30 questions · true or false · Updated October 28, 2026
True or False Geography Questions
Canberra or Sydney, Atlantic or Pacific: these 30 true or false geography questions take your players from one continent to the next, with the answer and a short explanation for every statement. For a night with friends, a family dinner or a remote quiz: read the statement, let everyone vote, then reveal the answer.
Tip: read the statement out loud, let people buzz, then open the answer.
01Canberra is the capital of Australia.Show the answer
True
Many people guess Sydney or Melbourne, but the capital is Canberra, a city purpose-built for the role as a compromise between those two big rivals.
02Russia is the largest country in the world by area.Show the answer
True
Covering more than 17 million km² (6.6 million sq mi), it stretches across two continents, from Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean.
03The Amazon River flows into the Pacific Ocean.Show the answer
False
It empties into the Atlantic Ocean, in northern Brazil. It pours far more fresh water into the oceans than any other river.
04Toronto is the capital of Canada.Show the answer
False
Canada’s capital is Ottawa, in Ontario. Toronto is the country’s largest city.
05Mount Everest is in the Andes.Show the answer
False
Everest is in the Himalayas, in Asia. At about 8,849 m (29,032 ft), it’s the highest mountain on Earth above sea level.
06Antarctica is considered a desert.Show the answer
True
A desert is defined by how little precipitation it gets, not by heat. Bone-dry Antarctica is actually the largest desert in the world, ahead of the Sahara.
07Switzerland has a coastline.Show the answer
False
Switzerland is landlocked: it’s surrounded by France, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Italy.
08Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world.Show the answer
True
It’s more than 1,600 m (over 5,000 ft) deep and holds about a fifth of all the unfrozen fresh surface water on the planet.
09Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.Show the answer
True
Covering less than half a square kilometer (under 0.2 sq mi) and surrounded by Rome, Vatican City is the world’s smallest independent state.
10Madagascar is in the Pacific Ocean.Show the answer
False
Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean, off the southeast coast of Africa. It’s one of the largest islands in the world.
11Japan is made up of just four islands.Show the answer
False
It has four main islands (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku), plus thousands of smaller ones.
12The city of Istanbul spans two continents.Show the answer
True
The Bosphorus Strait runs right through it: part of the city is in Europe and part is in Asia.
13When it’s summer in Europe, it’s winter in Australia.Show the answer
True
Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are the reverse of the Northern Hemisphere’s. Christmas there falls in the middle of summer!
14There is a continent beneath the ice at the North Pole.Show the answer
False
The North Pole sits in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, covered by floating sea ice. The continent is at the South Pole: Antarctica.
15Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.Show the answer
True
This volcano in Tanzania rises to nearly 5,900 m (about 19,300 ft).
16New Zealand lies north of Australia.Show the answer
False
It lies southeast of Australia, on the other side of the Tasman Sea.
17Lesotho is a country completely surrounded by South Africa.Show the answer
True
This small mountain kingdom is entirely enclosed by South Africa. Vatican City and San Marino are in the same situation, inside Italy.
18Greenland is mostly covered in forest.Show the answer
False
Despite its name, nearly 80% of its surface is covered in ice. It’s the largest island in the world.
19The Amazon rainforest is found only in Brazil.Show the answer
False
Brazil has the largest share, about 60%, but the forest also stretches into Peru, Colombia and several other South American countries.
20The deepest point in the oceans is in the Mariana Trench.Show the answer
True
Located in the Pacific Ocean, it plunges nearly 11,000 m (about 36,000 ft) below the surface: Mount Everest would disappear completely.
21The country of Ecuador is named after the equator, which runs through it.Show the answer
True
“Ecuador” means “equator” in Spanish. The line passes very close to the capital, Quito.
22The Sahara has always been a desert.Show the answer
False
Around 10,000 years ago, the Sahara was much wetter, with lakes and grasslands. Ancient rock art there even shows animals such as giraffes.
23All of China officially runs on a single time zone.Show the answer
True
Even though the country is very wide from east to west, it uses just one official time: Beijing time.
24A large part of the Netherlands lies below sea level.Show the answer
True
About a quarter of the country is below sea level, protected by dikes, dunes and a vast network of pumps.
25The Atlantic is the largest ocean in the world.Show the answer
False
It’s the Pacific: it covers about a third of the Earth’s surface, more than all the land on the planet combined.
26The Nile flows into the Red Sea.Show the answer
False
The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a vast delta in northern Egypt.
27Brazil is the only country in South America whose official language is Portuguese.Show the answer
True
It’s a legacy of Portuguese colonization. Most other South American countries have Spanish as their official language.
28Mount Fuji, in Japan, is a volcano.Show the answer
True
Japan’s highest peak, at 3,776 m (12,388 ft), is still considered active. It last erupted in 1707.
29The Panama Canal links the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.Show the answer
False
It links the Atlantic, via the Caribbean Sea, to the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama. It opened in 1914.
30Iceland sits on the boundary between two tectonic plates.Show the answer
True
The island lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and Eurasian plates are pulling apart. That’s why it has so many volcanoes.
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