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Updated on Apr 21, 2023

Around The World In 115 Geography Trivia Questions (and Answers)

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by Kelly Rissman

BuzzFeed Staff

If you think you are the most knowledgeable geography nerd in your friend group, there’s only one way to find out! Scroll on and answer these trivia questions to determine who is the most worldly of them all:

1. In which state can you find the Grand Canyon?

2. Which country is made up of 7,000 islands?

The Philippines

3. What is the most populous city in the world?

Tokyo, Japan

4. Which country has the most pyramids?

Sudan

5. Where is the world's largest underground lake?

Namibia

6. In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?

Atlantic Ocean

7. How many countries does Africa have?

8. How many people live in New Zealand?

9. What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

10. What is the capital of Senegal?

Dakar

11. What is the highest point on Earth: Mount Kilimanjaro, Denali, or Mount Everest?

12. Which ocean is between North America and Africa: Indian, Arctic, Pacific, or Atlantic?

Atlantic

13. Which river flows from Minneapolis to Memphis to New Orleans: the Missouri, Mississippi, or Nile?

Mississippi

14. How many countries are in North America: 3, 23, or 12?

(Besides Canada, the United States, and Mexico, North America also includes all the sovereign states in the Caribbean and Central America.)

15. What country lies roughly 90 miles southeast of Florida: Cuba, Mexico, or Panama?

Cuba

16. What is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above adjacent land on at least one side: plain, mountain, or plateau?

17. What's the correct postal abbreviation for Mississippi: MI or MS?

18. Where is Guyana: South America, Africa, or Asia?

Flag of Guyana, or the Golden Arrowhead, consisting of a green field incorporating a red hoist triangle and a central yellow arrowhead, separated by black and white borders.

19. What mountain range is along the east side of the United States: Appalachian, Rocky, or Sierra Nevada?

Appalachian

20. What's the capital of Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, or Knoxville?

Nashville

21. Where is Malta: South America, Africa, or Europe?

Marine flag of Malta flying, a white-red flag with a George Cross

22. What's the capital of Spain: Madrid, Valencia, or Barcelona?

Madrid

23. What country is this a photo of: Portugal, Finland, or Poland?

A harbor with boats, tents, and low-level buildings and a cathedral in the background

24. What state sits between California and Washington: Utah, Oregon, or Colorado?

Oregon

25. Which state was not one of the 13 original colonies: Maine, Georgia, or New Jersey?

Maine

26. What is this site called: Ring of Brodgar, Stonehenge, or Druid's Circle?

Stones of different sizes and heights surrounded by grass with sunlight behind them

27. Which of these cities has the largest population: Delhi, New York City, or Shanghai?

Delhi

(Delhi is the world's second most highly populated city, beaten only by Tokyo.)

28. What kind of map uses contour lines to connect points of equal elevation: political, topographical, or weather?

29. What's the capital of New Hampshire: Concord, Manchester, or Derry?

Concord

30. The prime meridian is the line at 0º longitude or 0º latitude?

0º longitude

31. What's the capital of the United Kingdom: London, Bristol, or Manchester?

London

32. Where is Moldova: Europe, South America, or Asia?

Flag of Moldova, a vertical triband of blue, yellow, and red, with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield)

33. What's the capital of Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Philadelphia, or Pittsburgh?

Harrisburg

34. What's the capital of Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, or Winnipeg?

Ottawa

35. Where are these cliffs located: Ireland, Costa Rica, or Madagascar?

High cliffs above the sea on a craggy coastline

36. Which lake is not one of the Great Lakes: Superior, Huron, or Champlain?

Champlain

37. What's the capital of Italy: Venice, Milan, or Rome?

Rome

38. Where is Chile: South America, Asia, or Africa?

Flag of Chile, with a horizontal white stripe over a red stripe; a dark blue canton with a large white star in the upper hoist corner

39. Which North American city has a bigger population: Los Angeles or Mexico City?

Mexico City

40. What measures distance north or south of the equator: latitude or longitude?

Latitude

41. Where is Mongolia: Asia, Europe, or South America?

Flag of Mongolia, a vertical triband with a red stripe at each side and a blue stripe in the middle, with the Mongolian Soyombo symbol centered on the leftmost stripe

42. What's the capital of France: Lyon, Paris, or Bordeaux?

Paris

43. What country is this monument located in: Switzerland, Norway, or Spain?

A large cathedral with steeples and spires

44. What's the capital of Ireland: Dublin, Belfast, or Galway?

Dublin

45. Which is the world's largest ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, or Indian?

The Pacific

46. What's the capital of Greece: Athens, Larissa, or Patras?

Pastel domed buildings on a mountainside by the sea

47. Where is Indonesia: Asia, Africa, or Europe?

Asia

48. What's the capital of Germany: Hamburg, Frankfurt, or Berlin?

Berlin

49. Where can you find this capital city: Italy, Greece, or Malta?

Many buildings close together, including a church with a spire and a domed building, on an elevated area above a body of water

50. What's the capital of Russia: St. Petersburg, Moscow, or Kazan?

Moscow

51. What is the name of this famous clock tower: Big Ben, Tom Tower, or Trafalgar Tower?

A spired building with a large clockface

52. What's the capital of Romania: Craiova, Oradea, or Bucharest?

Bucharest

53. What's the capital of Portugal: Porto, Lisbon, or Braga?

Lisbon

54. Where can you find these marvelous fields: Bangladesh, Austria, or Vietnam?

Sculpted rows of grass on gently sloping hills

55. Which of these countries has the smallest population: France, United Kingdom, or Spain?

Spain

(Spain has a population of 46.6 million people, compared with France, with 66.99 million, and the United Kingdom, with 68.7 million.)

56. What country is this lake in: Canada, Finland, or Iceland?

A lake with snowcapped mountains behind it

57. What's the capital of Sweden: Stockholm, Malmö, or Gothenburg?

Stockholm

58. What's the capital of Belgium: Brussels, Bruges, or Ghent?

Brussels

59. What is this structure called: Burj Khalifa, Taj Mahal, or Humayun's Tomb?

A large domed building with four pillars alongside it

60. What's the capital of Poland: Warsaw, Kraków, or Wrocław?

Warsaw

61. What's the capital of the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, or Utrecht?

Amsterdam

62. What country should you visit to see this: Morocco, Bangladesh, or United Arab Emirates?

A very tall, thin, tapered building an in urban setting near a bridge over a body of water

63. Which Canadian province is the smallest: Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick?

Prince Edward Island

64. Where are the Maldives: Europe, Asia, or South America?

Asia

65. Where is Chad: Europe, Africa, or South America?

Flag of Chad, a vertical tricolor consisting of a blue, gold, and red field

66. What's the capital of Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus, or Odense?

Copenhagen

67. Where is Mexico: North America, Europe, or South America?

Flag of Mexico, a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red, with the national coat of arms featuring an eagle, a cactus, and a serpent in the center of the white stripe

68. What's the capital of Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas, or Trakai?

Vilnius

69. What's the capital of Hungary: Budapest, Győr, or Eger?

Budapest

70. What is this: the Parthenon, Taj Mahal, or Colosseum?

An amphitheater with some of two rows destroyed on one side

71. Which river is longer: the Nile River, Yangtze River, or Congo River?

Nile River

72. Where can you find these caves: Chile, Greece, or Thailand?

Blue-green water amid caves with blue-and-white swirl marble

73. What's the capital of Switzerland: Bern, Zürich, or Geneva?

Bern

74. What's the capital of Iceland: Akranes, Reykjavík, or Selfoss?

Reykjavík

75. Where can you visit this cathedral: Russia, Germany, or Spain?

76. Which city is the capital of Australia: Sydney, Canberra, or Melbourne?

Canberra

77. Where is Croatia: South America, Africa, or Europe?

Flag of Croatia, horizontally striped red, white, and blue with the national coat of arms in its center

78. What country is this an image of: France, the Netherlands, or Portugal?

79. Australia is surrounded by all of the following bodies of water except the Timor Sea, Indian Ocean, or Philippine Sea?

Philippine Sea

80. What are these called: Alexandrian Pyramids, Tomb of Tutankhamun, or Pyramids of Giza?

Two large pyramids and smaller ones amid sand

81. What's the capital of Slovakia: Bratislava, Trnava, or Bardejov?

Bratislava

82. What is the currency in India: rupee, dirham, or yen?

Rupee

83. Where are these towers located: Malaysia, Singapore, or South Africa?

Two very tall, tiered buildings with antenna spires and a walkway between them

84. What's the capital of Albania: Tirana, Durrës, or Berat?

Tirana

85. The Hoover Dam was built over which river: the Mississippi River, Colorado River, or Phoenix River?

86. What's the capital of Paraguay: Montevideo, Lima, or Asunción?

Asunción

(Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, and Lima is the capital of Peru.)

87. Where is this located: Japan, Myanmar, or Belize?

A golden barge on the water with a bow sculpture that's a golden-winged god bird, shaped as a pagoda

88. What's the capital of Norway: Oslo, Bergen, or Trondheim?

Oslo

89. Where can you go to see this castle: Scotland, Romania, or Tanzania?

90. What's the capital of Ukraine: Odesa, Lviv, or Kyiv?

Kyiv

91. What's the capital of Colombia: Bogotá, Cali, or Medellín?

Bogotá

92. What country is this monument located in: Switzerland, Norway, or Albania?

A small building along a cobbled road with a mountain range behind it

93. What's the capital of Czechia: Brno, Prague, or Liberec?

Prague

94. What's the capital of Luxembourg: Ettelbruck, Luxembourg City, or Diekirch?

Luxembourg City

95. What is this landmark called: the Great Barricade, Great Wall of China, or Retaining Wall?

A winding series of steps, walls, and fortifications through a mountain

96. What's the capital of Belarus: Minsk, Gomel, or Brest?

Minsk

97. What's the capital of Montenegro: Kotor, Podgorica, or Tivat?

Podgorica

98. Where can you find this bridge: the United States, Germany, or the Netherlands?

A cast-iron bridge crossing over a lake and used as a pedestrian walkway

99. Where is Nepal: South America, Asia, or Africa?

Asia

100. What's the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Mostar, or Zenica?

Sarajevo

101. Where are these pools located: Iceland, Denmark, or Turkey?

A series of hot springs amid sedimentary rock

102. What's the capital of Austria: Vienna, Salzburg, or Klagenfurt?

Vienna

103. What's the capital of Estonia: Tallinn, Tartu, or Narva?

Tallinn

104. What's the capital of Serbia: Belgrade, Novi Sad, or Niš?

Belgrade

105. Where is Eritrea: Africa, Asia, Europe?

Flag of Eritrea, triangles of green, red, and blue and a yellow emblem off-center toward the hoist

106. What's the capital of Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, or Yokohama?

Tokyo

107. What's the capital of Latvia: Riga, Daugavpils, or Valmiera?

Riga

108. What is this famous landmark called: the Eiffel Tower, Tower of London, or Paris Spire?

An open-lattice wrought-iron tower with an antenna at the top

109. What's the capital of Turkey: Ankara, Adana, or Istanbul?

Ankara

110. What's the capital of Slovenia: Maribor, Ljubljana, or Piran?

Ljubljana

111. What is this famous temple called: Angkor Wat, Hagia Sophia, or Petra?

A complex with five high central towers accessible by steep stairs

112. What's the capital of Bulgaria: Varna, Sofia, or Plovdiv?

Sofia

113. What's the capital of Finland: Turku, Tampere, or Helsinki?

Helsinki

114. What's the capital of North Macedonia: Skopje, Ohrid, or Bitola?

Skopje

115. What's the name of this famous bridge in San Francisco: the Rouge Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, or Golden Gate Bridge?

A suspension bridge with a wide span between the two towers, with fog in the background

This article contains content from Jon-Michael Poff, Ajani Bazile, Andy Golder, Audrey Engvalson, Jasmin Suknanan, Brian Galindo, Jamie Spain, serb_tiger, and little5me. It was compiled by Kelly Rissman.