | Arctic Ocean |
| What is the deepest known point in the oceans called? | Challenger Deep |
| Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia? | Indian Ocean |
| Which is the warmest ocean? | Indian Ocean |
| Which ocean around Antarctica did National Geographic start marking on its maps in 2021? | Southern Ocean |
| The Panama Canal links the Atlantic with which ocean? | Pacific Ocean |
| Which country is named after the Equator? | Ecuador |
| Which is the only country crossed by both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn? | Brazil |
| The prime meridian, 0° longitude, passes through which city? | London |
| Through how many countries does the Equator pass? | 13 |
| Which continent do both the Equator and the prime meridian cross? | Africa |
| Which is the largest hot desert in the world? | Sahara |
| If cold deserts count, which is the largest desert of all? | Antarctica |
| Which is the driest non-polar desert in the world? | Atacama |
| The Atacama Desert is mostly in which country? | Chile |
| The Gobi Desert lies in China and which other country? | Mongolia |
| Which desert is thought to be the oldest in the world? | Namib |
| The Kalahari Desert covers most of which country? | Botswana |
| What does Rub’ al Khali, the vast sand desert of Arabia, mean? | Empty Quarter |
| The Thar Desert lies in India and which other country? | Pakistan |
| Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, is in which US state? | California |
| In which desert is the “Door to Hell”, a gas crater that has been burning since 1971? | Karakum |
| Which is the largest desert in Australia? | Great Victoria Desert |
| Which two countries share the longest border in the world? | Canada and the United States |
| Which country’s only land neighbour is Spain? | Portugal |
| Which country is Denmark’s only land neighbour? | Germany |
| Which is South Korea’s only land neighbour? | North Korea |
| Which country is almost completely surrounded by Senegal? | Gambia |
| Which two countries are completely surrounded by Italy? | Vatican City and San Marino |
| Which country is shaped like a boot? | Italy |
| Which country is about 4,300 km long but on average only about 175 km wide? | Chile |
| Which country has a thin strip of land, the Caprivi Strip, stretching east toward the Zambezi? | Namibia |
| Afghanistan’s narrow Wakhan Corridor leads to a short border with which country? | China |
| Which South American country has coasts on both the Pacific and the Caribbean? | Colombia |
| Which country has the longest coastline on the African mainland? | Somalia |
| Which country’s largest city is split between Europe and Asia? | Turkey |
| Egypt lies on which two continents? | Africa and Asia |
| Which is the largest country entirely in Europe? | Ukraine |
| Which country covers almost half of South America? | Brazil |
| Which is the largest country in Africa? | Algeria |
| Which is the smallest country in South America? | Suriname |
| Which is the smallest country on the African mainland? | Gambia |
| Which is the smallest country in Asia? | Maldives |
| Which is the largest landlocked country? | Kazakhstan |
| Which Central American country has no coast on the Caribbean? | El Salvador |
| Which two South American countries have no coastline? | Bolivia and Paraguay |
| Bolivia lost its coastline to which country in a war that ended in 1884? | Chile |
| What is the narrow strip of land joining North and South America called? | Isthmus of Panama |
| Which is the driest inhabited continent? | Australia |
| Which is the coldest continent? | Antarctica |
| Which is the largest continent by area? | Asia |
| Which is the smallest continent? | Australia |
| Which language is spoken in Austria? | German |
| Which language do most people speak in Quebec? | French |
| Which language do almost all people in Haiti speak at home? | Haitian Creole |
| What is the official language of Angola? | Portuguese |
| What is the official language of Guyana? | English |
| Which is the only African country with Spanish as an official language? | Equatorial Guinea |
| How many national languages does Switzerland have? | 4 |
| Which language, spoken by under 1% of the Swiss, is one of Switzerland’s national languages? | Romansh |
| Belgium has three official languages: Dutch, French and which other? | German |
| Which country names Irish as its first official language? | Ireland |
| Which official language of the EU comes from Arabic but is written in Latin letters? | Maltese |
| Which of these languages is closest to Finnish? | Estonian |
| Which European language is not related to any other known language? | Basque |
| What is the only official language of Andorra? | Catalan |
| Which of these languages is written in the Cyrillic alphabet? | Russian |
| Which of these languages has an alphabet used for no other language? | Armenian |
| Which country switched from Arabic to Latin letters in 1928? | Turkey |
| Which Asian language is written in Latin letters with many accent marks? | Vietnamese |
| What is the Korean alphabet called? | Hangul |
| Japanese kanji characters were borrowed from which language? | Chinese |
| Which language has the most native speakers in the world? | Mandarin Chinese |
| Which language has the second most native speakers? | Spanish |
| Counting people who learned it later, which language is spoken by the most people? | English |
| In how many countries is Portuguese an official language? | 9 |
| In which Asian city is Portuguese still an official language? | Macau |
| Which country lists 37 official languages in its constitution? | Bolivia |
| How many official languages does South Africa have? | 12 |
| Afrikaans grew out of which European language? | Dutch |
| Which language is official in both Kenya and Tanzania? | Swahili |
| Besides Spanish, which language do most people in Paraguay speak? | Guaraní |
| Which language of the Inca Empire is still spoken by millions in Peru and Bolivia? | Quechua |
| Which Aztec language gave English the words chocolate, tomato and avocado? | Nahuatl |
| In Afghanistan, Pashto and which other language are official? | Dari |
| What is the main language of Bangladesh? | Bengali |
| Which language is official in Sri Lanka alongside Tamil? | Sinhala |
| Singapore’s four official languages are English, Mandarin, Tamil and which other? | Malay |
| Luxembourg’s official languages are Luxembourgish, French and which other? | German |
| Which Polynesian language became an official language of New Zealand in 1987? | Māori |
| Which country has both English and French as official languages? | Canada |
| In which country is Dutch, often called Flemish there, spoken in the north? | Belgium |
| Which country has English, French, Swahili and Kinyarwanda as official languages? | Rwanda |
| In 2008 Rwanda switched its schools from which language to English? | French |
| Which language became official in Morocco alongside Arabic in 2011? | Berber |
| Which language family does Greek belong to? | Indo-European |
| Which language uses the letters α, β and γ? | Greek |
| The word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of which alphabet? | Greek |
| Which country writes its language with three different scripts at once? | Japan |
| In which country is Hindi the most spoken language? | India |
| Which language has changed so little that its speakers can still read sagas written 800 years ago? | Icelandic |
| Besides Sweden, in which country is Swedish an official language? | Finland |
| In which country is Latin an official language? | Vatican City |
| Mandarin is the main language of China and of which other place with its own government? | Taiwan |
| Which country’s national language is Dzongkha? | Bhutan |
| Of Nigeria’s big local languages, which has the most speakers? | Hausa |
| The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country? | France |
| The Sydney Opera House was designed by an architect from which country? | Denmark |
| In which city is Big Ben? | London |
| In which Italian city is the famous leaning tower? | Pisa |
| In which country is Stonehenge? | United Kingdom |
| In which city is the Sagrada Família church? | Barcelona |
| In which country is Chichén Itzá? | Mexico |
| In which country is the Alhambra palace? | Spain |
| In which city are the Kremlin and Red Square? | Moscow |
| In which city is the Forbidden City? | Beijing |
| How many US presidents’ faces are carved into Mount Rushmore? | 4 |
| In which country is Neuschwanstein Castle? | Germany |
| In which city is Hagia Sophia? | Istanbul |
| Which city is home to the Atomium? | Brussels |
| Which city has the Little Mermaid statue? | Copenhagen |
| In which city is the Charles Bridge? | Prague |
| In which country are the Meteora monasteries, built on top of rock pillars? | Greece |
| In which city is the Potala Palace? | Lhasa |
| The Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikhs, is in which country? | India |
| In which country is Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world? | Indonesia |
| In which city are the Petronas Towers? | Kuala Lumpur |
| Ha Long Bay, with nearly 2,000 limestone islands, is in which country? | Vietnam |
| In which country is the Terracotta Army? | China |
| Near which Chinese city was the Terracotta Army found? | Xi’an |
| In which country are the ruins of Bagan, with over 2,000 temples? | Myanmar |
| In the 1960s, the temples of Abu Simbel were moved to escape the water of which lake? | Lake Nasser |
| In which country are the rock-cut churches of Lalibela? | Ethiopia |
| The Great Mosque of Djenné, the largest mud-brick building in the world, is in which country? | Mali |
| In which city is the Hassan II Mosque, built partly over the Atlantic? | Casablanca |
| In which city is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque? | Abu Dhabi |
| Persepolis, a capital of the ancient Persian Empire, is in which country? | Iran |
| The Registan, a square framed by three tiled schools, is in which Silk Road city? | Samarkand |
| In which country is Göbekli Tepe, a stone temple about 11,500 years old? | Turkey |
| In which country are the white limestone terraces of Pamukkale? | Turkey |
| Which landmark in Northern Ireland is made of about 40,000 stone columns? | Giant’s Causeway |
| Which Icelandic hot spring gave its name to all geysers? | Geysir |
| In which country is Bran Castle, often linked to the Dracula story? | Romania |
| Mont-Saint-Michel, an abbey on a tidal island, is in which country? | France |
| Which city is built on 118 small islands linked by about 400 bridges? | Venice |
| In which country is Dubrovnik, with its old city walls? | Croatia |
| In which country is the Old Bridge of Mostar, rebuilt in 2004? | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| In which Greek city is the White Tower? | Thessaloniki |
| The oracle at Delphi spoke for which god? | Apollo |
| On which island is Knossos, the great palace of the Minoans? | Crete |
| The pyramids of Giza stand at the edge of which city? | Cairo |
| Which ancient wonder stood at the harbour of Rhodes? | Colossus of Rhodes |
| The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders, stood in which modern country? | Turkey |
| In which city is the CN Tower? | Toronto |
| In which city is the Golden Gate Bridge? | San Francisco |
| In which country are the Nazca Lines, giant drawings in the desert? | Peru |
| Tikal, a great Maya city in the jungle, is in which country? | Guatemala |
| Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world, is in which country? | Bolivia |
| The Perito Moreno Glacier, known for huge blocks of ice crashing into a lake, is in which country? | Argentina |
| Uluru, the huge red rock, is in which country? | Australia |
| Milford Sound, a fjord with steep cliffs and waterfalls, is in which country? | New Zealand |
| In which city is the Gateway of India? | Mumbai |
| The Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world, is in which country? | India |
| In which city is Marina Bay Sands, with a swimming pool on its roof? | Singapore |
| Which palace near Paris was the home of King Louis XIV? | Versailles |
| Which Paris museum holds the Mona Lisa? | Louvre |
| How many time zones does Russia cover? | 11 |
| How many time zones does China use? | 1 |
| Which country’s clocks are set 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead of UTC? | Nepal |
| Which country skipped 30 December 2011 when it moved to the other side of the date line? | Samoa |
| Which country is the first to see each new day, with some clocks at UTC+14? | Kiribati |
| In which of these countries do people drive on the left? | United Kingdom |
| Which of these countries drives on the left? | Japan |
| Which country switched from driving on the left to the right overnight in 1967? | Sweden |
| Which country changed from driving on the right to the left in 2009? | Samoa |
| Which country abolished its army in 1948? | Costa Rica |
| Which two countries have square flags? | Switzerland and Vatican City |
| Which country’s flag has a red maple leaf? | Canada |
| Which country’s flag is a red circle on a white background? | Japan |
| Which country’s flag shows a green cedar tree? | Lebanon |
| Which of these countries shows its own map on its flag? | Cyprus |
| Which country’s flag has a rifle on it? | Mozambique |
| Which country’s flag is thought to be the oldest still in use? | Denmark |
| Which country’s flag looks different on the front and the back? | Paraguay |
| Which country is famous for tulips and windmills? | Netherlands |
| Pizza Margherita comes from which Italian city? | Naples |
| People in which country drink the most coffee per person? | Finland |
| Which country gets the most foreign tourists each year? | France |
| Which country famously has more sheep than people? | New Zealand |
| Which official capital city is the highest above sea level? | Quito |
| Which is the northernmost capital of an independent country? | Reykjavik |
| Which is the southernmost capital of an independent country? | Wellington |
| Which is the coldest capital city in the world? | Ulaanbaatar |
| Which is the lowest capital city in the world, below sea level? | Baku |
| Which country is called the Land of the Rising Sun? | Japan |
| Which country is called the Emerald Isle? | Ireland |
| Which country is called the Land of a Thousand Hills? | Rwanda |
| Which country is called the Land of the Thunder Dragon? | Bhutan |
| Which country officially measures Gross National Happiness? | Bhutan |
| Which country is called the Land of Fire and Ice? | Iceland |
| Which country did Winston Churchill call “the Pearl of Africa”? | Uganda |
| Which city is nicknamed the Big Apple? | New York |
| Which city is called the City of Light? | Paris |
| Which city is called the Eternal City? | Rome |
| Which city was once called Byzantium? | Istanbul |
| Which is the only country named after a woman? | Saint Lucia |
| Which country’s name in its own language means “land of eagles”? | Albania |
| Which country’s name means “black mountain”? | Montenegro |
| Argentina’s name comes from the Latin word for which metal? | Silver |
| Venezuela’s name means “little …” what? | Venice |
| What does the name Costa Rica mean? | Rich coast |
| Which country’s name means “land of the pure”? | Pakistan |
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This is the broadest quiz on the site: borders and enclaves, rivers and lakes, currencies, landmarks and a handful of records. Questions are multiple choice and draw from every continent, so a strong round needs a bit of everything rather than deep knowledge of one region.
The recurring themes are worth knowing cold: which countries are landlocked (and the two that are doubly landlocked, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), which capital cities sit on which rivers, which countries share a currency, and which famous monument is in which country. Get those four families right and the rest is bonus.
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