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Geography/Places

Places Quiz 13 NewHard

  • 20 questions
  • about 25 minutes to run
  • published 10 Nov 2026
  • updated

1. The famous rally that was originally run from Paris finished in the capital of which country?

2. On Big Major Cay in the Bahamas, tourists can swim with which animals?

3. Grenada is known as "the Spice Isle". Which spice appears on its flag?

4. Which giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico, seen in the films "GoldenEye" and "Contact", collapsed in 2020?

5. In March 1990, which country became the first Soviet republic to declare independence?

6. What title is held by the ruler of Brunei, one of the world's richest monarchs?

7. In which Palestinian city is the Church of the Nativity, traditionally the birthplace of Jesus?

8. Which walled town in Yemen, with mud-brick tower houses up to 11 storeys high, is nicknamed "the Manhattan of the Desert"?

9. What was the colonial name of Burkina Faso until 1984?

10. What is the capital of Guinea?

11. Lesotho is entirely surrounded by which country?

12. What is the capital of Niger?

13. Which palm, found naturally only in the Seychelles, produces the world's largest seed?

14. What is the capital of Somalia?

15. Lake Nicaragua is famous for being home to which unusual freshwater predators?

16. Papua New Guinea has more of what than any other country, over 800 in all?

17. Azerbaijan is nicknamed "the Land of..." what, partly because of natural gas fires that burn from its hillsides?

18. Which causeway links the island kingdom of Bahrain to Saudi Arabia?

19. Oman has been famous since ancient times for trading which aromatic tree resin?

20. Which burning gas crater in Turkmenistan, alight since the 1970s, is nicknamed "the Door to Hell"?

ANSWERS

1. Senegal (Dakar)

The Dakar Rally moved to South America in 2009 for security reasons and has been held in Saudi Arabia since 2020, but it kept its name.

2. Pigs

3. Nutmeg

4. The Arecibo Observatory

5. Lithuania

6. Sultan

7. Bethlehem

8. Shibam

9. Upper Volta

The new name, chosen by President Thomas Sankara, means roughly "land of upright (or honest) people".

10. Conakry

11. South Africa

12. Niamey

13. The coco de mer

14. Mogadishu

15. Sharks (bull sharks)

The bull sharks swim up the San Juan River from the Caribbean. Scientists long thought they were a separate freshwater species.

16. Languages

17. "...Fire"

18. The King Fahd Causeway

19. Frankincense

20. The Darvaza gas crater

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