![]() ![]() In which country will you find a capital city named Tegucigalpa?Ī: Honduras 46. Which country spans 11 different time zones?Ī: Russia 45. You’ll find the planet’s largest tectonic plate deep beneath the surface of which ocean?Ī: The Pacific Ocean 44. Which country links the continents of North and South America?Ī: Panama 43. Which Scottish lake has a famous mythical creature named after it?Ī: Loch Ness 42. What’s the capital city of Canada?Ī: Ottawa 41. Which country would you visit to tour the ruins of Macchu Picchiu?Ī: Peru 40. Which country is the largest landlocked nation on Earth?Ī: Kazakhstan 39. Which island nation has no venomous snakes?Ī: New Zealand 38. What are the names of the planet’s five oceans?Ī: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic 37. Which country has the largest population of people?Ī: China ( 1.439 billion) 36. Which Japanese city lends its name to a famous type of beef?Ī: Kobe 35. Which famous mountain range is named for the Sanskrit phrase, “Abode of snow?”Ī: The Himalayas 34. What’s the largest capital city in North America?Ī: Mexico City, Mexico 33. What’s the name of the river that runs through Baghdad, Iraq?Ī: The Tigris River 32. What’s the world’s longest river that flows through only one country? With more than 30,000 residents per square kilometre, this city is the most densely populated in the world.Ī: Dhaka, Bangladesh 30. What’s the name of the world’s shortest river (just 200 feet/60m long)?Ī: The Roe River in Great Falls, Montana, USA 29. What’s the largest island in the world?Ī: Greenland (836,330 sq miles or 2,166,086 sq km) 28. Interstate 90, the longest highway in the United States, connects which two major cities?Ī: Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, Washington 27. The Bermuda triangle lies between the island of Bermuda and which two other landmarks?Ī: Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico 26. In which country will you find Lake Maracaibo, thought to be one of the oldest lakes on the planet?Ī: Venezuela 25. Which islands in the West Indies have the words “Lesser” and “Greater” in their names?Ī: The Antilles 24. What’s the name of the cape at the southern tip of Africa?Ī: The Cape of Good Hope 23. In which country will you find Badlands National Park?Ī: The United States 22. What’s the name of the tallest mountain in Canada?Ī: Mount Logan 21. Which river originates in China and flows all the way to the southern tip of Vietnam?Ī: The Mekong River 20. What’s the name of the island where Emperor Napoleon was first exiled?Ī: Elba 19. Which African nation is home to the cities of Benghazi and Tripoli?Ī: Libya 18. Which river is the biggest in the world (by volume), containing 20% of the planet’s fresh water?Ī: The Amazon River 17. Which two countries border the Dead Sea?Ī: Israel and Jordan 16. Which continent boasts the largest desert on earth?Ī: Antarctica 15. ![]() ![]() Bangkok is the capital city of which country?Ī: Thailand 14. What’s the name of the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall?Ī: Angel Falls, Venezuela 13. What’s the capital city of New York state?Ī: Albany 12. What’s the smallest country in the world?Ī: Vatican City, Italy ( 0.44 sq km) 11. What’s the capital city of Poland?Ī: Warsaw 10. What’s the name of the river that flows through the Grand Canyon?Ī: The Colorado River 9. Which European city is nicknamed “The Eternal City?”Ī: Rome, Italy 8. What’s the only country on Earth that’s also its own continent?Ī: Australia 7. What’s the name and location of the highest peak on Earth?Ī: Mount Everest, which lies in both Nepal and China 6. Which European country has remained famously neutral in world conflicts?Ī: Switzerland 5. What’s the only country that shares a land border with the United Kingdom?Ī: Ireland 4. What’s the longest river in the world (by length)?Ī: The Nile River (6,695 km or 4,160 miles) 3. What’s the largest continent on earth?Ī: Asia (17,300,000 square miles or 44,806,812 sq km) 2. ![]()
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