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