The World

1. In which English county would you find Drayton Manor Park?

Staffordshire

2. What is the capital of Ghana?

Accra

3. Which is the largest airport in Europe by passenger number?

London Heathrow

4. In which country will the 2018 Commonwealth Games be held?

Australia (Gold Coast)

5. Which is colder: The North Pole or the South Pole?

The South Pole

6. Which is the shortest motorway in the UK?

A8(M) (Only 0.2 miles long)

7. Which three oceans surround Australia?

Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and (South) Pacific Ocean

8. Alaska is the largest US state by area, but which is second largest?

Texas

9. Which is the largest US state in terms of population?

California 

10. What was the national currency of Greece before it adopted the Euro in 2001?

Drachma

Geography Trivia – Questions and Answers for your pub quiz.

1. Which is the most southerly capital city in the world?

Wellington

2. Similarly, which is the northernmost capital city in the world?

Reykjavik

3. In which country is Mount Vesuvius located?

Italy

4. Which are the two official languages of Cameroon?

English and French

5. In which country is the busiest airport in the world, according to the Airport Council International’s total passenger figures for 2016?

USA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)

6. Name five countries through which the River Nile passes?

Five of: Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Eritrea

7. In which American state is Mount Rushmore located?

South Dakota

8. There are four ‘Tate’ galleries; two are in London but where are the other two?

St. Ives (Cornwall) and Liverpool 

9. Chişinău is the capital city of which country?

Moldova

10. Cape Canaveral was renamed in 1963 by Lyndon B. Johnson and reverted back to its original name in 1973. How was it known between these dates?

Cape Kennedy

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1. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

Astana

2. In which English county would you find Ironbridge Gorge?

Shropshire

3. ‘Obscene Carbon’ is an anagrams of which UK national park?

Brecon Beacons

4. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of which East African country?

Tanzania

5. What is the official language of Brazil?

Portuguese

6. In which country would you find Kronborg Castle, known to many as ‘Elsinore’ from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’?

Denmark

7. Timbuktu is an ancient settlement within which other country?

Mali

8. Which two-word term is used collectively for the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Isle of Man?

Crown Dependencies

9. What is the national currency of Malaysia?

Malaysian Ringgit

10. If ‘.uk’ is an internet domain extension for the United Kingdom, which country uses ‘.bg’?

Bulgaria

US State Capitals Quiz – Of which US state are the following cities the capital?

1. Montgomery

Alabama

2. Frankfort

Kentucky

3. Trenton

New Jersey

4. Santa Fe

New Mexico

5. Lincoln

Nebraska

6. Olympia

Washington

7. Denver

Colorado

8. Juneau

Alaska

9. Cheyenne

Wyoming

10. Providence

Rhode Island

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Geography Pub Quiz Questions

1. Which UK motorway connects Blackpool with the M6 at Preston?

M55

2. Which South American country borders Colombia to the north, Peru to the east and south and the Pacific Ocean to the west?

Ecuador

3. What is the name of the official currency of Albania?

Albanian lek

4. In which country would you find the Troodos mountains?

Cyprus

5. Yerevan is the capital city of which country?

Armenia

6. From which country did Lebanon gain independence on 22nd November 1943?

France

7. How many parliamentary constituencies are there in the United Kingdom?

650 (Correct as of general election on 8th June 2017)

8. In which European country are the beach resorts of Varna, Sunny Beach and Balchik?

Bulgaria

9. Which African country was formerly a British colony known as the ‘Gold Coast’ from 1867 until its independence in 1957?

Ghana

10. Which city is furthest north – Leeds or York?

York

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1. Which country is the smallest in Asia by area?

Republic of Maldives

2. Which UK motorway runs from the North Circular road in South Woodford to the A14 Northwest of Cambridge?

M11

3. Roskilde was the capital of which European country until 1443?

Denmark (Before the capital became Copenhagen)

4. In which ocean does the island nation of Mauritius lie?

Indian Ocean

5. Which was the 50th and last to join the United States of America and did so on August 21st 1959?

Hawaii

6. The North Star (also known as the Pole Star or Polaris) is part of which constellation?

Ursa Minor/Little Bear/Little Dipper

7. According to Guinness World Records, in which country would you find the world’s oldest existing and continually operating university?

Morocco (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-university)

8. Of which country is Baku the capital?

Azerbaijan

9. Which African country’s flag has vertical stripes of green, gold and red and sometimes has a stick human figure with its arms raised in the middle?

Mali

10. Which railway station is the largest in the world by number of platforms?

Grand Central Terminal, New York City

Geography Pub Quiz Questions and Answers

1. Of which African country is Bamako the capital?

Mali

2. How many federal states (Bundesländer) form the country of Germany?

Sixteen

3. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the king of which country?

Saudi Arabi

4. Which is the most southerly city in the UK?

Truro

5. You would not find the ‘Spanish Steps’ in Spain – In which city would you find them?

Rome

6. The New Shekel is the currency of which country?

Israel

7. How many member states will exist in the European Union after the UK leaves?

27

8. Which is the longest river in Europe?

Volga

9. Which is the largest continent on Earth in terms of both land mass and population?

Asia

10. What is the name of the circle of latitude that lies approximately 23 degrees south of the equator?

Tropic of Capricorn

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1. In which year did construction of the Berlin Wall begin?

1961

2. Which is the largest country in Africa by area?

Algeria (Closely followed by Democratic Republic of the Congo)

3. On which continent is the country of Tuvalu located?

Oceania

4. Bora Bora is an island in which ocean?

Pacific

5. In which city would you find the Ha’penny Bridge, Temple Bar and Phoenix Park?

Dublin

6. Which is the second largest state in the USA after Alaska?

Texas

7. In which country are the Suzhou Canals to be found?

China

8. Which country in Central America uses the Quetzal as its currency?

Guatemala

9. Which city in the state of Georgia, USA, has formerly been known as both ‘Terminus’ and ‘Marthasville’?

Atlanta

10. In which English county is Dartmoor National Park?

Devon

1. Which is the most northerly capital city in the world?

Reykjavík, Iceland

2. Basseterre is the capital of which two-island country in the West Indies?

Saint Kitts and Nevis

3. In which South American country would you find Los Glaciares National Park?

Argentina

4. What is the national currency of Bolivia?

Bolivian boliviano

5. King Mswati III is the reigning monarch of which country?

Swaziland

6. Two countries share the land mass of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola – which two countries?

The Dominican Republic and Haiti

7. Name the longest river in Ireland.

River Shannon

8. The Strait of Juan de Fuca forms a partial physical border between which two countries?

Canada and the USA

9. As of December 2016, how many of the member states of the European Union use the Euro as their national currency?

19 (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain)

10. Which country’s flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes with red stripes at the top and bottom, followed by two white stripes inside these, plus a blue stripe in the centre which is twice the thickness of the other stripes?

Thailand