40 geography quiz questions and answers

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Round 1: Capital cities

What is the capital city of Germany?
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Berlin
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
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Wellington
Havana is the capital city of which country?
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Cuba
Kathmandu is the capital city of which country?
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Nepal
What is the capital city of Peru?
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Lima
What is the capital city of Chile?
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Santiago
What is the capital city of Morocco?
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Rabat
What is the capital city of Colombia?
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Bogotá
Windhoek is the capital city of which country?
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Namibia
What is the capital city of Senegal?
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Dakar

Round 2: Countries of the world

What is the currency of Japan?
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Yen
Which country's flag is a plain white field with a single red disc in the centre?
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Japan
What is the currency of Russia?
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Rouble
Which country's flag is plain red with a white crescent and star, without any disc around them?
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Turkey
Monaco shares its only land border with which country?
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France
What is the currency of Norway?
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Krone
Which country's flag, half white and half red, shows the George Cross in its top corner?
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Malta
Which currency did Ghana introduce in 1965 to replace the Ghanaian pound?
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Cedi
Which country is the only UN member state in Africa to have Spanish as an official language?
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Equatorial Guinea
The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad borders Poland and which other country?
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Lithuania

Round 3: Mountains, rivers and lakes

The Gobi Desert lies in China and which other country?
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Mongolia
What is the largest lake in Africa by area?
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Lake Victoria
Which mountain range stretches across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?
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Atlas Mountains
Which mountain range runs down the length of the Italian peninsula?
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Apennines
Lake Maggiore is shared by Italy and which other country?
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Switzerland
What is the highest mountain in South America?
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Aconcagua
Lake Balaton is in which country?
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Hungary
Which is the only one of the Great Lakes lying entirely within the USA?
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Lake Michigan
Which lake, which shrank dramatically after its feeder rivers were diverted, lies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan?
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Aral Sea
The Taklamakan Desert is in which country?
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China

Round 4: Landmarks and cities

In which country is the city of Rio de Janeiro?
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Brazil
Niagara Falls lies on the border between the USA and which country?
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Canada
In which country is the city of Cusco?
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Peru
In which country is the port city of Antwerp?
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Belgium
The Iguazu Falls lie on the border between Brazil and which other country?
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Argentina
Montreal and Quebec City both stand on which river?
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St Lawrence
Uluru is in which Australian state or territory?
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Northern Territory
Which river flows through Toulouse and Bordeaux?
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Garonne
The Okavango Delta is in which country?
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Botswana
What is the name of the largest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls?
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Horseshoe Falls

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