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01Geography · MediumWhat is the capital of Slovenia?Show answer
AnswerLjubljana

Ljubljana is one of Europe’s smallest capital cities.

02Geography · EasyWhich river flows through Budapest?Show answer
AnswerDanube

The Danube separates the historic districts of Buda and Pest.

03Geography · EasyMount Kilimanjaro is in which country?Show answer
AnswerTanzania

Kilimanjaro stands near Tanzania’s border with Kenya.

04Geography · TrickyWhich is the largest landlocked country?Show answer
AnswerKazakhstan

Kazakhstan covers about 2.7 million square kilometres.

05Geography · MediumWhat is the longest river in Europe?Show answer
AnswerVolga

The Volga flows for about 3,530 kilometres through Russia.

06Geography · TrickyWhat is the largest desert on Earth by area?Show answer
AnswerAntarctica

Antarctica is a polar desert and is larger than the Sahara.

07Geography · EasyWhich country is often described as being shaped like a boot?Show answer
AnswerItaly

The Italian peninsula has a distinctive boot-like outline.

08Geography · EasyWhat is the capital of Canada?Show answer
AnswerOttawa

Ottawa lies in Ontario on the border with Quebec.

09Geography · EasyWhat is the highest mountain above sea level?Show answer
AnswerMount Everest

Mount Everest rises to 8,848.86 metres above sea level.

10Geography · MediumWhich continent contains the most sovereign countries?Show answer
AnswerAfrica

Africa contains 54 widely recognised sovereign states.

11Geography · EasyWhich sea lies between southern Europe and northern Africa?Show answer
AnswerMediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean connects to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.

12Geography · EasyWhich US state is made up entirely of islands?Show answer
AnswerHawaii

Hawaii is an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean.

13Geography · EasyMachu Picchu is located in which country?Show answer
AnswerPeru

The Inca citadel stands high in Peru’s Andes Mountains.

14Geography · EasyWhat is the capital of New Zealand?Show answer
AnswerWellington

Wellington sits at the southern end of New Zealand’s North Island.

15Geography · EasyWhich is the largest country in the world by area?Show answer
AnswerRussia

Russia spans eastern Europe and northern Asia.

16Geography · EasyWhich river flows through London?Show answer
AnswerThames

The River Thames flows through London before reaching the North Sea.

17Geography · EasyThe Sahara Desert is located on which continent?Show answer
AnswerAfrica

The Sahara stretches across much of North Africa.

18Geography · EasyWhat is the currency of Switzerland?Show answer
AnswerSwiss franc

Switzerland uses the franc rather than the euro.

19Geography · MediumWhich is the smallest of the world’s five oceans?Show answer
AnswerArctic

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the five oceans.

20Geography · EasyIn which city would you find the Eiffel Tower?Show answer
AnswerParis

The Eiffel Tower was completed for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris.

21Geography · EasyMarrakech is a city in which country?Show answer
AnswerMorocco

Marrakech lies west of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

22Geography · MediumLake Titicaca lies on the border of Peru and which other country?Show answer
AnswerBolivia

Lake Titicaca sits high in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia.

23Geography · EasyWhat is the capital of Iceland?Show answer
AnswerReykjavík

Reykjavík is the world’s northernmost capital of a sovereign state.

24Geography · MediumWhich mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain?Show answer
AnswerPyrenees

The Pyrenees extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea.

25Geography · TrickyAngel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, is in which country?Show answer
AnswerVenezuela

Angel Falls drops from Auyán-tepui in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park.