Flags & Geography Night

Geography and Flag Quiz Questions

Flags & Geography Night is for people who read maps for fun. Capitals, rivers, mountain ranges, borders, islands and the flags that go with them. Some of it you learned at school. Some of it you think you learned at school. Below are 25 geography and flag quiz questions with answers, sorted from easy to hard.

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Each question has four options. Choose yours, then tap "Show answer" for the answer, a short explanation and the source. They work as a geography quiz for a classroom, a long car journey or a family game night, and the flag questions make a handy guess the flag warm-up.

When you're ready for more, the quick play deals 20 fresh geography questions in the show's format: 5 easy, 10 medium, 4 hard and a Last Call, ten seconds each, faster answers worth more points. Race the house crew (badged AI opponents) or play solo. Roxy Midnight also hosts Flags & Geography Night on YouTube, and you can play that night's exact 20 questions here and see where you rank.

A tip from Roxy: when two flags look alike, check the order of the stripes. It's always the stripes, darling.

25 geography trivia questions and answers

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Easy 8 questions

  1. 1. What is the capital of Mexico?

    1. A.Cancún
    2. B.Monterrey
    3. C.Mexico City
    4. D.Guadalajara
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    Answer: C. Mexico City

    Residents are called capitalinos, a nod to the city being the country's capital.

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  2. 2. Which country's flag has 13 stripes and 50 stars?

    1. A.Uruguay
    2. B.United States
    3. C.Liberia
    4. D.Malaysia
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    Answer: B. United States

    The 50 stars stand for the states, while the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that won independence.

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  3. 3. What is the capital of Spain?

    1. A.Seville
    2. B.Madrid
    3. C.Valencia
    4. D.Barcelona
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    Answer: B. Madrid

    Madrid sits in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula, about 660 metres above sea level.

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  4. 4. Which country's flag has three horizontal bands of black, red and gold?

    1. A.Belgium
    2. B.Spain
    3. C.Germany
    4. D.Romania
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    Answer: C. Germany

    The black-red-gold colours were first sighted in 1848 and have flown over the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949.

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  5. 5. What is the capital of Egypt?

    1. A.Luxor
    2. B.Cairo
    3. C.Giza
    4. D.Alexandria
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    Answer: B. Cairo

    Cairo was founded in 969 and later took over from the earlier city of Fustat as the main urban centre.

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  6. 6. Which country's flag features a single red maple leaf on a white square?

    1. A.Lebanon
    2. B.Austria
    3. C.Peru
    4. D.Canada
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    Answer: D. Canada

    The Maple Leaf flag's red leaf has 11 points, and it was the first flag adopted by both houses of Canada's Parliament.

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  7. 7. Which country's flag is red with one large gold star and four smaller ones in an arc?

    1. A.Vietnam
    2. B.China
    3. C.Turkey
    4. D.Morocco
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    Answer: B. China

    It is commonly called the 'Five-star Red Flag' in China.

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  8. 8. What is the capital of the United States?

    1. A.Boston
    2. B.Washington, D.C.
    3. C.New York City
    4. D.Philadelphia
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    Answer: B. Washington, D.C.

    D.C. stands for District of Columbia, named for Columbia, a female personification of the American nation.

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Medium 12 questions

  1. 9. Which country's ISO code CH comes from the Latin 'Confoederatio Helvetica'?

    1. A.Switzerland
    2. B.China
    3. C.Chad
    4. D.Chile
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    Answer: A. Switzerland

    The Latin name was introduced after the federal state formed in 1848 and has appeared on Swiss coins since 1879.

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  2. 10. What is the capital of Ethiopia?

    1. A.Nairobi
    2. B.Asmara
    3. C.Mogadishu
    4. D.Addis Ababa
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    Answer: D. Addis Ababa

    Addis Ababa means 'new flower' in Amharic and is the highest capital city in Africa.

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  3. 11. Which country is called Österreich in its own language?

    1. A.Austria
    2. B.Germany
    3. C.Hungary
    4. D.Switzerland
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    Answer: A. Austria

    The name comes from Old High German Ostarrîchi, meaning 'eastern realm'.

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  4. 12. What is the capital of Colombia?

    1. A.Cali
    2. B.Medellín
    3. C.Cartagena
    4. D.Bogotá
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    Answer: D. Bogotá

    Bogotá was founded in 1538 as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada.

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  5. 13. Which country's flag shows a blue disc of stars inside a yellow diamond on green?

    1. A.Portugal
    2. B.Brazil
    3. C.Bolivia
    4. D.Ecuador
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    Answer: B. Brazil

    A curved band across the disc carries the national motto 'Ordem e Progresso', meaning 'Order and Progress'.

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  6. 14. Which country was formerly known as Siam?

    1. A.Laos
    2. B.Cambodia
    3. C.Thailand
    4. D.Myanmar
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    Answer: C. Thailand

    Siam was the only country in Southeast Asia to avoid colonisation by European powers.

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  7. 15. What is the capital of Turkey (Türkiye)?

    1. A.Izmir
    2. B.Istanbul
    3. C.Antalya
    4. D.Ankara
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    Answer: D. Ankara

    Ankara is Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, and was historically known as Ancyra and Angora.

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  8. 16. What is the capital of Brazil?

    1. A.Salvador
    2. B.São Paulo
    3. C.Rio de Janeiro
    4. D.Brasília
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    Answer: D. Brasília

    Brasília was founded on 21 April 1960, a planned city built to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital.

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  9. 17. Which country changed its official name from Swaziland in 2018?

    1. A.Namibia
    2. B.Botswana
    3. C.Eswatini
    4. D.Lesotho
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    Answer: C. Eswatini

    In April 2018 the king changed the official name from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini.

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  10. 18. What is the capital of Pakistan?

    1. A.Rawalpindi
    2. B.Islamabad
    3. C.Karachi
    4. D.Lahore
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    Answer: B. Islamabad

    Islamabad is a planned city founded in the 1960s. It took over from Karachi as the capital in 1967.

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  11. 19. Which country did the Western world officially call Persia until 1935?

    1. A.Afghanistan
    2. B.Turkey
    3. C.Iran
    4. D.Iraq
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    Answer: C. Iran

    In 1935 Reza Shah asked foreign delegates to use the name 'Iran' in formal correspondence.

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  12. 20. What is the capital of Kenya?

    1. A.Mombasa
    2. B.Nakuru
    3. C.Kisumu
    4. D.Nairobi
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    Answer: D. Nairobi

    Nicknamed the 'Green City under the Sun', Nairobi has a national park inside its boundaries.

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Hard 5 questions

  1. 21. Which country's official name includes the words 'Plurinational State'?

    1. A.Peru
    2. B.Paraguay
    3. C.Bolivia
    4. D.Ecuador
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    Answer: C. Bolivia

    A 2009 constitution changed the name to reflect the multi-ethnic nature of the country and the strengthened rights of its indigenous peoples.

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  2. 22. Which country's flag shows a bird of paradise beside the Southern Cross?

    1. A.Fiji
    2. B.Papua New Guinea
    3. C.Solomon Islands
    4. D.Samoa
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    Answer: B. Papua New Guinea

    The bird is a Raggiana bird-of-paradise, which also appears on the national coat of arms.

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  3. 23. Which country's flag shows a dragon on a yellow-and-orange field split diagonally?

    1. A.Sri Lanka
    2. B.Laos
    3. C.Bhutan
    4. D.Cambodia
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    Answer: C. Bhutan

    The dragon, the Druk, echoes Bhutan's Dzongkha name, Druk Yul, meaning 'The Thunder Dragon Kingdom'.

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  4. 24. Which country's name in Arabic is Misr?

    1. A.Libya
    2. B.Egypt
    3. C.Tunisia
    4. D.Sudan
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    Answer: B. Egypt

    Misr stems from an ancient Semitic name, and originally suggested 'civilisation' or 'metropolis'.

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  5. 25. Which city replaced Lagos as Nigeria's capital in 1991?

    1. A.Abuja
    2. B.Port Harcourt
    3. C.Ibadan
    4. D.Kano
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    Answer: A. Abuja

    Abuja sits at the geographic midpoint of the country. Lagos is still Nigeria's most populous city.

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