120 Geography Trivia Questions and Answers (Free Quiz)

Running a quiz night, a classroom starter or geography bee practice? Here are 120 geography trivia questions with answers, sorted into rounds you can lift straight into a quiz sheet. Every answer is right after the question, and each round links to a playable version if you'd rather test yourself live.

Jump to a round: easy, capitals, flags, physical geography, records and superlatives, borders and oddities, landmarks, and the tie-breaker round.

Round 1 — Easy warm-ups (15 questions)

1. What is the largest country in the world by area? Russia
2. Which continent has the most countries? Africa, with 54
3. What is the smallest country in the world? Vatican City
4. What is the capital of Australia? Canberra — not Sydney
5. Which ocean is the largest? The Pacific
6. How many continents are there? Seven
7. What country is shaped like a boot? Italy
8. Which country has the largest population? India
9. What is the capital of Japan? Tokyo
10. Which continent is the coldest? Antarctica
11. What is the longest river in Africa? The Nile
12. Which country is home to the kangaroo? Australia
13. What is the capital of France? Paris
14. Which US state is the largest by area? Alaska
15. What sea separates Europe from Africa? The Mediterranean

Play this round live: Country to Capital.

Round 2 — Capital cities (15 questions)

1. What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa
2. What is the capital of Brazil? Brasília
3. What is the capital of Turkey? Ankara
4. What is the capital of Kazakhstan? Astana
5. What is the capital of New Zealand? Wellington
6. What is the capital of Switzerland? Bern
7. What is the capital of Nigeria? Abuja
8. What is the capital of Morocco? Rabat
9. What is the capital of Vietnam? Hanoi
10. What is the capital of Ecuador? Quito
11. What is the capital of Lithuania? Vilnius
12. What is the capital of Ghana? Accra
13. What is the capital of Laos? Vientiane
14. What is the capital of Bolivia's government? La Paz, while Sucre is the constitutional capital
15. Which country has three capital cities? South Africa — Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein

Play this round live: World Capitals Quiz.

Round 3 — Flags (15 questions)

1. Which two national flags are nearly identical apart from shade? Romania and Chad
2. Which flag is the only non-rectangular national flag? Nepal
3. Which country's flag features a maple leaf? Canada
4. Which country's flag has a cedar tree? Lebanon
5. What flag shows a dragon? Bhutan
6. Which flag is plain green historically associated with Libya? Libya's 1977–2011 flag
7. Indonesia's flag is nearly identical to which European state's? Monaco's
8. Which flag features the Union Jack in the corner and the Southern Cross? Australia and New Zealand both do
9. Which country's flag has 50 stars? The United States
10. Which flag shows a cannabis-adjacent plant? None — Canada's is a maple leaf, a common trick question
11. Which flag has a book on it? Dominican Republic
12. Which flag features an eagle eating a snake? Mexico
13. What colour dominates flags of the Nordic countries? A Nordic cross design in varied colours
14. Which African flag has a black star? Ghana
15. Which flag is the oldest still in use? Denmark's Dannebrog

Play this round live: Flag to Country and Lookalike Flags.

Round 4 — Physical geography (15 questions)

1. What is the longest river in the world? The Nile is traditionally cited; the Amazon is longer by some measurements
2. What is the highest mountain above sea level? Mount Everest
3. What is the deepest point in the ocean? The Mariana Trench
4. What is the largest desert in the world? Antarctica, a cold desert; the Sahara is the largest hot desert
5. What is the largest freshwater lake by surface area? Lake Superior
6. What is the deepest lake in the world? Lake Baikal
7. Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia? The Urals
8. What is the largest island in the world? Greenland
9. Which is the driest non-polar place on Earth? The Atacama Desert
10. What is the largest rainforest? The Amazon
11. Which strait separates Asia from North America? The Bering Strait
12. What is the largest waterfall by height? Angel Falls, Venezuela
13. What is the saltiest large body of water often cited? The Dead Sea
14. Which volcano destroyed Pompeii? Mount Vesuvius
15. Which sea has no coastline? The Sargasso Sea

Round 5 — Records and superlatives (15 questions)

1. Which country has the longest coastline? Canada
2. Which country has the most lakes? Canada
3. Which country spans the most time zones? France, counting overseas territories
4. What is the highest capital city? La Paz, Bolivia
5. Which country has the most neighbours? China and Russia, with 14 each
6. What is the most densely populated country? Monaco
7. Which country is the least densely populated? Mongolia among sizeable countries
8. What is the world's largest country by population density in a city? Cities vary; Manila is commonly cited as densest
9. Which country has more pyramids than Egypt? Sudan
10. What is the northernmost capital city? Reykjavík
11. What is the southernmost capital city? Wellington
12. Which is the largest landlocked country? Kazakhstan
13. Which country produces the most coffee? Brazil
14. Which country has the longest name officially? The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a common answer
15. Which is the world's largest archipelago nation? Indonesia

Play this round live: Largest Countries and Smallest Countries.

Round 6 — Borders, enclaves and oddities (15 questions)

1. Which two countries share the longest border? Canada and the United States
2. Which countries are entirely surrounded by another country? Vatican City, San Marino and Lesotho
3. Which country is landlocked by two landlocked countries? Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
4. Which country is also a continent? Australia
5. Which country sits on two continents at a famous strait? Turkey, at the Bosphorus
6. Which African country was never formally colonised? Ethiopia, with Liberia also often cited
7. Which two countries are separated by the world's shortest international bridge? Spain and Portugal, over the Arade-area crossings, commonly cited
8. Which country has no rivers? Saudi Arabia
9. Which nation moved its capital inland in 1960? Brazil
10. Which country changed its name to Eswatini? Swaziland
11. Which country changed its name to Türkiye internationally? Turkey
12. Which sea is actually a lake? The Caspian Sea
13. Which country drives on the left and borders countries that drive on the right? Thailand, among others
14. Which two countries are split by the island of Hispaniola? Haiti and the Dominican Republic
15. Which European microstate has no airport? San Marino, among several

Play this round live: Borders Quiz and Landlocked Countries.

Round 7 — Landmarks and cities (15 questions)

1. Where is Machu Picchu? Peru
2. Where is Angkor Wat? Cambodia
3. In which city is the Colosseum? Rome
4. Where is Christ the Redeemer? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5. Where is Petra? Jordan
6. Which city is called the Big Apple? New York City
7. Which city is known as the Eternal City? Rome
8. Where is the Great Barrier Reef? Off the coast of Queensland, Australia
9. In which country is the Taj Mahal? India
10. Where is the Acropolis? Athens, Greece
11. Which country hosts Table Mountain? South Africa
12. Which city has the Hagia Sophia? Istanbul
13. Where is the Chichen Itza pyramid? Mexico
14. Which desert holds the Nazca Lines? The Nazca Desert, Peru
15. Which country contains the Serengeti? Tanzania

Play this round live: Landmark to Country and Wonders of the World.

Round 8 — Tie-breakers (15 hard questions)

1. Which country has the most official languages? South Africa is commonly cited with 11, now 12 including sign language
2. What is the world's largest inland sea? The Caspian Sea
3. What is the world's smallest republic by area? Nauru
4. Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites? Italy
5. Which capital sits on two continents? Istanbul is not a capital — the answer is none, a classic trick
6. Which river flows through the most countries? The Danube
7. What is the largest country in South America? Brazil
8. Which country owns Easter Island? Chile
9. What is the capital of Tajikistan? Dushanbe
10. What is the capital of Gabon? Libreville
11. What is the capital of Malawi? Lilongwe
12. Which is the world's newest widely recognised country? South Sudan, independent in 2011
13. Which country has an all-red flag with a crescent and star? Turkey
14. What is the world's longest mountain range on land? The Andes
15. How many countries are widely recognised worldwide? 197 — 193 UN members plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan, depending on the counting convention

How to run a geography quiz night

• Six rounds of ten works better than two rounds of thirty — people stay sharp.
• Alternate hard and easy rounds so nobody feels lost for long.
• Use a picture round. Flags and country outlines are the easiest to print.
• Keep a tie-breaker in your pocket. Question 120 above works well: closest guess wins.

Free printable version

Every round here can be printed from our printables page, including blank maps and flag sheets for a picture round.

Practise these questions as games

• Country to Capital — the capitals round
• Flag to Country — the flags round
• Name All 197 Countries — geography bee style
• Daily Country — one question a day to keep it fresh
• Continents and Oceans Quiz — the physical geography round: the 7 continents, the 5 oceans and their deepest points
• Two-Letter Country Codes Quiz — a tie-breaker round: DE is Germany, CH is Switzerland
• 13 Colonies Quiz — a US history and geography round for American quiz nights

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