Geography trivia rewards the people who read the atlas for fun. These fifteen run from gimmes to genuinely mean.
What is the only country located in all four hemispheres?
Kiribati — it straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian.
Which country has the most time zones?
France — 12, thanks to its overseas territories.
What is the longest river in the world by most measurements?
The Nile, at about 4,100 miles — though the Amazon carries far more water.
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City — about 0.2 square miles.
Which two countries share the longest international border?
The United States and Canada.
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra — not Sydney or Melbourne.
Which continent is the driest on Earth?
Antarctica — it's technically the world's largest desert.
Which African country was never colonized by a European power?
Ethiopia (Liberia is also accepted, with an asterisk for its founding).
What country has the most islands?
Sweden — roughly a quarter of a million.
Which U.S. state is farthest east by longitude?
Alaska — the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian.
What is the only sea with no coastline?
The Sargasso Sea, bounded entirely by ocean currents.
Which city sits on two continents?
Istanbul — split between Europe and Asia by the Bosphorus.
What is the deepest point in the ocean?
The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench — about 36,000 feet down.
Which country's flag is the only one that isn't rectangular or square?
Nepal — two stacked pennants.
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
The Urals.
The Alaska one wins bar bets. Farthest north, farthest west, and farthest east — all the same state.
