Geography - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Jebel al-Tariq, literally meaning 'The Mountain of Tariq' and referencing an invading Arab general, is the origin of the name of which Mediterranean territory? | Gibraltar | 2023/04/14 |
| Europe | Which French UNESCO heritage site was found in 1940 by 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat when his dog, Robot, investigated a hole in the ground? | Lascaux Cave | 2024/04/07 |
| Europe | Hainaut, Limburg, Namur, and Walloon Brabant are four of the 10 provinces that, alongside the capital city, make up which European country? | Belgium | 2024/04/18 |
| Europe | Which Italian city is the site of the world's oldest continuous university, which was established around 1088? | Bologna | 2023/04/14 |
| Europe | In which Italian city are the twin towers of Garisenda and Asinelli, the former of which leans 4° and became the subject of an intervention and restoration project announced in 2023? | Bologna | 2024/10/31 |
| Europe | The entrance to which World Heritage site in France was discovered in 1940 by 18-year old Marcel Ravidat and his dog Robot - although the site was subsequently closed to the public in 1963 due to the damage being done by visitors’ breath, body heat, and other contaminants, forcing authorities to build replicas for tourists? | Lascaux | 2024/12/07 |
| Europe | Vindobona, the Roman military camp in which emperor Marcus Aurelius is reported to have died, sat on the site of which current European capital city? | Vienna | 2025/01/01 |
| Africa | The Serengetti, Ngorngoro Crater, Kilimanjaro, and Zanzibar can all be found in which East African nation? | Tanzania | 2023/04/14 |
| Africa | At over 40000 m3/second, over 14 times as much as the Nile, what river has the largest discharge in Africa? | Congo | 2024/12/27 |
| Asia | Which former Chinese capital, whose name translates literally as South Capital, was the site of a massacre by invading Japanese forces in 1937? | Nanjing | 2023/04/14 |
| Asia | With a population of around 125 million, what is the most populous province in China? | Guangdong | 2024/10/31 |
| Asia | The Chinese city of Panjin is famous for having a beach of what colour, which is actually a wetland covered in the plant Suaeda salsa? | Red | 2024/10/31 |
| Asia | What farmyard animal is widely used in China to describe the shape of the country? | Chicken / Rooster | 2024/11/14 |
| Asia | With a population above 200 million, what is the most populous state in India? | Uttar Pradesh | 2024/12/05 |
| Asia | What type of lesser seen geographical feature gives its name to a national park near Puerto Princesa in the Philippines, with the park named amongst the New Seven Wonders of the World list released in 2011? | Subterranean river *The park’s name is Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. | 2025/01/09 |
| North America | What building can be found at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.? | The White House | 2023/04/14 |
| North America | Abandoned in 1997 after a volcanic eruption, and thus becoming the only ghost town to serve as the capital of a political territory, the town on Plymouth lies on which Caribbean island? | Montserrat | 2024/05/03 |
| North America | Carson City is the capital of which US state? | Nevada | 2024/10/31 |
| North America | The Castro, The Mission, The Presidio, Fisherman’s Wharf, The Haight, and Ashbury Heights are neighbourhoods in which US city? | San Francisco | 2024/11/07 |
| North America | A statue called 'The Signer', designed by EvAngelos W. Frudakis and depicting a man holding aloft a scroll, can be found in which US city? | Philadelphia | 2025/01/08 |
| South America | Which European country shares a border with Brazil? | France *French Guyana, to the north of Brazil, is a French department. | 2024/10/22 |
| South America | The sculpture Mano del Desierto, depicting a giant hand in the desert, can be found in which South American nation? | Chile | 2024/10/31 |
| South America | Which city in Argentina, with a population of around 80,000, markets itself as the world’s southernmost city, disregarding claim’s by a more southerly Chilean location which has a population of less than 2,000 people? | Ushuaia | 2024/11/14 |
| UK & Ireland | The Necropolis is a cemetery overlooking which Scottish city? | Glasgow | 2023/04/14 |
| UK & Ireland | The beach West Sands, made famous by the opening scene in the film Chariots of Fire, is situated in which Scottish town? | St Andrews | 2023/04/14 |
| UK & Ireland | What apparatus is portrayed in black bricks in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, relating to events that occured on the spot in the 17th century? | gibbet | 2023/04/14 |
| UK & Ireland | The water that separates mainland Scotland from the Isles of Lewis and Harris is known as the Minch. By what two-word term is the water to the Minch's south, which separates the Isle of Skye from Uist, known? | Little Minch | 2024/10/22 |
| UK & Ireland | Which English city sits on the site of Camulodunum, widely believed to be the first major Roman city built on the island of Great Britain? | Colchester | 2025/01/09 |
| Australia | Which Australian city shares its name with the home of cartoon characters The Powerpuff Girls? | Townsville | 2023/04/14 |
| Australia | Through which major Australian city does the Yarra river flow? | Melbourne | 2024/11/14 |
| Exploration | The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition was an effort to go from the south coast to the north coast of which country? | Australia | 2024/04/06 |
| Deserts | Outside the North and South Pole, what desert is the driest in the world, with some weather stations yet to record any rainfall? | Atacama | 2024/12/07 |
| Islands | What is the English name of the island known by its native population as Rapa Nui? | Easter Island | 2024/12/07 |
| Islands | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the main settlement of which island in the South Atlantic? | Tristan da Cunha | 2024/12/07 |
| Oceans | Derived from the Greek for ‘open sea’, what name is given to the zone of open ocean in which fish such as the mackerel, sardines, and whale shark can be found? | Pelagic zone | 2024/12/14 |
| Meterology | What two-word nickname is given to an area in the central and southern United States because of its preponderance of a particular destructive wind event? | Tornado Alley *Also known as the Tornado Belt | 2024/10/22 |
| Miscellaneous | What connects the names of Zweibrücken in Germany, Tripoli in Libya, Sichuan in China, and the destroyed Italian city of Pompeii? | Their names are all derived from a number of geographical features. *Zweibrücken = Two bridges Tripoli = Three towns Sichuan = Four rivers Pompeii = Five hamlets | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | In which country is the canyon-adjacent Yungas Road, nicknamed The Death Road, which frequently saw 100-300 deaths a year before a safer alternative was opened in the 2000s, leaving the original mostly used by mountain bikers? | Bolivia | 2025/01/01 |
| Miscellaneous | With a name meaning ‘the camel’s well’, in which unrecognised nation are the Laas Geel cave paintings, which date from roughly 3500BC? | Somaliland | 2025/01/08 |
Geography - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Victoria Falls is on the border of which two African countries? | 1. Zambia 2. Zimbabwe | 2023/04/14 |
| Europe | Separated by the Danube river, by what names are the east and west banks of Budapest known? | 1. Buda 2. Pest | 2024/12/14 |
| North America | On a journey that takes 4 days, the passenger train The Canadian travels between which two major Canadian cities? | 1. Toronto 2. Vancouver | 2023/04/14 |
| North America | Between which two states did US Highway 66, commonly known as Route 66, run? | 1. Illinois 2. California *The road ran between Chicago and Santa Monica until it was replaced by a restructured highway system in 1985. | 2024/05/30 |
| North America | In the United States, which two Midwestern cities are referred to as the ‘Twin Cities’? | 1. Minneapolis 2. Saint Paul | 2024/11/14 |
| UK & Ireland | Between which two points does Britain's first high speed railway, HS1, operate? | 1. London (St Pancras) 2. Channel Tunnel Terminus (Ashford or Ebbsfleet (Dartford)) | 2023/04/14 |
| UK & Ireland | The shortest scheduled commercial flight in the world, covering only 1.5 miles, is between which two Scottish islands? | 1. Westray 2. Papa Westray | 2023/04/14 |
Geography - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | All joining in 1787, what were the first three states in what is now known as the United States of America? | 1.Delaware 2. Pennsylvania 3.New Jersey | 2023/04/14 |
| North America | In which three states does Yellowstone National Park lie? | 1. Wyoming 2. Montana 3. Idaho | 2023/04/14 |
| North America | Which three US states have only four letters in their name? | 1. Iowa 2. Ohio 3. Utah | 2024/12/19 |
| South America | Which three South American countries meet at an area called the Triple Frontier, or Triple Frontera? | 1. Brazil 2. Argentina 3. Paraguay | 2024/10/22 |
| South America | Which three South American countries meet at an area called the Three Frontiers, or Tres Fronteras? | 1. Brazil 2. Colombia 3. Peru | 2024/10/22 |
| Europe | What three countries are situated on the island of Great Britain? | 1. England 2. Scotland 3. Wales *Although Northern Ireland is included in the United Kingdom, it is not situated on the main island of Britain. | 2024/12/23 |
| Asia | Which three states in India have a Christian majority - that being over 50 per cent of the population? | Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya *All three Christian majority states are in the northeastern ‘seven sisters’ located on the eastern side of Bangladesh. | 2024/12/14 |
| Asia | What are the three great Siberian rivers, each over 4000km long, that rise in Central Asia and discharge into the Arctic Ocean? | 1. Yenisei 2. Ob 3. Lena | 2024/12/27 |
| Islands | What are the three principal islands of the Indian Ocean’s Mascarenhas Archipelago? | 1. Mauritius 2. Réunion 3. Rodrigues | 2024/12/19 |
| World | The Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland area, is situated in which three countries? | 1. Brazil 2. Paraguay 3. Bolivia | 2024/04/09 |
| World | What are the world’s only three true enclave countries - those being nations completely surrounded by another country? | 1. Lesotho 2. San Marino 3. Vatican City | 2024/12/07 |
Geography - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK & Ireland | What are the highest mountains in each of the four nations of the United Kingdom? | 1. Ben Nevis (Scotland) 2. Snowdonia (Wales) 3. Scafell Pike (England) 4. Slieve Donard (Northern Ireland) | 2024/04/07 |
| Europe | Through which four European capitals does the Danube river flow? | 1. Vienna 2. Bratislava 3. Budapest 4. Belgrade | 2023/04/14 |
| Europe | What are the four provinces of Ireland? | 1. Connacht 2. Leinster 3. Munster 4. Ulster | 2024/12/29 |
| Asia | Which four cities have names that directly translate from Chinese as 'North Capital', 'South Capital', 'East Capital', and 'West Peace', with the last of these having previously been known as 'West Capital' amongst other names? | 1. Beijing ('North Capital') 2. Nanjing ('South Capital') 3. Tokyo ('Dongjing' in Chinese, or 'East Capital') 4. Xi'an ('West Peace', previously 'Xijing' or 'West Capital') | 2024/10/22 |
| World | In which four countries can Disney theme park resorts be found? | 1. US 2. France 3. Japan 4. China | 2024/10/30 |
| World | What four countries, as recognised by the United Nations, have the letter ‘q’ in their English name? | 1. Qatar 2. Equatorial Guinea 3. Iraq 4. Mozambique | 2024/10/31 |
| World | Of the world’s top ten largest countries by area, what four have population densities of less than 10 people per square kilometre? | 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. Australia 4. Kazakhstan | 2024/10/31 |
Geography - 5 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated | |
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| Europe | What are the five overseas départements of France? | 1. French Guiana 2. Guadeloupe 3. Martinique 4. Mayotte 5. Réunion *Although Corsica is not on the French mainland, its two départements are generally counted in the 96 non-overseas départements. | 2024/04/11 | |
| Europe | According to data from the Italian General Directorate of Museums, what were the five most visited museums and archaeological sites in Italy in 2023? | 1. Colosseum, Rome (12.3m) 2. Pantheon, Rome (5.2m) 3. Uffizi Gallery, Florence (5.1m) 4. Pompei (4.1m) 5. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence (2m) | 2024/11/14 | |
| US | What are the five states to have joined the United States since the start of the 20th century? | 1. Oklahoma (1907) 2. New Mexico (1912) 3. Arizona (1912) 4. Alaska (1959) 5. Hawaii (1959) | 2024/03/22 | |
| Asia | According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, what are China's five most populous provinces? | 1. Guangdong 2. Shandong 3. Henan 4. Jiangsu 5. Sichuan | 2024/10/22 | |
| Asia | According to the country’s Ministry of Public Security, what are the five most common surnames in China? | 1. 王 (Wang or Wong) 2. 李 (Li or Lee) 3. 张 (Zhang or Cheung) 4. 刘 (Liu or Lau) 5. 陈 (Chen or Chan) | 2024/12/07 |
Geography - 6 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Which six countries have a coast on the Black Sea? | 1. Bulgaria 2. Georgia 3. Romania 4. Russia 5. Turkey 6. Ukraine | 2024/04/06 |
| UK & Ireland | Which six islands make up Uist island group in Scotland's Outer Hebrides? | 1. Berneray 2. North Uist 3. Grimsay 4. Benbecula 5. South Uist 6. Eriskay | 2023/04/14 |
| UK & Ireland | What six counties make up Northern Ireland? | 1. Antrim 2. Armagh 3. Down 4. Fermanagh 5. Londonderry 6. Tyrone *Londonderry is also known as Derry. | 2025/01/01 |
| North America | What are the names given to the six time zones in Canada? | 1. Pacific 2. Mountain 3. Central 4. Eastern 5. Atlantic 6. Newfoundland | 2024/12/07 |
Geography - 7 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | What seven emirates comprise the United Arab Emirates? | 1. Abu Dhabi 2. Dubai 3. Sharjah 4. Ajman 5. Umm Al Quwain 6. Ras Al Khaimah 7. Fujairah | 2024/04/18 |
| Miscellaneous | The tallest mountains in each continent, the Seven Summits of Mount Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Puncak Jaya, and Mount Vinson can be found in which seven sovereign countries? | 1. Nepal (Mt Everest) 2. China (Mt Everest) 3. Argentina (Aconcagua) 4. USA (Denali) 5. Tanzania (Kilimanjaro) 6. Russia (Mount Elbrus) 7. Indonesia (Puncak Jaya) *Mount Everest covers the Nepal-China border. Mt Vinson, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, does not belong to a sovereign country. | 2024/03/22 |
Geography - 8 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | What eight countries border Austria? | 1. Czechia 2. Germany 3. Hungary 4. Italy 5. Liechtenstein 6. Slovakia 7. Slovenia 8. Switzerland | 2024/06/04 |
| North America | What are the eight US state capitals whose names begin with a vowel? | 1. Albany (New York) 2. Annapolis (Maryland) 3. Atlanta (Georgia) 4. Augusta (Maine) 5. Austin (Texas) 6. Indianapolis (Indiana) 7. Olympia (Washington) 8. Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) | 2024/10/22 |
| North America | What are the names of the eight major islands of Hawaii? | 1. Hawai’i (also known as The Big Island) 2. Maui 3. O’ahu 4. Kaua’i 5. Moloka’i 6. Lānaʻi 7. Ni’ihau 8. Kaho’olawe | 2024/12/14 |
Geography - 9 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| South America | In which nine countries does the Amazon rainforest sit? | 1. Brazil 2. Peru 3. Colombia 4. Bolivia 5. Ecuador 6. France (French Guiana) 7. Guyana 8. Suriname 9. Venezuela | 2023/04/14 |
Geography - 10 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Through which ten American states does the Mississippi river flow? | 1. Minnesota 2. Wisconsin 3. Iowa 4. Illinois 5. Missouri 6. Kentucky 7. Tennessee 8. Arkansas 9. Mississippi 10. Louisiana | 2023/04/14 |
Geography - 13 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Which 13 states were the first to join the United States, having declared their independence from Britain in 1776 and each ratified the American constitution between 1787 and 1790? | 1. Delaware 2. Pennsylvania 3. New Jersey 4. Georgia 5. Connecticut 6. Massachusetts 7. Maryland 8. South Carolina 9. New Hampshire 10. Virginia 11. New York 12. North Carolina 13. Rhode Island | 2023/04/14 |