Geography quiz
Flag quiz, capitals, rivers and mountain ranges: geography questions from easy to tricky — no atlas under the table.
Which river flows through Vienna?
More Geography questions
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Which strait separates Europe and Africa at the narrowest point?
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- Strait of Gibraltar
- Bosphorus
- English Channel
- Dardanelles
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Which Pacific island nation is at risk of sinking into the sea?
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- Fiji
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
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Which river forms the border between Poland and Germany?
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- Oder
- Elbe
- Vistula
- Neman
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According to meteorologists, what actually separates a 'hurricane' from a 'typhoon'?
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- Wind speed
- Where it forms
- Direction of rotation
- Water temperature
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A small portion of the Bay of Fundy touches the coastline of which US state?
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- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Vermont
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Which country pegs its currency to the rand as a member of the Common Monetary Area?
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- Lesotho
- Kenya
- Ghana
- Egypt
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In Perth, Western Australia, what is the 'Fremantle Doctor' that arrives on hot summer afternoons?
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- A hot, dry wind blowing in from the desert
- A sudden afternoon thunderstorm
- A cooling sea breeze off the Indian Ocean
- A bank of coastal fog
True or false?
Same material, different game — in a duel this one runs without a clock, but with an explanation after every reveal.
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France borders Spain.
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True.
France and Spain share a border of about 656 kilometres, which runs mostly through the Pyrenees.
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Chernobyl lies in Belarus.
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False.
Chernobyl lies in northern Ukraine, near the Belarusian border.
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The North Sea island of Heligoland belonged to Great Britain until 1890.
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True.
Heligoland had been British since 1807 and only became part of the German Empire through the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1 July 1890. The official handover took place on 9 August 1890.
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The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 led to a worldwide drop in temperatures the following year.
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True.
Sulphur dioxide from the eruption formed sulphate particles high in the atmosphere that reflected sunlight, cooling the Earth for about a year and causing spectacular sunsets.
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