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Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?
Answer: Route 66
What African nation with a two-word "green" name is a group of islands off the western coast of Senegal with a population of around half a million people?
Answer: Cape Verde
How many U.S. state capitals lie west of Los Angeles?
Answer: Six
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1. Outside what sports venue would you find “Rise Up,” the world’s largest freestanding sculpture of a bird?
Answer: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons
2. Which transcontinental country (Europe and Asia) spans 11 time zones?
Answer: Russia
3. The Alpine region of Europe includes Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, Monaco, Slovenia and what neutral country?
Answer: Switzerland
4. Located on the south of Honshu and the northern shore of Osaka Bay, what K-word Japanese city gave its name to a type of beef and a famous Los Angeles Laker?
Answer: Kobe, Japan
5. Lódz, Wroclaw, and Poznan are the third, fourth, and fifth most populous cities (respectively) in what European nation?
Answer: Poland
6. Notable for its striking rounded arches designed by architect Toyo Ito, the Tama Art University Library can be found in what world capital city?
Answer: Tokyo
7. Used in ancient times by the poet Tibullus, "The Eternal City" is a nickname given to what European capital?
Answer: Rome
8. D.C. is considered a "planned city" which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and was a man from what country?
Answer: France
9. Lake Como and Lake Garda are both located in which Southern European country?
Answer: Italy
10. Mostly found shifting around under its water, what ocean is the namesake of Earth's largest tectonic plate?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
11. Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?
Answer: Route 66
12. Of the 195 countries recognized by the United Nations, there are four which has “Guinea” within their name: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Papua New Guinea and what Central African country whose citizens are known as Equatoguineans?
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
13. Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, formerly served as the executive office and official residence of the president of South Korea. Earlier this year, the complex was transitioned into a public park. What city is home to The Blue House?
Answer: Seoul
14. Measuring about 63 million square miles, which one of the world’s oceans is the biggest and deepest?
Answer: Pacific
15. Which Southeastern European country with ancient history is technically named the Hellenic Republic?
Answer: Greece
16. Meaning "under the linden trees," Unter den Linden is a boulevard that runs from the City Palace to the Brandenburg Gate in what world capital city?
Answer: Berlin
17. The isthmus of which country connects Costa Rica and Colombia, and therefore, links North America to South America?
Answer: Panama
18. Comprised of 300 Members of Parliament with four-year term limits, the Parliament of the Hellenes is the official legislative body of what European country?
Answer: Greece
19. Niue is a self-governing coral island in free association with what larger country? This larger country is to the east of Australia.
Answer: New Zealand
20. The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by what other European country?
Answer: France
21. Electric, Dooley, and Copperopolis are three communities in Montana that share what haunted condition?
Answer: Ghost towns
22. Derived from Greek meaning “whole earth”, what is the name by which the supercontinent which incorporated almost all of the land masses on earth is known?
Answer: Pangea
23. Which term with Greek and Italian roots describes a collection or chain of islands, such as the Bahamas, the Maldives, and the Galápagos?
Answer: Archipelago
24. If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in Mexico?
Answer: Tijuana
25. The Hassan II Mosque, the second largest mosque in Africa with the world’s second largest minaret, is located in what cinematic city in Morocco?
Answer: Casablanca, Morocco
26. Lake of the Ozarks is a body of water in this state, which is nicknamed "The Show Me State."
Answer: Missouri
27. Boxing made its official debut at the 1904 Summer Olympics, which was held in what U.S. city that is home to the “Gateway To The West”?
Answer: St. Louis
28. “Gate of Heavenly Peace” is the Chinese translation of what famous square in Beijing?
Answer: Tiananmen Square
29. More commonly known as Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat Native American tribe, what stratovolcano erupted on May 18, 1980 and caused over $1.1 billion in damage in Washington according to the International Trade Commission?
Answer: Mount St. Helens
30. The smallest of Africa's waterfowl species, the African pygmy goose is native to what country that also has many lemur species?
Answer: Madagascar
31. Tegucigalpa is the capital city of what Central American country, which borders Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua?
Answer: Honduras
32. As defined by the U.S. census, the Midwest region includes two subdivisions. One of these includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and what other state?
Answer: Michigan
33. Technically a part of the much larger Appalachian Mountains, the Catskill Mountains are (unsurprisingly) located in and around the borders of the Catskill Park/Forest Preserve. In what US state will you find the Catskills?
Answer: New York
34. Which island (a British territory off the east coast of North America, also of triangle fame) doesn’t actually have its own natural source of fresh water and instead relies on rainwater collection?
Answer: Bermuda
35. Even though its temperature rarely gets above zero, which continent is home to the largest desert on Earth?
Answer: Antarctica
36. What major world capital sits on the site of an ancient body of water named Lake Texcoco, which was almost entirely drained in by Spanish colonists the 17th century?
Answer: Mexico City
37. The largest county in Texas by population, Harris, contains what major Texas city?
Answer: Houston
38. Going by land area, which state in America is the smallest? (Hint: It covers about 1,214 square miles)
Answer: Rhode Island
39. According to World Population Review, Minnesota's most-populous city is the 46th biggest in the United States. Minnesota's next most-populous is what 64th biggest city?
Answer: St. Paul
40. Baffin, Victoria, and Ellesmere, three of the ten largest islands in the world, can all be found in what country?
Answer: Canada
41. While it probably makes you think of sky-high activities like space launches and theme park rides, which southern state is actually the flattest?
Answer: Florida
42. Israel and which other country border the Dead Sea? This country’s name comes from the river which defines most of its north-western border.
Answer: Jordan
43. In what country would you find the capital city of Caracas? Officially, the name of the city is Santiago de León de Caracas.
Answer: Venezuela
44. A former Malaysian state was expelled in 1965 and is now often considered the only modern country to date to gain independence unwillingly. What is this sovereign city-state nation?
Answer: Singapore
45. Technically speaking, Norway's coastline is about 18,000 miles long, but only 1,600 miles if you omit what crinkly inlets?
Answer: Fjords
46. .EE is the official national domain name used by what Northern European country whose capital and largest city is Tallinn?
Answer: Estonia
47. What international confectionery manufacturer and chocolate retailer was founded in 1981 in Durango, Colorado, and is named for a large mountain range in that region?
Answer: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
48. Which country that starts with K is not only the largest landlocked country in the world but also a transcontinental because part of it is in Eastern Europe and part is in Central Asia?
Answer: Kazakhstan
49. If you wanted to travel through three adjacent U.S. states that all started with the same letter, you would have to travel through which three states?
Answer: Indiana Illinois Iowa
50. If you get on the Maid of the Mist boat tour at Observation Tower, you are in which US State Park to look at its namesake natural spectacle?
Answer: Niagara Falls State Park
51. Washington DC modifies its street addresses by adding a suffix denoting the fact that the city divides itself into what term referring to four regions?
Answer: Quadrants
52. What eight-letter "M" island country is located entirely in the Indian Ocean, has Malé as the capital city, contains 26 atolls, and has Dhivehi as the official and most common language?
Answer: Maldives
53. One of Montana's most visited tourist attractions was also deemed "the most beautiful drive in America" a CBS correspondent. What is the name of this section of U.S. Route 212 between Red Lodge and Cooke City?
Answer: Beartooth Highway
54. Founded in 1901 and named for a French novelist, what Oklahoma city in Choctaw County is known for being the winter quarters for many circus companies and performers? The city's cemetery features Showmen's Rest where many circus and rodeo performers are laid to rest.
Answer: Hugo
55. Costa Rica is bordered by two countries: Nicaragua and what Central American country whose largest cities include San Miguelito and Las Cumbres?
Answer: Panama
56. The "Decade Volcanoes" are a group of 16 volcanoes considered by vulcanologists to be the world's most dangerous because of their proximity to human settlements. What volcano near the Italian city of Naples, which has erupted many times since 79 CE, is among these?
Answer: Vesuvius
57. What capital of Western Australia is over 1,300 miles from Adelaide, its nearest sizeable neighbor, making it one of the most isolated major cities in the world?
Answer: Perth
58. Which continent is the only one that doesn’t have a major mountain range (its highest point is about 7,309 feet above sea level)?
Answer: Australia
59. What chain of 32 small islands makes up a Caribbean nation along with the larger island of St. Vincent?
Answer: The Grenadines
60. What “V” coastal Italian city is located roughly due east of Padua?
Answer: Venice, Italy
61. The Kowloon peninsula constitutes the mainland portion of which territory of China?
Answer: Hong Kong
62. The Bass Strait is between mainland Australia and what island?
Answer: Tasmania
63. The stunning flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands, like giant tortoises and lava lizards, help make what South American nation one of the most biodiverse in the world?
Answer: Ecuador
64. The Attila Line has divided what Mediterranean island nation into Greek and Turkish controlled regions since 1974?
Answer: Cyprus
65. What historical two-word city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast is home to Bauhaus buildings from the 1930s, as well as the Eretz Israel Museum and its excavations from 12 Century B.C. ruins?
Answer: Tel Aviv
66. El Prat airport is located in which city on the Mediterranean Sea, which held the 1992 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Barcelona
67. What bird, that is also the patron animal of the Greek god Zeus, is depicted as a double-headed creature on the official national flag of Albania?
Answer: Eagle
68. Designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, The Shard is a 72-story skyscraper known for its needle-like shape, in what world capital city?
Answer: London
69. Once home to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and now a museum, Topkapi Palace is located in which Anatolian city?
Answer: Istanbul
70. Located at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an administrative division of which country?
Answer: India
71. Mallorca and Menorca are the two largest of Spain's Balearic Islands. The third biggest is what island known for its nightlife?
Answer: Ibiza
72. Towering Sugarloaf Mountain and its neighbor, Morro da Urca loom over what city of 7 million people?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
73. What Oklahoma city in Payne County is considered the Pipeline Crossroads of the World due to its status as a price settlement point for the New York Mercantile Exchange?
Answer: Cushing
74. The Kingdom of Bahrain, an island country in Western Asia, is an archipelago located on what gulf?
Answer: Persian Gulf
75. There are only three countries that are landlocked by just one country. Two are in Italy—Vatican City and San Marino. The third is Lesotho, which is in which country?
Answer: South Africa
76. Which Southeast Asian capital city, the location of a famous boxing match in 1975, has a name meaning “where indigo is found?”
Answer: Manila
77. Described by Muammar Gaddafi as "the Eighth Wonder of the World," the Great Man-Made River delivers 6.5 million cubic metres of water daily to Tripoli, Benghazi, and other cities in what northern African country?
Answer: Libya
78. Devils Tower is a geographic landmark of what state, which has a bison on its flag?
Answer: Wyoming
79. Tegucigalpa is the largest city and capital of which Central American country that’s bordered by Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador?
Answer: Honduras
80. The paper currency in Botswana is named "pula" which translates to what natural phenomenon? This is a reference to the value of this phenomenon as much of the country is within the Kalahari Desert.
Answer: Rain
81. What Asian country changed its capital in 1868 to its current capital city? Both the pre- and post- 1868 capitals are anagrams of one another. In case you've forgotten over the years, anagrams are words that contain all the same letters but in a different order. And we're looking for the country, not the cities.
Answer: Japan (Kyoto and Tokyo)
82. The highest navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca straddles the Andean border of Peru and what country Chile laughs at because it's landlocked?
Answer: Bolivia
83. Rome's Cloaca Maxima was an early example of what infrastructure project that makes cities a whole lot more livable?
Answer: Sewer system
84. Ask C.S. Lewis! What sea is actually the world's largest lake, since it’s an inland body of water surrounded by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan?
Answer: Caspian
85. What city was the the second largest in Northern Ireland by population throughout the first decade of the 21st century?
Answer: Derry
86. What pair of famous expeditioners are the namesake of a state park of limestone caverns in Montana?
Answer: Lewis and Clark
87. In what Georgia county would you find a starting point (or ending point) for the Appalachian Trail?
Answer: Fannin County
88. What third-largest city in Iowa is located along the Mississippi River and includes the Great Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, a facility that host the Great Mississippi Valley Fair as well as numerous concerts, flea markets, car shows, and more?
Answer: Davenport
89. Marrakech in Morocco is known as the 'red city' for the many buildings and features adorned with that color. What picturesque city in northwest Morocco has the title of the 'blue city?'
Answer: Chefchaouen
90. What “N” island to the north of New Zealand, which self-governs while in free association with New Zealand, has its capital at Alofi?
Answer: Niue
91. Named the Dannebrog, what European country has been waving its red and white official flag and the world’s oldest national flag since 1625?
Answer: Denmark
92. What South Pacific island country is also a beverage brand founded in 1996 under the name Natural Waters of Viti Ltd.?
Answer: Fiji
93. In “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade”, Jones discovers the Holy Grail inside Al-Khazneh, the famous 1st century sandstone temple and current trendy tourist attraction located in what city in Jordan?
Answer: Petra
94. The official national flags of Georgia, Bahrain, Monaco, Singapore and Turkey all share what two colors?
Answer: Red and white
95. What country – whose national flag is comprised of the Union Jack, a seven-pointed Commonwealth Star and five stars representing the Southern Cross constellation – was previously named New Holland by Dutch explorers in the early 17th century?
Answer: Australia
96. What "Z" river, the fourth-longest in Africa, originates in Zambia and flows east through Zimbabwe and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Zambezi
97. What “M” River, the sixth longest in Asia, originates in the Tibetan Plateau of China and reaches the sea in Vietnam?
Answer: Mekong River
98. What "U" river is a tributary of the Congo River that forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo?
Answer: Ubangi
99. The name of the capital city of which country in West Africa was added to this country’s name in the 1970s to avoid confusion with another county in West Africa with a similar name?
Answer: Guinea-Bissau
100. A sort of “geographical dictionary” that pairs well with an atlas, which resource would you turn to if you want a country’s map, stats, definitions of key terms, and descriptions of its physical attributes all in one place?
Answer: Gazetteer
101. Which mountain in Ecuador is not as tall as Mt. Everest but is actually closer to the Moon thanks to the boost it gets from the bulging shape of the Earth at the equator?
Answer: Mount Chimborazo
102. Which of the current seven continents on Earth is believed to be the oldest in terms of how long humans have lived there (somewhere in the ballpark of 5 million years)?
Answer: Africa
103. Seattle is one of two major U.S. cities located on an isthmus, a narrow piece of land between two bodies of water. What state capital, which boasts a free weekly newspaper called the Isthmus, is the other?
Answer: Madison, Wisconsin
104. What Russian city of 300,000 people, which lies only 67 kilometers from the country's border with Norway, is by far the largest city in the world that lies above the Arctic Circle?
Answer: Murmansk
105. Argentina's Valley of the Moon, Canada's Dinosaur Provincial Park, and New Zealand's Putangirua Pinnacles are some examples of what geographical feature marked by the erosion of soft, clay-rich soils into colorful cliffs and ravines? The best known example is probably a U.S. National Park.
Answer: Badlands
106. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is located in what appropriately-named sea, which lies between Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, and which gives its name to a WWII-era naval battle?
Answer: Coral Sea
107. In what nation can you find the Coober Pedy, an opal mining town where summers are so hot, most of the town is built underground?
Answer: Australia
108. Resembling an inverted triangle or a flower with a stem on maps, the Nile River Delta is located just north of which African capital city?
Answer: Cairo
109. The city Hot Springs in New Mexico was renamed in 1950 after a radio show originally hosted by Ralph Edwards. By what name is this city now known?
Answer: Truth or Consequences
110. Which islands in the Caribbean have “Lesser” or “Greater” before their names and along with the Lucayan Archipelago, make up the West Indies?
Answer: Antilles
111. New York City and Oklahoma City are the most populous cities in their respective states. Indianapolis is the most populous in Indiana. There is one other state whose most populous city contains the name of the state? What state is it?
Answer: Virginia
112. What vase-shaped lake in Venezuela, the largest in South America, is thought to be one of the oldest lakes on earth?
Answer: Lake Maracaibo
113. Formerly an exclave on South Africa, Walvis Bay is currently the second largest city of which African country?
Answer: Namibia
114. Despite its name, what West Virginia river and namesake of a new U.S. national park is one of the oldest in the world?
Answer: New River
115. Which lough (that means lake!) in Northern Ireland is the biggest (over 150 square miles) and supplies almost half of the country’s water?
Answer: Neagh
116. In 2022, what country announced that the name of its new capital, planned for the region of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, would be named "Nusantara?" The new city will be much more centrally located than its current capital, the largest city in Southeast Asia.
Answer: Indonesia
117. Famagusta is the second-largest city of a de facto state only recognized by Turkiye. What Mediterranean island nation are we talking about?
Answer: Cyprus
118. 2004's Annan Plan tried and failed to resolve the contentious Greek-Turkish divide of what Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus
119. What Asian country – whose national flag features a blue 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra wheel in its center – is the world’s largest producer of milk?
Answer: India
120. The Rialto Bridge, the Bridge of Sighs, and a controversial bridge by Santiago Calatrava, are three of over 300 bridges in what city?
Answer: Venice
121. Russia has a 231 mile long border with “A” nation, whose capital is Baku?
Answer: Azerbaijan
122. What Canadian province's southern border lies adjacent to both Idaho and Montana?
Answer: British Columbia
123. The African country with the most total miles of coastline is what nation with the capital city Antananarivo?
Answer: Madgascar
124. Known as a chadaree in Afghanistan, a veil that conceals the entire face and body is more commonly known as what religious garment that is traditionally worn by Muslim women?
Answer: Burka
125. What African nation with a two-word "green" name is a group of islands off the western coast of Senegal with a population of around half a million people?
Answer: Cape Verde
126. Also known as "Chogori," what second-highest mountain on Earth gets its better known name from its designation on Britain's Great Trigonometric Survey?
Answer: K2
127. In 1497, John Cabot discovered territory in what modern country, claiming it on behalf of the British Empire? He mistakenly believed it to be in Asia.
Answer: Canada
128. I-90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, has its termini in Boston and what west coast city (which is NOT its state's capital)?
Answer: Seattle
129. The world’s largest hemispherical building, the Avicii Arena, previously called the Ericsson Globe, is located in which European capital city?
Answer: Stockholm
130. Georgetown is the capital of which country in northern South America?
Answer: Guyana
131. Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, and Palawan are, in order, the five largest islands that make up what nation of over 7,000 islands?
Answer: The Philippines
132. In which northwestern South American country will you find Reventador, an active stratovolcano that’s name is Spanish for “exploder”?
Answer: Ecuador
133. With a population under 40,000, the largest city in Northwest Georgia isn't all that large, but the name of the city itself is very well-known because it shares its name with a European capital. What is this city?
Answer: Rome
134. Fittingly, what is the name of the 190-feet-deep, 6-mile-long body of water in Cameron, Montana created by a seismic event?
Answer: Earthquake Lake
135. Although the vast majority of the Amazon River is located in Brazil, the headwaters of the waterway are found in what other South American country?
Answer: Peru
136. What U.S. national park, located in the northwest corner of Montana, has the nickname "Crown of the Continent?"
Answer: Glacier National Park
137. Which Indian city on banks of Yamuna River in state of Uttar Pradesh is the location of the Taj Mahal?
Answer: Agra
138. Here’s a geographical brain teaser: California might be the Westernmost of the two states, but which city in Nevada is actually more west than LA?
Answer: Reno
139. “Ten Million Puffins Can’t Be Wrong,” is the verdict on souvenirs from the Westman Islands, an archipelago off the coast of what Atlantic island country?
Answer: Iceland
140. New Zealand is, unsurprisingly, named after another physical location. Zeeland is the least populous province in what European country?
Answer: Netherlands
141. There was a nickname for the city of Phoenix that references its frequent solar beams that was first introduced in the 1930s as an advertising slogan to boost tourism. What is this nickname?
Answer: Valley of the Sun
142. An Algonquin or Ojibwe word meaning "where the river narrows" became the name of what province where the Saint Lawrence does actually narrow?
Answer: Québec
143. The third-largest city in India is also the capital of the state of Karnataka. What is this city in south India? As a hint, the city shares the same first four letters with the 8th most populous country in the world.
Answer: Bangalore
144. The city of Aachen, known for Aachener Printen (a type of gingerbread) and for being the location of the coronation of 31 Holy Roman Emperors, is situated in the west of which country?
Answer: Germany
145. Despite being a national symbol of Armenia, the 17,000-ft. mountain known as Mt. Ararat actually sits within the political borders of what nation?
Answer: Turkey
146. What river, located entirely within China, is the longest river in Asia and the longest river in the world to flow entirely within one country?
Answer: Yangtze
147. Only one of the seven countries that borders India has a population with less than one million people. This country famously measures "gross national happiness" and has Thimphu as its capital city. What is this country?
Answer: Bhutan
148. What is the name of the private, all-male HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) located in Atlanta, Georgia which is the largest men's liberal arts college in the U.S. and is the alma matter of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee and Edwin Moses?
Answer: Morehouse College
149. What Texas city contains a replica of the Eiffel Tower, less than one tenth the scale of the original?
Answer: Paris
150. What Asian country is the only one in the world whose national flag is not a quadrilateral?
Answer: Nepal
151. Lithuania lies on the Eastern shore of what Atlantic-adjacent sea that some think is named after the Latin word for “belt”?
Answer: Baltic Sea
152. The official languages of the United Nations are comprised of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and what sixth language?
Answer: Russian
153. What Caribbean country changed its name from Saint-Domingue following its independence from Napoleon Bonaparte and his French forces in 1903?
Answer: Haiti
154. With its capitals in what is now northern Sudan, what ancient Nubian kingdom shares its name with a variety of Cannabis indica?
Answer: Kush
155. The second-smallest Australian state by area, the capital of the Seychelles and the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia share what name?
Answer: Victoria
156. The location of the Aleutian Islands makes which state both the most eastern and most western state?
Answer: Alaska
157. The Himalayas, the Ghats and the Karakoram are mountain ranges in which country that is named after a river?
Answer: India
158. The Ganges River famously flows through India, but after passing through the waters of India, what country does the river enter next?
Answer: Bangladesh
159. To honor a man who became more famous as the namesake for a popular food, Captain Cook gave what name to the islands now known as Hawaii?
Answer: Sandwich islands
160. An island named for what British Explorer is the largest on the west coast of the Americas by both area (12,000 square miles) and population (860,000)?
Answer: George Vancouver
161. There is only one U.S. state with four syllables in its name that borders zero other states with exactly four syllables. What is this state?
Answer: Indiana
162. Machu Picchu was never plundered by the Spanish because the conquistadors never found this ancient site from the height of the Inca Empire. The lack of discovery was especially unlikely because the site is only 50 miles from what Inca capital city?
Answer: Cusco
163. Prior to 2016, what capital city in the Americas was technically referred to as a “District Federal” in its native language?
Answer: Mexico City
164. Parts of England's River Thames are known alternatively by what name that is also the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess?
Answer: Isis
165. Which city is the largest in Pakistan and also the capital of Sindh?
Answer: Karachi
166. Once beloved of crossword puzzlemakers, what four-letter river of Tuscany flows under Florence's famous Ponte Vecchio bridge?
Answer: Arno
167. Yaoundé is the capital of which country in west-central Africa?
Answer: Cameroon
168. The autonomous region of Cantabria in northern Spain has what port city as its capital? The city is home to Spain's largest bank.
Answer: Santander
169. Which national capital city is geographically closest to India's New Delhi?
Answer: Islamabad
170. Measuring 300 square miles (or nearly a third of Rhode Island), what Western Asian country is home to the King Fahd International Airport: the largest airport in the world by area?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
171. Busan, formerly called Pusan, is the second most populous city in which Asian country? War resulted in Busan temporarily becoming this country’s capital city in the 1950s.
Answer: South Korea
172. Khartoum, a metropolitan city on the confluence of the White Nile, is the capital city of what African nation on continent’s east coast?
Answer: Sudan
173. Canada’s Laurentian Plateau is also known by what defensive name that, in geological terms, is exposed areas of very, very old (Precambrian) igneous/metamorphic rock that are sometimes referred to as “continental nuclei?”
Answer: Shield
174. What is the "T" name that was the more common name for what is now known as Singapore back in the 14th century? The land was a trading port that was influenced by both the Majapahit Empire and Siamese kingdoms at the time.
Answer: Temasek
175. "Hand of the Desert" is a giant sculpture of a hand reaching out of the sand, standing more than 35 feet tall in the Chilean portion of what desert?
Answer: Atacama
176. What is the only country in South America whose official language is Dutch?
Answer: Suriname
177. Formerly named Lod Airport, Israel’s main international airport was renamed in 1973 in honor of what leader who became Israel’s first prime minister in 1955?
Answer: David Ben-Gurion
178. Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in the Caucasus Range, is the highest mountain in Europe and in what European nation? The nation is also home to Mount Narodnaya and Lake Baikal.
Answer: Russia
179. The Waikato River is the longest river of which island nation of the Southern hemisphere?
Answer: New Zealand
180. Given that its pyramids are so famous, you might assume that Egypt is home to the majority of them. However, with over 200 of them, which African country actually has the most pyramids?
Answer: Sudan
181. The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 was an act of Congress that repealed the individual charters for the cities of Washington what other city? It also established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia.
Answer: Georgetown
182. Unlike most U.S. states, Alaska is not divided into counties. Instead, it is divided into 16 regions which are known as what?
Answer: Boroughs
183. Admitted to the U.S. on February 14, 1912, The Valentine State is a nickname of what state where you could take a date to the abandoned Lisa Frank factory?
Answer: Arizona
184. Greenland is popularly-known as one of Denmarks autonomous territories because of its prominence on maps and globes. What is the other autonomous territory that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark? This other territory is approximately as populous but less than 1/1000th as large geographically.
Answer: Faroe Islands
185. Along with Spanish, Guaraní is the official language of which landlocked South American country?
Answer: Paraguay
186. Plovdiv is the second largest city and cultural capital of which country bordered by the Black Sea?
Answer: Bulgaria
187. What city, planned and built throughout the 1980s, became the capital of Nigeria in 1991, replacing the longtime capital of Lagos?
Answer: Abuja
188. Podgorica is the largest and capital city of which Balkan country whose name translates into English as “Black Mountain?”
Answer: Montenegro
189. Mount Teide, the highest point in Spain, is a volcano on which one of the Canary Islands, the most visited island in the archipelago?
Answer: Tenerife
190. Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of what colorfully-named river that runs for approximately 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan?
Answer: Blue Nile
191. One of South Africa's three capital cities is in the northern part of Gauteng province, straddles the Apies River, and contains the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. What city is this?
Answer: Pretoria
192. Named the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century by the U.S. Geological Survey, the sulfuric acidic ash emitted from the 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines caused $700 million in damage and caused global temperatures to drop by more than 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit?
Answer: Mount Pinatubo
193. Located on the Yucatan Peninsula, what Mexican state sounds like it might contain Australian mammals but is actually named for a lawyer who fought for Mexican independence?
Answer: Quintana Roo
194. What two-word African county and former French protectorate has official capital at Yamoussoukro, and financial capital with government offices at Abidjan?
Answer: Ivory Coast
195. The city of Grand Rapids, Michigan is served by an airport named after what U.S. President?
Answer: Gerald Ford
196. No, not Berlin: in 2021, Costa Rica hosted the sixth ministerial meeting of a socioeconomic summit named for what B-word city that served as the capital of West Germany?
Answer: Bonn
197. In which gulf off Africa will you find Null Island which, at 0 degrees lat/long, is the meeting place of the prime meridian and the equator?
Answer: Guinea
198. Physical geography—which includes many subdisciplines like climatology, glaciology, and oceanography—is technically known by which “-ography” term?
Answer: Physiography
199. The highest volcano outside of South America also doubles as its home continent's highest mountain. In what country is this 19,000-foot peak found?
Answer: Tanzania
200. As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in what region?
Answer: Central America
201. What lake, which is actually three connected bodies of water, is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet, and is fed by the Rhine River? (You may give its German name or English name.)
Answer: Lake Constance
202. Which country in South America is the smallest by land area?
Answer: Suriname
203. The Bishop of Urgell and the president of which European country share title of Prince of Andorra?
Answer: France
204. A group of ancient line drawings representing figures and animals, some up to 2,500 years old and nearly 4,000 feet across, can be found in the desert of Peru. What's the name of these "lines," now a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Answer: Nazca lines
205. What “T” capital city of Albania, whose name comes from an old Greek word meaning “dairy”, is home to Skanderbeg Square?
Answer: Tirana
206. Which city in southeast France is nicknamed the “Pearl of the French Alps?”
Answer: Annecy
207. In terms of elevation, which country in South Africa has the highest lowest point of any country in the world (4,593 ft)?
Answer: Lesotho
208. The ancient Romans named the region surrounding the Rhine delta "Batavia". What modern-day country occupies a similar area as Batavia?
Answer: The Netherlands
209. A geographic riddle: What’s the name of the tiny island that sits in a crater lake…on Volcano Island in Lake Taal…which is, itself, on the island of Luzon?
Answer: Vulcan Point
210. Named after a Polish-Lithuanian freedom fighter in 1840, Mount Kosciuszko is the highest peak in which country?
Answer: Australia
211. At nearly 10,000 square miles, what island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: Sicily
212. An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir. Qatar and which other independent state are emirates? This independent state’s capital shares its name with the state.
Answer: Kuwait
213. Which lake in Africa is the world’s second largest freshwater lake by volume, the world’s second deepest freshwater lake and the world’s longest freshwater lake?
Answer: Lake Tanganyika
214. What holy river in India starts in the Gangotri Glacier?
Answer: Ganges River
215. In 1960, an earthquake measuring 9.5 magnitude shook Valdivia—making it the most powerful quake ever recorded. What South American country did it happen in?
Answer: Chile
216. The Oceania country of Papua New Guinea has maritime borders. However it only has one land border, with which other country?
Answer: Indonesia
217. Which UAB city sits on the eastern border of the Tawam oasis and is the largest inland city in the UAB?
Answer: Al Ain
218. What tiny European principality has the distinction of being one of only two double-landlocked countries in the world, meaning that one must cross two national borders to get from it to water connected to the ocean?
Answer: Liechtenstein
219. A pair of islands off the coast of Newfoundland, an island 400 miles east of Madagascar, and a mainland territory in South America are all "overseas departments" of what country?
Answer: France
220. The U.S.-owned Little Diomede Island lies just 2.4 miles away from Big Diomede Island, on the other side of the international border with what nation?
Answer: Russia
221. It sounds fake but it’s true: The highest point on Earth (Mount Everest, at 29,000 feet tall) could fit inside the deepest point on Earth, which is what trench in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines? (Hint: The bottom-most point is called Challenger Deep and it's 36,000 feet down)
Answer: Mariana
222. What northern neighbor of the U.S. has the most natural lakes in the world (with more than 879,000 of them)?
Answer: Canada
223. What sea is bordered on three sides by Russia (the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kiril Islands, and Sakhalin island) and on the south by Hokkaido in Japan?
Answer: Sea of Okhotsk
224. In what country can you find Punta Arenas, also called Magellanes, the southernmost city of over 100,000 people in the world?
Answer: Chile
225. After Vatican City, what microstate island in Micronesia is the least populated country in the world, with just about 10,800 people living there?
Answer: Nauru
226. We know it’s definitely not flat, but the Earth is also not a perfect sphere either. What Newtonian force created by the rotation of the Earth actually makes the planet a little more ellipsoid?
Answer: Centrifugal
227. What over 1,000-mile-long slithering river makes up most of the border between Oregon and Idaho?
Answer: Snake
228. Located in the district of Gudbrandsdal, what Norwegian “L” city served as the host of the 1994 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Lillehammer
229. Translating to “Torino” in Italian, Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was hosted in what city in Italy which also served as the home of the 2006 Winter Olympics?
Answer: Turin
230. Parque Nacional Dos Lençóis Maranhenses is home to the largest sand dune (380,000-acres) in what South American country?
Answer: Brazil
231. What gorge in Somerset, England has a lot of claims to fame—not just Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, but also the namesake of a popular cheese
Answer: Cheddar
232. A waterfall in Zambia, a state of Australia, and two different Canadian capital cities are just some of the places named for what person?
Answer: Queen Victoria
233. What country of five million, which lies on the Caspian Sea and is mostly occupied by the Karakum Desert, is the least populous of the countries that end in "-stan?"
Answer: Turkmenistan
234. Founded in the twelfth century, what Peruvian city is the oldest continuously inhabited city in South America?
Answer: Cusco
235. By population, what Brazilian city is the largest in South America, and the twelfth largest in the world, with 21.7 million people?
Answer: Sao Paolo
236. You’d have to submerge more than 5,000 feet down to reach the bottom of Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world. It’s also known as the Galapagos of what Eastern European and North Asian country?
Answer: Russia
237. What endorheic lake, lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once the fourth-largest in the world before largely drying up, shrinking to 10% of its historic size by 2007?
Answer: Aral Sea
238. Since Soviet invasion at the end of World War II, the nations of Japan and the USSR (and later Russia) have disputed ownership of what archipelago between Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula
Answer: Kuril Islands
239. What is the most populated city in South America which is also the capital city of its country?
Answer: Buenos Aires
240. Which African country had their political capital city moved in December 2018, from Bujumbura to Gitega?
Answer: Burundi
241. In what country can you find the Dardanelles, the Bosporus Strait, and the Sea of Marmara, often thought to make up part of the border between Europe and Asia?
Answer: Turkey
242. What 35,000-ft. depression in the Pacific's Mariana Trench, the deepest known point of the Earth's seas, is named for a 19th century British naval ship--and not a U.S. space shuttle or a submersible piloted there by James Cameron?
Answer: Challenger Deep
243. What national capital was created in 1873, by the merger of three cities straddling the Danube River? The names of two of the towns are reflected in the capital's name.
Answer: Budapest
244. Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinale, and Viminale are the seven hills upon which city was founded?
Answer: Rome
245. Spain and Portugal are the two countries that make up what second-largest peninsula in Europe by area?
Answer: Iberian Peninsula
246. Along with the Southern regions of Jordan and Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula consists of seven complete countries: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, and what country whose most populous city is Dubai?
Answer: United Arab Emerites
247. Which Australian city is named after the Queen Consort and wife of the English king William IV?
Answer: Adelaide
248. When he was looking for the Northwest Passage in 1576, Martin Frobisher accidentally re-discovered which very large island with a colorful name (though he mistook it for the fabled “Frisland/Friesland”—a country that did not exist).
Answer: Greenland
249. What archipelago, the southernmost of Spain's autonomous communities, are named (by way of Latin) after dogs, not birds?
Answer: The Canary Islands
250. When measured from its base to its peak, what dormant and partially underwater volcano is over 10,000 meters tall--the tallest in the world, in fact, besting Mt. Everest by over 1,000 meters?
Answer: Mauna Kea
251. Vinson Massif, a 1,600-ft. peak within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, is the highest point on what continent?
Answer: Antarctica
252. What city of 500,000 people, formerly known as Konigsberg, is an exclave of Russia that lies 400 miles west of the rest of the country, sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland?
Answer: Kaliningrad
253. Although they were once part of the Kingdom of Norway, the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands are, collectively, known as the "Northern Isles" of what constituent country?
Answer: Scotland
254. With 128 million people, a majority of whom belong to either the Oromo or Amhara ethnic groups, what nation is the highest populated landlocked country in the world?
Answer: Ethiopia
255. With limestone cliffs and beautiful beaches, the island of Phuket is a major tourist destination located in what Asian country?
Answer: Thailand
256. A large body of water running along the south coast of Australia is known as the "Great Australian" what, a word meaning "broad, open bay?"
Answer: Bight
257. The islands known to some as Las Malvinas, a remote territory whose capital and largest city is Stanley, are better known in the English world by what name?
Answer: Falkland Islands
258. What cape on the southern coast of South Africa gets its name because it represented, for Portuguese explorers, the promise of a sea route to India and the East?
Answer: Cape of Good Hope
259. When ordered alphabetically, Ukraine is the last of the six countries which border the black sea. Which is the first?
Answer: Bulgaria
260. La Paz is the highest national capitol in the world at somewhere around 10k-13k feet above sea level. What country is the city in?
Answer: Bolivia
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