Geography General Knowledge
What is the highest possible longitude in degrees?
180
In what mountain range is the Matterhorn located?
Alps
What mountain range's many subranges include the Poconos and the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Appalachian
What is the largest dam on the Nile River?
Aswan Dam
Upon what river would you find the English town of Strafford?
Avon
What is Canada's largest island?
Baffin Island
On what peninsula is the city of Cabo San Lucas located?
Baja California
What country was once known as East Pakistan?
Bangladesh
What ethnic group has its homeland in northeast Spain and southwest France?
Basques
In what German state is Munich located?
Bavaria
What is the largest city in the Midlands region of England?
Birmingham
What is Moscow's famous ballet theater?
Bolshoi Theatre
What strait, starting with the letter B, divides Europe from Asia at Istanbul?
Bosphorus
In what country did Bossa Nova music originate?
Brazil
What is the most common religion in Cambodia?
Buddhism
What city is sometimes called "The Paris of the Pampas?"
Buenos Aires
Of all the countries in the world, which one has the most coastline?
Canada
What city did Rome defeat in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
Including inland seas, what's the world's largest lake?
Caspian Sea
What is the largest landlocked country in Africa?
Chad
On what bay does Annapolis, Maryland lie?
Chesapeake Bay
What type of bird is depicted on a Canadian $1 coin?
Common Loon
What is Africa's second-longest river?
Congo
What is the largest island in the Caribbean?
Cuba
What alphabet is used in Russia?
Cyrillic
What is the German word for Germany?
Deutschland
On what street would you find the official residence of the British Prime Minister?
Downing
What was the world's tallest building from 1931-1971?
Empire State Building
What is the name of the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium?
Flanders
What modern-day country traces its origins to King Clovis in the late 400s AD?
France
What US military base is located on the island of Cuba?
Guantánamo Bay
What ocean current brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe?
Gulf Stream
What former Roman wall lies in northern England?
Hadrian's Wall
What is the busiest airport in the London area?
Heathrow
What national capital city is less than 100 kilometers from Tallinn?
Helsinki
In what city would you find the Kowloon Peninsula?
Hong Kong
What is the only country in the world that is home to wild lions and wild tigers?
India
What is the name for the region that includes Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos?
Indochina
In what country did Zoroastrianism start?
Iran
What island's northern part is known as Ulster?
Ireland
What's the most populous city on the island of Java?
Jakarta
What's the world's second-highest mountain?
K2
What Indonesian volcano exploded in 1883 with the force of 200 megatons of TNT?
Krakatoa
What Asian lake contains more than 20% of the world's surface freshwater, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined?
Lake Baikal
What is the largest lake in Central America?
Lake Nicaragua
On what lake is Toronto located?
Lake Ontario
By surface area, what is the largest of the African Great Lakes?
Lake Victoria
What frequently-photographed building was Galileo said to have dropped a cannonball from?
Leaning Tower of Pisa
What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?
Madagascar
Near what major city would you find Old Trafford Stadium?
Manchester
What name is given to the northeast part of China?
Manchuria
What Hawaiian volcano is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from its base on the ocean floor?
Mauna Kea
What are the two most populous urban areas in North America?
Mexico City and New York City
In what US state does the Mississippi River begin?
Minnesota
What river flows into the Mississippi River near St. Louis?
Missouri
What is the only country that has more horses than people?
Mongolia
In what city would you find the Bolshoi Theatre?
Moscow
What is the tallest active volcano in Italy?
Mount Etna
What's the highest mountain that can be seen from Seattle?
Mount Rainier
What volcano in the US state of Washington erupted in 1980, killing 57 people?
Mount St. Helens
In what country would you find Annapurna?
Nepal
What country do Gurkha soliders come from?
Nepal
What country do Sherpas come from?
Nepal
Near what major US city is Lake Pontchartrain located?
New Orleans
What country is also known as Aotearoa?
New Zealand
What is the second most populous urban area in Japan?
Osaka
What is Rome's only sister city?
Paris
In Russia, it's a Duma. In Israel, it's a Knesset. What is it in Great Britain?
Parliament
What formerly uninhabited island, starting with the letter P, was settled by HMS Bounty mutineers?
Pitcairn Island
What is the national airline of Australia?
Qantas
What river forms much of the border between France and Germany?
Rhine
What city was famously built on Palatine, Capitoline, and five other hills?
Rome
What famous event for daredevils happens in Pamplona, Spain?
Running of the Bulls
What country is the world's top oil exporter?
Saudi Arabia
In what city would you find the district of Pudong, home to the world's third-tallest building?
Shanghai
What is the largest city on the Yangtze River?
Shanghai
What branch of Islam do the majority of Iranians belong to?
Shia
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
What country's national rugby team are known as the Springboks?
South Africa
What sea is bordered by China, Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia?
South China Sea
What constellation is depicted on the Australian flag?
Southern Cross
Who is the patron saint of England?
St. George
What city was the capital of Russia until 1918?
St. Petersburg
What canal connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas?
Suez Canal
What well-known dance form originated in Argentina and Uruguay?
Tango
In what country is Serengeti located?
Tanzania
What city is considered to be the economic capital of Israel?
Tel Aviv
What are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania collectively known as?
The Baltic States
What is Rome's Flavian Ampitheatre better known as?
The Colosseum
What is the nickname of Rome?
The Eternal City
What is the official residence of the Russian president?
The Kremlin
Who do the Swiss Guard guard?
The Pope
What modern-day capital is near the ancient city of Carthage?
Tunis
What national capital can be translated as "Red Hero?"
Ulaanbaatar
What group of Caribbean islands includes St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola?
Virgin Islands
What is the largest Russian city on the Pacific Ocean?
Vladivostok
What is the name of the French-speaking region of Belgium?
Wallonia
What building is commonly used for royal British weddings, coronations, and burials?
Westminster Abbey
What is a synonym of the word "shire?"
county
Every year, the Spanish town of Buñol has a food fight. What type of food is thrown?
tomatoes
