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40 Geography quiz questions and answers

Geography · Medium · answers included

Forty geography questions covering capitals, rivers, mountains and a few corners of the map people forget. Geography is the great leveller of a pub quiz: it rewards the one person who reads atlases for fun, but almost everyone picks up a handful, so no table ends the round feeling humiliated.

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  1. 1.Mount Everest sits on the border between Nepal and which other country?

    • India
    • China
    • Bhutan
    • Pakistan
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    China

  2. 2.Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?

    • Kenya
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Ethiopia
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    Tanzania

  3. 3.Which capital city stands on the River Danube?

    • Prague
    • Budapest
    • Warsaw
    • Zagreb
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    Budapest

  4. 4.What is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?

    • Niagara Falls
    • Victoria Falls
    • Angel Falls
    • Iguazu Falls
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    Angel Falls

  5. 5.The fjords of Scandinavia are most associated with which country?

    • Sweden
    • Denmark
    • Norway
    • Finland
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    Norway

  6. 6.Which ocean is the deepest?

    • Atlantic
    • Indian
    • Southern
    • Pacific
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    Pacific

  7. 7.Istanbul stands on two continents. Which two?

    • Europe and Asia
    • Asia and Africa
    • Europe and Africa
    • Asia and Oceania
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    Europe and Asia

  8. 8.The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is mainly in which country?

    • Peru
    • Chile
    • Argentina
    • Bolivia
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    Chile

  9. 9.Which island is the largest in the world?

    • New Guinea
    • Borneo
    • Madagascar
    • Greenland
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    Greenland

  10. 10.Lake Baikal, the deepest lake on Earth, is in which country?

    • Mongolia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Russia
    • China
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    Russia

  11. 11.What is the capital of Italy?

    • Milan
    • Rome
    • Naples
    • Florence
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    Rome

  12. 12.What is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom?

    • Snowdon
    • Ben Nevis
    • Scafell Pike
    • Slieve Donard
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    Ben Nevis

  13. 13.Which is the longest river in the United Kingdom?

    • Thames
    • Severn
    • Trent
    • Tay
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    Severn

  14. 14.What is the capital of Germany?

    • Munich
    • Berlin
    • Hamburg
    • Frankfurt
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    Berlin

  15. 15.In which country is the city of Kraków?

    • Czech Republic
    • Poland
    • Hungary
    • Slovakia
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    Poland

  16. 16.What is the capital of Portugal?

    • Porto
    • Lisbon
    • Faro
    • Coimbra
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    Lisbon

  17. 17.Which strait separates Spain from Morocco?

    • The Strait of Messina
    • The Strait of Gibraltar
    • The Bosporus
    • The Strait of Dover
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    The Strait of Gibraltar

  18. 18.What is the capital of Ireland?

    • Cork
    • Dublin
    • Belfast
    • Galway
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    Dublin

  19. 19.Which is the largest of the Channel Islands?

    • Guernsey
    • Jersey
    • Alderney
    • Sark
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    Jersey

  20. 20.Which African country has the largest population?

    • Egypt
    • Ethiopia
    • Nigeria
    • South Africa
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    Nigeria

  21. 21.What is the capital of Greece?

    • Athens
    • Thessaloniki
    • Sparta
    • Patras
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    Athens

  22. 22.Which desert covers much of Mongolia and northern China?

    • Gobi
    • Kalahari
    • Mojave
    • Namib
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    Gobi

  23. 23.In which US state is the Grand Canyon?

    • Nevada
    • Utah
    • Arizona
    • Colorado
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    Arizona

  24. 24.Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

    • Russia
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • Norway
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    Canada

  25. 25.What is the capital of Argentina?

    • Santiago
    • Buenos Aires
    • Montevideo
    • Lima
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    Buenos Aires

  26. 26.Which mountain range runs down the western side of South America?

    • The Rockies
    • The Andes
    • The Alps
    • The Atlas Mountains
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    The Andes

  27. 27.What is the capital of Wales?

    • Swansea
    • Cardiff
    • Newport
    • Wrexham
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    Cardiff

  28. 28.Which is the largest lake in the UK by surface area?

    • Loch Lomond
    • Lough Neagh
    • Windermere
    • Loch Ness
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    Lough Neagh

  29. 29.In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

    • Egypt
    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
    • Syria
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    Jordan

  30. 30.Which two countries share the world's longest international border?

    • Russia and China
    • Canada and the United States
    • Argentina and Chile
    • India and Bangladesh
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    Canada and the United States

  31. 31.What is the capital of Turkey?

    • Istanbul
    • Ankara
    • Izmir
    • Antalya
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    Ankara

  32. 32.Reykjavík is the capital of which country?

    • Norway
    • Iceland
    • Greenland
    • The Faroe Islands
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    Iceland

  33. 33.Which sea lies between Italy and the Balkans?

    • The Aegean Sea
    • The Adriatic Sea
    • The Tyrrhenian Sea
    • The Black Sea
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    The Adriatic Sea

  34. 34.Which English county is nicknamed 'God's Own County'?

    • Lancashire
    • Yorkshire
    • Cornwall
    • Devon
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    Yorkshire

  35. 35.What is the capital of Finland?

    • Stockholm
    • Helsinki
    • Tallinn
    • Copenhagen
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    Helsinki

  36. 36.Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

    • China
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Thailand
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    Japan

  37. 37.On which island is the volcano Mount Etna?

    • Sardinia
    • Sicily
    • Corsica
    • Crete
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    Sicily

  38. 38.What is the capital of Kenya?

    • Mombasa
    • Nairobi
    • Kampala
    • Addis Ababa
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    Nairobi

  39. 39.Which Scottish loch is famous for its legendary monster?

    • Loch Lomond
    • Loch Ness
    • Loch Tay
    • Loch Awe
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    Loch Ness

  40. 40.The Panama Canal links the Atlantic Ocean with which other ocean?

    • Indian
    • Pacific
    • Arctic
    • Southern
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    Pacific

40 geography quiz questions and answers: a free medium geography round from QuizCast

How to run this round

Capitals are the backbone of any geography round, so they are spread through all forty rather than bunched together. There is a British and Irish run in the second half — Ben Nevis, Lough Neagh, the Channel Islands — which is where local knowledge pays. If you want a picture round, show the outline of each country for the capital questions and ask for both.

Answer sheet for the host
  1. China
  2. Tanzania
  3. Budapest
  4. Angel Falls
  5. Norway
  6. Pacific
  7. Europe and Asia
  8. Chile
  9. Greenland
  10. Russia
  11. Rome
  12. Ben Nevis
  13. Severn
  14. Berlin
  15. Poland
  16. Lisbon
  17. The Strait of Gibraltar
  18. Dublin
  19. Jersey
  20. Nigeria
  21. Athens
  22. Gobi
  23. Arizona
  24. Canada
  25. Buenos Aires
  26. The Andes
  27. Cardiff
  28. Lough Neagh
  29. Jordan
  30. Canada and the United States
  31. Ankara
  32. Iceland
  33. The Adriatic Sea
  34. Yorkshire
  35. Helsinki
  36. Japan
  37. Sicily
  38. Nairobi
  39. Loch Ness
  40. Pacific

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