Geography Trivia Questions
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In which city can you find the hotels Brunelleschi, Monna Lisa, and Villa Medici?
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florence
Which city in West Bengal, India, offers views of Mt. Everest and is known for a famous type of tea?
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darjeeling
Which country borders both Switzerland and Poland?
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germany
In which U.S. state can you find the Badlands and Wind Cave national parks?
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south dakota
Which heights have Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the U.N. all having presences around Mount Hermon, the highest peak?
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golan heights
Which country is famous for yodeling, cheese, and the Zoologischer Garten in Basel?
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switzerland
Devils Island is part of which overseas department of France?
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french guiana
What is the name of the peninsula where Arhus is the largest city, encompassing all of mainland Denmark?
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jutland
What plain is bounded by Gran Chaco and Patagonia, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andean foothills?
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pampas
Which river, often referred to as the 'Blue' river, originates from the Black Forest and flows into the Black Sea?
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danube
Which city in Asia is home to both a museum of Khmer art and the Tuol Sleng museum of torture and murder?
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phnom penh
Which state capital is situated at the edge of the Laramie Mountains and stands more than 6,000 feet above sea level?
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cheyenne
What is the name of the imaginary line that circles the globe at 0 degrees latitude?
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equator
In which city is Afghanistan's parliament located in the Dar Ol-Aman Palace?
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kabul
Which Great Lake is connected to Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac?
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lake michigan
Which sea is connected to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait?
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black sea
What sea is Gdansk, Poland a major port on?
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baltic sea
What country can be formed from the anagram 'Hug yarn'?
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hungary
In 1990, scientists discovered hydrothermal vents on the floor of which Russian lake?
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lake baikal
In which country is the resort town of Zihuatanejo, whose name means 'beach of the women' in Nahuatl?
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mexico
Which country is represented by the international road vehicle sticker 'KZ'?
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kazakhstan
What is the capital located on the Attic Plain that was an ancient city-state?
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athens
What is the name of the fertile Argentine plain that is the primary wheat-growing area in South America?
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pampas
What is the motto of the northernmost state in the contiguous United States, known as 'The Star of the North'?
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minnesota
What is the name of the North African mountain range known in Arabic as Djezira El-Maghreb, or 'Island of the West'?
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atlas mountains
Which U.S. city has a fountain at Point State Park symbolizing the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers?
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pittsburgh
What is the largest lake in Central America that shares its name with the country where it is located?
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lake nicaragua
In which country should you be careful not to confuse 'High Mountain' coffee with 'Blue Mountain' coffee?
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jamaica
What is the name of the former Dutch colony that became the most recent South American country to join the U.N. in 1975?
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suriname
Which unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu, and Tutuila?
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american samoa
In which country is Port Said a principal seaport?
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egypt
Which island country has the Sinhalese and the Tamils as its largest ethnic groups?
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sri lanka
In which West African nation are Lagos, Ibadan, and Ogbomosho the largest cities?
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nigeria
Inhabitants of which African country are known as Burkinabe?
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burkina faso
Which country has the national anthem titled 'Himnusz'?
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hungary
Which Scandinavian country is the smallest by area, covering 16,633 square miles?
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denmark
Which country is listed first alphabetically in the world?
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afghanistan
What country's tallest peak is the 1,644-foot-high Mirador Nacional, located about 50 miles east of Montevideo?
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uruguay
In which state does the city of Bemidji celebrate Brrr Midji Polar Days during winter?
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minnesota
In which city can you find the Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum displaying Franz Liszt's gold baton and St. Stephen's crown?
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budapest
What island located south of the equator is second in size only to Greenland and has some of the world's largest gold and copper reserves?
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new guinea
Which island nation is located approximately 95 miles south of Cuba and is well-known for its reggae culture?
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jamaica
In which desert, located in Algeria, can you find the world's highest sand dunes that reach over 1500 feet high?
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sahara
On which island, starting with 'A' and part of the ABC Islands, can you find Palm Beach, one of the world's best?
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aruba
What is the most densely populated island nation in the Persian Gulf region?
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bahrain
What country, situated between Libya and Israel, is known in Arabic as Misr?
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egypt
In which country is Javanese spoken by about 60 million people on the island of Java?
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indonesia
What is the Arabic meaning of the largest city in Africa, which is also its capital?
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cairo
What is the name of Scotland's largest lake that contains numerous islands?
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loch lomond
What type of 'valley' is characterized by an elongated fault zone and includes the 'Great' one in Asia and Africa?
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rift
Which river does South Dakota's southern border follow after initially being straight from west to east?
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missouri river
Which Canadian province, alongside Saskatchewan and Alberta, borders the state of Montana?
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british columbia
In which world capital is Dentsu, Asia's largest advertising agency, located?
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tokyo
Which is the most populous city in Missouri, with over twice as many residents as its namesake city in another state?
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kansas city, missouri
Which city in Japan, once a small fishing village, is now the country's second-largest city?
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yokohama
On which island is Ajaccio, the capital of France's Corse-de-Sud department, located?
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corsica
Which Atlantic province's northeastern tip is formed by Cape Breton Island?
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nova scotia
In which northern African mountain range does the wild horned aoudad, also known as the Barbary sheep, live?
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atlas mountains
Which country has two capitals named La Paz and Sucre?
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bolivia
What is the name of the hills on the Scottish border that share their name with a breed of sheep that graze there?
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cheviot hills