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Updated on Sep 11, 2023

Around The World In 125 Geography Trivia Questions (and Answers)

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by Kelly Rissman

BuzzFeed Staff

Have you ever seen those videos where people with microphones ask Americans to answer basic geography trivia questions, and most people completely fail?

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If you've ever watched one and thought to yourself, "I could do better than that!" — then now is your chance to prove it! We've collected over 100 geography trivia questions for you to prove your intellectual worth to friends, family, and whoever else might be attending your next trivia night. Good luck!

1. Which African country is famous for being home to the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx?

Egypt

2. Which country is known as the Land of Fire and Ice due to its volcanoes and glaciers?

Iceland

3. What ocean is the largest and deepest?

The Pacific Ocean

4. What is the largest desert in the world?

Sahara desert

5. Which European country is known for its fjords and is the homeland of the Vikings?

Norway

6. Which mountain range runs along the western coast of South America?

Andes mountains

7. What is the capital city of The United States?

Washington, D.C.

8. In which country would you find the Great Barrier Reef?

Australia

9. Which river is often called the "Father of Waters" and is the longest river in North America?

Mississippi River

10. What is the largest continent by land area?

Asia

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

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

The Philippines

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

Tokyo, Japan

14. Which country has the most pyramids?

Sudan

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

Namibia

16. In which ocean is the Bermuda Triangle located?

Atlantic Ocean

17. How many countries does Africa have?

18. How many people live in New Zealand?

19. What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City

20. What is the capital of Senegal?

Dakar

21. What is the highest point on Earth?

22. Which ocean is between North America and Africa?

Atlantic

23. Which river flows from Minneapolis to Memphis to New Orleans?

Mississippi

24. How many countries are in North America?

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

25. What country lies roughly 90 miles southeast of Florida?

Cuba

26. What is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above adjacent land on at least one side?

27. What's the correct postal abbreviation for Mississippi?

28. Where is Guyana?

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.

29. What mountain range is along the east side of the United States?

Appalachian

30. What's the capital of Tennessee?

Nashville

31. Where is Malta?

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

32. What's the capital of Spain?

Madrid

33. What country is this a photo of?

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

34. What state sits between California and Washington?

Oregon

35. Which state was not one of the 13 original colonies?

Maine

36. What is this site called?

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

37. Which city has the second largest population?

Delhi

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

38. What kind of map uses contour lines to connect points of equal elevation?

39. What's the capital of New Hampshire?

Concord

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

0º longitude

41. What's the capital of the United Kingdom?

London

42. Where is Moldova?

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

43. What's the capital of Pennsylvania?

Harrisburg

44. What's the capital of Canada?

Ottawa

45. Where are these cliffs located?

High cliffs above the sea on a craggy coastline

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

Champlain

47. What's the capital of Italy?

Rome

48. Where is Chile?

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

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

Mexico City

50. What measures distance north or south of the equator?

Latitude

51. Where is Mongolia?

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

52. What's the capital of France:?

Paris

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

A large cathedral with steeples and spires

54. What's the capital of Ireland?

Dublin

55. Which is the world's largest ocean?

The Pacific

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

Pastel domed buildings on a mountainside by the sea

57. Where is Indonesia?

Asia

58. What's the capital of Germany?

Berlin

59. Where can you find this capital city?

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

60. What's the capital of Russia?

Moscow

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

A spired building with a large clockface

62. What's the capital of Romania?

Bucharest

63. What's the capital of Portugal?

Lisbon

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

Sculpted rows of grass on gently sloping hills

65. 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.)

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

A lake with snowcapped mountains behind it

67. What's the capital of Sweden?

Stockholm

68. What's the capital of Belgium?

Brussels

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

A large domed building with four pillars alongside it

70. What's the capital of Poland?

Warsaw

71. What's the capital of the Netherlands?

Amsterdam

72. 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

73. Which Canadian province is the smallest?

Prince Edward Island

74. Where are the Maldives?

Asia

75. Where is Chad?

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

76. What's the capital of Denmark?

Copenhagen

77. 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

78. What's the capital of Lithuania?

Vilnius

79. What's the capital of Hungary?

Budapest

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

An amphitheater with some of two rows destroyed on one side

81. What is the longest river in the world?

Nile River

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

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

83. What's the capital of Switzerland?

Bern

84. What's the capital of Iceland?

Reykjavík

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

86. Which city is the capital of Australia?

Canberra

87. 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

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

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

Philippine Sea

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

Two large pyramids and smaller ones amid sand

91. What's the capital of Slovakia?

Bratislava

92. What is the currency in India?

Rupee

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

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

94. What's the capital of Albania?

Tirana

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

96. What's the capital of Paraguay?

Asunción

97. 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

98. What's the capital of Norway?

Oslo

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

100. What's the capital of Ukraine?

Kyiv

101. What's the capital of Colombia?

Bogotá

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

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

103. What's the capital of Czechia?

Prague

104. What's the capital of Luxembourg?

Luxembourg City

105. 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

106. What's the capital of Belarus?

Minsk

107. What's the capital of Montenegro?

Podgorica

108. 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

109. Where is Nepal?

Asia

110. What's the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Sarajevo

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

A series of hot springs amid sedimentary rock

112. What's the capital of Austria?

Vienna

113. What's the capital of Estonia?

Tallinn

114. What's the capital of Serbia?

Belgrade

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

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

116. What's the capital of Japan?

Tokyo

117. What's the capital of Latvia?

Riga

118. 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

119. What's the capital of Turkey?

Ankara

120. What's the capital of Slovenia?

Ljubljana

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

A complex with five high central towers accessible by steep stairs

122. What's the capital of Bulgaria?

Sofia

123. What's the capital of Finland?

Helsinki

124. What's the capital of North Macedonia?

Skopje

125. 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.