Question 1

What is the capital of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Canberra. Canberra was purpose-built as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne and officially became the capital in 1927. Many quizzers wrongly answer Sydney.

Question 2

What is the capital of Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Brasilia. Brasilia was inaugurated in 1960 to replace Rio de Janeiro as the capital and move government inland. It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa.

Question 3

What is the current name of the capital of Kazakhstan?

Accepted Answer

Astana. The city was renamed from Astana to Nur-Sultan in 2019 to honor the long-serving president, then reverted to Astana in 2022 after his resignation.

Question 4

What is the capital of Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ottawa. Ottawa sits on the border between Ontario and Quebec. Toronto and Montreal are both larger, but Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as capital in 1857 as a compromise.

Question 5

Which country completely surrounds the microstates of Vatican City and San Marino?

Accepted Answer

Italy. Both Vatican City and San Marino are landlocked enclaves entirely surrounded by Italian territory, making Italy one of only three countries to fully encircle others.

Question 6

What is the smallest country in the world by area?

Accepted Answer

Vatican City. Vatican City covers just 0.49 square kilometers (0.19 square miles) inside Rome and is the spiritual headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 7

What is the largest country in the world by area?

Accepted Answer

Russia. Russia covers about 17.1 million square kilometers, spans 11 time zones and is nearly twice the size of the second-largest country, Canada.

Question 8

Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

Accepted Answer

Lesotho. Lesotho is one of only three countries in the world to be entirely landlocked by a single neighboring country, the others being Vatican City and San Marino.

Question 9

Which river is generally cited as the longest in the world?

Accepted Answer

The Nile. The Nile is traditionally measured at about 6,650 kilometers (4,130 miles). Some Brazilian studies argue the Amazon is longer, but most authorities still award the title to the Nile.

Question 10

What is the tallest mountain on Earth measured from sea level?

Accepted Answer

Mount Everest. Everest stands at 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) above sea level. It grows roughly 4 millimeters per year as the Indian plate keeps colliding with Asia.

Question 11

What is the deepest known point in the worlds oceans?

Accepted Answer

The Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep). Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench reaches about 10,935 meters (35,876 feet) below sea level. It lies in the western Pacific Ocean east of the Mariana Islands.

Question 12

Which is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Pacific Ocean. The Pacific covers about 165 million square kilometers, more than all the worlds landmass combined, and reaches its greatest depth at the Mariana Trench.

Question 13

Mount Everest sits on the border between which two countries?

Accepted Answer

Nepal and China (Tibet Autonomous Region). The southern slopes lie in Nepal and the northern slopes in Chinese-controlled Tibet. Climbers can summit from either side.

Question 14

What is the longest mountain range above sea level in the world?

Accepted Answer

The Andes. The Andes run about 7,000 kilometers down the western edge of South America through seven countries. The even longer Mid-Atlantic Ridge is mostly underwater.

Question 15

Which is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?

Accepted Answer

Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal in southern Siberia reaches 1,642 meters (5,387 feet) deep and holds about 20 percent of the worlds unfrozen freshwater.

Question 16

On which continent will you find the river Danube?

Accepted Answer

Europe. The Danube flows through or borders 10 European countries from Germany to the Black Sea, making it the most international river in the world.

Question 17

How many continents are there using the most common English-language model?

Accepted Answer

Seven. The seven-continent model (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America) is standard in English-speaking countries. Other models use six or even four.

Question 18

Which is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Africa. Africa straddles the Equator and the Prime Meridian, placing parts of it in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western hemispheres simultaneously.

Question 19

Which single landmass is formed by Europe and Asia together?

Accepted Answer

Eurasia. Europe and Asia form one continuous landmass usually called Eurasia. The dividing line between them is conventionally drawn along the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus.

Question 20

What is the term for the part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert?

Accepted Answer

Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa covers about 46 countries south of the Sahara. It is geographically and culturally distinguished from the Arab and Mediterranean north.

Question 21

Which continent has the largest population?

Accepted Answer

Asia. Asia is home to about 4.7 billion people, around 60 percent of the worlds population, including the two most populous countries, India and China.

Question 22

Which continent has the smallest land area?

Accepted Answer

Australia (or Oceania). Australia covers about 8.6 million square kilometers, the smallest of the seven continents. Antarctica is significantly larger but covered in ice.

Question 23

Which continent contains the worlds southernmost permanent research stations?

Accepted Answer

Antarctica. Antarctica has no permanent human population but hosts dozens of research stations operated by nations including the US, Russia, the UK and China.

Question 24

Which mountain range traditionally divides Europe from Asia?

Accepted Answer

The Ural Mountains. The Urals run roughly north to south through western Russia. South of the Urals, the boundary is generally drawn along the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.

Question 25

In which city would you find the Eiffel Tower?

Accepted Answer

Paris. Designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 Worlds Fair, the 330-meter iron tower was initially meant to be temporary. It is now one of the most visited paid monuments on Earth.

Question 26

The Great Wall is most associated with which country?

Accepted Answer

China. The Great Wall of China stretches over 21,000 kilometers in total. Most of the surviving sections were built or rebuilt during the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644).

Question 27

In which Brazilian city does the Christ the Redeemer statue overlook a famous bay?

Accepted Answer

Rio de Janeiro. Standing 30 meters tall on top of Corcovado mountain, Christ the Redeemer was completed in 1931 and was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.

Question 28

In which modern country is the ancient rock-cut city of Petra located?

Accepted Answer

Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom and is famous for its rock-carved facades, most notably Al-Khazneh (the Treasury). It was rediscovered by Westerners in 1812.

Question 29

On which English plain does the prehistoric monument Stonehenge stand?

Accepted Answer

Salisbury Plain (Wiltshire). Stonehenge was constructed in several stages between roughly 3000 and 1500 BC. Its giant standing stones are aligned with the movements of the sun.

Question 30

In which South American country can you visit the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu?

Accepted Answer

Peru. Machu Picchu sits at about 2,430 meters above sea level in the Andes. It was built in the 15th century and brought to wider attention by Hiram Bingham in 1911.

Question 31

Niagara Falls sits on the border between which two countries?

Accepted Answer

The United States and Canada. The falls span the Niagara River between the US state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario. The Canadian Horseshoe Falls carries the bulk of the water.

Question 32

In which Australian city would you find the famous sail-shaped Opera House?

Accepted Answer

Sydney. Designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, the Sydney Opera House opened in 1973. It sits on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Question 33

Which South American desert is considered the driest nonpolar place on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Atacama Desert. Parts of the Atacama in northern Chile receive less than 1 millimeter of rain per year. Some weather stations have never recorded any rainfall at all.

Question 34

Which town in northeast India is often cited as the wettest place on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mawsynram. Mawsynram in Meghalaya averages around 11,800 millimeters of rainfall per year. The nearby town of Cherrapunji holds many short-term rainfall records.

Question 35

Which African desert is the hottest desert in the world?

Accepted Answer

The Sahara. The Sahara covers more than 9 million square kilometers of North Africa. Summer temperatures regularly exceed 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).

Question 36

Which Russian town in Siberia is often called the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Oymyakon. Oymyakon in the Sakha Republic has recorded temperatures as low as minus 67.7 degrees Celsius. Around 500 people live there year round.

Question 37

Which is the only sea in the world that has no coastline?

Accepted Answer

The Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea sits in the middle of the North Atlantic and is bounded entirely by ocean currents rather than land. It is famous for its floating sargassum seaweed.

Question 38

As of recent UN estimates, what is the most populous city in the world?

Accepted Answer

Tokyo (greater metropolitan area). Greater Tokyo is home to about 37 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area on Earth. Delhi is closing the gap and is expected to overtake it within decades.

Question 39

Which country shares the worlds longest land border with another country?

Accepted Answer

Canada (with the United States). The CanadaUnited States border is about 8,891 kilometers long including Alaska, making it the longest international land border in the world.

Question 40

Which African country sits almost entirely within the Sahara and contains the city of Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

Mali. Mali is the eighth largest country in Africa, and Timbuktu was a major medieval trading and scholarly center on the southern edge of the Sahara desert.

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