Geography50 randomly selected Geography questions for quizmasters. New random selection made weekly. Next update: Monday 27th April 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 Some questions and answers may be outdated.)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 Sicilian province and port city share their name with a city in New York State? |
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Syracuse | |
| 2. | Skopje is the capital and largest city of what European country? |
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North Macedonia | |
| 3. | In what country is the state of Tabasco? |
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Mexico | |
| 4. | Tahiti belongs to which European country? |
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France | |
| 5. | What Italian city is well known for its automotive industry, with the factories of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati all located in or near the city. |
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Modena | |
| 6. | Mahón is the largest city and capital of what Mediterranean island? |
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Menorca / Minorca | |
| 7. | Mount Everest is located on the border of what two countries? |
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Nepal and Tibet (China) | |
| 8. | The Weddell Sea is located off the coast of what continent? |
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Antarctica | |
| 9. | What European capital city is nicknamed the "City of a Hundred Spires"? |
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Prague (Czech Republic) | |
| 10. | Rabat is the capital of what African country? |
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Morocco (Casablanca is the largest city) | |
| 11. | In what country is Kakadu National Park? |
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Australia (Northern Territory) | |
| 12. | Named after the river it crosses, what is the name of New Zealand's longest road bridge? |
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Rakaia Bridge (Canterbury) | |
| 13. | Freetown is the capital and largest city of what West African country? |
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Sierra Leone | |
| 14. | With a population of over 12 million, what is the most populous city in the Americas? |
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São Paulo (Brazil) | |
| 15. | Which Australian State has the highest population? |
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New South Wales (8.1 million, followed by Victoria 6.7 million and Queensland 5.1 million) | |
| 16. | In what U.S. State would you find most of the Sierra Nevada mountain range? |
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California | |
| 17. | What member of the European Union has the highest population? |
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Germany (> 80 million) | |
| 18. | Which is taller: the Gateway Arch in St. Louis or the Great Pyramid of Giza? |
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Gateway Arch (192 m vs 138.5 m) | |
| 19. | Which small Danish town is home to Lego? |
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Billund | |
| 20. | The name of what European capital city is derived from the names of two towns on either bank of its main river? |
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Budapest (Hungary - formed by the unification in 1873 of Buda and Óbuda, on the west bank, with Pest, on the east bank) | |
| 21. | After Russia, Canada, the USA, and China, what is the world's fifth largest country by total area? |
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Brazil | |
| 22. | What Canadian province is known by the abbreviation PEI? |
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Prince Edward Island | |
| 23. | En route to what American city might you board a ferry at Larkspur or Sausalito? |
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San Francisco | |
| 24. | What is the name of the mountain range that extends approximately 2,500 km through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia? |
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Atlas Mountains | |
| 25. | What is the northernmost county of England? |
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Northumberland | |
| 26. | Through what European capital city does the Vistula River flow? |
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Warsaw (Poland) | |
| 27. | The Galápagos Islands are part of what South American country? |
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Ecuador | |
| 28. | With Munich (München) as its capital, what is the the largest German state by land area? |
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Bavaria (German: Bayern) | |
| 29. | Which two Asian countries border the Gulf of Tonkin? |
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Vietnam and China | |
| 30. | Which two U.S. states have a border with the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan? |
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Montana and North Dakota | |
| 31. | What country is the world's last remaining Grand Duchy? |
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Luxembourg (a country or territory whose official head of state or ruler is a monarch bearing the title of grand duke or grand duchess) | |
| 32. | Straddling the Canada-US border, Lake Superior and Lake Huron are larger, but what is the largest lake entirely within Canada? |
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Great Bear Lake | |
| 33. | The Jura Mountains form much of the border between what two countries? |
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France & Switzerland | |
| 34. | What large Canadian island gives its name to a breed of dog, pony and sheep? |
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Newfoundland | |
| 35. | Of what African country is Lusaka the capital? |
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Zambia | |
| 36. | In what Central American country is the active San Miguel volcano? |
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El Salvador | |
| 37. | What is the smallest island in the world to be shared by two countries? |
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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) | |
| 38. | On which island is the Indonesian capital Jakarta? |
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Java | |
| 39. | Troms, Finnmark and Oppland are three of the nineteen counties of what country? |
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Norway | |
| 40. | According to the United Nations' Human Development Index, what is the poorest nation in the Americas? |
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Haiti | |
| 41. | After the Sahara, what is the second largest sub-tropical desert in the world? |
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Arabian desert | |
| 42. | The Arabic name of what African country translates literally into English as "place the sun sets"? |
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Morocco (Arabic: المَغرِب, translit. al-maġrib) | |
| 43. | After Asia, what continent has the second largest population? |
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Africa | |
| 44. | What country comprises a small peninsula on the north east coast of the Arabian Peninsula bordering with Saudi Arabia to the south? |
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Qatar | |
| 45. | Hamilton is the capital of what British overseas territory? |
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Bermuda | |
| 46. | Of the 70 designated cities in the United Kingdom, which has the least letters in its name? |
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Ely (Cambridgeshire) | |
| 47. | In what city might you land at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport? |
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Montréal (Québec, Canada) | |
| 48. | What city is the capital of the Piedmont region in northern Italy? |
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Turin / Torino | |
| 49. | In what U.S. State is most of Yellowstone National Park located? |
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Wyoming (it also extends into Montana and Idaho) | |
| 50. | The Solomon Islands' largest island was the location of a famous World War II battle. What is its name? |
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Guadalcanal | |
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