Geo Bee Quiz: Geography Questions

1 Which state is closer to the Pacific Ocean?

• Nevada(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Kentucky

2. A physical map focuses on:

• land surface(CORRECT ANSWER)

• boundaries

• elevation

• population

3. Which state is located in New England?

• Virginia

• New Hampshire(CORRECT ANSWER)

4. The Klamath Mountains stretch south from Oregon into which other state?

• Montana

• California(CORRECT ANSWER)

5. A map that shows human-made features such as borders, states, and countries

• compass rose

• political map(CORRECT ANSWER)

• legendlegend

6. The barrier islands of the Outer Banks lie off the coast of which Atlantic State?

• Maine

• North Carolina(CORRECT ANSWER)

7. The Pecos River drains into the Rio Grande in which state?

• Texas(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Nevada

8. Which state is located west of the Mississippi River?

• Oklahoma(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Georgia

9. Which state has a longer border with Canada?

• Minnesota(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Vermont

10. The city of Bangor lies north of Penobscot Bay in which state?

• Maine(CORRECT ANSWER)

• South Carolina

11. The Susquehanna River flows through which state on its way to the Chesapeake Bay?

• Pennsylvania(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Connecticut

12. Which state is farther north?

• Michigan(CORRECT ANSWER)

• New Mexico

13. Which blockbuster film was written by George Lucas in California in the 1970s to get kids interested in space exploration?

• Star Wars(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Divergent

14. Which landmark in Washington, D.C. was burned by the British in 1814?

• Washington Monument

• White House(CORRECT ANSWER)

15. Warriors from which Native American tribe were attacked by U.S. troops at Wounded Knee in present-day South Dakota?

• Sioux(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Hopi

16. Which carnival ride was first introduced at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1931?

• Ferris wheel(CORRECT ANSWER)

• flume

17. The owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts created which treat by accidentally mixing ingredients?

• Chocolate Chip Cookie(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Apple Pie

18. Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, is mainly associated with which type of work?

• Architecture(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Painting

19. Louis Armstrong, a famous musician who grew up in New Orleans in the early 1900s, is associated with which form of music?

• Rock and Roll

• Jazz(CORRECT ANSWER)

20. Which of the maps listed below shows elevation by the use of contour lines and the horizontal position of terrain features and land formations?

• tourist map

• geographic map

• topographic map(CORRECT ANSWER)

• city or state road map

21. Which is a body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?

• prairie

• plateau

• peninsula(CORRECT ANSWER)

22. Madagascar, one of the world’s largest islands, is located off the eastern coast of Africa in which ocean?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Artic Ocean

23. A giant squid is almost as long as a six-story building is high.  Giant squid can be found in the waters near the United Kingdom and Spain in which ocean?

• Atlantic Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

24. At nearly seven miles deep, the Mariana Trench is the deepest point on Earth.  In which ocean is it located?

• Pacific Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Indian Ocean

• Artic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

25. The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with which other ocean?

• Atlantic Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

26. The North Pole, the northernmost point on Earth, is located in which ocean?

• Indian Ocean

• Artic Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

27. The Ring of Fire, a region that experiences a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is mainly located along which ocean?

• Pacific Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Indian Ocean

• Artic Ocean

28. The scalloped hammerhead shark is an endangered species that can be found off the coasts of Oman and Yemen in which ocean?

• Indian Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Pacific Ocean

• Artic Ocean

29. The Azores are a group of volcanic islands that lie west of Portugal in which ocean?

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

30. What is a narrow, sandy island, formed from a larger bar, lying off the coast of the mainland?

• atoll

• barrier island(CORRECT ANSWER)

• islet

31. The Somali current, a surface current that changes the seasonal monsoon in South Asia, is located in which ocean?

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Artic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

32. Weird but true: you can take a bath in coffee at a spa in Japan.  Japan is an island country that is part of which continent?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Europe

33. Weird but true: Villagers in 5th century Italy played tennis with their bare hands.  Italy is located on which continent that includes the Alps?

• Australia

• Africa

• Europe(CORRECT ANSWER)

34. Weird but true: The arches of a McDonald’s in Sedona, Arizona, are turquoise instead of yellow.  Arizona is located on which continent that includes the Sonoran Desert?

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• North America(CORRECT ANSWER)

35. Weird but true: Scientists used a robot disguised as a penguin to study real emperor penguins.  Emperor penguins live in Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land on which continent?

• Australia

• South America

• Africa

• Antartica(CORRECT ANSWER)

36. A group of many islands is what type of landform?

• canyon

• archipelago(CORRECT ANSWER)

• continent

37. Weird but true: doctors in ancient Peru drilled holes in patients’ skulls to relieve their headaches.  Peru is a country located on which continent?

• North America

• South America(CORRECT ANSWER)

• Africa

38. The imaginary line that splits the world into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere is called:

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Prime Meridian

• the Equator(CORRECT ANSWER)

39. Weird but true: Crocodiles can climb trees.  The Nile crocodile lives in Sudan and Ethiopia on which continent?

• Australia

• Africa(CORRECT ANSWER)

• South America

40. What is the term for the measure of how much matter and object has?

• gravity

• mass(CORRECT ANSWER)

41. Sometimes called thunderheads, which type of clouds bring thunderstorm weather?

• Cumulonimbus (CORRECT ANSWER)

• cirrus

Bloemfontein and Cape Town are two of south Africa’s capitals name the third?

ANSWER : Pretoria

Louisville goes into what neighboring states?

ANSWER : Indiana

What is the largest port city in Maine?

ANSWER : Portland

Which river system drains 31 states?

ANSWER : Mississippi River

The Lake of the Ozarks is in which state?

ANSWER : Missouri

These huge waves can move at speeds over 100 mph?

ANSWER : Tsunami

Which strait separates Baffin Island from mainland Canada?

ANSWER : Hudson strait

This is the term for pollution formed when moisture in air comes together with byproducts from fossil 

fuels?

ANSWER : Smog

What is the capital of Barbados?

ANSWER : Bridgetown

What is the term for dried coconut meat?

ANSWER : Copra

What line of latitude divides the USA and Canada?

ANSWER : 49 Degrees North

The last orangutans that remain wild are on this island?

ANSWER : Borneo

What Ecuadorian island chain is home to a famous species of turtles?

ANSWER : Galapagos islands

What is the currency of Iran?

ANSWER : Iranian rial

Farmers use what agricultural technique to farm uneven land?

ANSWER : Terrace farming

The Rhine river starts in what country?

ANSWER : Switzerland

Gazpacho comes from what European country?

ANSWER : Spain

Drams are the currency in what country?

ANSWER : Armenia

What mountain range is along Italy’s northern border?

ANSWER : Alps

The cities of Tucson, Tempe, Sedona, and Flagstaff are in what state?

ANSWER : Arizona

Cape Horn is on what continent?

ANSWER : South America

Industrial revolution started in what country?

ANSWER : United Kingdom

What is the largest state, which is the smallest?

ANSWER : Alaska, Rhode Island

What is the historical term for the gradual change from handmade products to machine made products?

ANSWER : Industrial Revolution

What is the name for poor Europeans who worked for free in exchange for a passage to the British 

colonies?

ANSWER : Indentured servants

Eidelweiss is the national flower of what European country?

ANSWER : Austria

Wisconsin’s Dorr peninsula separates Lake Michigan from this bay?

ANSWER : Green Bay

United States is the worlds largest producer of this legume which is used in cooking oil, tofu, and milk. 

This legume is originally from Asia. What is it called?

ANSWER : Soybean

Thrace is a region which borders the Aegean and black seas. Of which peninsula is it the south eastern 

most point?

ANSWER : Balkan Peninsula

The Caribbean islands are considered part of which continent ?

ANSWER : North America

What year was the panama canal finished?

ANSWER : 1914

What is the capital of Bahrain?

ANSWER : Manama

This American bay was created when the Susquehanna River flooded?

ANSWER : Chesapeake Bay

What is the term for rapid rise in sea level?

ANSWER : Storm surge

Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is located in this national Park?

ANSWER : Sequoia NP

The kea bird attacks the sheep in the alpine passes of this South Pacific nation?

ANSWER : New Zealand

What is Canada’s easternmost prairie province?

ANSWER : Manitoba

What is Canada’s longest river?

ANSWER : Mackenzie River

What body of water lies between Alaska and Russia?

ANSWER : Bering Strait

You can take the Chuu railroad line from Tokyo to this famous mountain?

ANSWER : Mount Fuji

What is the strait between New Zealand’s two islands?

ANSWER : Cook Strait

This state is shaped like the first letter of its name?

ANSWER : Louisiana

What is the least populous state in New England?

ANSWER : Vermont

This city is centered on an island in the Seine river?

ANSWER : Paris

In the United Kingdom what is the necessary requirement to be called a city?

ANSWER : A letters patent or royal charter

This river makes up part of Texas’s northeastern border?

ANSWER : Red River

Which lake does the Isle Royale national park lie in?

ANSWER : Lake Superior

What is Canada’s national capital?

ANSWER : Ottawa

What are the two major agricultural exports of Cuba?

ANSWER : Sugar and tobacco

In this state you can see the battle sites of Lexington and Concord and see the pilgrim ship Mayflower?

ANSWER : Massachusetts

What is the capital of the state in which Casper and Laramie are cities?

ANSWER : Cheyenne

Brunei gained its independence in 1984 from which country?

ANSWER : United Kingdom

New Zealand has more of what animal than it has people?

ANSWER : Sheep

Burlington, Essex, and Montpelier are cities in which state?

ANSWER : Vermont

The administrative headquarters of the Baha’i faith, which has 6 million followers worldwide, is in Haifa. 

What country is it in?

ANSWER : Israel

This long north American River empties into the Bering Sea?

ANSWER : Yukon River

Galileo did his experiment on the effect of gravity by dropping two balls of different sizes to see which hit 

the ground first. From which structure did he do his experiment?

ANSWER : The Tower of Pisa or the leaning Tower of Pisa

Iceland was settled in the ninth century by these people?

ANSWER : Norwegians (not Vikings or Danes)

The McKenzie river is the longest river in this country?

ANSWER : Canada

What city is the economic and cultural center of Canada and also the location of a major stock 

exchange?

ANSWER : Toronto

What is the capital of the country that is west of Spain?

ANSWER : Lisbon

Name three countries that border Tanzania?

ANSWER : Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 

Zambia (Any of these are correct)

What is the capital of Sierra Leone?

ANSWER : Freetown

What river valley in France was the site of many historic rich country estates?

ANSWER : The Loire Valley

The Center for Biological Diversity wants to re-introduce grizzly bears into the Bitterroot Mountains. 

These mountains lie on the border of which two states?

ANSWER : Idaho and Montana

What city in Alaska is the fifth busiest freight airport in the world due to its location along the Pacific 

rim?

ANSWER : Anchorage

What body of water lies between the Philippines and Vietnam?

ANSWER : South China Sea

Katakana and Kanji are two written languages in what Asian country?

ANSWER : Japan

What is a British colony bordering the south of Spain?

ANSWER : Gibraltar

What are the 3 maritime Canadian provinces?

ANSWER : New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island

During the American civil war, the fall of Vicksburg marked the capture of what river system?

ANSWER : Mississippi

Mt Washington is the highest point in New England. In which state is it?

ANSWER : New Hampshire

The Cincinnati international airport is not in Cincinnati, but is across the river. In which state is it?

ANSWER : Kentucky

One of New Zealand’s major crops is also the name of a bird which gives the people of New Zealand their 

nickname. What is the name of this crop and bird?

ANSWER : Kiwi

What site was chosen in 1942 as the center for nuclear weapons research and development in the 

United States?

ANSWER : Los Alamos Laboratory

The island of Corsica is part of what country?

ANSWER : France

The island of Sardinia is part of what country?

ANSWER : Italy

The Yalu river makes up part of the border of which two countries?

ANSWER : China and North Korea

What is the term for the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow 

compared with the open ocean?

ANSWER : Continental shelf

What’s a country in which an illyrian language is still spoken?

ANSWER : Albania

Frankincense is from the Aden region in the southwest of this country?

ANSWER : Yemen

The Greeks call this island Kerkyra. What does everyone else call it?

ANSWER : Corfu

What is the 2nd holiest city in Islam?

ANSWER : Medina

What is the layer of the earths atmosphere in which most weather occurs?

ANSWER : Troposphere

In 1998 the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation conference was held in the most populous city on the 

Malay peninsula. What was this city?

ANSWER : Kuala Lumpur

Mexico borders two countries to the south. One is Guatemala. What is the other?

ANSWER : Belize

This is the holiest city in Islam and Mohammed’s birthplace?

ANSWER : Mecca

Mines near Cigar Lake are the source of much of the worlds uranium. In which North American country 

are they found?

ANSWER : Canada

What is the name of the Aztec capital on which Mexico City is built?

ANSWER : Tenochtitlan

In 75 AD Roman emperor Hadrian built a 75 mile wall to mark the northern border of the Roman Empire. 

Where is it?

ANSWER : The United Kingdom

The Kingdom of Kush was conquered by Egypt in 1500 BC. In which modern country is the ancient 

kingdom of Kush?

ANSWER : Sudan

Cardiff is the capital of which United Kingdom section?

ANSWER : Wales

What is the largest commercial center in northern Ireland?

ANSWER : Bristol

Most populous city on the Mediterranean Sea?

ANSWER : Alexandria

This is an analogy. Jamestown is to Virginia as blank is to Florida?

ANSWER : Saint Augustine

What is the site of America’s worst nuclear disaster?

ANSWER : Three Mile Island

If you fly from Tehran to Riyadh in what intermediate direction are you going?

ANSWER : Southwest

French Canadians make up the second largest group in this state, which shares a long border with 

Quebec?

ANSWER : Maine

The sparsely populated region makes up most of the Asian portion of Russia?

ANSWER : Siberia

The Mediterranean climate of this western state helps make it the country’s foremost producer of 20 

different crops?

ANSWER : California

This salt water sea lies on the border of Mexico and California?

ANSWER : Salton Sea

The Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental are the two largest mountain ranges in this 

country?

ANSWER : Mexico

If you fly from Buenos Aires to Montevideo what body of water do you cross?

ANSWER : Rio de la Plata

The Atlas Mountains pass through these countries?

ANSWER : Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia

The Red Sea, the Persian gulf, and the sea of Oman are all extensions of this ocean?

ANSWER : Indian

What large island in the western Indian ocean is known for its exotic wildlife?

ANSWER : Madagascar

If you fly from Paris to Bern in what intermediate direction do you travel?

ANSWER : Southeast

Loam is a combination of sand, silt, and what?

ANSWER : Clay

What sea lies east of Iceland and west of Norway?

ANSWER : Norwegian Sea

The River Clyde connects Scotland’s largest commercial and population center to the Firth of Clyde. What 

is the name of the city?

ANSWER : Glasgow

What are the capitals of Iran and Iraq?

ANSWER : Tehran and Baghdad

Quito is the next stop on your world tour. You’re headed to a group of islands 600 miles to the west. 

Name the island group in the country to which it belongs?

ANSWER : Galapagos islands and Ecuador

What are the two major islands where the Arctic and Atlantic oceans meet?

ANSWER : Greenland and Iceland

Which continent has the most countries?

ANSWER : Africa

Al-Mogran is the name for this point of meeting between the west Nile and the blue Nile in this country?

ANSWER : Sudan (the point is in the city of Khartoum)

What is the currency of Iraq?

ANSWER : Iraqi dinar

Valparaiso, which was founded by Spain in 1520, is the oldest and largest city on the Pacific coast of this 

country?

ANSWER : Chile

What is the capital of Laos?

ANSWER : Vientiane

What plain is off the coast of Canada is rich in oil and fish?

ANSWER : Grand Banks

Under what body of water would you find the Columbian basin?

ANSWER : Caribbean Sea

Altitude is distance above sea level. What is the term for distance above the earth?

ANSWER : Elevation

What body of water separates Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica?

ANSWER : Drake Passage

The Richter scale measures which natural disaster?

ANSWER : Earthquakes

In which state would you find Anastasia and Amelia islands?

ANSWER : Florida

The capital of Japan is the located on which island?

ANSWER : Honshu

What is the least populous Gulf Coast State?

ANSWER : Mississippi

What Chilean city is south east of the mountain of Tupungato?

ANSWER : Santiago

What Canadian province lies between Alberta and Manitoba?

ANSWER : Saskatchewan

What three states to pass through if you follow the Natchez trace?

ANSWER : Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee

What is the term for the windblown soil posit on central United States and China?

ANSWER : Loess

Spain and Portugal make up this peninsula?

ANSWER : Iberian

If you fly from Copenhagen to the capital of Finland in what intermediate direction do you fly?

ANSWER : Northeast

The Cambrian mountains are located in which country?

ANSWER : United Kingdom

What landmark in Rome has 138 steps?

ANSWER : Spanish Steps

What is the term for a spherical representation of the earth?

ANSWER : Globe

You are located in what used to be seven Trucial states. What country are you in?

ANSWER : United Arab Emirates

This body of water connects the Persian Guf to the Sea of Oman?

ANSWER : Straits of Hormuz

What are the two capitals on the Mississippi river?

ANSWER : St. Paul, Baton Rouge

Which country in northern Africa is the continent’s largest producer of coffee?

ANSWER : Ethiopia

The Berber pirates operated off the northern coast of this continent?

ANSWER : Africa

Chad, Cameroon, and these two other countries border Lake Chad?

ANSWER : Niger, Nigeria

What holiday is also the name of an island hundreds of miles off the coast of Chile?

ANSWER : Easter

Pisa, Turin, and Florence are all cities in this country?

ANSWER : Italy

The Intracoastal Waterway get you from Massachusetts to this westernmost Gulf Coast state?

ANSWER : Texas

Panama is bordered on one side by the Pacific Ocean what body of water lies on the other side?

ANSWER : Caribbean Sea

About half the world’s 25 most populous cities are on this continent?

ANSWER : Asia

This southwestern region of China is known as the roof top of the world?

ANSWER : Tibet

The city of Volgograd, which was formerly known as Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961, is the Capital of this 

Russian state?

ANSWER : Volgograd Oblast

Malaysian rubber trees were brought there in the 19 century from this South American country which 

was at the time the largest producer of rubber in the world?

ANSWER : Brazil

Which Indonesian island has the only glaciers along the equator?

ANSWER : New Guinea

Captain Cook named these the Sandwich islands. What is the modern name of the Sandwich islands?

ANSWER : Hawaii

“Prairie” is the term for a temperate grassland on this continent?

ANSWER : North America

This longitudinal line separates the dry and wet portions of the United States?

ANSWER : 100th meridian west

The Straits of Florida separates Florida from which country?

ANSWER : Cuba

The Olmec, one of Middle America’s first civilization, lived in a region bordering which body of water? 

1-Gulf of California, 2- Gulf of Mexico, 3- Caribbean Sea, 4-Cheasapeake Bay

ANSWER : Gulf of Mexico

What is the name of the Dutch explorer who, in 1642, became the first European to sight New Zealand? 

1-Prince Henry the Navigator, 2-James Cook, 3- Ferdinand Magellan, 4-Abel Tasman

ANSWER : Abel Tasman

Which city is part of a major industrial region in Japan? 1-Hong Kong, 2-Osaka, 3-Seoul, 4-Taipei

ANSWER : Osaka

Which people have historically used outrigger and double canoes to travel great distances over open 

seas? 1- Bedouin, 2-San, 3-Polynesians, 4-Vikings

ANSWER : Polynesians

Which Caribbean island has oil-refining centers at San Fernando and Pointe-á-Pierre? 

1-Cuba,2-Jamaica,3-Trinidad, 4-Hispanolia

ANSWER : Hispaniola

The Dinar is the official currency of several countries in which region? 1-Carribbean Sea, 2-Middle East, 

3-Pacific Rim, 4-Sub Saharan Africa

ANSWER : Middle East

The forum was the central gathering place in the cities of which culture? 1- Roman, 2-Dainish, 3-Russian, 

4 French

ANSWER : Roman

In 1838, the Cherokee Indians followed the Trail of Tears in a force migration from Tennessee to which state. 1- Arizona, 2-Texas, 3- Colorado, 4- Oklahoma

ANSWER : Oklahoma

About 90 percent of Poland’s people adhere to which religion? 1-Buddhism, 2-Hinduism, 3- Islam, 4- Christianity

ANSWER : Christianity

Mining is to the primary economic activity as WHAT is to the secondary economic activity? 1- banking, 2- 

fishing, 3-manufacturing, 4- education

ANSWER : manufacturing

Cyrillic is to Russian as kanji and kana characters are to WHAT? 1-Arabic, 2- Japanese, 3- Latin, 4-Gaelic

ANSWER : Japanese

Saigon is to Ho Chi Minh City as Bombay is to WHAT? 1- Melbourne, 2-Istanbul, 3- Bucharest, 4- Mumbai

ANSWER : Mumbai

A compass is to direction as an anemometer is to WHAT? 1-ocean depth, 2-elevation, 3-atmospheric 

pressure, 4 wind speed

ANSWER : wind speed