True or False, the first circumnavigation of the globe in a hot air balloon happened in 1999?
TRUE
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What is the capital city of Slovakia?
Bratislava
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Which geothermal Icelandic tourist attraction has the same name as a 1980 film?
Blue Lagoon
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / Iceland /
What country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada
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What country is Beirut the capital of?
Lebanon
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What country is the newest in the world to be recognised by the UN?
South Sudan
in 2011
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How many US states begin with the letter A?
4
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United States /
What is the name of the largest river to flow through Paris?
The Seine
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / France /
What did Ceylon change its name to in 1972?
Sri Lanka
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / Sri Lanka / 1972 /
What is the highest mountain in Britain?
Ben Nevis
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United Kingdom /
The world's first national park was established in 1862 in which country?
United States
Yellowstone
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United States / 1862 /
Mount Vesuvius casts a shadow over which modern Italian city?
Naples
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What is the most recent state to be added to the USA?
Hawaii
Aug-59
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United States / 1959 /
What is the currency of Sweden?
Swedish Krona
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / Sweden /
What is the name of the largest airport in Amsterdam?
Schiphol
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / Netherlands /
What African country has the largest population?
Nigeria
190 million
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / Nigeria /
What is the longest river in the UK?
River Severn
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United Kingdom /
Which Central American country has a name which translates to English as 'The Saviour'?
El Salvador
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / El Salvador /
In which US state would you find Fort Knox?
Kentucky
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United States /
The Strait of Gibraltar separates the Iberian Peninsular from which African country?
Morocco
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What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
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How many countries still have the shilling as currency?
Four
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia
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Which is the only vowel not used as the first letter in a US State?
E
/ Geography / Trivia Questions / United States /
In what country would you find Lake Bled?
Slovenia
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Dracula famously lived in the historical region of Transylvania - but in what country would you now find his castle?
Romania
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