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Question	Answer	% Correct
What four words follow "Edinburgh" in the official name of the capital and only settlement of Tristan da Cunha? It is considered the most remote permanent settlement on Earth.	of the Seven Seas	67%
What country is generally considered to boast the least-populous capital city of any sovereign nation in the world? This country's National Congress sits inside a palace whose design was based on the United States Capitol.	Palau	67%
A Russian-German geographer named Wladimir was responsible for originally developing what classification system, still in use today, that divides Earth's climates into five main groups: A (tropical), B (arid), C (temperate), D (continental), and E (polar)?	Köppen climate classification	56%
The most populous city on the island of New Guinea is not Port Moresby, but rather what capital of Indonesia's Papua Province?	Jayapura	45%
While not an actual landmass, what "island" is located at coordinates 0°N 0°E? Although it began as an inside joke, this location has since become a practical way to address a persistent problem in geographic information science by treating it as a recognizable placeholder.	Null Island	42%
Quemoy is the English name for what group of Taiwanese islands located only 10 km east of China's Xiamen? It was the site of numerous clashes between China and Taiwan, especially during the Taiwan Strait Crises of the 1950s.	Kinmen	40%
The Chukotka federal subject of Russia is an example of what type of autonomous subdivision? From a Slavic term meaning "circuit," they are historically distinct from oblasts and krais and were created in order to give a degree of self-governance for Northern and Indigenous ethnic groups.	Okrug	40%
The Pearl River Delta is traditionally divided into two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) as well as nine mainland Chinese prefecture-level cities, two of which are Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Name any one of the remaining seven.	Dongguan...	39%
Commonly found as a suffix in Central American location names, what seven-letter Nahuatl term can translate to "place of" or sometimes "walled place"? The largest city with this suffix was partly named for the national bird of Guatemala.	Tenango	38%
The Mangyshlak Peninsula, the Tyuleny Archipelago, and the Buzachi Peninsula are three geographical features bordering which body of water?	Caspian Sea	35%
Known for its increasingly popular snorkeling tourism and marine life, the Dahlak Archipelago belongs to which usually reclusive country?	Eritrea	35%
The Kathiawar peninsula, bounded by the Gulfs of Kutch and Khambat, is located in the southwestern part of what first-level administrative division?	Gujarat	35%
Beerenberg, the world's northernmost active volcano, is located on what island used primarily as a weather and military station?	Jan Mayen	34%
What is the largest island of the Galápagos archipelago? Originally named for a Portuguese queen, its eponym changed over time to honor a different European monarch.	Isabela	33%
Shinjuku, Chiyoda, and Setagaya are three of Tokyo's 23 "special" forms of municipality referred to by which four-letter word in the English language? These units of subdivision function as their own independent cities within the larger Tokyo Metropolis.	Ward	33%
The Revillagigedo Islands are a group of four volcanic islands belonging to what small Mexican state? Located several hundred miles west of Manzanillo, these islands rich in marine life are actually part of a submerged mountain range in the Pacific Ocean.	Colima	32%
Which lake, forming part of the border between Michigan and Ontario, connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie via the Detroit River and is renowned as one of the best freshwater fishing lakes in North America, especially for bass and muskellunge?	Lake St. Clair	32%
Ignoring diacritics, what is the only Argentina provincial capital that has a palindromic name?	Neuquén	31%
Samogitia and Sudovia are two of the five ethnographic regions comprising which modern-day country?	Lithuania	30%
"From the monks" or "of the monks" is the literal French translation of what modern-day city? It is however suggested that this town's actual etymology may stem from a local indigenous word meaning "excrement face".	Des Moines	29%
What Alaskan city located on Baranof and Chichagof Islands shares its name with a spruce tree species native to the region?	Sitka	29%
Three Fortune 500 companies, Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt, are based in a metropolitan area called Northwest Arkansas. This area is dominated by four cities, the most prominent one being Fayetteville. Name any of the other three.	Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale	28%
There are actually 15 large and around 150 smaller islands in what island group whose name may indicate otherwise? Kos and Patmos belong to this island group.	Dodecanese	28%
Sangster International Airport, the busiest airport in the English-speaking region known as Commonwealth Caribbean, is located in what city and popular tourist destination?	Montego Bay	28%
The Great Chilean earthquake, with an estimated strength of 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, had its epicenter near what major town (after which it is named)? This city is known for its German immigration, colonial fortifications, and local beer production.	Valdivia	27%
What cultural center of Sri Lankan Tamil culture is the capital of Sri Lanka's Northern Province? One of its suburbs, Nallur, served as the capital of a kingdom named after this city.	Jaffna	26%
Malaysia has three federal territories which are administered directly by the federal government: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and which third territory? This island was designated as a low-tax offshore financial center to attract international investments.	Labuan	26%
Which U.S. national park in the badlands of western North Dakota was established in 1978 and named for a historical conservationist figure who once lived and ranched there?	Theodore Roosevelt National Park	24%
What river created by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris serves as the southernmost boundary between Iraq and Iran? This area once contained one of the largest date palm forests in the world, but years of war, drought, and increasing salinity have led to its partial devastation.	Shatt al-Arab	23%
Named for the southernmost Corsican town, what strait connects the islands of Corsica and Sardinia?	Strait of Bonifacio	23%
The Great Hungarian Plain constitutes the largest part of what wider lowland area that extends into Romania, Serbia, and Croatia? While Hungarian literature refers to it as the Carpathian Basin, its most common name evokes a province of the Roman Empire.	Pannonian Basin	22%
What mountain range in eastern equatorial Africa, straddling Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was once linked to the legendary "Mountains of the Moon"?	Rwenzori Mountains	21%
Which limestone formation off the coast along Australia’s Great Ocean Road originally had nine stacks, seven of which are still standing? While a misnomer, its new religious name may have attracted more tourists than its previous name "Sow and Pigs".	The Twelve Apostles	21%
The largest megalithic stone circle in the world, Avebury, is located in which English ceremonial county? It is located roughly 25 miles away from an even more famous megalithic structure.	Wiltshire	21%
What cultural stronghold of the Sukuma people is the second (or third, according to some sources) largest city on Lake Victoria after Kampala? It is also its country's second largest city.	Mwanza	19%
Located in Sofia, one of the Balkans’ largest cathedrals was built to honor the Russian soldiers who fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. It is named after which Prince of Novgorod who defeated the Livonian Order at the 1242 Battle on the Ice?	Alexander Nevsky	18%
What natural region holds one of the world's largest reserves of the element with atomic number 29? Spanning both Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this mining area lends its name to a northern Zambian province.	Copperbelt	18%
The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connects the North Korean city of Sinuiju to what Chinese city on the other side, the largest lying on the Yalu River?	Dandong	18%
Located southwest of the town of Houmt El Souk, the El Ghriba synagogue is believed to have been in continuous use for over 2,000 years, making it one of the oldest of its kind. On which island with a rich Jewish history is this synagogue located?	Djerba	17%
With a salinity level of 45.8%, the saltiest of the Antarctic lakes shares its name with what fictional seducer? This pond was actually named for the two helicopter pilots that transported the first field party investigating the body of water and not a fictional character.	Don Juan	17%
Built for a 1980 live-action film starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall, what film set village located in Malta has been preserved as a family-friendly seaside theme park and remains a popular open-air museum today?	Popeye Village	17%
A kapok tree called the Cotton Tree serves as the national symbol of what city that was founded in part by a group of African-American and Black Canadians known as the "Nova Scotian Settlers"?	Freetown	16%
What short-lived unrecognised state, declared independent by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali in 2012, encompassed at the time the regions of Timbuktu, Gao, and Kidal?	Azawad	15%
Located in Toronto, what is considered Canada's equivalent to the United States' Wall Street? This thoroughfare coincidentally shares part of its name with the now defunct Canadian company that was the oldest corporation in North America.	Bay Street	15%
Named after the British diplomat who negotiated it, what term refers to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan established during colonial rule? Because it divides Pashtun and Baloch populations, it remains a source of tension between the two nations.	Durand Line	14%
Which legislative world capital situated in the Ezulwini Valley is home to the Ludzidzini Royal Village of the House of Dlamini? This city also contains the sites of the Umhlanga Reed Dance and Incwala traditional ceremonies.	Lobamba	14%
The namesake of a prominent mining company, what highly acidic red-orange river in Andalusia is known for its extremophile microorganisms and its unique color caused by high levels of dissolved iron and heavy metals?	Rio Tinto	13%
Wadi al-Hitan is a remote Egyptian desert site preserving extraordinary fossils that document the evolution of a particular group of species. What does the Arabic plural word "Hitan" stand for in the name of this site?	Whales	13%
Which group of three islands located at the mouth of Galway Bay are known for their unique karst limestone geology and stone forts like Dún Aonghasa? The Oscar-nominated film "The Banshees of Inisherin" was partially filmed on Inishmore, the largest of the three.	Aran Islands	12%
Which Southeast Asian river is considered one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the world and cuts through deep Yunnan canyons in a section called the "Grand Canyon of the East"? The planned Burmese Tasang Dam will be situated on this river.	Salween	12%
Which Georgian gorge and spa town is most famous for its mineral water? A well-known brand of carbonated water noted for its strong mineral taste and claimed health benefits is named after this location and continues to be widely popular throughout the former USSR.	Borjomi	11%
Salalah is the capital of which Omani governorate? Culturally distinct from the rest of the country, this region was the site of a Cold War-era rebellion pitting a Marxist–Leninist "Liberation Front" against the reigning Al Bu Said family.	Dhofar	11%
The Kanmon Straits, which separate the Japanese islands of Honshu and Kyushu, are also alternatively named for what city located directly across the straits from Kitakyushu? This city boasts Japan's largest fugu (pufferfish) market and was the location of the 1895 treaty marking the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.	Shimonoseki	11%
What is the geographical term, derived from Italian, for a sandy isthmus that connects a "tied island" to the mainland or another island?	Tombolo	11%
What strong, cold and northeasterly wind sweeps down from the mountains to the Adriatic coast? It particularly affects areas like Trieste in Italy and the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and both Maserati and Volkswagen have car models named for this wind.	Bora	9%
What infrastructure network once called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Muammar Gaddafi is sometimes considered the world’s largest irrigation project? Abbreviated GMMR, it pumps fossil groundwater up to 1,600 km through over 2,800 km of pipes to supply 70% of its country’s freshwater.	Great Man-Made River	9%
What underwater mountain range crossing the central Arctic Ocean divides the ocean into the Amerasia Basin and Eurasia Basin? It is named after the Russian scientist and official namesake of Moscow State University who discovered the atmosphere of Venus.	Lomonosov Ridge	9%
With a façade nearly twice as long as Versailles, which Baroque palace in Munich served as the primary summer residence of the rulers from the House of Wittelsbach? It was the birthplace of Ludwig II who commissioned the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle.	Nymphenburg Palace	9%
Separate from the Andes is what mountain range in northern Colombia, considered the highest coastal range located in the tropics? Pico Cristóbal Colón and Pico Simón Bolívar, the country's two highest peaks, are both located in this range.	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	9%
Which group of islands located off the coast of San Francisco and known for its large seabird and seal colonies was controversially used as a nuclear waste dump during the mid-20th century?	Farallon Islands	8%
Which Seoul neighborhood famed for its nightlife, gay scene, and international cuisine, can also be found in the title of the Netflix series ___ Class? It was the site of a deadly Halloween crowd crush in 2022.	Itaewon	8%
Which pink lake located on Middle Island off the coast of Western Australia gets its unique color from Dunaliella salina algae and salt-loving bacteria?	Lake Hillier	8%
Which traditional dry stone huts with conical roofs associated with the town of Alberobello are characteristic of the Murge plateau of Italy’s Puglia region?	Trulli	8%
Ahmed el-Tayeb serves as the current Grand Imam of what university located in the heart of Cairo? It is by far the leading and most prestigious center for Islamic and Arabic learning in the Muslim world, at least from a Sunni perspective.	Al-Azhar University	7%
Famous for its nostalgic red trams, what pedestrian street in the heart of Istanbul connects Taksim Square to the Tünel, the world's second-oldest underground urban railway after the London Underground? Literally meaning "independence," this word is also found in the title of the Turkish national anthem.	İstiklal Avenue	7%
Which dam on the Dnieper River was destroyed in 2023 amid the Russo-Ukrainian conflict in an act most experts attribute to Russia? The reservoir formed by this dam served as the primary cooling source for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.	Kakhovka Dam	7%
Al-Qa'im, Haditha, and Fallujah are some of the larger cities located in which governorate whose capital is Ramadi?	Al Anbar	6%
Which tiny abandoned island off Nagasaki was once one of the world’s most densely populated coal-mining towns? One of its two common names literally translates to "Battleship Island" due to its silhouette resembling the Japanese battleship Tosa.	Hashima / Gunkanjima	6%
Which Niger town located near the Aïr Mountains expanded around uranium deposits historically processed by France’s Orano Cycle? In the Niger uranium forgeries, it was falsely and implicitly claimed that Saddam Hussein sought to buy yellowcake from this location.	Arlit	5%
Found on a farm in northern Namibia in 1920 and later becoming a tourist attraction, what is the largest single intact meteorite ever found on Earth? No crater was formed, as Earth’s atmosphere is believed to have slowed the object to terminal velocity.	Hoba meteorite	2%

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