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Geography Trivia Questions
These 45 geography trivia questions are about the shape of the world: rivers, mountains, deserts, lakes, islands, oceans, borders and the landmarks that sit on them, on every continent. For a quiz about world capitals, play the daily Capital Sprint, and for more map games see the geography games page.
Every answer was checked against two independent sources on November 9, 2026.
In which country are the famous fjords Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord?
Answer: Norway
Both are on UNESCO's World Heritage List, and Geirangerfjord is known for waterfalls such as the Seven Sisters.
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Which great river flows past the Indian cities of Prayagraj and Patna on its way to the Bay of Bengal?
Answer: The Ganges
Together with the Brahmaputra it forms the world's largest river delta, shared by Bangladesh and India.
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The Canary Islands, off the coast of northwest Africa, belong to which country?
Answer: Spain
Mount Teide, a volcano on Tenerife, is the highest point in all of Spain.
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Death Valley, the lowest point in North America, is mostly in which US state?
Answer: California
Badwater Basin there sits 282 feet below sea level.
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The Sinai Peninsula belongs to which country?
Answer: Egypt
It is the only part of Egypt that lies in Asia, making Egypt a transcontinental country.
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Which island country lies about 90 miles south of Florida?
Answer: Cuba
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean.
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Which huge bay in northeastern Canada is named after the English explorer who sailed into it in 1610?
Answer: Hudson Bay
It freezes over in winter, and polar bears gather around the town of Churchill, Manitoba, each fall to wait for the ice.
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Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
Answer: The Indian Ocean
It stretches from southern Asia in the north toward Antarctica in the south.
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In which continent would you find the Sahara Desert?
Answer: Africa
It stretches across North Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
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Which chain of mountains runs along the western edge of South America?
Answer: The Andes
They run from Venezuela in the north all the way to Tierra del Fuego at the continent's southern tip.
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Uluru, the giant sandstone monolith, is in which Australian state or territory?
Answer: The Northern Territory
The rock is sacred to the Aṉangu, its traditional owners, and climbing it has been banned since 2019.
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Victoria Falls lies on the border between Zambia and which other country?
Answer: Zimbabwe
Its local name, Mosi-oa-Tunya, means the smoke that thunders, after the spray that rises above it.
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In which country does the Mekong River reach the sea through a vast delta?
Answer: Vietnam
The Mekong Delta is one of the world's great rice-growing regions, crisscrossed by canals and floating markets.
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Which sea separates the Italian peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula?
Answer: The Adriatic Sea
Venice sits near its northern end, and Croatia's coast along it is dotted with more than a thousand islands, islets and reefs.
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Which large sandy savanna covers most of Botswana?
Answer: The Kalahari Desert
The Okavango River spills into it to form the Okavango Delta, one of Africa's richest wildlife areas.
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Most of Yellowstone National Park lies in which US state?
Answer: Wyoming
Small parts of the park also extend into Montana and Idaho.
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Which river is the longest in Asia?
Answer: The Yangtze
It flows about 3,900 miles from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea near Shanghai.
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Lake Tahoe straddles the border between California and which other US state?
Answer: Nevada
It is the largest alpine lake in North America, sitting at about 6,225 feet above sea level.
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Milford Sound, a famous fiord with steep cliffs and waterfalls, is in which country?
Answer: New Zealand
It lies within Fiordland National Park in the southwest of the South Island.
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What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Answer: Mont Blanc
It stands on the border of France and Italy.
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Iguazú Falls lie on the border between Argentina and which other country?
Answer: Brazil
The falls are made up of many separate drops, the largest called the Devil's Throat.
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The spice islands of Zanzibar are part of which country?
Answer: Tanzania
The country's name blends Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united in 1964.
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Luzon and Mindanao are the two largest islands of which country?
Answer: The Philippines
The country is made up of more than 7,000 islands.
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What is the name of the semi-arid belt that stretches across Africa just south of the Sahara?
Answer: The Sahel
Its name comes from an Arabic word meaning shore, as if it were the coast of the sea of sand.
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Which warm Atlantic current flows up the US East Coast and helps give northwest Europe its mild climate?
Answer: The Gulf Stream
Off North Carolina it turns east across the Atlantic, and its northern branch, the North Atlantic Drift, carries the warm water on toward Europe.
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The region of Patagonia is shared by Argentina and which other country?
Answer: Chile
Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park is famous for its granite towers and glaciers.
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Which is the longest river entirely within France, famous for its valley of châteaux?
Answer: The Loire
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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What is the highest mountain in Wales?
Answer: Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
A rack railway, first opened in 1896, carries visitors to near its summit.
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The Giant's Causeway, with its thousands of six-sided basalt columns, is on the coast of which part of the UK?
Answer: Northern Ireland
About 40,000 interlocking columns formed there when lava cooled and cracked more than 50 million years ago.
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The island of New Guinea is shared by Indonesia and which other country?
Answer: Papua New Guinea
Indonesia holds the western half of the island and Papua New Guinea the eastern half.
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Which four US states meet at a single point called the Four Corners?
Answer: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah
It is the only place in the United States where four states touch.
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Which strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman?
Answer: The Strait of Hormuz
It runs between Iran and Oman and is one of the world's most important chokepoints for oil shipping.
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Jeju, a volcanic island and popular vacation spot, belongs to which country?
Answer: South Korea
Its shield volcano, Hallasan, is the highest mountain in South Korea.
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Which Canadian province is home to Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains?
Answer: Alberta
Founded in 1885, Banff is Canada's oldest national park, and its turquoise Lake Louise is fed by glaciers.
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Which Mexican peninsula separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea?
Answer: The Yucatán Peninsula
Its limestone ground is dotted with cenotes, natural water-filled sinkholes.
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Mount Ararat, a snow-capped dormant volcano, is in which country?
Answer: Turkey (Türkiye)
At about 16,850 feet it is the highest mountain in the country.
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What is the highest mountain on mainland Australia?
Answer: Mount Kosciuszko
It is named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader, and rises about 7,310 feet.
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India's single nationwide time zone is how far ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)?
Answer: 5 hours 30 minutes
Neighboring Nepal uses an even more unusual offset, 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC.
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Mount Roraima, a giant flat-topped mountain, marks the meeting point of Venezuela, Brazil and which other country?
Answer: Guyana
Its sheer cliffs and isolated summit plateau are home to many plants found nowhere else on Earth.
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Which island country in the Persian Gulf is linked to Saudi Arabia by the King Fahd Causeway?
Answer: Bahrain
It is a chain of bridges and causeways that carries road traffic between the two countries.
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Mount Damavand, a volcano and the highest peak of the Alborz range, rises in which country?
Answer: Iran
It is also the highest point in the whole country.
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