Geography Trivia Questions
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What is Canada's largest province by area, covering 594,861 square miles?
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quebec
What limestone hills extending northeast from Bath were known for having a thriving wool trade?
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cotswolds
What country is known as the land of 60,000 lakes, including Puulavesi and Saimaa?
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finland
Which city experiences yellow dust storms in late winter due to northwesterly winds from the Gobi Desert?
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beijing
What is the 2nd-largest city on the U.S. Pacific coast that houses a model railroad museum in the Casa de Balboa?
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san diego
Which U.S. state, known as 'Down East,' borders only one other U.S. state and two Canadian provinces?
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maine
What is the continent where Lake Eyre, the largest lake covering 3600 square miles but only about 4 feet deep, is located?
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australia
What river originates in the Black Forest and travels approximately 1,770 miles easterly before emptying into the Black Sea?
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rhine
What is the name of the lake where boats make regular crossings from Puno, Peru to Guaqui, Bolivia?
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lake titicaca
What is the capital of Sudan that is situated at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers?
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khartoum
Which sacred river in India has a basin located between the Himalayas and the Vindhya range?
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ganges
Which state is referred to as beginning in the town of Brattleboro?
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vermont
Which South American country has the guilder as its basic monetary unit?
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suriname
Which island's tourists are primarily weekenders from Hong Kong, drawn by its gambling casinos?
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macau
What is the most widely spoken language in northern Africa?
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arabic
In which country is Cebuano spoken, but not considered an official language like Tagalog?
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philippines
Swains Island, which is privately owned, is part of what unincorporated U.S. territory in Polynesia?
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american samoa
Which country occupies the largest island in the West Indies?
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cuba
What is the name of the island group in the West Indies that is named because they are sheltered from the trade winds?
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leeward islands
What is the name of the island group whose capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal, and you'd be 'wise' to know this?
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solomon islands
In which country are some of the finest singing canaries bred in the Harz Mountains?
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germany
What is the capital of Afghanistan that is situated on a river with the same name?
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kabul
Which U.S. state is home to Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend national parks?
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texas
What is the name of the largest island off Corpus Christi in Texas?
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padre island
Which Pacific country comprises many of the Caroline Islands and is known as the Federated States of what?
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micronesia
What is the name of the second-largest province by area in the second-largest country in the world?
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ontario
What is the largest Alpine lake in Europe that is divided between Switzerland and France?
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lake geneva
What country is the world's largest producer of both coffee and oranges?
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brazil
In which city can you find the Mayo Patient Health Education Library?
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rochester, minnesota
In which U.S. state, known as the 'Land of Opportunity,' can you keep the gems you find at Crater of Diamonds State Park?
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arkansas
Which island has the world's second-largest ice sheet, smaller only than Antarctica's?
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greenland
Which river did Hungary abandon its joint 1992 dam-building project with Czechoslovakia on?
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danube
Which British city features the Queensway, a 2.2-mile highway tunnel that runs underneath the Mersey River?
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liverpool
What is the name of the strait, first sailed by Russian Semyon Dezhnev, that is named after a Dane?
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bering strait
Which capital city in Alberta is home to a mall with more than 800 stores and parking for 20,000 vehicles, making it the world's largest?
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edmonton
What sea derives its name from the collective term for the people of Latvia and Lithuania?
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baltic sea
What is the name of the region in northwest France that was founded by Celts fleeing the Anglo-Saxon invasion?
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brittany
In which country is Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, located?
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tanzania
In which New England state can you find Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Madison?
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new hampshire
Which U.S. state is known for producing more tobacco products than all other states combined?
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north carolina
What island is home to Antananarivo, its largest city, and ranks as the world's fourth largest island?
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madagascar
Which country is denoted by the surname Wallace?
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wales
What land formation, derived from the Latin term meaning 'almost an island', describes Florida?
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peninsula
Which capital city of Uruguay is situated across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires, Argentina?
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montevideo
What English city are the people known as Mancunians from?
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manchester
Which self-governing U.S. island has most of its people speaking both English and Chamorro?
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guam
Which is the only U.S. state whose name begins with two vowels?
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iowa
Which Italian city is home to the Uffizi Palace, commissioned by Cosimo de Medici and begun in 1560?
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florence
Which Rocky Mountain state in the U.S.A. has more mountains above 14,000 feet than any other?
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colorado
Which river in West Africa travels nearly 2600 miles to reach the Atlantic, even though the ocean is less than 200 miles from its source?
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niger
Which Midwestern state, known as the 'Tree Planters State,' is home to the only two man-made national forests in the U.S.?
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nebraska
What is the name of the river in Florence, Italy, over which Taddeo Gaddi designed the Ponte Vecchio?
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arno
Which state is connected by the Mackinac Bridge, linking its two land masses?
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michigan
What is the name of the bay where the northern part forms Miami's harbor?
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biscayne bay
What country's national name is Magyar Koztarsasag?
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hungary
What is the only country whose official language is Catalan and is located in the Pyrenees Mountains?
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andorra
In which U.S. state is the International Pack Burro Race held each August in Leadville?
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colorado
What mountain range on the Tennessee-North Carolina border was named for the haze that often covers it?
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great smoky mountains
Which country's smallest state by area and population is Bremen?
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germany
In which country do some visitors drive the Trollstigveien, also known as Troll's Path, to reach Geiranger Fjord?
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norway