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Interesting Geography and History Questions #1
Can you correctly answer all these geography and history questions?
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Last updated: January 31, 2026
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1. Russia has 11 time zones. While China, which spans about half the length of the previous uses only...
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
3
2
1
4
2. Kiribati is the only country that spans...
Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-countries-are-situated-in-all-four-hemispheres.html
3 continents
2 hemispheres
3 oceans
4 hemispheres
3. What is the oldest "unchanged" country?
Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/oldest-country-in-the-world-1435395
Armenia
Ethiopia
San Marino
Andorra
4. The Korowai, in south-eastern Papua, is known for being one of the last tribes to pursue this unusual practice
Source: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/korowai-tribe-in-indonesia-known-for-practising-cannibalism.html
Eye tattooing
Maritime Piracy
Cannibalism
Communism
5. About __% of the world population lives in the northern hemisphere.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere
40
60
90
75
6. What is one thing you may say New Zealand has in common with Nepal?
Source: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
They are the only countries starting with "N"
They have the tallest mountains in the world
They are the only countries where sheep outnumber people
They are the only countries that use 45-minunte time zones
7. If you cross the border from Afghanistan to China, you will...
Afghanistan is on UTC+4:30. China, however being a large country, is on Beijing time, UTC+8
stay in the same time zone
lose 5h30
lose 3h30
gain 3h
8. Lake Taal's Vulcan Point, in the Philippines, is technically an island within a lake within...
Source: https://www.google.com/maps/place/14%C2%B000'33.5%22N+120%C2%B059'45.9%22E/@14.0088437,120.9910041,4487m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d14.0092913!4d120.9960896
a mall
a forest within a desert
an island within a lake within an island
an ocean trench
9. These are the only countries that are landlocked by one single country.
A lot of countries are either landlocked or only border one other country. However only these three are countries within countries.
Gambia, Equatorial Guinea and eSwatini
Lesotho, eSwatini and Wales
Suriname, Paraguay and Ecuador
Vatican, San Marino and Lesotho
10. Liechtenstein and Haiti had the same exact flag, unknowingly, until this event in 1936. What was the event?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics
World Trade Organizatino Ministerial Conference
FIFA World Cup
UN Peace Summit
The Olympics
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