GEO4

Question 1

Brazil shares borders with all but which 2 South American countries?

Answer 1

Ecuador and Chile

Question 2

Berumuda is closest to which US state? What is it a dependency of?

Answer 2

North Carolina; the UK

Question 3

What is the only continental African country to have its capital on an island?

Answer 3

Equatorial Guinea, the capital is Malabo

Question 4

Luzon is the largest island of what country?

Answer 4

Philippines

Question 5

True or False: the Island of Mauritius is larger than the neighboring island of Reunion?

Answer 5

False, Reunion is larger

Question 6

Who is the Celsius scale named after?

Answer 6

Anders Celsius (An Astronomer)

Question 7

What is the largest city in the Irish county of Leinster?

Answer 7

Dublin

Question 8

Mandalay is one of the biggest cities of what country?

Answer 8

Myanmar

Question 9

The prime meridian is where GMT time is respected. What does this stand for?

Answer 9

Greenwich Meridian Time

Followed by 8 countries that it passes through except France, Algeria, and Spain

Question 10

What is the official mascot of Singapore?

Answer 10

Merlion- a half lion, half fish creature

Question 11

What is the largest desert in the Americas? Where is it located

Answer 11

Patagonian Desert aka the Patagonian Steppe and is located in Argentina (8th largest in the world)

Capital of Argentina = Buenos Aires

Question 12

How many countries are completely surrounded by another country?

Answer 12

3

San Marino- within Italy

Vatican City- within Italy

Lesotho- within South Africa

Question 13

Mosquito Coast is located in what country?

Answer 13

Nicaragua

Capital: Managua

Question 14

The remains of the Aral Sea falls between what two countries? Capitals?

Answer 14

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan = Nur-Sultan

Uzbekistan = Tashkent

Question 15

Sioux City, located in the US state of Iowa, is only a river crossing away from what other 2 US states?

Answer 15

Minnesota and South Dakota

Question 16

Zante is the popular name for a Greek Tourist area- what is the Greek word for it?

Answer 16

Zakynthos

Question 17

What country is the largest producer of Soybean?

Answer 17

Brazil (was US but Brazil took over as of May 2020)

Question 18

What is the self-declared capital of Transnistria?

Answer 18

Tiraspol- this is a frozen conflict area between Ukraine and Moldova which Russia has interest in

Question 19

Between the 6 European Microstates how many countries do they collectively border?

Answer 19

5 (Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, and Italy)

Microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Sovereign order of St. John, and Malta

Malta is an Island

Question 20

The Sea of Azov is stricly speaking in what ocean?

Answer 20

Atlantic Ocean (it is a marginal sea of the Black Sea)

Question 21

The US state of Michigan borders how many 5 great lakes?

Answer 21

4 (all but Ontario)

Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie

Question 22

Tivoli Gardens is located in what city?

Answer 22

Copenhagen

Note it is an amusement park!

Question 23

What island nation may be found in the Mozambique Channel? Capital? What body of water does it sit in?

Answer 23

Seychelles, Victoria- Indian Ocean

Question 24

What is the name of the town at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, and the most northerly permanently inhabited place in the world?

Answer 24

Alert

Ellesmere Island is up by Greenland. It is part of Canada. It is more north than Utqiagvik (Barrows) but that is in America

Question 25

What country has the smallest coastline with the Persian Gulf?

Answer 25

Iraq

Question 26

What European country has the largest amount of active volcanoes?

Answer 26

Iceland

Question 27

Zakynthos is the local name for what poplar Greek tourist destination

Answer 27

Zante

Question 28

What does the strait- Beb-El-Mandeb connect?

Answer 28

The Red Sea to the Arabian Sea

Question 29

Praia, the capital of Cape Verde is closest to which mainland African country?

Answer 29

Senegal

Question 30

Mainland Denmark basically encompasses what peninsula?

Answer 30

Jutland peninsula

Question 31

Tiraspol is the capital of what self-declared republic?

Answer 31

Transnistria A frozen conflict with Russia in between Moldova and Ukraine

Question 32

Often incorrectly listed as Yaren, which island nation does not have a capital city?

Answer 32

Nauru

Question 33

Motown is another name for what US city?

Answer 33

Detroit Named after a record company called Motown records located there but reflects the sound from Detroit blues

Question 34

What religion has the 3rd largest amount of followers?

Answer 34

Hinduisim (after Christianity and Islam) Christianity 31.2%, Islam 24.1%, and Hinduism 15.1%

Question 35

The island of Malaku belongs to what country?

Answer 35

Indonesia The largest in Indonesia is Java on which the capital is located- Jakarta

Question 36

Belgium's capital- Brussels- is located in what Belgian region?

Answer 36

Flanders

Question 37

What strait connects the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea?

Answer 37

Beb-El-Mandeb

Question 38

The Arc De Triomphe in Paris has how many Avenues leading to it?

Answer 38

12

Question 39

What was the name of the territory set aside for black people during South Africa's Apartheid era?

Answer 39

Bantustan i.e. Bantu homeland

Question 40

What is the worlds largest Binational Border? 2nd Largest?

Answer 40

Canada-US and then Kazakhstan-Russia

Question 41

Merlion, a half lion, half imaginary fish creature, is the mascot of what island nation?

Answer 41

Singapore

Question 42

What island is the most populous in the world?

Answer 42

Java (even more so than Honshu)

Question 43

Which 2 US states are rectangular?

Answer 43

Colorado and Wyoming

Question 44

What is the only country to exhibit every major climatic zone?

Answer 44

USA from polar to tropical

Question 45

How many sovereign country flags are only red and white?

Answer 45

16 (18 if the maroon shade is counted)

Question 46

Harar, often said to be the 4th Holy City of Islam, may be found in what country?

Answer 46

Ethiopia

Question 47

What was a Bantustan?

Answer 47

Used during apartheid era- this was an area for black people to live in South Africa during the apartheid era

Question 48

What is the largest island of the Philippines?

Answer 48

Luzon

Question 49

Whast is the name of the most easterly state of Mexico and home to the popular tourist city of Cancun?

Answer 49

Quintana Roo

Question 50

Othonoi is the westernmost island of what country?

Answer 50

Greece

Question 51

The Tuvan People's Republic was a state from 1922-1946 that is now a part of what modern day country?

Answer 51

Russia

Question 52

Cappadocia is a large plateau in what country?

Answer 52

Turkey

Question 53

How many countries as of 2020 have an official ideology of Marxism-Leninism?

Answer 53

4- Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and China

Question 54

What river, flowing into the Congo River, does Central African Republic's capital- Bangui, lie on?

Answer 54

Ubangi River

Question 55

The US state of Tennessee borders how many other US states?

Answer 55

8: North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

Question 56

Tribhuvan International Airport is closest to what Asian Capital?

Answer 56

Kathmandu (Capital of Nepal)

Question 57

What is the westernmost island of Greece?

Answer 57

Othonoi

Question 58

What US state would you be in if you crossed the Mississippi River from Memphis, TN?

Answer 58

Arkansas

Question 59

What is the largest national forest in the USA?

Answer 59

Tongass in Alaska- it is about the size of West Virginia

Question 60

The Corinth Canal separates the Greek Mainland from what peninsula?

Answer 60

The Peloponnesse Peninusla

Question 61

Marie Curie named an element after the country that she was born in what was the country?

Answer 61

Poland (Polonium) She also discovered Radium. She died of aplastic anemia

Question 62

What is the highest volcano in Europe?

Answer 62

Mt. Elbrus (Russia) Mt. Etna is highest active volcano

Question 63

Which state is the southernmost tip of India located in?

Answer 63

Tamil Nadu

Question 64

What is the southernmost island of Italy?

Answer 64

Lampedusa

Question 65

Nihongo is the endonym for which language? i.e. what are people who speak Nihongo said to speak by others?

Answer 65

Japanese

Question 66

If the official name for France is the French republic, what is the official name for Mexico?

Answer 66

United Mexican States

Question 67

Which African capital is named after an American President

Answer 67

Monrovia which is the capital of Liberia which was founded by free people of color in the US

Question 68

Baarle-Hertog is a city found in an exclave of what country?

Answer 68

Belgium

Question 69

A tropical climate in the Koppen Classification is one officially defined as no month dropping below what average temperature?

Answer 69

18 C (64.4 F)

Question 70

To the closest 10%, what percentage of the world lives in a temperate climate?

Answer 70

50%

Question 71

Mount Nimba is the highest point of what two African countries? Capitals?

Answer 71

Cote D' Ivoire and Guinea Ivory Coast capital: Yamoussoukro Guinea: Conakry

Question 72

How many stars are on the flag of the European Union?

Answer 72

12

Question 73

In what city is the NATO headquarters located?

Answer 73

Brussels

Question 74

How many Canadian provinces and territories border the Hudson Bay?

Answer 74

4: Nunavut, Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario

Question 75

Nur-Sultan is the capital of \_\_\_\_\_ Tashkent is the capital of \_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 75

Nur-Sultan = Kazakhstan Tashkent = Uzbekistan

Question 76

Of the 8 countries that the Prime Meridian passes through, how many of these countries do not observe GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time)? Capitals?

Answer 76

3 (France, Spain, and Algeria)

Question 77

Often marked as the end of the British empire, when was Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule?

Answer 77

1997

Question 78

Martinique is a Caribbean island and located between 2 independent island countries- Dominica to the north and what to the south?

Answer 78

St. Lucia

Question 79

How many time zones are found in Africa?

Answer 79

6

Question 80

What strait separates Singapore from the Riau Islands

Answer 80

Singapore Strait

Question 81

What is the name of the strait that separates the North and South Island of New Zealand?

Answer 81

Cook Strait Capital: Wellington

Question 82

What is the distinction between the Holy See of Rome and Vatican City

Answer 82

Kind of the same. Vatican City when referring to the country; Holy See when referring to the area governed by the Bishop of Rome

Question 83

How many countries have a capital of the same name as the country?

Answer 83

11 Algeria-Algiers Brazil- Brasilia Djibouti- Djibouti City Guatemala- Gautemala City Kuwait- Kuwait City Luxembourg- Luxembourg City Mexico- Mexico City Monaco- Monaco Panama- Panama City Sao Tome and Principe- Sao Tome Singapore- Singapor

Question 84

What is the main spoken language in Eswatini?

Answer 84

Siswati This is a country in Southern Africa capital is Mbabane

Question 85

Part of the Great Rift Valley is submerged under what sea?

Answer 85

Red Sea Runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Africa and goes through the Red Sea (under) basically

Question 86

Heligoland, an island that was once owned by the UK is now part of what country?

Answer 86

Germany

Question 87

What is a prefecture i.e. in China?

Answer 87

An area under the government by a prefect which are basically like governors

Question 88

Ragusa is the Italian name for the now Croatian city of \_\_\_\_\_

Answer 88

Dubrovnik

Question 89

What is the German name for the city of Munich?

Answer 89

Munchen

Question 90

By population, what is Iran's 2nd largest city after Tehran?

Answer 90

Mashhad

Question 91

What two states have a Kansas City?

Answer 91

Missouri and Kansas

Question 92

What country has land the closest to the North Pole?

Answer 92

Canada

Question 93

What is the highest point of both Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea?

Answer 93

Mt. Nimba

Question 94

Having lost its sovereignty in 1492, what was the last Islamic Emirate in Spain?

Answer 94

Emirate of Grenada

Question 95

Helvetia is the latin name for what country?

Answer 95

Switzerland

Question 96

What do San Marino, Vatican City, and Lesotho have in common?

Answer 96

They are the 3 countries that are completely within another country. San Marino is in Italy Vatican City is in Italy Lesotho is in South Africa

Question 97

Mafia Island is a part of what country? Capital?

Answer 97

Tanzania- Dodoma

Question 98

Lampedusa is the southernmost island of what country?

Answer 98

Italy

Question 99

What Irish county is Dublin located in?

Answer 99

Leinster County

Question 100

What is the largest religious structure in the world?

Answer 100

Angkor Wat in Cambodia Capital: Phnom Penh

Question 101

The Gulf of Paria lies between Venezuela and which other country?

Answer 101

Trinidad and Tobago

Question 102

12 avenues in Paris lead to this large monument

Answer 102

Arc-De-Triomphe

Question 103

Switzerland is unique for its policy of privacy in which profession?

Answer 103

Banking Hence whey mob people put money in Swiss Banks

Question 104

Morocco administers the majority of Western Sahara and what other state administers the remaining part? What is the capital of Morocco?

Answer 104

SADR (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) A partially recognized state Capital of Morroco: Rabat

Question 105

Which oceanic current brings a year round mild climate to coastal Namibia (South/West Africa)

Answer 105

Benguela Current

Question 106

The Singapore Strait separates Singapore from which group of Islands belonging to Indonesia?

Answer 106

Riau Islands

Question 107

Romansh is an official language of what country?

Answer 107

Switzerland (not THE official, just AN official)

Question 108

What is the capital of Xinjiang, the largest prefrecture of China?

Answer 108

Urumqi

Question 109

The Rio De La Plata is a river with the capitals of what two countries lying on it? What are the capitals?

Answer 109

Argentina and Uruguay Argentina = Buenos Aires Uruguay = Montevideo

Question 110

A tundra climate in the Koppen classification is one officially defined as no month exceeding an average of what temperature?

Answer 110

10 celsius (50 Fahrenheit)

Question 111

New Zealand is named after a province in what country?

Answer 111

Netherlands (Province of Zeeland) Note: there is an island Zealand where the capital of Denmark (Copenhagen) is Named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman hence why it is the Dutch and not the Danish

Question 112

Part of Nanuvut, Ellesmere Island is west of what?

Answer 112

Greenland

Question 113

What is the Italian name for the now Croatian city of Dubrovnik

Answer 113

Ragusa

Question 114

The Kara Sea may be found in what ocean?

Answer 114

Artic Ocean (it is north of Russia)