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How well do you know the world? Our Geography quiz collection covers countries, capitals, rivers, mountain ranges, oceans, and the remarkable physical features that shape our planet. Whether you're studying for an exam, preparing for a travel quiz night, or simply fascinated by the world map, these quizzes will challenge and inform you.
From the highest peaks and longest rivers to national flags, time zones, and cultural geography, each quiz explores a different dimension of the world we live in. Questions range from well-known landmarks to surprising geographical facts that even well-travelled trivia enthusiasts might miss. Free, quick, and endlessly fascinating.
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You're within this "circle" if you experience 24 continuous hours of sunlight on June 21
Answer: Arctic Circle
This German city & capital of Saxony was destroyed by fire in 1491 & by Allied firebombing in 1945
Answer: Dresden
What is the capital of Texas?
Answer: Austin
On what continent would you find Lake Titicaca?
Answer: South America
What is the colloquial name for a New Zealander?
Answer: Kiwi
Holyrood Palace was built in this capital city around 1500
Answer: Edinburgh
Which country’s flag is commonly referred to as the "Rising Sun"?
Answer: Japan
What is the capital of Iraq?
Answer: Baghdad
This 1,932-foot-deep Oregon lake in the Cascades was discovered by a prospector in 1853
Answer: Crater Lake
What is the largest desert in Africa?
Answer: Sahara
Seawood's Folly is better known as what today?
Answer: Alaska
A popular tourist destination in Europe, Prague is the capital of what country?
Answer: Czech Republic
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Answer: Kabul
For a great view of Paris, get to the top of this 300-meter structure located on the Champs de Mars.
Answer: Eiffel Tower
Great Salt Lake is located in what U.S. state?
Answer: Utah
Which is the smallest independent country?
Answer: Vatican City
What is the capital city of Brazil?
Answer: Brasília
This New Mexico town was founded in 1706 & today is the largest city in the state
Answer: Albuquerque
Mount Everest is located on which continent?
Answer: Asia
The Darien Gap, the only break in the highway system that runs from Alaska to Chile, lies between what two countries?
Answer: Panama and Colombia
Paris’s largest airport is named after what French leader?
Answer: Charles De Gaulle
In 1812 Czar Alexander I made this city capital of Finland
Answer: Helsinki
This state's first national park, Mount Rainier, was established in 1899
Answer: Washington
The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans in what direction?
Answer: South
What is the capital of Connecticut?
Answer: Hartford
The Ionian and Cyclades are island groups of which country?
Answer: Greece
In the movie "The Sound of Music," the Von Trapps escape the Nazis by trekking through what mountain range?
Answer: Alps
What state’s nickname is “The Golden State”?
Answer: California
What is the biggest US city starting with M? (Shares its name with an Ancient Egyptian city)
Answer: Memphis
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: Sicily
One of the world’s steepest streets in a major city, Filbert Street is located where?
Answer: San Francisco
What country borders Egypt to the south?
Answer: Sudan
In which modern day country would you find the region known as Transylvania?
Answer: Romania
In which country is the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that had a meltdown causing widespread radioactive fallout
Answer: Ukraine
This city's Gateway Arch borrowed the arch idea from the historic Eads Bridge nearby.
Answer: St. Louis
A crowd of people are running away from a bull on the cover of the 2008 Fodor’s guide to what country?
Answer: Spain
What is the highest mountain in the Appalachian range?
Answer: Mt. Mitchell
There are more than 600 of those gigantic big head statues on this Chilean island
Answer: Easter Island
Which railway tunnel, 20 kilometres long, joining Isselle in Italy with Brig in Switzerland, is cut under Mount Leone in the Alps?
Answer: Simplon Tunnel
In October 1812, the capital of Pennsylvania moved permanently from Lancaster to this city
Answer: Harrisburg
900,000 acres of land in this state were opened for settlement on Sept. 22, 1891 though some went sooner
Answer: Oklahoma
A person can drink red wine by the Red Sea on the coast of Egypt and white wine by the White Sea on the coast of what?
Answer: Russia
No wonder it's so long--it was built over 2 millennia across northern China & southern Mongolia.
Answer: The Great Wall of China
I'm studying this language because I want to go to Crete & speak to the people in their native tongue.
Answer: Greek
What was known as the spice island?
Answer: Zanzibar
What is the largest city in Venezuela?
Answer: Caracas
You can see George Washington in profile from Highway 244, the road to this national memorial.
Answer: Mount Rushmore
One of the world's longest railroad bridges, the Huey P. Long Bridge, is found in Metairie in this U.S. state.
Answer: Louisiana
Mount Everest is located in which mountain range?
Answer: The Himalayas
The Ionian and Cyclades are island groups of which country?
Answer: Greece