Geography Trivia Questions
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What is the capital of the state known as the Sooner State?
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oklahoma city
What country is referred to as 'Reino Unido' in Spanish?
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united kingdom
What city, known as the 'Gateway to Alaska', is the largest metropolis in the Pacific Northwest?
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seattle
Which country supplies over 50% of the newsprint used for printing newspapers in the U.S.?
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canada
Within which Indian reservation is Canyon De Chelly National Monument in Arizona located?
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navajo
In the Northern Hemisphere, the largest chain of deserts can be found along the line named the Tropic of what?
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cancer
Which country has Zulu, Sesotho, and Xhosa among its 11 official languages?
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south africa
What continent is home to Lake Assal, the lowest point at about 500 feet below sea level?
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africa
Which state in the United States has the most counties, totaling 254?
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texas
Which borough is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which opened in 1964?
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staten island
What is the largest city by population in the largest country in South America?
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são paulo
What is the island whose largest city and capital is Fort-de-France in the French West Indies?
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martinique
Into which river do the five rivers of Punjab empty?
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indus river
In which coastal region of Croatia can you find the tourist cities Split and Dubrovnik, which shares its name with a dog breed?
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dalmatia
What is the name of the Senegal capital that is the westernmost city on the African mainland?
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dakar
Which U.S. state is home to the Mesabi Range, known for producing more iron ore than any other area in the country?
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minnesota
In which city would you find the hotels Sacher, Imperial, and Pension Wiener?
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vienna
Which large lake is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by a short channel?
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lake maracaibo
Which state shares part of its border with Florida's Panhandle along the Perdido River?
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alabama
Into which lake to the north does the water from New York's Lake George drain?
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lake champlain
What is the capital of Lombardy known as Italy's center of international commerce?
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milan
What is the rocky landmark that rises above Guanabara Bay and is known as Pao de Acucar in Portuguese?
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sugarloaf
Which country shares a border with Poland formed by the Oder River for about 100 miles?
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germany
In what direction does the Nile River generally flow?
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north
Which country is home to the Exuma Cays National Park?
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bahamas
What is the name of the Russian port on the Pacific that serves as the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
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vladivostok
Which Midwest state is home to the Old Cathedral Library in Vincennes, noted for its old manuscripts?
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indiana
Which country has the longest national road, spanning 4,860 miles from a city with a woman's name to one with a man's?
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canada
What is the African country known for its mountain gorillas and has Kigali as its capital city?
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rwanda
Which island nation is separated from the African mainland by the Mozambique Channel?
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madagascar
Which town in Australia would be at the center if you were to place a map of the country on a dartboard?
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alice springs
In the English language, what does the Spanish word 'bahia' translate to in geographical terms?
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bay
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic, located at the mouth of the Ozama River?
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santo domingo
Which country, while no longer linked with Egypt, still uses the flag of the United Arab Republic?
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syria
What is the capital city of North Dakota that was originally called Edwinton and renamed after a German chancellor?
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bismarck, north dakota
What is the name of the state capital on Crow Creek that shares its name with an Indian tribe and starts with the letter 'C'?
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cheyenne, wyoming
What river forms part of Thailand's border with Laos?
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mekong
Which country is home to the Deccan Plateau, situated between the Eastern and Western Ghats mountain ranges?
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india
In which country does more than half of the population reside on New Providence Island?
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bahamas
What country is Brno the second-most populous city in?
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czech republic
In which Canadian province is the town of Jasper located in Jasper National Park?
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alberta
What nation includes Eastern Thrace as its European portion?
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turkey
When traveling north from Fargo on Interstate 29, which Canadian province does it reach when it becomes Highway 75 on its way to Winnipeg?
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manitoba
What is the name of the river that flows through the cities of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim?
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rhine
Which nearly landlocked bay shares its name with the capital of the Philippines?
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manila bay
On which sea's island can you rent Princess Margaret's villa on Mustique for about $6,000 a week?
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caribbean
What is the largest African country where cotton is the major cash crop?
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sudan
In which Utah national park does the Great White Throne, a flat-topped monolith, rise about 2,400 feet above the canyon floor?
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zion
What state has the 6,680-foot Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi River?
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north carolina
What is the name of the large valley that extends from Syria to Mozambique and divides East Africa in two?
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great rift valley
What is the name of the fifth-largest North American lake, which has Yellowknife on its shores and a name that means 'servile'?
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great slave lake
What is the name of the city that was anciently called Mancunium, whose residents are known as Mancunians?
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manchester
Which river is 6 1/2 miles wide at Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border?
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mekong
Which city serves as Ohio's main port on the Ohio River?
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cincinnati
Which Balkan country established its first university, the State University of Tirana, in 1957?
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albania
What is the name of the sea that is the deepest part of the Mediterranean and is named after one of Jupiter's lovers?
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ionian sea
On which Caribbean island can you find the Mus�e Volcanologique, which displays relics from the 1902 volcanic eruption?
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martinique
What Cleveland suburb in Ohio was named by surveyors in honor of the Greek 'Father of Geometry'?
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euclid
Which country was previously known as White Russia?
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belarus
Which country has Zagreb as its capital?
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croatia