100 Geography Trivia Questions & Answers 2026

World Capitals — 25 Questions

1. What is the capital of Australia? (Canberra — not Sydney)
2. What is the capital of Canada? (Ottawa)
3. What is the capital of Brazil? (Brasília — not Rio de Janeiro)
4. What is the capital of India? (New Delhi)
5. What is the capital of Japan? (Tokyo)
6. What is the capital of China? (Beijing)
7. What is the capital of Russia? (Moscow)
8. What is the capital of Egypt? (Cairo)
9. What is the capital of Argentina? (Buenos Aires)
10. What is the capital of South Africa? (Pretoria — legislative: Cape Town; judicial: Bloemfontein)
11. What is the capital of Nigeria? (Abuja — not Lagos)
12. What is the capital of Pakistan? (Islamabad — not Karachi)
13. What is the capital of Turkey? (Ankara — not Istanbul)
14. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia? (Riyadh)
15. What is the capital of Kazakhstan? (Astana — formerly Nur-Sultan)
16. What is the capital of Indonesia? (Jakarta — moving to Nusantara)
17. What is the capital of Sweden? (Stockholm)
18. What is the capital of Switzerland? (Bern — not Zurich)
19. What is the capital of New Zealand? (Wellington — not Auckland)
20. What is the capital of Myanmar? (Naypyidaw — not Yangon)
21. What is the capital of Morocco? (Rabat — not Casablanca)
22. What is the capital of Kenya? (Nairobi)
23. What is the capital of Israel? (Jerusalem — disputed internationally)
24. What is the capital of Ukraine? (Kyiv)
25. What is the capital of Colombia? (Bogotá)

World Records & Extremes — 25 Questions

1. What is the largest country by area? (Russia — 17.1 million km²)
2. What is the smallest country? (Vatican City — 0.44 km²)
3. What is the highest mountain? (Mount Everest — 8,849m)
4. What is the deepest ocean trench? (Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench — 10,935m)
5. What is the longest river? (Nile — 6,650km — though Amazon sometimes competes)
6. What is the largest ocean? (Pacific — 165 million km²)
7. What is the largest continent? (Asia)
8. What is the smallest continent? (Australia — or Oceania)
9. What is the largest country by population? (India — surpassed China in 2023)
10. What is the driest place on Earth? (Atacama Desert, Chile)
11. What is the wettest place on Earth? (Mawsynram, India — or Cherrapunji)
12. What is the largest desert? (Antarctic Desert — not the Sahara)
13. What is the deepest lake? (Lake Baikal, Russia — 1,642m)
14. What is the largest freshwater lake? (Lake Superior, North America)
15. What is the longest mountain range? (Andes, South America — 7,000km)
16. Which country has the most coastline? (Canada)
17. What is the most densely populated country? (Monaco)
18. What is the largest island? (Greenland)
19. What is the most populated city? (Tokyo, Japan — ~37 million)
20. What is the hottest place ever recorded? (Death Valley, California — 56.7°C in 1913)
21. What is the coldest place? (East Antarctica — -89.2°C recorded)
22. What is the highest capital city? (La Paz, Bolivia — 3,600m)
23. What is the most visited country by tourists? (France — ~90 million visitors/year)
24. Which country has the most time zones? (France — 12, including overseas territories)
25. What is the largest lake in Africa? (Lake Victoria)

Continents & Oceans — 20 Questions

1. How many continents are there? (7)
2. How many oceans are there? (5 — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern)
3. Which continent has no permanent human population? (Antarctica)
4. Which is the smallest continent? (Australia)
5. Which continent has the most countries? (Africa — 54)
6. What ocean lies between Europe/Africa and the Americas? (Atlantic Ocean)
7. Which ocean surrounds Antarctica? (Southern Ocean)
8. What is the highest point in Africa? (Mount Kilimanjaro — 5,895m)
9. What is the largest country in South America? (Brazil)
10. What is the Amazon River famous for? (Largest river by water volume — biodiversity of Amazon rainforest)