GEOGRAPHY TRIVIA Flashcards
What city does Beacon Hill light?
Boston
What country consists mainly of the Jutland Peninsula?
Denmark
What British abbey contains Poet’s Corner?
Westminster Abbey
What country produces Carlsberg, Tuborg, and Wiibroe beer?
Denmark
Where does the Rialto Bridge span the Grand Canal
Venice, Italy
What country’s capital is Tripoli?
Libya
What South American city has the world’s highest commercial landing field?
La Paz, Bolivia
What continent is Sierrre Leone in?
Africa
What river forms the Pennsylvania - New Jersey border?
The Delaware River
What two Iberian cities does the Lusitania Express run between?
Lisbon (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain)
What peninsula do Spain and Portugal share?
The Iberian peninsula
What U.S. state has the longest border with Canada?
Alaska
What U.S. state is known as ‘The Last Frontier’?
Alaska
Where is Mount Kennedy?
Yukon
What country covers more than 194,000 square miles of the Iberian peninsula?
Spain
What city does the Trinidad Hilton overlook from a cliff on Belmont Hill?
Port-of-Spain
What are the colors of the Italian flag?
Green, white, red
What U.S. state has the longest name?
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
What was once called ‘America’s Attic’?
The Smithsonian Institute
What state borders Alabama to the north?
Tennessee
What country’s flag flies over the island of Ibiza?
Spain?
Where is the island of Ibiza?
Ibiza is one of the Balearic islands, an archipelago of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea.
What’s the world’s warmest sea?
The Red Sea
What U.S. state has sagebrush as its state flower?
Nevada
What fame ranch can you see from Ranch Road No. 1 near Stonewall, Texas?
The LBJ ranch
What’s the most populous country in Africa?
Nigeria
What country did the fandango originate in?
Spain
What U.S. State doesn’t have borders?
Hawaii
What maritime country has the shortest coastline, at three and a half miles?
Monaco
What’s the most common Spanish surname?
Garcia
Where are the Union Stockyards?
Chicago
What city has the world’s largest black population?
New York
What U.S. state’s biggest lake is Lake Sam Rayburn?
Texas’s
What is Abyssinia now called?
Ethiopia
What’s the capital of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam
How many points are there on the Statue of Liberty’s crown?
Seven
What three colors are on the French flag?
Blue, white, red
What country is Angel Falls in?
Venezuela
Who is the only president carved in Mount Rushmore wearing glasses?
Theodore Roosevelt
Which presidents are carved in Mount Rushmore??
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt
What’s the most densely-populated country on the American mainland?
El Salvador
What body of water does the Yukon River empty into?
The Bering Sea
What city is at the eastern end of the St. Lawrence Seaway?
Montreal
What two countries is Andorra nestled between?
France and Spain
What ocean surrounds the Maldive Islands?
The Indian Ocean
Which is farthest west - Dublin, Glasgow, or Lisbon?
Lisbon
What city gained renown for its pea-soup fogs?
London
How many dollars a day did Arthur Frommer say you could get by on in Europe in 1968?
Five
What country’s flag flies over the Canary Islands?
Spain’s
What U.S. state are you visiting if you drive the Natchez Trail from Tupelo?
Mississippi
Where is the Yucatan Peninsula?
Mexico
Where is the Amundsen Scott Station?
The South Pole / Antartica
What is Katmandu the capital of?
Nepal
What country is home to Olympic Airways?
Greece
What is the official language of Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco?
Arabic
What river is spanned by the George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
What’s the most rural state in the U.S.?
North Dakota
What queen were the Virgin Islands name for in 1627?
Queen Elizabeth I
Where’s the Black Forest?
Germany, specifically West Germany
What country sprang from the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar?
Tanzania
What’s the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Where’s the Costa del Sol?
Spain
What two countries have their flags flying over the Caribbean Virgins?
The United States and Great Britain / England
What’s the capital of East Germany?
East Berlin
Where’s the Trevi Fountain?
Rome
What country has the highest per capital consumption of cheese?
France
What’s the most exclusive hotel on Brook Street in London?
Claridge’s
Where on the Iberian peninsula is the Trafalgar Graveyard?
Gibraltar
What river runs through Liverpool?
The Mersey River
What U.S. state’s name begins but doesn end with the letter A?
Arkansas
What the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
What U.S. city is ‘The Queen of the Pacific’?
San Francisco
What North American city has the longest subway system?
New York
What bay does the Golden Gate strait lead into?
San Francisco Bay
What Pacific trench is the world’s deepest, at 36,198 feet?
The Mariana Trench
Where is the Isthmus of Corinth?
Greece
What country’s people call they language Magyar?
Hungary’s
What mountain range is traversed by the highest railroad in the world?
The Andes
What’s the smallest state in the U.S.?
Rhode Island
What’s the state flower of Alaska?
The Forget-Me-Not
What country boasts the southernmost point in continental (i.e., mainland) Europe?
Spain
What’s the nickname of Kentucky?
The Bluegrass State
What color are the castellated walls of the Kremlin?
Red
What U.S. state capital has more than 30 Buddhist temples?
Honolulu
What ocean does the Zambezi River empty into?
The Indian Ocean
What is the southernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Punta de Tarifa, Spain
What is the northernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), Norway
What is the westernmost point in mainland (continental) Europe?
Cabo da Roca, Portugal
What German city do Italians call ‘The Monaco of Bavaria’?
Munich
How many rooms are there in the White House?
132
What’s the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What country owns the Azores?
Portugal
What London traffic circle was ‘The Hub of the British Empire’?
Piccadilly Circus
What country has 100 lepta to the drachma?
Greece
What’s the speed limit on the German autobahns?
Unlimited
What railroad has 97 stops on its 5,799-mile route?
The Trans-Siberian Railway
What the official language of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Italian
Where is San Marino?
San Marino, small republic situated on the slopes of Mount Titano, on the Adriatic side of central Italy between the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions and surrounded on all sides by the republic of Italy. It is the smallest independent state in Europe after Vatican City and Monaco and, until the independence of Nauru (1968), the smallest republic in the world.
What’s the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
What’s ‘The City of Brotherly Love’?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What was known as Russian America before 1867?
Alaska
What Russian city used to be called Leningrad?
St. Petersburg, also called Petrograd at one point
What are the world’s four oceans?
Atlantic, Artic, Indian, Pacific
What’s the only U.S. state named for a president?
Washington
What three South American countries does the equator cross?
Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia
What the world’s deepest land gorge?
The Grand Canyon
Where are 47 czars buried?
The Kremlin
What’s Europe’s longest river?
The Volga
Where would you find Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino?
Atlantic City, New Jersey
How many lions stand vigil in Trafalgar Square?
Four
What famed falls are split in two by Goat Island?
Niagra
What country did the Romans call Hibernia?
Ireland
What is the geographical term for a ring-shaped coral island?
Atoll
What U.S. city was named for St. Francis of Assisi?
San Francisco
What country borders Denmark to the south?
Germany, specifically West Germany
Who’s buried beneath the alter of St. Peter’s Basilica?
St. Peter
What sea did the Romans call mare nostrum?
The Mediterranean
Where is the Holy Kaaba?
Mecca
Which of the Great Lakes do all the other flow into?
Lake Ontario
What two rivers join forces on the outskirts of St. Louis?
Mississippi and Missouri
What’s the highest mountain in the 48 contiguous U.S. states?
Mount Whitney
What country owns the island of Corfu?
Greece
What does a German call Munich?
Munchen
What U.S. state is Fort Knox in?
Kentucky
What capital city’s old section centers on Puerta del Sol?
Madrid Spain
What river’s basin constitutes one-third of the European Soviet Union?
The Volga River
What U.S. state has the largest Native American population?
Oklahoma
What is ‘ganja’ in Jamaica?
Cannabis / marijuana
What city has a newspaper called ‘The Plain Dealer’?
Cleveland
What state boasts the Duncan Tavern Museum, where Daniel Boone often drank?
Kentucky
What’s the capital of Missouri?
Jefferson City
What country consumes the most wine per capita?
Italy
What building built in 1897 contains 327 miles of bookshelves?
The Library of Congress
What city is home to Europe’s tallest building?
Moscow
What the largest lake in the world?
The Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water, often described as the world’s largest lake or a full-fledged sea
What river tumbles over Victoria Falls?
The Zambezi River
What city is home to almost half of Michelangelo’s statues?
Florence Italy
What New Mexico resort town was named for a radio game show?
Truth or Consequences
What’s the southernmost state in the U.S.?
Hawaii
What country’s capital is Montevideo?
Uruguay
What Communist country is closest to the U.S.?
Russia / The Soviet Union (previously)
What U.S. state does the Continental Divide leave to enter Canada?
Montana
What arch can you see from the Place de la Concorde?
Arc de Triomphe
What U.S. state receives the least sunshine?
Alaska
What country was originally know as Terra Australis Incognita?
Australia
What continent is Barbados considered part of?
North America
What European capital boasts the Luxembourg Garden?
Paris France
What’s the capital of Bavaria?
Munich
What two Caribbean countries share the island of Hispaniola?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
What Manhattan edifice has 10 million bricks in it?
The Empire State Building
What’s the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
What U.S. state is Mammoth Cave National Park in?
Kentucky
What country is home to Sabena Airlines?
Belgium
What three European countries begin with the letter A?
Austria, Andorra, Albania
What South American country took its name from the Latin for ‘silvery’?
Argentina
What flag flies over the fortress enclave of Gibraltar?
The Union Jack. The flag of England
What’s the square in the center of Moscow?
Red Square
What is no longer falling down in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
London Bridge
What was once called Martin’s Vineyard?
Martha’s Vineyard
What country boasts the most cars per mile of road?
Britain
What country contains Africa’s northernmost point?
Tunisia
What is the largest one-person residence in the world?
The Vatican
What South American body of water is known as ‘The Lake of the Clouds’?
Lake Titicaca
What two South American countries share the regiona of Patagonia?
Argentina and Chile
Where is Lake Titicaca located?
Between Peru and Bolivia
Where is Kruger National Park?
South Africa
What country contains the medieval seaport of Dubrovnik?
Yugoslavia
What mountain erupted to destroy Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius
What U.S. state’s ocean shores have yielded the most sunken treasure?
Florida
What U.S. city was called ‘The Birthplace of the Skyscraper’?
New York City
What river flows between Minneapolis and St. Paul?
The Mississippi River
What country ranks first in an alphabetical list?
Afghanistan
What country is called Bharat in Hindi?
India
What was known as Spice Island?
Zanzibar
What city boasts the Billingsgate fishmarket?
London
Where is Nelson’s monument?
Trafalgar Square, London
What borough forms the central core of New York City?
Manhattan
What does a Sinophobic Russian fear?
China
What was Britain’s possession on the Chinese mainland?
Hong Kong
What U.S. state is known as ‘The Land of 10,000 Lakes’?
Minnesota
What side of the road do law-abiding citizens of Japan drive on?
The left
What country boasts the most dams?
The United States
What sea separates Britain from Norway?
The North Sea
What do the French call La Manche?
The English Channel
What country to the Galapagos Islands belong to?
Ecuador
What gate opens on East and West Berlin?
The Brandenburg Gate
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
What country’s national folk hero is called Holger Danske?
Denmark
What part of New York City was called ‘broken land’ by the Dutch?
Brooklyn
What is the largest city in India?
Bombay
What body of water does the Colorado River empty into?
The Gulf of California
What foreign city is visited most by Americans?
Tijuana, Mexico
What capital city lies at the junction of the Sava and Danube rivers?
Belgrade is the capital of the southeast European country of Serbia. Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvrđava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city’s strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires
What country’s citizens are called Kiwi’s?
New Zealand
Where did gangster Bugsy Siegel build the Flamingo Hotel in 1946?
Las Vegas
What do Tyrone, Antrim, Down, Londonderry, Fermanagh, and Armagh make up?
Northern Ireland
How many official languages does Switzerland recognize?
Four
What are the official languages of Switzerland?
German, French, Italian, and Romansh
What is Spain’s biggest source of income?
Tourism
Where is Drury Lane?
London
