🌍 Countries & Borders Trivia Questions & Answers
Nations, territories, enclaves and the lines drawn across the map. Below are 30 free countries & borders trivia questions with answers — part of Geography trivia on BUZZ. Want a real challenge that adapts to what you know? Play the Geography quiz — no signup needed to start.
30 Countries & Borders trivia questions
Q1. Which US site marks the only spot where four states meet at one point?
Answer: Four Corners
💡 It's the meeting point of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, on Navajo Nation land.
Q2. Denmark's only land border, on the Jutland Peninsula, is with which country?
Answer: Germany
💡 The 68 km border was fixed by two 1920 plebiscites held under the Treaty of Versailles.
Q3. Which country has the largest land area?
Answer: Russia
💡 Russia spans 11 time zones and covers about 1/8 of the Earth's land area.
Q4. Which is the most populous city in the world?
Answer: Tokyo
💡 The greater Tokyo area has a population of approximately 37 million people.
Q5. How many countries are in Africa?
Answer: 54
💡 Africa has more countries than any other continent.
Q6. Which African country has the largest population?
Answer: Nigeria
💡 Nigeria has over 220 million people and is projected to become the third most populous country in the world by 2050, surpassing the USA.
Q7. Which is the only country to be entirely within another country?
Answer: Lesotho
💡 Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa. Vatican City is surrounded by Rome (one city) and San Marino by Italy, but Lesotho is surrounded by an entire country.
Q8. What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Yen
💡 The yen (円) literally means 'circle' or 'round object' in Japanese — a reference to the round coins that replaced older irregular gold and silver coins.
Q9. What is the largest country in South America by area?
Answer: Brazil
💡 Brazil occupies nearly half of South America and is the fifth-largest country in the world. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.
Q10. In Persian, the '-stan' suffix in many country names literally means what?
Answer: Land of
💡 It's why Kazakhstan means 'land of the Kazakhs' and Tajikistan means 'land of the Tajiks'.
Q11. How many countries share a land border with Switzerland?
Answer: 5
💡 They are Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and tiny Liechtenstein.
Q12. Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer: Canada and USA
💡 The Canada-USA border stretches 8,891 km and is the longest undefended border in the world.
Q13. Which is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
💡 Vatican City covers just 0.44 km² and has a population of around 800 people.
Q14. Which country has the most volcanoes?
Answer: Indonesia
💡 Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has around 130 active volcanoes — the most in the world.
Q15. In which country is Patagonia located?
Answer: Argentina and Chile
💡 Patagonia straddles the southern tip of South America and is known for its dramatic glaciers and steppes.
Q16. Which country has the most official languages?
Answer: South Africa
💡 South Africa has 11 official languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, and Ndebele.
Q17. China shares a land border with how many other countries?
Answer: 14
💡 China's neighbor list runs from Afghanistan to Vietnam alphabetically — tying Russia for the most land neighbors of any country on Earth.
Q18. According to Britannica, how many landlocked countries are there in the world?
Answer: 44
💡 Kazakhstan is the biggest landlocked country by far, while Liechtenstein is 'double landlocked' — surrounded only by other landlocked countries.
Q19. Which South American country, on the Guiana coast, is smallest by area and population?
Answer: Suriname
💡 Suriname was a Dutch colony until 1975, which is why it's the only Dutch-speaking country in South America.
Q20. Uruguay is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and exactly which two countries?
Answer: Brazil and Argentina
💡 Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, tucked snugly between two much bigger neighbors.
Q21. Which tiny Pyrenees state is ruled jointly by a French president and Spanish bishop as co-princes?
Answer: Andorra
💡 That unusual arrangement traces back to a 13th-century deal between the Bishop of Urgell and the French Count of Foix — and the co-princely tradition still stands today.
Q22. Which European microstate is entirely surrounded by Italy?
Answer: San Marino
💡 San Marino claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded in 301 AD. It has no army but maintains a crossbow corps and castle guard for ceremonial purposes.
Q23. In 1945, US and Soviet officials picked which parallel to divide Korea?
Answer: 38th parallel
💡 Two American officers chose it overnight using a National Geographic map, mainly to keep Seoul in the US zone.
Q24. Which Italian town is completely surrounded by Switzerland's Ticino canton?
Answer: Campione d'Italia
💡 Despite sitting inside Switzerland, it only formally joined the EU customs area in 2020.
Q25. Rarely more than 50 km wide, which country is shaped around a single river?
Answer: The Gambia
💡 Its odd sliver shape traces back to Britain claiming only the land hugging the Gambia River's banks.
Q26. The 1893 Durand Line forms the border between Pakistan and which country?
Answer: Afghanistan
💡 It was named for British diplomat Sir Mortimer Durand, who negotiated it with Afghanistan's emir.
Q27. The world's shortest land border, about 155 metres, links Zambia to which neighbor at Kazungula?
Answer: Botswana
💡 Four countries — Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia — all nearly touch at Kazungula, but Zambia and Botswana's own strip is barely longer than a football pitch.
Q28. How many countries share a land border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Answer: 9
💡 That's a nine-way border party — everything from Angola to Zambia — making the DRC one of the most-neighbored countries on Earth.
Q29. Which national capital sits exactly at a tripoint of three countries?
Answer: Bratislava
💡 It's the only capital city on Earth located where three countries — Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria — meet.
Q30. Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave is cut off from the mainland by which country?
Answer: Armenia
💡 Nakhchivan also borders Iran and Turkey, despite being legally part of distant Azerbaijan.
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