50 Question Geography Trivia #1 By Ákos

What is the largest lake on Earth by surface area?

What is the de facto capital city of Switzerland?

Which river flows through the most capital cities on Earth?

What is the largest island on Earth?

Which parallel was chosen to divide North and South Korea?

South Africa has 3 capital cities; Cape Town, Pretoria and ...?

Which is the largest archipelago country on Earth?

Which country famously received their independence "against their will" from Malaysia in 1965?

What is the most populous Arabic-speaking city on Earth?

Which city is the busiest airport of the United States located in?

Which Middle Eastern city's name translates to "City of Peace"?

What is the only member state of the European Union that owns nuclear weapons?

What was the capital city of Italy before they captured Rome in 1870?

During which country's civil war did Cuban and South African soldiers fight against each other in the Cold War?

Which modern-day country is the birthplace of Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) located in?

What is the official language in Mozambique?

Which American city was the treaty that ended the Bosnian War signed in?

What is the longest river entirely in Russia?

Which American state were nuclear weapons first tested in?

What is the name of New Zealand in the indigenous Māori language?

What is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?

What is the more well-known name of Kalimantan island?

Which peninsula separates Asia from Africa?

What is the largest and most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea?

Which modern-day country is the highest peak of the former Yugoslavia located in?

Chicago is located on the coast of which lake?

What is the only continental European country, whose capital city is located on an island? (Note: continental means that full island nations, like the UK and Ireland are not included!)

How many official languages does South Africa have?

Which constituent country of the UK is the highest peak of the entire country, the Ben Nevis located in?

Outside of Sweden, which country is Swedish an official language in?

What language do the indigenous inhabitants of Northern Canada, the Inuit speak?

Which country received the most Righteous Among The Nations awards from the Israeli Yad Vashem institute?

What is the most populated city in North America?

Which Adriatic city is called "Capodistria" in Italian?

What is the largest archipelago country in the world without any land borders?

Which country hosts the largest Japanese community outside of Japan?

Which country's name translates to "Eastern Realm"

Which language is used as a lingua franca in many East African countries?

What is the capital city of the Bosnian Serb Republic (Republika Sprska)?

Which is the most populated city on Earth, that is not located on any major body of water?

Which Balkan city is called "Tsarigrad" in some Slavic languages?

What was the first country on Earth to recognize the independence of the United States?

Which ethnic group makes up majority of Latin America's population, that came to be by the mixing of Europeans with Indigenous Americans?

Which city's name translates to "Red Hero"?

Which strait connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, that is one of the most important straits in global trade?

What is the most populated island on Earth?

What is the name of the geographical region around the Pacific Ocean, that is volcanically and seismically highly active?

Which metal's Latin name was Argentina named after?

Which was the first city on Earth to ever reach 1 million inhabitants?

What was the name of Kazakhstan's capital city, Astana, between 2019 and 2022, honouring the country's first president?