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Basic Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lowest place in Asia (and the rest of the world, actually) | Dead Sea |
| Tallest mountain in Africa and its country | Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania |
| Second tallest mountain in Africa and its country | Mount Kenya in Kenya (shocker, I know) |
| Where is the Kalahari Desert? | South Africa |
| Where is the Mojave Desert? | California |
| What is the coldest desert and which in countries is it? | Gobi Desert in Mongolia and northern China |
| What and where is the largest desert? | Sahara Desert in northern Africa |
| Longest river in the world? | Nile River |
| Largest river in the world by volume? | Amazon River |
| Southern African river (best guess for a question)? | Zambezi |
| Largest lake in the world? | Caspian Sea |
| Largest lake in Africa? | Lake Victoria |
| What is the tallest mountain in the world and in which mountain range is it? | Mount Everest in the Himalayas |
| Waterfalls in South America? | Angel Falls in Venezuela or Kaiteur Falls in Guyana |
| Most populated city in the world? | Tokyo |
| Most populated city in the US? | New York City |
| Most populated US capital city? | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Highest elevated capital city in the US? | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Tallest building in the world? | Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE |
| Tallest twin towers in the world? | Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Lowest capital city in the world? | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Highest capital city in the world? | La Paz, Bolivia |
| Highest peak in the US? | Denali in Alaska, the United States' tallest mountain |
| Lowest point in the US? | Badwater Basin in Death Valley (the basin itself is in California, but Death Valley is also in Nevada) |