Geography Pub Quiz Questions and Answers

Geography is the fairest round on the sheet. Nobody has to have watched anything or grown up anywhere in particular: a flag is a flag, a capital is a capital, and the argument afterwards is always about the map.

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A few geography questions

  1. Because of the Mercator projection's distortion, Greenland appears roughly the same size as which continent, despite being about 14 times smaller in reality?

    Answer: Africa

  2. What is the common name for the oceanic point of inaccessibility in the South Pacific, the location on Earth farthest from any landmass?

    Answer: Point Nemo

  3. Which major city is split by the Bosphorus strait, making it the most famous of the world's few cities to straddle two continents?

    Answer: Istanbul

  4. Due to Earth's equatorial bulge, which Ecuadorian volcano's summit is actually the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's center, beating Everest?

    Answer: Mount Chimborazo

  5. Which icy landmass is technically the largest desert in the world by area, ahead of the Sahara, because deserts are defined by low precipitation rather than heat?

    Answer: Antarctica

  6. The name 'Holland' technically refers to only two provinces of which European country, even though it's often used as a synonym for the whole nation?

    Answer: The Netherlands

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