Geography Daily Quiz

📅Sunday, February 8, 2026🌐America/New York🇺🇸 US

Today's Geography Quiz Questions & Answers

Test your knowledge with these geography trivia questions. Try to answer all 10 questions correctly! Updated daily.

Question 1: What is the 'Bomb Cyclone' weather phenomenon?

Correct Answer: Pressure drop >24mb in 24hrs
  • Solar storm
  • Volcanic eruption
  • Tornado merger
  • Pressure drop >24mb in 24hrs (Correct Answer)

💡 These 'weather bombs' spin up hurricane-force winds—Colorado's 2019 storm grew from 990mb to 968mb in 18 hours

Question 2: What is the capital of Canada?

Correct Answer: Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • Montreal
  • Ottawa (Correct Answer)
  • Vancouver

💡 Chosen as capital by Queen Victoria in 1857

Question 3: What is the capital of Switzerland?

Correct Answer: Bern
  • Zurich
  • Basel
  • Geneva
  • Bern (Correct Answer)

💡 Not the largest city but federal capital since 1848

Question 4: Which lake has 'ice volcanoes' that erupt slush in winter?

Correct Answer: Lake Michigan
  • Superior
  • Erie
  • Ontario
  • Lake Michigan (Correct Answer)

💡 Wind-created cones shoot icy geysers when waves compress snow through cracks

Question 5: Where is the 'Venice of the East' with floating markets and stilt houses?

Correct Answer: Thailand (Bangkok)
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand (Bangkok) (Correct Answer)

💡 The Damnoen Saduak market has vendors serving boat-to-boat pad thai since 1866

Question 6: Which Indigenous group in Mexico preserves the language once used by rulers of Tenochtitlan?

Correct Answer: Nahua
  • Maya
  • Tarahumara
  • Nahua (Correct Answer)
  • Zapotec

💡 Their ancestral tongue, Nahuatl, contributed words like 'chocolate,' 'tomato,' and 'coyote' to global vocabulary. Source: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (Mexico).

Question 7: Identify this ancient forest in New Zealand, home to the mighty kauri trees?

Correct Answer: Waipoua Forest
  • Fiordland National Park
  • Waipoua Forest (Correct Answer)
  • Abel Tasman National Park
  • Tongariro National Park

💡 Home to Tāne Mahuta, the largest kauri tree by volume. Source: New Zealand Department of Conservation

Question 8: Which Dutch city is known for its windmills and cheese market?

Correct Answer: Alkmaar (Netherlands)
  • Utrecht
  • Amsterdam
  • The Hague
  • Alkmaar (Netherlands) (Correct Answer)

💡 Alkmaar’s cheese market dates to 1365—Amsterdam is constitutional capital, but The Hague is seat of govt. (Source: Alkmaar Tourism)

Question 9: What is the capital of Micronesia?

Correct Answer: Palikir
  • Tofol
  • Colonia
  • Palikir (Correct Answer)
  • Weno

💡 Located on Pohnpei Island

Question 10: Which river forms part of the border between Texas and Mexico?

Correct Answer: Rio Grande
  • Colorado
  • Pecos
  • Rio Grande (Correct Answer)
  • Brazos

💡 Known as 'Río Bravo' in Mexico - its name changes based which bank you're standing on!

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