51 Geography Quiz Questions People Always Get Wrong
Updated: Jul. 07, 2023Even geography buffs are stumped by these trivia questions. How many can you get right?
Can you pass this geography quiz?
Do you still remember the capital of Australia, or which U.S. state is the largest? See if you can ace this geography quiz—without looking at a map! No matter how you fare, you’ll pick up some nice geography trivia by the end of it. If you’re looking for more trivia questions, brush up on your knowledge of this random trivia, interesting facts, kids’ trivia, and hard trivia.
World geography questions
1. Trivia question: What is the only country that borders the United Kingdom?
Answer: Ireland
2. Trivia question: Ninety percent of the Earth’s population lives in which hemisphere?
Answer: The Northern Hemisphere
3. Trivia question: In which country would you find the city of Dresden?
Answer: Germany
4. Trivia question: What would you call someone from Sudan?
Answer: Sudanese
5. Trivia question: What are the names of South Africa’s three capital cities?
Answer: Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein
6. Trivia question: How many time zones does Australia have?
Answer: Three
7. Trivia question: Which continent is in all four hemispheres?
Answer: Africa
8. Trivia question: What is The Netherlands also called?
Answer: Holland
9. Trivia question: Can you name a four-letter country in Africa?
Answer: Chad, Mali, or Togo
10. Trivia question: What is the official currency of India?
Answer: Indian rupee
After you ace this geography quiz, take a whack at the toughest questions from the National Geographic Bee.
United States geography questions
11. Trivia question: After Alaska, which U.S. state has the longest coastline?
Answer: Florida
12. Trivia question: What is the least populated U.S. state?
Answer: Wyoming
13. Trivia question: Which is the only state with a one-syllable name?
Answer: Maine
14. Trivia question: Can you name three U.S. states that have a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico?
Answer: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
15. Trivia question: What is the state capital of New York?
Answer: Albany
16. Trivia question: How many large islands make up Hawaii?
Answer: Eight
17. Trivia question: In which U.S. state can the world’s tallest trees be found?
Answer: California
18. Trivia question: What is the largest U.S. state by area?
Answer: Alaska
19. Trivia question: What was the original capital of the U.S.?
Answer: New York City
20. Trivia question: How many states does the Mississippi River run through?
Answer: 31
Most people get these U.S. state facts wrong. Will you?
Landmarks geography questions
21. Trivia question: What is the name of the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls
22. Trivia question: Can you name the Earth’s five oceans?
Answer: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern
23. Trivia question: Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Colorado River
24. Trivia question: What country is home to Mount Everest?
Answer: Nepal
25. Trivia question: In which U.S. state is Niagara Falls located?
Answer: New York
26. Trivia question: What is the highest man-made structure ever built?
Answer: Burj Khalifa in Dubai
27. Trivia question: Which lake has a famous mythical creature named after it?
Answer: Loch Ness
28. Trivia question: Which country has the most pyramids in the world?
Answer: Sudan
29. Trivia question: Where is the world’s largest desert located?
Answer: Antarctica
30. Trivia question: What is the name of the only sea that doesn’t have a coastline?
Answer: Sargasso Sea
Several of these landmarks are well-known around the world. So are these famous city skylines—see if you can guess them all.
World capitals geography questions
31. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
32. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer: Canberra
33. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Egypt?
Answer: Cairo
34. Trivia question: What is the capital city of the Bahamas?
Answer: Nassau
35. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Argentina?
Answer: Buenos Aires
36. Trivia question: What is the capital city of South Korea?
Answer: Seoul
37. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Sweden?
Answer: Stockholm
38. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Uzbekistan?
Answer: Tashkent
39. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Cambodia?
Answer: Phnom Penh
40. Trivia question: What is the capital city of Togo?
Answer: Lomé
41. Trivia question: What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
Need more geography quiz questions? Try out our full states and capitals quiz.
Superlatives geography questions
42. Trivia question: What country has the largest population in the world?
Answer: China
43. Trivia question: By area, what is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
44. Trivia question: What is the largest capital city in North America?
Answer: Mexico City
45. Trivia question: Where is the driest place on Earth?
Answer: The Atacama Desert in northern Chile
46. Trivia question: What is the world’s largest island?
Answer: Greenland
47. Trivia question: Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada
48. Trivia question: What is the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
49. Trivia question: What is the world’s shortest river?
Answer: Roe River
50. Trivia question: Which city is the world’s most densely populated?
Answer: Manila, Philippines
51. Trivia question: Where is the largest volcano on Earth located?
Answer: Hawaii
Next, see how you fare with these U.S. history trivia questions.
