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Geography General Knowledge #5

Can you answer these random geography questions?
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First submittedMarch 24, 2013
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What is known as "The City of Light"?
Paris
What is the most common religion in India?
Hinduism
If you sailed north through the Bering Strait, what body of water would you be in?
Arctic Ocean
What country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro?
Tanzania
What historical region consists of the northeast part of China?
Manchuria
What is the largest and most populous island of Japan?
Honshu
What is the oldest university in England?
Oxford
What city is considered to be the economic capital of Israel?
Tel Aviv
What was the former name of Ho Chi Minh City?
Saigon
In what U.S. state does the Mississippi River begin?
Minnesota
What is the official residence of the Russian President?
The Kremlin
Every year, the Spanish town of Buñol has a food fight. What type of food is thrown?
Tomatoes
What major U.S. city is located on Puget Sound?
Seattle
What peninsula can be found in the northwest part of France?
Brittany
What building is the headquarters of the U.S. military?
The Pentagon
What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
Mont Blanc
What major river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
What sea of the Pacific Ocean borders 10 different countries – with China
trying to claim nearly all of it?
South China Sea
Hobart is the largest city on what island?
Tasmania
What is Canada's smallest province by size and population?
Prince Edward Island
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46 Comments
Dontneedone
+18
Level 80
Jul 22, 2014
Only got Tasmania because I misspelled Tanzania. :/
ponnuki
+51
Level 57
Aug 30, 2015
That's one hell of a misspelling...
Findlay
+2
Level 80
Apr 25, 2023
I mean, it only requires changing the "sm" to an "nz", but I'm not sure how you'd manage that.
RedPenguinLol
+4
Level 87
Apr 25, 2023
Since Tazmania is an accepted type-in, my guess is that they hit z first due to typing too fast, then accidentally hit m instead of n, which are two adjacent keys.
AlexKong
+1
Level 53
Aug 10, 2025
S and Z are adjacent, M and N are adjacent as well, so you would only need to accidentally click off twice and also mess up the order. Possible, but extremely unlikely...
Zupity
+6
Level 67
May 13, 2023
In 1988, a Pakistani cricketer flew to Tanzania to begin his career with the Tasmanian team. Blamed his travel agent.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jul 16, 2023
Brilliant!
DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Oct 14, 2025
Just last year People magazine ran a piece on Bindi Irwin's family holiday to East Africa which turned out to be based on her posting to Instagram about a trip to Cradle Mountain in Tasmania https://dcoasia.com/2024/06/25/tasmania-or-tanzania-bindi-irwins-cradle-mountain-holiday-blunder-by-us-magazine-people-abc-news/
triviaolivia
+5
Level 63
Dec 23, 2015
OK. I am offishally REEL stoopid.
DonTheLamplighter
+5
Level 87
Aug 11, 2017
Welcome to the club. *high-five*
Antofagasta
+2
Level 70
Dec 20, 2016
Got them all right!
catlover2496
+3
Level 43
Mar 14, 2017
I thought it was the city of lights
Algernon
+3
Level 74
Dec 5, 2017
Surprised the average score is so low. There are a few tricky questions, but normally people on here are smart/geeky enough to know them.

Face palmed on not getting the Kremlin.

jandjandlemur
+4
Level 66
Aug 29, 2018
Count inner Manchuria or Heilongjiang because I was stuck putting those 2 in
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2025
The question asks for the historic region, not the current-day administrative subdivision of China: their borders are not the same (some of the historic region is in modern-day Mongolia for a start).
davidcg31
+6
Level 55
Sep 26, 2018
Dongbei should be accepted for Manchuria
Volhosis
+2
Level 50
Jan 4, 2019
For some reason kept thinking it was St. Edward Island instead of Prince Edward Island smh.
elephanteric
+2
Level 37
Feb 18, 2019
2:56
alexandertorres1978
+4
Level 70
Feb 20, 2021
Glad I knew most of them since I spent the last half of the quiz furiously typing out US states since I had absolutely no idea where the Mississippi starts
Dperez
+1
Level 75
Apr 24, 2023
Same.
Ctrling
+2
Level 46
Feb 20, 2021
AAAAAAAH CORSICA NOOOOO
MichaelPeblo
+1
Level 44
Feb 22, 2021
I wrote Kreml :(
Jango
+3
Level 63
Jul 3, 2021
How sad. Quizmaster thinks that everything on Wiki is true, despite all evidence to the contrary. I lived in France, never heard city of light for Paris. You should hear what the Bretons call it. Not on Wikipedia
Djilas
+7
Level 86
Apr 24, 2023
It doesn't say it's known as such in France.
MindWax
+7
Level 87
Dec 7, 2023
"All evidence to the contrary" = "I lived in France and never personally heard it". lol
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Aug 22, 2024
These nicknames are more of a tourist thing
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2025
And yet there are plenty of French-language websites that explain why Paris is known as «la Ville Lumière».
bn9043
+2
Level 63
May 7, 2022
I'm pretty sure the "official residence of the Russian president" is Moscow

(This is a joke btw)

DictatorTalia
+6
Level 95
Apr 24, 2023
Good quiz, but there is a typo on the third question: "Bering Straight" should be "Bering Strait". Thanks!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 25, 2025
You really should get you bearings straight :D
MWS
+2
Level 85
Apr 24, 2023
North of the Bering Straight is the Chukchi Sea
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Apr 24, 2023
Chuckchi will work now for any masochists who want to type that.
plattitude
+4
Level 94
Apr 24, 2023
I find it hilarious that you added "Chuckchi," but not the proper "Chukchi."
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Apr 25, 2023
Fixed, although let's be honest. No one is typing that.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Apr 25, 2023
Eh it's only 5 letters, just spelt the English way
MassLumpBlockClod
+1
Level 87
Apr 24, 2023
Bering *Strait; not "Straight"
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 24, 2023
D'oh! That is fixed now, thank you.
Billy1970
+1
Level 59
Jun 28, 2023
Kilimanjaro is in Africa!!
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2025
Well done you, but in which country?
NotaRealPerson
+2
Level 66
Jul 14, 2023
I am pretty sure the Mississippi River starts in Louisiana in the south. You should specify that you mean the northern end of the river
Danno
+4
Level 67
Jul 15, 2023
Water flows downhill, therefore it ends in Louisiana. It starts flowing in Minnesota.
Stoggler
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2025
And there it is: on reading the question I did wonder if someone would not understand how rivers work and post something with conviction!
Noivern
+1
Level 65
Oct 11, 2024
i guessed perth for the city of light as i forgot that paris was also called the city of light.
cocachiantos
+3
Level 75
Jul 28, 2025
#14 : Cotentin could work as an answer too, alongside Brittany. It is the thinner peninsula with Cherbourg at the tip.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 25, 2025
Yay I got smarter, my previous score was 13 and now I got 19 :) Did not get the river question.
ACAirConditioner
+1
Level 38
Apr 22, 2026
Gia Dinh and Prey Nokor were also former names of Ho Chi Minh no?
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