Geography trivia questions
1061 multiple-choice Geography trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What is the capital of Afghanistan?
- What is the capital of Australia?
- What is the capital of Belgium?
- What is the capital of Greece?
- What is the capital of Italy?
- What is the capital of Israel?
- What is the capital of Germany?
- What is the capital of Norway?
- What is the capital and largest city of Hawaii, the 50th US state?
- Although the Amazon river is generally regarded as the second-longest in the world, it is the river with greatest total flow, carrying more than the Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers combined. It ends in the Atlantic Ocean, but it is believed to begin its long journey from this mountain peak.
- Huang He is the second-longest river in China. Its source is in the Kunlun Mountains at 4,500m (14,764 feet) above sea level. Due to the silts that the river carries, the color of its waters becomes so unnatural that it gave the name of the river . What is the color of the waters of Huang He?
- The longest river in Europe is Volga. But do you know which is the second longest one? It flows through several major European cities, such as Ulm, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade. The river empties in the Black Sea on the terrirories of Romania and Ukraine.
- Victoria Falls is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The falls are named after Queen Victoria by David Livingstone, the explorer who visited them in 1855. The falls are 128 m (420 ft) high and are situated on this river.
- The Nile is generally considered the longest river in the world. The source of this mighty river remained unknown for centuries. Finally Lake Victoria was decided to be its source, although there are other theories. Lake Victoria is located on the territories of these three countries.
- Name the line, which is the same distance from the North Pole and South Pole and runs horizontally around the world.
- What term refers to the horizontal line, 23.5 degrees S, which passes through South America, Africa, and Australia?
- Which continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
- Which continents (landmasses, not peripheral islands) are entirely in the Northern Hemisphere?
- Which continents are entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
- Which feature on a map helps determine direction?
- Which of these is not a type of map projection?
- Which of these continents is largest (by territory)?
- Which of these countries is smallest (by territory)?
- Which of these US cities is largest (by population)?
- Which of these mountains is highest?
- Which of these lakes is deepest?
- Which of these rivers is longest?
- Which of these seas is largest?
- Which of these deserts is largest?
- Which of these inhabited places is wettest?