Sixty questions, answers included, grouped by difficulty. Read them straight off the screen for a quiz night, or turn them into practice with the linked games.
Easy (1–20)
- What is the largest country in the world by area? Russia
- Which continent has the most countries? Africa, with 54
- What is the capital of Japan? Tokyo
- Which ocean is the largest? The Pacific
- What is the longest river in Africa? The Nile
- Which country is shaped like a boot? Italy
- What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa
- Which desert is the largest hot desert? The Sahara
- On which continent is the Amazon rainforest? South America
- What is the capital of Australia? Canberra
- Which country has the most people? India
- What is the smallest country in the world? Vatican City
- Which mountain is the highest above sea level? Mount Everest
- What is the capital of France? Paris
- Which two countries share the longest border? Canada and the United States
- What sea lies between Europe and Africa? The Mediterranean
- Which country is both in Europe and Asia? Turkey, and Russia too
- What is the capital of Egypt? Cairo
- How many continents are there? Seven
- Which US state is the largest by area? Alaska
Medium (21–40)
- What is the capital of Turkey? Ankara
- Which country has three capital cities? South Africa
- What is the capital of Brazil? Brasília
- Which African country was never colonised in the late nineteenth-century partition? Ethiopia
- What is the only country that borders the United Kingdom by land? Ireland
- Which country surrounds Lesotho completely? South Africa
- What is the capital of New Zealand? Wellington
- Which strait separates Europe from Africa at its narrowest? The Strait of Gibraltar
- What is the largest island in the world? Greenland
- Which country has the most time zones? France, counting its overseas territories
- What is the capital of Kazakhstan? Astana
- Which two countries are separated by the Pyrenees? France and Spain
- What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat
- Which sea is the saltiest large body of water? The Dead Sea, technically a lake
- What is the capital of Vietnam? Hanoi
- Which continent has no permanent human population? Antarctica
- What is the capital of Nigeria? Abuja
- Which country is known as the Land of a Thousand Lakes? Finland
- What is the capital of Argentina? Buenos Aires
- Which US state has the longest coastline? Alaska
Hard (41–60)
- What is the capital of Bhutan? Thimphu
- Which country has the most land borders? China and Russia, with 14 each
- What is the capital of Suriname? Paramaribo
- Which is the only doubly landlocked country in Europe? Liechtenstein
- What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan? Bishkek
- Which country's official capital is Yamoussoukro? Ivory Coast
- What is the capital of Eritrea? Asmara
- Which country contains the southernmost point of mainland Africa? South Africa
- What is the capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw
- Which two countries share the island of Hispaniola? Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- What is the capital of Slovenia? Ljubljana
- Which country is completely surrounded by Italy in two places? San Marino and Vatican City are both enclaves within Italy
- What is the capital of Mongolia? Ulaanbaatar
- Which African country is doubly landlocked? None — the world's only doubly landlocked countries are Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
- What is the capital of Papua New Guinea? Port Moresby
- Which country's flag is the only non-rectangular national flag? Nepal
- What is the capital of Uruguay? Montevideo
- Which country has the longest coastline in the world? Canada
- What is the capital of Latvia? Riga
- Which is the world's largest landlocked country? Kazakhstan
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