Geography Trivia Questions
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Which state is home to the Mesabi range, which produces about 60% of the iron ore in the U.S.?
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minnesota
Which U.S. state has only 9 places with 5,000 or more people, including Kenai, Ketchikan, and Sitka?
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alaska
Which northern port city in the Basque region is known as the 'Pittsburgh of Spain'?
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bilbao
Which U.S. state earned the nickname 'Badger State' due to miners digging into its hillsides in the 1820s?
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wisconsin
In which African country is the Mau Escarpment, a steep slope along the Great Rift Valley, located?
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kenya
From the top of Mount Washington, in which Pennsylvania city can you get a panoramic view of the Golden Triangle?
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pittsburgh
Which Canadian province was named after the father of Queen Victoria?
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prince edward island
What almost treeless region of Argentina is known as the agricultural and industrial heart of the nation?
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pampas
Belgium's seacoast, which is approximately 40 miles long, is on which sea?
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north sea
In which capital city is the Coptic museum located in the old section of Misr al-Qadimah?
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cairo
Which country completely surrounds Lesotho?
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south africa
Which world capital is located on Bushrod Island and Cape Mesurado in Liberia?
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monrovia
In which city does Bolivia's presidential palace face the Plaza Murillo?
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la paz
What artificial lake, created by the Aswan High Dam and named after an Egyptian president, is the world's 4th largest?
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lake nasser
In which country is Alexandria the second-largest city?
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egypt
In which country do some travelers hike the Inca Trail to reach Machu Picchu?
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peru
Which artistic quarter is home to the Place Blanche, dominated by a red windmill?
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montmartre
What is the term for one of the largest shallow channels in the U.S., with the Bartholomew found in Northern Louisiana?
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bayou
In which Austrian city, famed for its Tyrolean Folk Art Museum, were the Winter Olympics once held?
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innsbruck
Which Italian city, known as the second largest in the country, is associated with the clue 'Hats off'?
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milan
Which island, Canada's smallest province, is smaller than over 15 of the islands in the Northwest Territories?
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prince edward island
What is the name of South Africa's longest river, which is about 1300 miles long and not navigable?
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orange river
Which U.S. state shares borders with both Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada?
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north dakota
Which country's flag contains elements from both the Zanzibar and Tanganyika flags?
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tanzania
Which large Caribbean island is located to the northeast of Haiti and separated by the Windward Passage?
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cuba
Which small European nation's primary language is Letzeburgisch, a dialect of German?
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luxembourg
In 1974, Jigme Singye Wangchuk was crowned king in Thimphu, the capital of which country located between India and Tibet?
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bhutan
In which state's 'Dells' can you see rock formations called Devil's Elbow and Fat Man's Misery?
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wisconsin
Which South American country is named after its liberator?
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bolivia
What small, isolated Balkan country do its people refer to as Shqiperi, meaning 'eagles' land'?
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albania
Which country comes first alphabetically in Africa?
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algeria
What is the major commercial waterway of central Europe that the Czechs call the Labe?
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elbe
Which European country's capital is Tirane, located near the Adriatic Sea?
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albania
Which is the world's longest freshwater lake into which Africa's Rusizi River drains?
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lake tanganyika
Which second-largest member of the C.I.S. has nearly twice the number of sheep and goats as it does people?
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kazakhstan
On which continent can the La Plata dolphin be found in its rivers and eastern coastal waters?
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south america
In which southern capital city is the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control located?
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atlanta
Which state's name, known as the 'Hawkeye State,' means either 'Beautiful Land' or 'One Who Puts to Sleep'?
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iowa
In which country is the Masai Mara Game Reserve, renowned for its annual wildebeest migration, located?
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kenya
Which national park includes several small islands and a part of Maine's coast?
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acadia
What is the name of the small Mideastern country that is home to the fertile farming area known as the Bekaa Valley?
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lebanon
What is the smallest Balkan country that gained independence in the 20th century?
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albania
On which large island just north of Australia can wallabies also be found?
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new guinea
What is the name of the national park in northern Tanzania that is twice the size of Yellowstone?
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serengeti
Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of what color?
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black
What is the name of both the largest lake in Central America and the country where it is located?
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lake nicaragua
Which largest freshwater lake in Asia has over 300 rivers flowing into it, with the Angara being the only river that flows out?
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lake baikal
Which country was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in August 1965 and became a republic a month later?
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singapore
What major British port city's name means 'mouth of the sandbank' in Gaelic?
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belfast
In which Scandinavian country is Goteborg the main shipbuilding center?
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sweden
What natural wonder features the Phantom Ranch at its base?
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grand canyon
Which South American capital city is home to the Pantheon of Heroes, which is modeled on Les Invalides in Paris?
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asunción
What is the name of the most important port city in Sri Lanka?
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colombo
Which river did William Penn include in his plan for the city of Philadelphia, along with the Schuylkill River?
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delaware river
Which Rocky Mountain state in the USA has a population of less than 500,000, making it the least populous state?
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wyoming
Balinese, an Austronesian language, is spoken on the island of Bali in which country?
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indonesia
Which river in Venezuela flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Trinidad?
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orinoco
Which river, famous in music, flows nearly 2,000 miles from the Black Forest to the Black Sea?
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danube
What is the name of the Asian desert that spans approximately 500,000 square miles?
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gobi desert
What is the name of Canada's longest river that flows from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic?
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mackenzie river