Geography quiz questions and answers

34 free geography questions with answers: capitals, rivers, mountains, flags and borders. It works in any room because everybody has an opinion about a map.

Last reviewed 14 September 2026

How to use this round

Geography is the most democratic round in a pub quiz. Everybody has looked at a map, nobody studied it recently, and a table of four will usually have one person who is unexpectedly good at flags.

It also works without any equipment, which is not true of a picture round or a music round, so it is the round to reach for in a venue with no screen and no sound.

If you do have a screen, half of these convert straight into a map round: show the country, ask for the capital.

Easy

Capitals and landmarks nearly everyone will know. Good for an opening round or a mixed-age crowd.

1
What is the capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome
2
Which continent is Egypt in?
Answer: Africa
3
What is the longest river in South America?
Answer: The Amazon
4
Mount Everest sits on the border of Nepal and which other country?
Answer: China (Tibet)
5
What is the capital of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
6
Which ocean lies between Europe and North America?
Answer: The Atlantic
7
In which country is the city of Marrakesh?
Answer: Morocco
8
What is the largest country in the world by area?
Answer: Russia
9
Which country is shaped like a boot?
Answer: Italy
10
What is the capital of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
11
Which US state is the Grand Canyon in?
Answer: Arizona
12
What is the capital city of Scotland?
Answer: Edinburgh

Medium

The middle of a geography round. Expect most tables to get six or seven of these.

13
What is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington
14
Which is the smallest continent by land area?
Answer: Australia (Oceania)
15
The Danube flows into which sea?
Answer: The Black Sea
16
Which country has the most natural lakes?
Answer: Canada
17
What is the capital of Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon
18
Lake Titicaca sits on the border of Peru and which other country?
Answer: Bolivia
19
Which strait separates Spain from Morocco?
Answer: The Strait of Gibraltar
20
What is the capital of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
21
Which is the only country to border both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean without touching the Mediterranean?
Answer: South Africa
22
The Atacama Desert is mostly in which country?
Answer: Chile
23
Which river flows through Paris?
Answer: The Seine
24
What is the capital of Norway?
Answer: Oslo

Hard

Tie-break territory. Fair questions, but a table will need somebody who genuinely likes maps.

25
What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
Answer: Astana
26
Which country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
Answer: Lesotho
27
What is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
28
Which is the only country that shares a land border with Portugal?
Answer: Spain
29
What is the world's largest island?
Answer: Greenland
30
Which sea has no coastline?
Answer: The Sargasso Sea
31
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Answer: Ulaanbaatar
32
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Answer: Ethiopia
33
Through how many countries does the Equator pass?
Answer: Thirteen
34
What is the highest capital city in the world by elevation?
Answer: La Paz, Bolivia

Turning these into a map round

If the venue has a screen, a map round is the single best use of it. Put an outline of a country up, ask teams to name it and its capital, and score two points.

It is quicker to run than a written geography round, it is more visual, and it is one of the few round formats where a table with no strong geographer can still work it out between them.

Keeping a geography round fair

Spread it across the continents deliberately. A round that is six European capitals and four American states rewards exactly the people it always rewards.

Avoid superlatives with a contested answer: 'the longest river in the world' has an argument attached to it, and the argument will find you.

Print a map round

Set up a session, pick your questions and run it on the venue screen. The first session is free.

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