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Answer: Route 66

What African nation with a two-word "green" name is a group of islands off the western coast of Senegal
with a population of around half a million people?
Answer: Cape Verde

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Answer: Six

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225 Geography Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. Which transcontinental country (Europe and Asia) spans 11 time zones?

Answer: Russia

2. The Alpine region of Europe includes Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, Monaco,
Slovenia and what neutral country?

Answer: Switzerland

3. Lódz, Wroclaw, and Poznan are the third, fourth, and fifth most populous cities (respectively) in
what European nation?

Answer: Poland

4. Used in ancient times by the poet Tibullus, "The Eternal City" is a nickname given to what
European capital?
 Answer: Rome

5. Complete the official motto of The Bahamas: "Forward, Upward, ________, Together.” (Hint: It’s
also the name of a 2020 animated Disney film featuring two elf brothers embarking on a mystical
journey in a van named Guinevere.)

Answer: Onward

6. Located on the south of Honshu and the northern shore of Osaka Bay, what K-word Japanese
city gave its name to a type of beef and a famous Los Angeles Laker?

Answer: Kobe, Japan

7. Home to the sand goanna, crest-tailed mulgara, and the southern marsupial mole, the Great
Victorian Desert is located in what massive country?

Answer: Australia

8. What stately river runs through the Grand Canyon?

Answer: Colorado River

9. Mostly found shifting around under its water, what ocean is the namesake of Earth's largest
tectonic plate?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

10. Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what
famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?

Answer: Route 66

11. D.C. is considered a "planned city" which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating
out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was
commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and was a man from what country?

Answer: France

12. Of the 195 countries recognized by the United Nations, there are four which has “Guinea” within
their name: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Papua New Guinea and what Central African country whose
 citizens are known as Equatoguineans?

Answer: Equatorial Guinea

13. Translating to “O Fir Tree” in English, the classic Christmas carol “O Tannenbaum” originated in
what country in 1824?

Answer: Germany

14. Lake Como and Lake Garda are both located in which Southern European country?

Answer: Italy

15. Notable for its striking rounded arches designed by architect Toyo Ito, the Tama Art University
Library can be found in what world capital city?

Answer: Tokyo

16. Comprised of 300 Members of Parliament with four-year term limits, the Parliament of the
Hellenes is the official legislative body of what European country?

Answer: Greece

17. Niue is a self-governing coral island in free association with what larger country? This larger
country is to the east of Australia.

Answer: New Zealand

18. The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by what other European
country?

Answer: France

19. Meaning "under the linden trees," Unter den Linden is a boulevard that runs from the City
Palace to the Brandenburg Gate in what world capital city?

Answer: Berlin

20. The isthmus of which country connects Costa Rica and Colombia, and therefore, links North
America to South America?
 Answer: Panama

21. Electric, Dooley, and Copperopolis are three communities in Montana that share what haunted
condition?

Answer: Ghost towns

22. Which African country sits between Niger and Sudan, under Libya, above Cameroon and the
Central African Republic, and shares a name with an actor with three names:______ Michael
Murray.

Answer: Chad

23. If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in
Mexico?

Answer: Tijuana

24. Which term with Greek and Italian roots describes a collection or chain of islands, such as the
Bahamas, the Maldives, and the Galápagos?

Answer: Archipelago

25. Derived from Greek meaning “whole earth”, what is the name by which the supercontinent
which incorporated almost all of the land masses on earth is known?

Answer: Pangea

26. Boxing made its official debut at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which was held in what U.S. city
that is home to the “Gateway To The West”?

Answer: St. Louis

27. The Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in Africa with the world’s second largest
minaret, is located in what cinematic city in Morocco?

Answer: Casablanca, Morocco

28. Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, formerly served as the executive office and
official residence of the president of South Korea. Earlier this year, the complex was transitioned
into a public park. What city is home to The Blue House?

Answer: Seoul

29. What capital of Western Australia is over 1,300 miles from Adelaide, its nearest sizeable
neighbor, making it one of the most isolated major cities in the world?

Answer: Perth

30. Lake of the Ozarks is a body of water in this state, which is nicknamed "The Show Me State."

Answer: Missouri

31. "This Wall Is A Designated Graffiti Area" reads part of the graffiti in the rear of London's Cargo
Club, unofficially designated by what anonymous, irrepressible street artist?

Answer: Banksy

32. The smallest of Africa's waterfowl species, the African pygmy goose is native to what country
that also has many lemur species?

Answer: Madagascar

33. “Gate of Heavenly Peace” is the Chinese translation of what famous square in Beijing?

Answer: Tiananmen Square

34. Tegucigalpa is the capital city of what Central American country, which borders Guatemala, El
Salvador, and Nicaragua?

Answer: Honduras

35. More commonly known as Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat Native American tribe, what
stratovolcano erupted on May 18, 1980 and caused over $1.1 billion in damage in Washington
according to the International Trade Commission?

Answer: Mount St. Helens

36. Which island (a British territory off the east coast of North America, also of triangle fame)
doesn’t actually have its own natural source of fresh water and instead relies on rainwater
collection?

Answer: Bermuda

37. As defined by the U.S. census, the Midwest region includes two subdivisions. One of these
includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and what other state?

Answer: Michigan

38. Technically a part of the much larger Appalachian Mountains, the Catskill Mountains are
(unsurprisingly) located in and around the borders of the Catskill Park/Forest Preserve. In what
US state will you find the Catskills?

Answer: New York

39. Even though its temperature rarely gets above zero, which continent is home to the largest
desert on Earth?

Answer: Antarctica

40. The largest county in Texas by population, Harris, contains what major Texas city?

Answer: Houston

41. Going by land area, which state in America is the smallest? (Hint: It covers about 1,214 square
miles)

Answer: Rhode Island

42. Born Solána Imani Rowe, what famous singer shares her three-letter stage name with the official
IATA airport code of Angola’s Soyo Airport?

Answer: SZA

43. Costa Rica is bordered by two countries: Nicaragua and what Central American country whose
largest cities include San Miguelito and Las Cumbres?
 Answer: Panama

44. According to World Population Review, Minnesota's most-populous city is the 46th biggest in the
United States. Minnesota's next most-populous is what 64th biggest city?

Answer: St. Paul

45. Baffin, Victoria, and Ellesmere, three of the ten largest islands in the world, can all be found in
what country?

Answer: Canada

46. What geographic mountain range name comes from Sanskrit words meaning "abode of snow?"

Answer: Himalaya

47. A former Malaysian state was expelled in 1965 and is now often considered the only modern
country to date to gain independence unwillingly. What is this sovereign city-state nation?

Answer: Singapore

48. In what country would you find the capital city of Caracas? Officially, the name of the city is
Santiago de León de Caracas.

Answer: Venezuela

49. Israel and which other country border the Dead Sea? This country’s name comes from the river
which defines most of its north-western border.

Answer: Jordan

50. What major world capital sits on the site of an ancient body of water named Lake Texcoco, which
was almost entirely drained in by Spanish colonists the 17th century?

Answer: Mexico City

51. Technically speaking, Norway's coastline is about 18,000 miles long, but only 1,600 miles if you
omit what crinkly inlets?
 Answer: Fjords

52. .EE is the official national domain name used by what Northern European country whose capital
and largest city is Tallinn?

Answer: Estonia

53. Washington DC modifies its street addresses by adding a suffix denoting the fact that the city
divides itself into what term referring to four regions?

Answer: Quadrants

54. What international confectionery manufacturer and chocolate retailer was founded in 1981 in
Durango, Colorado, and is named for a large mountain range in that region?

Answer: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

55. Which country that starts with K is not only the largest landlocked country in the world but also
a transcontinental because part of it is in Eastern Europe and part is in Central Asia?

Answer: Kazakhstan

56. .de is the top level country code domain of which country?

Answer: Germany

57. If you wanted to travel through three adjacent U.S. states that all started with the same letter,
you would have to travel through which three states?

Answer: Indiana Illinois Iowa

58. "Let me serenade the streets of L.A / From Oakland to Sac-town, the Bay Area and back down."
That's some questionable geography from the lyrics of what classic 2Pac hit?

Answer: California Love

59. If you get on the Maid of the Mist boat tour at Observation Tower, you are in which US State Park
to look at its namesake natural spectacle?
 Answer: Niagara Falls State Park

60. What eight-letter "M" island country is located entirely in the Indian Ocean, has Malé as the
capital city, contains 26 atolls, and has Dhivehi as the official and most common language?

Answer: Maldives

61. One of Montana's most visited tourist attractions was also deemed "the most beautiful drive in
America" a CBS correspondent. What is the name of this section of U.S. Route 212 between Red
Lodge and Cooke City?

Answer: Beartooth Highway

62. Founded in 1901 and named for a French novelist, what Oklahoma city in Choctaw County is
known for being the winter quarters for many circus companies and performers? The city's
cemetery features Showmen's Rest where many circus and rodeo performers are laid to rest.

Answer: Hugo

63. Once home to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and now a museum, Topkapi Palace is located
in which Anatolian city?

Answer: Istanbul

64. The "Decade Volcanoes" are a group of 16 volcanoes considered by vulcanologists to be the
world's most dangerous because of their proximity to human settlements. What volcano near
the Italian city of Naples, which has erupted many times since 79 CE, is among these?

Answer: Vesuvius

65. Which continent is the only one that doesn’t have a major mountain range (its highest point is
about 7,309 feet above sea level)?

Answer: Australia

66. The namesake of a Paul McCartney oratorio and home to The Reds F.C., what British city was
removed from the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 2021 due to concerns surrounding
planned developments in this city?
 Answer: Liverpool

67. What Pacific Northwest inlet of the Pacific Ocean is technically part of the Salish Sea and is
considered an estuary?

Answer: Puget Sound

68. What “V” coastal Italian city is located roughly due east of Padua?

Answer: Venice, Italy

69. The Kowloon peninsula constitutes the mainland portion of which territory of China?

Answer: Hong Kong

70. The Attila Line has divided what Mediterranean island nation into Greek and Turkish controlled
regions since 1974?

Answer: Cyprus

71. What historical two-word city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast is home to Bauhaus buildings from
the 1930s, as well as the Eretz Israel Museum and its excavations from 12 Century B.C. ruins?

Answer: Tel Aviv

72. What bird, that is also the patron animal of the Greek god Zeus, is depicted as a double-headed
creature on the official national flag of Albania?

Answer: Eagle

73. Described by Muammar Gaddafi as "the Eighth Wonder of the World," the Great Man-Made
River delivers 6.5 million cubic metres of water daily to Tripoli, Benghazi, and other cities in what
northern African country?

Answer: Libya

74. What Canadian province's southern border lies adjacent to both Idaho and Montana?

Answer: British Columbia

75. Located at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands are an administrative division of which country?

Answer: India

76. Mallorca and Menorca are the two largest of Spain's Balearic Islands. The third biggest is what
island known for its nightlife?

Answer: Ibiza

77. First designed by Antoni Gaudí and set to be finished around 2026, what is the name of the
Barcelonian building that has been under slow construction since 1882?

Answer: Sagrada Família

78. The Kingdom of Bahrain, an island country in Western Asia, is an archipelago located on what
gulf?

Answer: Persian Gulf

79. The town of Pepin, Wisconsin is home to a museum honoring what author of the Little House
books, most famously "Little House on the Prairie"?

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder

80. What Oklahoma city in Payne County is considered the Pipeline Crossroads of the World due to
its status as a price settlement point for the New York Mercantile Exchange?

Answer: Cushing

81. According to an urban legend, what type of animal caused the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 by
knocking over a lantern?

Answer: Cow

82. El Prat airport is located in which city on the Mediterranean Sea, which held the 1992 Summer
Olympics?

Answer: Barcelona
83. In what European capital city would you find the landmark known as the Spanish Steps?

Answer: Rome

84. The paper currency in Botswana is named "pula" which translates to what natural phenomenon?
This is a reference to the value of this phenomenon as much of the country is within the Kalahari
Desert.

Answer: Rain

85. What Asian country changed its capital in 1868 to its current capital city? Both the pre- and post-
1868 capitals are anagrams of one another. In case you've forgotten over the years, anagrams
are words that contain all the same letters but in a different order. And we're looking for the
country, not the cities.

Answer: Japan (Kyoto and Tokyo)

86. What current African country was formerly known as the Gold Coast when it was a British
colony?

Answer: Ghana

87. What is the name of the island that Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the FIRST time he was
exiled?

Answer: Elba

88. What city was the the second largest in Northern Ireland by population throughout the first
decade of the 21st century?

Answer: Derry

89. What pair of famous expeditioners are the namesake of a state park of limestone caverns in
Montana?

Answer: Lewis and Clark

90. What third-largest city in Iowa is located along the Mississippi River and includes the Great
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, a facility that host the Great Mississippi Valley Fair as well as
numerous concerts, flea markets, car shows, and more?
 Answer: Davenport

91. Marrakech in Morocco is known as the 'red city' for the many buildings and features adorned
with that color. What picturesque city in northwest Morocco has the title of the 'blue city?'

Answer: Chefchaouen

92. Also the area code in Fayetteville, North Carolina, what three-digit number covers Geography
and Travel in the Dewey Decimal System?

Answer: 910

93. What “N” island to the north of New Zealand, which self-governs while in free association with
New Zealand, has its capital at Alofi?

Answer: Niue

94. Named the Dannebrog, what European country has been waving its red and white official flag
and the world’s oldest national flag since 1625?

Answer: Denmark

95. What South Pacific island country is also a beverage brand founded in 1996 under the name
Natural Waters of Viti Ltd.?

Answer: Fiji

96. In “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade”, Jones discovers the Holy Grail inside Al-Khazneh, the
famous 1st century sandstone temple and current trendy tourist attraction located in what city
in Jordan?

Answer: Petra

97. The official national flags of Georgia, Bahrain, Monaco, Singapore and Turkey all share what two
colors?

Answer: Red and white

98. What country – whose national flag is comprised of the Union Jack, a seven-pointed
Commonwealth Star and five stars representing the Southern Cross constellation – was
previously named New Holland by Dutch explorers in the early 17th century?

Answer: Australia

99. What "Z" river, the fourth-longest in Africa, originates in Zambia and flows east through
Zimbabwe and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean?

Answer: Zambezi

100. What “M” River, the sixth longest in Asia, originates in the Tibetan Plateau of China and
reaches the sea in Vietnam?

Answer: Mekong River

101. Busan, formerly called Pusan, is the second most populous city in which Asian country?
War resulted in Busan temporarily becoming this country’s capital city in the 1950s.

Answer: South Korea

102. Khartoum, a metropolitan city on the confluence of the White Nile, is the capital city of
what African nation on continent’s east coast?

Answer: Sudan

103. What "U" river is a tributary of the Congo River that forms part of the border between
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo?

Answer: Ubangi

104. The name of the capital city of which country in West Africa was added to this country’s
name in the 1970s to avoid confusion with another county in West Africa with a similar name?

Answer: Guinea-Bissau

105. A sort of “geographical dictionary” that pairs well with an atlas, which resource would
you turn to if you want a country’s map, stats, definitions of key terms, and descriptions of its
physical attributes all in one place?
 Answer: Gazetteer

106. The depth of the ocean (or perhaps a very big lake) is measured using ____. The term is
also the study of the floor of a body of water (though it sounds more like it’s the study of your
tub).

Answer: Bathymetry

107. Which mountain in Ecuador is not as tall as Mt. Everest but is actually closer to the
Moon thanks to the boost it gets from the bulging shape of the Earth at the equator?

Answer: Mount Chimborazo

108. Which of the current seven continents on Earth is believed to be the oldest in terms of
how long humans have lived there (somewhere in the ballpark of 5 million years)?

Answer: Africa

109. While it probably makes you think of sky-high activities like space launches and theme
park rides, which southern state is actually the flattest?

Answer: Florida

110. Seattle is one of two major U.S. cities located on an isthmus, a narrow piece of land
between two bodies of water. What state capital, which boasts a free weekly newspaper called
the Isthmus, is the other?

Answer: Madison, Wisconsin

111. What Russian city of 300,000 people, which lies only 67 kilometers from the country's
border with Norway, is by far the largest city in the world that lies above the Arctic Circle?

Answer: Murmansk

112. Argentina's Valley of the Moon, Canada's Dinosaur Provincial Park, and New Zealand's
Putangirua Pinnacles are some examples of what geographical feature marked by the erosion of
soft, clay-rich soils into colorful cliffs and ravines? The best known example is probably a U.S.
National Park.
 Answer: Badlands

113. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is located in what appropriately-named sea, which lies
between Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, and which gives its name to a
WWII-era naval battle?

Answer: Coral Sea

114. In what nation can you find the Coober Pedy, an opal mining town where summers are
so hot, most of the town is built underground?

Answer: Australia

115. Resembling an inverted triangle or a flower with a stem on maps, the Nile River Delta is
located just north of which African capital city?

Answer: Cairo

116. The city Hot Springs in New Mexico was renamed in 1950 after a radio show originally
hosted by Ralph Edwards. By what name is this city now known?

Answer: Truth or Consequences

117. Towering Sugarloaf Mountain and its neighbor,Morro da Urca loom over what city of 7
million people?

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

118. Which islands in the Caribbean have “Lesser” or “Greater” before their names and along
with the Lucayan Archipelago, make up the West Indies?

Answer: Antilles

119. New York City and Oklahoma City are the most populous cities in their respective states.
Indianapolis is the most populous in Indiana. There is one other state whose most populous city
contains the name of the state? What state is it?

Answer: Virginia
120. What vase-shaped lake in Venezuela, the largest in South America, is thought to be one
of the oldest lakes on earth?

Answer: Lake Maracaibo

121. Formerly an exclave on South Africa, Walvis Bay is currently the second largest city of
which African country?

Answer: Namibia

122. Despite its name, what West Virginia river and namesake of a new U.S. national park is
one of the oldest in the world?

Answer: New River

123. Named after a Polish-Lithuanian freedom fighter in 1840, Mount Kosciuszko is the
highest peak in which country?

Answer: Australia

124. Designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, The Shard is a 72-story skyscraper known for its
needle-like shape, in what world capital city?

Answer: London

125. Rome's Cloaca Maxima was an early example of what infrastructure project that makes
cities a whole lot more livable?

Answer: Sewer system

126. There are only three countries that are landlocked by just one country. Two are in Italy—
Vatican City and San Marino. The third is Lesotho, which is in which country?

Answer: South Africa

127. What Asian country – whose national flag features a blue 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra wheel
in its center – is the world’s largest producer of milk?

Answer: India
128. The highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca straddles the Andean border of
Peru and what country Chile laughs at because it's landlocked?

Answer: Bolivia

129. The African country with the most total miles of coastline is what nation with the capital
city Antananarivo?

Answer: Madgascar

130. 2004's Annan Plan tried and failed to resolve the contentious Greek-Turkish divide of
what Mediterranean island?

Answer: Cyprus

131. Although Yamoussoukro was designated the official administrative capital in 1983,
Abidjan remains the "economic capital" and the largest city of what West African nation?

Answer: Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

132. Russia has a 231 mile long border with “A” nation, whose capital is Baku?

Answer: Azerbaijan

133. Known as a chadaree in Afghanistan, a veil that conceals the entire face and body is
more commonly known as what religious garment that is traditionally worn by Muslim women?

Answer: Burka

134. Devils Tower is a geographic landmark of what state, which has a bison on its flag?

Answer: Wyoming

135. In 2022, what country announced that the name of its new capital, planned for the
region of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, would be named "Nusantara?" The new city
will be much more centrally located than its current capital, the largest city in Southeast Asia.

Answer: Indonesia
136. What African nation with a two-word "green" name is a group of islands off the western
coast of Senegal with a population of around half a million people?

Answer: Cape Verde

137. There was a nickname for the city of Phoenix that references its frequent solar beams
that was first introduced in the 1930s as an advertising slogan to boost tourism. What is this
nickname?

Answer: Valley of the Sun

138. Although the vast majority of the Amazon River is located in Brazil, the headwaters of
the waterway are found in what other South American country?

Answer: Peru

139. The world’s largest hemispherical building, the Avicii Arena, previously called the
Ericsson Globe, is located in which European capital city?

Answer: Stockholm

140. Tegucigalpa is the largest city and capital of which Central American country that’s
bordered by Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador?

Answer: Honduras

141. I-90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, has its termini in Boston and
what west coast city (which is NOT its state's capital)?

Answer: Seattle

142. In 1497, John Cabot discovered territory in what modern country, claiming it on behalf
of the British Empire? He mistakenly believed it to be in Asia.

Answer: Canada

143. Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, and Palawan are, in order, the five largest islands that
make up what nation of over 7,000 islands?
 Answer: The Philippines

144. With a population under 40,000, the largest city in Northwest Georgia isn't all that large,
but the name of the city itself is very well-known because it shares its name with a European
capital. What is this city?

Answer: Rome

145. Fittingly, what is the name of the 190-feet-deep, 6-mile-long body of water in Cameron,
Montana created by a seismic event?

Answer: Earthquake Lake

146. What U.S. national park, located in the northwest corner of Montana, has the nickname
"Crown of the Continent?"

Answer: Glacier National Park

147. New Zealand is, unsurprisingly, named after another physical location. Zeeland is the
least populous province in what European country?

Answer: Netherlands

148. Famagusta is the second-largest city of a de facto state only recognized by Turkiye. What
Mediterranean island nation are we talking about?

Answer: Cyprus

149. Which Indian city on banks of Yamuna River in state of Uttar Pradesh is the location of
the Taj Mahal?

Answer: Agra

150. Urban _____ is the rapid spread of a city’s businesses and housing into nearby land—
usually with little to no planning.

Answer: Sprawl

151. By some accounts, Mt. Everest isn't actually the tallest mountain in the world. What
dormant volcano in the Pacific is actually 33,000 ft. tall--4,000 ft. above Everest--although about
 half of that is underwater?

Answer: Mauna Kea

152. Sam Walton was born not in Arkansas, but in nearby Oklahoma in 1918. The town where
he was born has a regal-and-maritime sounding name. What is that name?

Answer: Kingfisher

153. Which Minnesotan lake is considered the main source for the Mississippi River?

Answer: Lake Itasca

154. “Ten Million Puffins Can’t Be Wrong,” is the verdict on souvenirs from the Westman
Islands, an archipelago off the coast of what Atlantic island country?

Answer: Iceland

155. The official languages of the United Nations are comprised of Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Spanish and what sixth language?

Answer: Russian

156. The third-largest city in India is also the capital of the state of Karnataka. What is this city
in south India? As a hint, the city shares the same first four letters with the 8th most populous
country in the world.

Answer: Bangalore

157. What tiny, independent principality located between France and Spain has its own name
in its capital city, ______ la Vella? The principality is known as a "tax-haven" with duty-free
shopping.

Answer: Andorra

158. Of the countries that are a part of NAFTA, which one has the capital city with the
smallest population?

Answer: United States

159. The city of Aachen, known for Aachener Printen (a type of gingerbread) and for being
the location of the coronation of 31 Holy Roman Emperors, is situated in the west of which
country?

Answer: Germany

160. Only one of the seven countries that borders India has a population with less than one
million people. This country famously measures "gross national happiness" and has Thimphu as
its capital city. What is this country?

Answer: Bhutan

161. A specific war in U.S. history is largely credited as cutting off the supply of British goods
and thus stimulating American industry in Pittsburgh. Only a few years later, the city was
producing large amounts of iron, brass, tin, and glass. What is this war with inadvertent benefits
for Pittsburgh's manufacturing?

Answer: War of 1812

162. What river, located entirely within China, is the longest river in Asia and the longest river
in the world to flow entirely within one country?

Answer: Yangtze

163. An Algonquin or Ojibwe word meaning "where the river narrows" became the name of
what province where the Saint Lawrence does actually narrow?

Answer: Québec

164. What Asian country is the only one in the world whose national flag is not a
quadrilateral?

Answer: Nepal

165. If you had tickets to Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 11, 1997, you would witness
Michael Jordan's iconic "flu game" in what city?

Answer: Salt Lake City

166. What Caribbean country changed its name from Saint-Domingue following its
independence from Napoleon Bonaparte and his French forces in 1903?

Answer: Haiti

167. With its capitals in what is now northern Sudan, what ancient Nubian kingdom shares its
name with a variety of Cannabis indica?

Answer: Kush

168. What Texas city contains a replica of the Eiffel Tower, less than one tenth the scale of the
original?

Answer: Paris

169. The second-smallest Australian state by area, the capital of the Seychelles and the
capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia share what name?

Answer: Victoria

170. The location of the Aleutian Islands makes which state both the most eastern and most
western state?

Answer: Alaska

171. According to ______’s first law of geography, "everything is related to everything else,
but near things are more related than distant.” (Hint: He was an American-Swiss geographer and
mapmaker who was a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara)

Answer: Tobler

172. To honor a man who became more famous as the namesake for a popular food, Captain
Cook gave what name to the islands now known as Hawaii?

Answer: Sandwich islands

173. A large sculpture known as The Fist in Detroit's Hart Plaza honors what boxer, nicknamed
The Brown Bomber, who defeated German boxer Max Schmeling in a highly-publicized fight in
1938?
 Answer: Joe Louis

174. Machu Picchu was never plundered by the Spanish because the conquistadors never
found this ancient site from the height of the Inca Empire. The lack of discovery was especially
unlikely because the site is only 50 miles from what Inca capital city?

Answer: Cusco

175. There is only one U.S. state with four syllables in its name that borders zero other states
with exactly four syllables. What is this state?

Answer: Indiana

176. Parts of England's River Thames are known alternatively by what name that is also the
name of an ancient Egyptian goddess?

Answer: Isis

177. What controversial structure, built along China's Yangtze River, became the world's
largest power station in 2012 and is also the world's largest concrete structure?

Answer: Three Gorges Dam

178. Derived from a Spanish word meaning “round up”, what sport was declared the official
national sport of Chile by the Consejo Nacional de Deportes and Chilean Olympic Committee in
1962?

Answer: Rodeo

179. Prior to 2016, what capital city in the Americas was technically referred to as a “District
Federal” in its native language?

Answer: Mexico City

180. Which city is the largest in Pakistan and also the capital of Sindh?

Answer: Karachi

181. Which national capital city is geographically closest to India's New Delhi?
 Answer: Islamabad

182. Measuring 300 square miles (or nearly a third of Rhode Island), what Western Asian
country is home to the King Fahd International Airport: the largest airport in the world by area?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

183. Home of the United Nations’s International Court of Justice, what city is the royal and
administrative capital of the Netherlands?

Answer: The Hague

184. The autonomous region of Cantabria in northern Spain has what port city as its capital?
The city is home to Spain's largest bank.

Answer: Santander

185. What is the "T" name that was the more common name for what is now known as
Singapore back in the 14th century? The land was a trading port that was influenced by both the
Majapahit Empire and Siamese kingdoms at the time.

Answer: Temasek

186. "Hand of the Desert" is a giant sculpture of a hand reaching out of the sand, standing
more than 35 feet tall in the Chilean portion of what desert?

Answer: Atacama

187. Formerly named Lod Airport, Israel’s main international airport was renamed in 1973 in
honor of what leader who became Israel’s first prime minister in 1955?

Answer: David Ben-Gurion

188. Once beloved of crossword puzzlemakers, what four-letter river of Tuscany flows under
Florence's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge?

Answer: Arno

189. What is the only country in South America whose official language is Dutch?
 Answer: Suriname

190. Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus Range, is the highest mountain in
Europe and in what European nation? The nation is also home to Mount Narodnaya and Lake
Baikal.

Answer: Russia

191. The Waikato River is the longest river of which island nation of the Southern
hemisphere?

Answer: New Zealand

192. Given that its pyramids are so famous, you might assume that Egypt is home to the
majority of them. However, with over 200 of them, which African country actually has the most
pyramids?

Answer: Sudan

193. The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 was an act of Congress that repealed the
individual charters for the cities of Washington what other city? It also established a new
territorial government for the whole District of Columbia.

Answer: Georgetown

194. Unlike most U.S. states, Alaska is not divided into counties. Instead, it is divided into 16
regions which are known as what?

Answer: Boroughs

195. Admitted to the U.S. on February 14, 1912, The Valentine State is a nickname of what
state where you could take a date to the abandoned Lisa Frank factory?

Answer: Arizona

196. Greenland is popularly-known as one of Denmarks autonomous territories because of its

prominence on maps and globes. What is the other autonomous territory that is part of the
Kingdom of Denmark? This other territory is approximately as populous but less than 1/1000th
as large geographically.
 Answer: Faroe Islands

197. Along with Spanish, Guaraní is the official language of which landlocked South American
country?

Answer: Paraguay

198. Plovdiv is the second largest city and cultural capital of which country bordered by the
Black Sea?

Answer: Bulgaria

199. What city, planned and built throughout the 1980s, became the capital of Nigeria in
1991, replacing the longtime capital of Lagos?

Answer: Abuja

200. Podgorica is the largest and capital city of which Balkan country whose name translates
into English as “Black Mountain?”

Answer: Montenegro

201. Mount Teide, the highest point in Spain, is a volcano on which one of the Canary Islands,
the most visited island in the archipelago?

Answer: Tenerife

202. Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of what colorfully-named river that runs for
approximately 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan?

Answer: Blue Nile

203. One of South Africa's three capital cities is in the northern part of Gauteng province,
straddles the Apies River, and contains the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. What city is
this?

Answer: Pretoria

204. Named the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century by the U.S. Geological
Survey, the sulfuric acidic ash emitted from the 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines
 caused $700 million in damage and caused global temperatures to drop by more than 0.9
degrees Fahrenheit?

Answer: Mount Pinatubo

205. Physical geography—which includes many subdisciplines like climatology, glaciology, and
oceanography—is technically known by which “-ography” term?

Answer: Physiography

206. Located on the Yucatan Peninsula, what Mexican state sounds like it might contain
Australian mammals but is actually named for a lawyer who fought for Mexican independence?

Answer: Quintana Roo

207. What two-word African county and former French protectorate has official capital at
Yamoussoukro, and financial capital with government offices at Abidjan?

Answer: Ivory Coast

208. The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan is served by an airport named after what U.S.
President?

Answer: Gerald Ford

209. No, not Berlin: in 2021, Costa Rica hosted the sixth ministerial meeting of a
socioeconomic summit named for what B-word city that served as the capital of West Germany?

Answer: Bonn

210. In which gulf off Africa will you find Null Island which, at 0 degrees lat/long, is the
meeting place of the prime meridian and the equator?

Answer: Guinea

211. The highest volcano outside of South America also doubles as its home continent's
highest mountain. In what country is this 19,000-foot peak found?

Answer: Tanzania
212. As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United
Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in what region?

Answer: Central America

213. What lake, which is actually three connected bodies of water, is situated where
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet, and is fed by the Rhine River? (You may give its German
name or English name.)

Answer: Lake Constance

214. The Bishop of Urgell and the president of which European country share title of Prince of
Andorra?

Answer: France

215. A group of ancient line drawings representing figures and animals, some up to 2,500
years old and nearly 4,000 feet across, can be found in the desert of Peru. What's the name of
these "lines," now a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Answer: Nazca lines

216. The Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston was one of the turning points of the American
Revolutionary War. Today, you can visit the monument as well as climb the 221-foot granite
obelisk which honors the fallen soldiers. Within 20 steps, how many steps does it take to climb
to the top?

Answer: 294 (274 - 314 accepted)

217. What “T” capital city of Albania, whose name comes from an old Greek word meaning
“dairy”, is home to Skanderbeg Square?

Answer: Tirana

218. How many U.S. state capitals lie west of Los Angeles?

Answer: Six

219. Which city in southeast France is nicknamed the “Pearl of the French Alps?”
 Answer: Annecy

220. In terms of elevation, which country in South Africa has the highest lowest point of any
country in the world (4,593 ft)?

Answer: Lesotho

221. The ancient Romans named the region surrounding the Rhine delta "Batavia". What
modern-day country occupies a similar area as Batavia?

Answer: The Netherlands

222. A geographic riddle: What’s the name of the tiny island that sits in a crater lake…on
Volcano Island in Lake Taal…which is, itself, on the island of Luzon?

Answer: Vulcan Point

223. At nearly 10,000 square miles, what island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer: Sicily

224. An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir. Qatar and which other independent state are
emirates? This independent state’s capital shares its name with the state.

Answer: Kuwait

225. Which lake in Africa is the world’s second largest freshwater lake by volume, the world’s
second deepest freshwater lake and the world’s longest freshwater lake?

Answer: Lake Tanganyika

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