35 Geography questions and answers for your home pub quiz
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With the nation deep into yet another lockdown, internet pub quizzing has become fashionable once again – with friends and families around the country taking the likes of Zoom, Google Hangouts and Skype to test their trivia knowledge.
Of course, it wouldn't be a pub quiz without some good geography questions – and so to help aspiring quizmasters out we've created a quiz comprised of 55 questions on the subject that could come in handy for your own quiz.
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Questions
- What country has the longest coastline in the world?
- What is the capital of Malta?
- What country is the newest in the world to be recognised by the UN?
- In which UK city would you find the river Clyde?
- What is the oldest recorded town in the UK?
- If you travelled to the city of Volgograd, which country would be in?
- What is the name of the largest river to flow through Paris?
- What did Ceylon change its name to in 1972?
- What is the most populous city in the US state of Illinois?
- What is the highest mountain in Britain?
- The world's first national park was established in 1872 in which country? A bonus point for the name of the park…
- What is the capital of Peru?
- Mount Vesuvius casts a shadow over which modern Italian city?
- There are three US states with just four letters in their name: can you name them?
- What is the currency of Sweden?
- To what country to the Canary Islands belong?
- What is the capital of Canada?
- How many states are there in Australia?
- What African country has the largest population?
- Constantinople and Byzantium are former names of which major city?
- What is the longest river in the UK?
- How many boroughs are there in New York City?
- In which city would you find La Sagrada Familia?
- What is the largest desert in the world?
- What is the highest peak in Africa?
- In which US state would you find Fort Knox?
- The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsular from which African country?
- Which London Underground line is represented as green on the tube map?
- In which European city would you find Manneken Pis – a statue of a small boy urinating into a fountain?
- How many countries still have the shilling as currency?
- What is the name of the microstate located between Spain and France?
- On the London Tube network, which is the only station to begin with the letter i?
- Mount Vesuvius overlooks which present-day Italian city?
- To the nearest billion, how large is the world's population?
- Dracula famously lived in the historical region of Transylvania - but in what country would you now find his castle?
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Answers
- Canada
- Valetta
- South Sudan (2011)
- Glasgow
- Colchester
- Russia
- The Seine
- Sri Lanka
- Chicago
- Ben Nevis
- USA, Yellowstone
- Lima
- Naples
- Utah, Iowa, Ohio
- Swedish Krona
- Spain
- Ottawa
- Six – New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia
- Nigeria (190 million)
- Istanbul
- River Severn
- Five – The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island
- Barcelona
- Antarctica
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Kentucky
- Morocco
- The District Line
- Brussels
- Four - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia
- Andorra
- Ickenham
- Naples
- 8 billion (The figure is roughly 7.8 billion)
- Romania
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