Weekly Geography Quiz

Geography Trivia for September 13, 2026

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these places is furthest from Chicago, Illinois, USA?
1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. San Francisco, California, USA
3. Mexico City, Mexico
4. Montreal, Canada

Which of these is NOT an island or group of islands?
1. The Spratleys
2. Singapore
3. Timor
4. Leizhou

The Sunda Trench is the deepest part of which ocean?
1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

Which of these is a river in Guyana, 215 miles (346 km) long, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown?
1. Mazaruni
2. Nile
3. Limpopo
4. Demerara

For about half its length the Mataje River forms part of the border between Colombia and which other country?
1. Trinidad and Tobago
2. Brazil
3. Chile
4. Ecuador

What river holds the unusual Moconá Falls (also called the Yucumã Falls)?
1. Paraná River
2. Potaro River
3. Uruguay River
4. Bogotá River

The two main habitats of river dolphins in South America are the Amazon and which other river?
1. Araguaia
2. Orinoco
3. Paraná
4. Uruguay

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Geography Trivia for September 6, 2026

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In what country is the (almost) lake of Maracaibo?
1. Guyana
2. Brazil
3. Ecuador
4. Venezuela

The most southerly point of England is at the tip of what peninsula?
1. The Worm
2. The Snake
3. The Lizard
4. The Spider

Which island carries the Japanese Alps, or Nihon Arupusu?
1. Honshu
2. Hokkaido
3. Kyushu
4. Shikoku

The Snake River runs through Hells Canyon on the border of which two US states?
1. Utah and Colorado
2. Oregon and Washington
3. Oregon and Idaho
4. Nevada and Idaho

Which of these countries is north of the Tropic of Cancer?
1. Cuba
2. Nepal
3. Philippines
4. The Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Karakoram mountain range spans the borders of Pakistan and what other country or countries?
1. India
2. All of these
3. China
4. Afghanistan

What is the official Latin name for Switzerland, which translates as the "Swiss Confederation"?
1. Confoederatio Tahoma
2. Confoederatio Arial
3. Confoederatio Calibri
4. Confoederatio Helvetica

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Geography Trivia for August 30, 2026

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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After what or who is the continent to the north of Africa named?
1. Europa
2. Euthnyeura
3. Eukaryote
4. Eudicot

Where is Nevsky Prospect?
1. Part of the Kupol Gold Mine, Siberia
2. Moscow, Russia
3. The view north from the peak of Mount Elbrus, Russia
4. St Petersburg, Russia

The Rhine flows into the North Sea near which city?
1. Hamburg
2. Amsterdam
3. Rotterdam
4. Ostend

Liberia is a country on which continent?
1. Australia
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. Europe

Where are the Kaieteur Falls, the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume?
1. Essequibo, Guyana
2. Cuispes, Peru
3. Patagonia, Chile
4. Canaima, Venezuela

What complex, once the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada that became a Christian palace, was "rediscovered" in the 19th century and now exhibits Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century buildings and gardens?
1. El Dorado
2. La Gioconda
3. The Alhambra
4. El Alamein

Which Caribbean country, consisting of two main islands, is the smallest nation in the Western hemisphere?
1. Antigua
2. St Kitts and Nevis
3. Jamaica
4. Cuba

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Geography Trivia for August 23, 2026

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Where in Russia is the city of St Petersburg?
1. South-east
2. North-west
3. Adjacent to Kiev
4. Close to Vladivostok

When Spanish commander de Heredia founded a city in 1533 on an indigenous village in a bay in the north-west of what is now Colombia what was the source of the name he gave to it?
1. The city of Carthage, Tunisia
2. The city of Medellín, Spain
3. Bacatá, the indigenous name for the area
4. "Barranca", the Spanish word for the nearby canyons

What is the most populous city in Canada, the provincial capital of Ontario and on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario?
1. Toronto
2. Ottawa
3. Quebec
4. Vancouver

The Mammoth Cave, near Louisville, Kentucky is famous for what?
1. Fossilised animals
2. Its length and stalagmites and stalactites
3. Cave paintings
4. Glow worms

Where are Prince Edward Island and the Iles de la Madeleine?
1. English Channel
2. Golfe de St Malo, France
3. Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada
4. Hudson Bay, Canada

In 1968, what telephone number was established as the national emergency number for the United States?
1. 119
2. 111
3. 999
4. 911

Which of these is not one of the Earth's 7 major tectonic plates?
1. South American Plate
2. Atlantic Plate
3. Eurasian Plate
4. Pacific Plate

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Geography Trivia for August 16, 2026

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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At the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam on the Yenisei River, Russia, what method of transport was installed to move boats or ships over or round the dam?
1. Inclined plane
2. Canal
3. Electric "ship elevator"
4. Supplementary artificial river

The major islands of the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean are Réunion, Rodrigues, and …?
1. Nicobar
2. Comoros
3. Mauritius
4. Chagos

Which is the southernmost point to which Argentina lays claim?
1. South Shetlands
2. Tierra del Fuego
3. South Georgia
4. Next to the South Pole

Where is the Emperor Seamount chain?
1. In the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Hawai'i to Eastern Russia
2. In the North Atlantic Ocean
3. Along the Sea of Japan
4. Along the Laptev sea

Where is the boat "The Maid of the Mist", originally designed to ply between USA and Canada and now a tourist facility for a world attraction?
1. Lake Windermere
2. Lake Titicaca
3. Lake Geneva
4. Niagara Falls

The shape of which island nation could be described as a spear point, or a teardrop?
1. Borneo
2. Madagascar
3. Corsica
4. Sri Lanka

The UK's Ordnance Survey is one of the world's largest producers of what?
1. Weather reports
2. Maps
3. Star charts
4. Tide tables

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Geography Trivia for August 9, 2026

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In what region is the Yenisei one of the major rivers?
1. Siberia
2. China
3. Vietnam
4. Korea

Which is the deepest and longest rift valley or rift valley system in the world?
1. West Antarctic Rift System
2. The Grand Canyon
3. The Afro-Arabian Rift System
4. The system along the axis of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What is a common factor in the land forms of Bhutan, northern Italy and the Basque region of Spain and France?
1. Deep cave systems
2. Extensive mountain ranges
3. Plains
4. Deserts

Where are the Loa, Baker and Bio-Bio rivers?
1. Ohio
2. Ecuador
3. Chile
4. Liberia

The Yucatan Channel is between which two countries?
1. Mexico and Cuba
2. Nicaragua and Jamaica
3. Honduras and Cuba
4. Jamaica and Mexico

What bridge across the River Thames in London is 800 feet (244 m) long with two towers each 213 feet (65 m) high built on piers, with a central span of 200 feet (61 m) between the towers split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 83 degrees to allow river traffic to pass?
1. Westminster Bridge
2. Tower Bridge
3. London Bridge
4. Millennium Bridge

Saryarka's steppe and lakes, noted for important wetlands and endangered animals, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the north of which country?
1. Kazakhstan
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Sri Lanka
4. Mali

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Geography Trivia for August 2, 2026

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Where is the Sahel?
1. In the centre of Australia
2. West to east across the north of China
3. In the centre of Brazil
4. West to east across the middle of Africa

The islands of Zanzibar and Madagascar are in which ocean?
1. Pacific
2. Indian
3. Atlantic
4. Arctic

The Atlas Mountains occupy most of the land area of which country?
1. Algeria
2. Morocco
3. Romania
4. Kazakhstan

Which among these is the Zomia area considered to include?
1. Fiji
2. Hungary
3. The Russian Arctic
4. The mountains of Southwest China

Which of these has the second highest annual consumption of pure alcohol per capita?
1. Germany
2. United Kingdom
3. Ireland
4. France

Which US state is named for a King of France?
1. Virginia
2. Georgia
3. Louisiana
4. Arkansas

The term "Teutonic" means relating to what country?
1. Germany
2. Norway
3. Spain
4. France

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Geography Trivia for July 26, 2026

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely within the USA?
1. Lake Michigan
2. Lake Erie
3. Lake Huron
4. Lake Superior

The andenes in the Sacred Valley near the Inca capital of Cuzco and in the Colca Canyon in Peru, were originally created for what main purpose?
1. As irrigation channels for agriculture
2. To create pathways to high temples
3. To make level planting areas on steep slopes
4. As small waystation shrines

Suriname on the north-eastern coast of South America was at one time one of the top producers in the world of what?
1. Bauxite
2. Dysprosium
3. Platinum
4. Yttrium

Which of these is a port on Cyprus?
1. Limassol
2. Marsaxlokk
3. Messina
4. Cagliari

By 2016 36% of Belize's land territory and 13% of Belize's marine territory falls under some form of official protected status; what, and when, was Belize's first gazetted sanctuary for wildlife protection?
1. Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 1986
2. The island atoll of Half Moon Caye, 1928
3. La Amistad International Park, 1988
4. Parque Nacional La Tigra, 1980

Which of these is not a monarchy?
1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Denmark
4. Netherlands

In which country is the city of Dundee?
1. Scotland
2. England
3. Wales
4. Northern Ireland

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Geography Trivia for July 19, 2026

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Where is the Great Basin Desert?
1. USA
2. Australia
3. Brazil
4. China

What is the capital of the state of North Dakota, USA?
1. Pierre
2. Fargo
3. Bismarck
4. Sioux Falls

In what country is the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile river?
1. Ethiopia
2. Egypt
3. Sudan
4. Uganda

A road system running down the west coast of the Americas, apart from a short gap across the south part of Central America, from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina, is called what?
1. Route 66
2. The Pan-American Highway
3. The Americas Trail
4. The Yellow Brick Road

Which is the largest working water wheel in the world?
1. Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, UK
2. Llanberis, North Wales, UK
3. Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man, UK
4. Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, USA

Iraq lies between Syria to the west and what country to the east?
1. Iran
2. Afghanistan
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Pakistan

Which US city has the same name as the state that it is in?
1. New York
2. Denver
3. Buffalo
4. San Francisco

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Geography Trivia for July 12, 2026

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The capital city of which South American country is laid out in the shape of an airplane?
1. Chile
2. Brazil
3. Ecuador
4. Uruguay

What city was not known to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt and described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a sonnet by John William Burgon?
1. Petra
2. Cheops
3. Babylon
4. Atlantis

In which general direction do almost all the rivers in Chile flow?
1. Northwards
2. Eastwards
3. Westwards
4. Southwards

What navigation canal, when it opened in 1894, was the world's largest, and is still operating?
1. Welland Canal, Canada
2. Birmingham Canal, England
3. Singelgracht Canal, Netherlands
4. Manchester Ship Canal, England

Which of these is a volcano on the European mainland?
1. Stromboli
2. Vesuvius
3. Etna
4. Krakatoa

Which of these countries has coastline on the English Channel/La Manche, the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea?
1. Germany
2. Italy
3. Denmark
4. France

Which of these countries has a capital city where the name starts and ends with the same letter?
1. Kenya
2. India
3. Sri Lanka
4. Uzbekistan

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Geography Trivia for July 5, 2026

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the largest source globally of wind-blown desert dust?
1. The Gobi and Takla Makan
2. The Sahara and the Sahel
3. The Atacama
4. Kalahari

Which of these places is closest to Chicago, Illinois, USA?
1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. San Francisco, California, USA
3. Mexico City, Mexico
4. Montreal, Canada

Fort Worth is closest to which other Texas city?
1. San Antonio
2. Houston
3. Dallas
4. Pecos

Alongside management of fish stocks what is a main reason for the Kingdom of Oman to restrict commercial fishing off its coasts?
1. To protect recreational fishing
2. To keep commercial fishing vessels away from its main tourist spots
3. Pressure from the USA
4. To protect whale and dolphin numbers

Where is the oldest working gin distillery in England?
1. Grimsby
2. Lowestoft
3. Plymouth
4. Bradford

Mauritania lies beside which body of water?
1. Pacific Ocean
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. Indian Ocean

Where is the 227 km (141 mi) long Chicamocha Canyon?
1. Mexico
2. Colombia
3. Suriname
4. Ecuador

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Geography Trivia for June 28, 2026

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is the highest mountain on Antarctica?
1. Mt Kirkpatrick
2. Mt Erebus
3. Vinson Massif
4. Mt Jackson

Which of these is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts?
1. FBI
2. Harvard University
3. CIA
4. The Pentagon

What mountain system in the USA stretches over 1500 miles south to Alabama, through which pass the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys?
1. Adirondacks
2. Appalachians
3. Rockies
4. Sierra Nevada

The Chukchi Sea washes the shores of which two countries?
1. Greenland and the USA
2. Indonesia and Australia
3. Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
4. Russia and the USA

The red cliffs in the Mongolian part of the Gobi Desert are famous for their vivid colour but also for the discovery in 1923 of the first scientifically recognised what?
1. The carnivorous Triantha, a species of false asphodel
2. Dinosaur egg fossils
3. Feathered reptiles
4. Fairy ring

In which Sea or Ocean does the island country of Madagascar sit?
1. Andaman Sea
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Tasman Sea
4. Indian Ocean

The phrase "Mountain Standard Time" refers to what mountains?
1. Andes
2. Urals
3. Appalachians
4. Rockies

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Geography Trivia for June 21, 2026

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these most nearly describes a link between South Sudan and Eritrea?
1. They are the first and last of the world's six newest sovereign states
2. They were colonised by Italy
3. They compete as a joint team as the Summer Olympics
4. They lie on opposite banks of the White Nile river

What is the next in the series: Waterloo, Blackfriars, Blackfriars Railway, Millennium … ?
1. Southwark
2. Cannon Street Railway
3. London
4. Tower

Lake Titicaca is on which continent?
1. Europe
2. Africa
3. Australia
4. South America

The Coco, Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an extended archipelago stretching north between the north-western tip of Indonesia and what other country?
1. Myanmar/Burma
2. Thailand
3. Bangladesh
4. Malaysia

In what century did the small group of islands off the coast of French Guiana known as Îles du Salut acquire their name?
1. 12th
2. 15th
3. 16th
4. 18th

Which ocean or sea does the Zambezi River flow into?
1. Indian Ocean
2. The Mediterranean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. The Red Sea

Which is the highest of these national capital cities?
1. Quito, Ecuador
2. Sucre, Bolivia
3. Bogotá, Colombia
4. Caracas, Venezuela

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Geography Trivia for June 14, 2026

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The citadel known as Machu Picchu is in the eastern cordillera of which country?
1. Brazil
2. Mexico
3. Venezuela
4. Peru

In the southern hemisphere, the winds associated with a cyclone, a region of low pressure, blow in which direction?
1. Clockwise
2. Anti-clockwise
3. North
4. South

Indigenous languages spoken in French Guiana include Wayampi, Emerillon and ...?
1. Tupi
2. Tairona
3. Carib
4. Guaraní

Staten Island, New York, is at the mouth of which river?
1. Missouri
2. Mississippi
3. Hudson
4. Potomac

During his visit in May 2009, the Pope was urged to complain about the state of what landmark between Israel and Jordan?
1. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
2. The Wailing Wall
3. Temple Mount
4. River Jordan

What complex of artificial biological environments near St Blazey and St Austell in Cornwall was opened to the public in 2001?
1. The Eden Project
2. Mitchell Park Domes
3. The Lost Gardens of Heligan
4. The Montreal Biodome

Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Nigeria have proven reserves of what (as at the end of 2005)?
1. Jade
2. Diamonds
3. Crude oil and gas
4. Rhodium

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Geography Trivia for June 7, 2026

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Where in Paris would you go to stand under the Eiffel Tower?
1. Champs de Mars
2. Champs Elysees
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Montmartre

For administrative purposes, Turkiye is divided into 81 provinces formerly termed vilayet which are now called what?
1. Departments
2. States
3. Iller
4. Cantons

The Basques are native people of France and which other neighbouring country?
1. Germany
2. Belgium
3. Spain
4. Italy

Where are The Kerguelen Islands, a territory of France, also known as Desolation Island?
1. Pacific Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

Where in South America is the striking red Laguna Colorada?
1. Suriname
2. Venezuela
3. Tierra del Fuego
4. Bolivia

Where is the village of Chamonix?
1. Germany
2. France
3. Canada
4. USA

What is the longest of the named rivers in North America, which runs from Montana to near St Louis, Missouri?
1. Colorado
2. Mississippi
3. Missouri
4. Hudson

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Geography Trivia for May 31, 2026

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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The Khalkha dialect predominates in the language of what area?
1. Georgia
2. Mongolia
3. Finland
4. Tibet

What is the capital of Serbia?
1. Copenhagen
2. Paris
3. Istanbul
4. Belgrade

Hadrian's Wall, built following 122 CE, stretches for 73 miles from Solway Firth to where?
1. The Firth of Forth
2. Settle
3. Carlisle
4. Wallsend-on-Tyne

Where are the "Spanish Steps"?
1. Denmark
2. Madrid
3. London
4. Rome

Most of the coastline of the southern half of Africa is characterised by what?
1. Plains
2. Swamp
3. Narrow mountain ranges
4. Fiord-like inlets

Which of these is not a British prison?
1. Belmarsh
2. Holloway
3. Cardrona
4. Parkhurst

Where is the county of Barsetshire, which contains the county town and cathedral town of Barchester, near the towns of Silverbridge, Hogglestock and Greshamsbury?
1. It is fictional
2. Southwest England, bordering Cornwall & Devon
3. On the northern border of Norwich
4. Southwest England, bordering Cheshire

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Geography Trivia for May 24, 2026

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In Spain, what does "cortes" refer to?
1. Doctor
2. Motorway
3. Cabbage
4. Parliament

Which of these countries is immediately north of Bulgaria?
1. Romania
2. Belgium
3. Netherlands
4. Estonia

Where in Paris, France, is the Notre Dame cathedral?
1. On the Île de la Cité
2. Beside the Sorbonne
3. Near to the Moulin Rouge
4. In the Pompidou Centre

Where is the lowest point in the USA?
1. Niagara
2. Grand Canyon
3. Death Valley
4. North Dakota

Where is Bass Strait?
1. Between Alaska and Siberia
2. Between Tasmania and the Australian mainland
3. Between Ireland and Iceland
4. Between Australia and New Zealand

What position represents the head of government in Germany?
1. President
2. Chancellor
3. Prime Minister
4. Premier

Wholesale trade in diamonds, and diamond cutting, is limited to few locations. Which of these is not one of them?
1. Cape Town, South Africa
2. Surat, India
3. Tel Aviv, Israel
4. Antwerp, Belgium

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Geography Trivia for May 17, 2026

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Which of these is at one end of the Suez Canal?
1. Bangkok
2. Port Said
3. Mumbai
4. Acapulco

Which natural landmark features on the paper currency of Zimbabwe and as the logo of the country's Reserve Bank?
1. Three balancing boulders
2. Table Rock mountain
3. Mount Kilimanjaro
4. Red dunes

In general terms what shape is an atoll?
1. Spiral
2. Triangular
3. Circular
4. Oblong

How many African countries are crossed by the equator?
1. 10
2. 5
3. 6
4. 8

Where is the southern end of the Great Rift Valley?
1. Arizona, USA
2. Zambesi
3. Himalayas, Nepal
4. Yunnan, China

In total area, in relation to Western Europe, the United States is about … ?
1. Two and a half times the size
2. Four times the size
3. Half the size
4. The same size

What body of water do the waters of the River Ganges empty into?
1. Bay of Bengal
2. English Channel / La Manche
3. Sea of Japan
4. The Great Australian Bight

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Geography Trivia for May 10, 2026

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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In which of these places is tundra most likely to be found?
1. The Sahara
2. The Arctic
3. Australia
4. Panama Canal

What is the mistral?
1. A wind
2. A type of oyster
3. A waterfall
4. An amphibious ship

Where is Baffin Island?
1. In the Gulf of St Lawrence
2. In Hudson Bay
3. Between the Canadian mainland and Greenland
4. Off the coast of Alaska

Which of these territories was ceded by France to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713?
1. Nova Scotia
2. Louisiana
3. Prince Edward Island
4. Cape Breton Island

What is the official currency of Suriname?
1. Sterling
2. Surinamese guilder
3. Surinamese dollar
4. Euro

Memphis, Tennessee, lies in the river valley of which river?
1. Mississippi
2. Hudson
3. Ottawa
4. Colorado

What is the name for the British manufacturing district that includes Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley, Smethwick and Walsall?
1. Leeds
2. Factory city
3. Industrial county
4. Black country

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Geography Trivia for May 3, 2026

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What region of the Mediterranean Sea separates Italy from Bosnia and Herzegovina?
1. Adriatic
2. Aegean
3. Ionian
4. Tyrrhenian

Which of these countries does not have a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?
1. Pakistan
2. Greece
3. Spain
4. Morocco

Which country administers the uninhabited subantarctic Campbell Island, which lies at 52°32′24″S 169°8′42″E?
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. USA
4. UK

Prior to its independence in 1964, the Mediterranean island of Malta belonged to which country?
1. France
2. Great Britain
3. Greece
4. Turkey

Where is the seat of the Pan-African Parliament?
1. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2. Midrand, South Africa
3. Alexandria, Egypt
4. Kampala, Uganda

Where is Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, situated?
1. In the Planalto Central highlands, at 1,172 m (3,845 ft) height
2. At the mouth of the Tocantins River, on Brazil's northern coast
3. At the north-eastern edge of the Pantanal wetlands
4. On the Parana River delta

The Yakshas, Nagas and later Tamils are some of the early peoples of what modern country?
1. Pakistan
2. Singapore
3. Borneo
4. Sri Lanka

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Geography Trivia for April 26, 2026

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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Victoria Falls is on the border between which two countries?
1. Zambia and Zimbabwe
2. Zambia and Namibia
3. Zimbabwe and Botswana
4. Zambia and Mozambique

Where is Saskatoon?
1. Sweden
2. New York, USA
3. New South Wales, Australia
4. Saskatchewan, Canada

Cannes is a resort in which country?
1. Monaco
2. Estonia
3. France
4. Italy

What is the highest point in the 48 contiguous states of the USA?
1. Alma, Colorado
2. Winter Park, Colorado
3. Mount Whitney, California
4. Leadville, Colorado

Which of these is the furthest north?
1. Estonia
2. France
3. Greenland
4. Denmark

What is the shortest-serving capital in the current states of the USA?
1. Juneau
2. Providence
3. Oklahoma City
4. Sacramento

What kind of urban geographical features are protected by a 2020 law in Chile?
1. Zoos
2. Parks
3. Waterways
4. Wetlands

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Geography Trivia for April 19, 2026

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What are Kali Gandaki, Yarlung Zangbo and Charyn?
1. Ports on the East China Sea
2. Major Mongolian rivers
3. Mountain peaks in western China
4. Grand canyons

Which of these was an early name for Jakarta?
1. Batavia
2. Bulawayo
3. Bougainville
4. Bohemia

Which bridge across the Thames is closest to the Houses of Parliament in London?
1. Westminster Bridge
2. Tower Bridge
3. Vauxhall Bridge
4. Lambeth Bridge

Tornadoes typically consist of...?
1. Fish
2. Rain
3. Snow
4. Wind

Where is Erta Ale, the longest continuously erupting volcano (since 1906) and one of only four volcanoes with a lava lake?
1. Ethiopia
2. The moon
3. Eritrea
4. Tanzania

Seven countries have observer status to the Arab League, which entitles them to express their opinion and give advice but denies them voting rights. They are Eritrea, Brazil, Venezuela, Greece, Chad, Armenia and which other?
1. Iran
2. Israel
3. India
4. USA

The island of Anglesey is in which country?
1. Scotland
2. Wales
3. Éire
4. Australia

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Geography Trivia for April 12, 2026

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1200

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What is Ireland's longest river?
1. Shannon
2. Liffey
3. Lee
4. Boyne

From Bordeaux, France, which of these harbours on the other side of the Atlantic is closest to due west?
1. New York
2. Montreal
3. Miami
4. Kingston, Jamaica

Where are the three great mosques Djingareyber, Sankore, Sidi Yahia?
1. Morocco
2. Timbuktu
3. Cairo
4. Srinagar

Where in America is the mountain-size carving of Crazy Horse?
1. Atlanta, Georgia
2. Black Hills, South Dakota
3. Cherokee County, Alabama
4. Chugach State Park, Alaska

The Gaelic name for which sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, is Uamh-Binn, meaning "cave of melody"?
1. McKenzie's Hole
2. Fingal's Cave
3. The Giant's Causeway
4. Mont St Michel

What stands at the west end of the Champs Élysées?
1. The Louvre
2. Eiffel Tower
3. The Bastille
4. Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile

Which of these is the most fertile growing medium?
1. Black soil
2. Yellow sand
3. White chalk
4. Red clay

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Geography Trivia for April 5, 2026

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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The city of Miami, Florida, is at the mouth of which river?
1. Peace River
2. Miami River
3. Yellow River
4. St John River

What makes it necessary to drive through Alabama to take the shortest route from Miami, Florida to Houston, Texas?
1. The Mississippi River
2. The Appalachian mountains
3. The Great Lakes
4. Gulf of Mexico

What is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed, that flows through central Russia, and has some of the largest reservoirs in the world?
1. Rhine
2. Volga
3. Rhone
4. Tiber

Wadi Wurayah, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, is in what country?
1. China
2. Egypt
3. Cambodia
4. United Arab Emirates

Part or all of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are claimed by how many different territories?
1. 4
2. 3
3. 8
4. 6

What is the main land type in Libya?
1. Desert
2. Plains
3. Mountain
4. Scrubland

The Bazaruto Archipelago with reefs which protect rare marine life including dugongs, is a National Park in which country?
1. Eritrea
2. Kenya
3. Madagascar
4. Mozambique

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Geography Trivia for March 29, 2026

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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Which continent most closely resembles the letter "q"?
1. Antarctica
2. North America
3. Australia
4. South America

A famous Icelandic freshwater diving site, the Silfra (Silver) Fissure, is known for the extreme clarity of its water as well as for which of these?
1. Its variety of corals
2. It is sited on top of an active underwater volcano
3. It is the deepest freshwater dive in the world
4. It is a crack between the Eurasian and North American continental plates

What is the name of the obelisk brought from Heliopolis, Egypt, that now stands in London?
1. Nelson's Column
2. The Monument
3. Cleopatra's Needle
4. Eros

Which country does not currently have a sultan as its political and/or religious head of state?
1. Morocco
2. Brunei
3. Sulu
4. Oman

Where is Jabal Arkenu?
1. Libya
2. Tunisia
3. Morocco
4. Algeria

Tunisia shares maritime borders with which country or countries?
1. Israel
2. Spain
3. Greece
4. Italy and Malta

Where is Tierra del Fuego in South America?
1. Across the equator
2. At the extreme south of the continent
3. In Maracaibo Lake
4. At the foot of Popocatépetl

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Geography Trivia for March 22, 2026

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300

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How many islands originally formed the area where Mumbai is sited?
1. 2
2. 7
3. 22
4. 3

What powers the form of transport known as lectica (ancient Rome), jiao (China), sedan chair (England), palanquin (India), gama (Korea) and tahtırevan (Turkey)?
1. Dogs
2. Humans
3. Horses
4. 2 stroke motors

An ancient city in Colombia's Sierra Nevada, thought to have been founded about 800 CE, is known as what?
1. Machu Picchu
2. La Ciudad Perdida (alternatively Teyuna)
3. Serra da Capivara
4. Túcume Pyramids

Which of these islands is the furthest south?
1. Ireland
2. Sri Lanka
3. Madagascar
4. Tasmania

In which city is the Spanish Riding School?
1. Berlin
2. Madrid
3. Rome
4. Vienna

Which is the main river inside Uruguay?
1. River Plate
2. Rio Negro
3. Uruguay River
4. The Amazon

The Hannoki and Shōmyō Falls, twin waterfalls that almost face each other, are the tallest (497 m (1,640 ft) and 350 m (1,150 ft) respectively) in which country?
1. Iran
2. Japan
3. Bhutan
4. Jordan

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