Question: What country has the most time zones, with 12? Surprisingly, its not Russia or the US. Think of a country with far-flung territories and dependencies.
Answer: France

Question: What is the largest religious denomination for any religion in the world?
Answer: Sunni Islam

Question: What are Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht that are of significance to a certain European city?
Answer: Main canals of Amsterdam

Question: Which country has 12% of the world's Muslim population but has not been allowed to join the Organisation of Islamic Conference, mainly due to the efforts of another country?
Answer: India (Pakistan)

Question: The town of Shibam in the Middle-East is known for its tower brick homes all of which have a minimum height. What country is it located in?
Answer: Yemen

Question: Four cities are traditionally called the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. One of them is obviously Beijing. Name one of the other three.
Answer: Nanjing, Luoyang, and Changan (Xian)

Question: In the world of geography, Scotland's Corryvreckan and Japan's Naruto are two of the noted ones and Old Sow is the largest of all in the Western Hemisphere. What are they?
Answer: Whirlpools

Question: Double-eaved hipped roofs denote the highest ranking buildings in which complex where 24 emperors held court from the 15th century onward?
Answer: Forbidden City

Question: Reputed railway timetables for Europe have been published in whose name since 1873? (hint: Notable awards bearing his name were given in the genre of travel writing from 1980 to 2004)
Answer: Thomas Cook

Question: Rarotonga is the most-populated of the group of Pacific Islands named for which explorer?
Answer: James Cook

Question: Not surprisingly, the name for what feature of geography means 'almost an island' in Latin?
Answer: Peninsula

Question: Name of 2 of the 3 countries that are overlapped by the Afar triangle that has several important sites for those interested in early human studies.
Answer: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti

Question: UNESCO's World Heritage List originated in the effort to preserve historic sites that were being affected by the construction of what structure in the 1950s?
Answer: Aswan dam

Question: The fictional Radiator Springs in Pixar's hit Cars is said to be based on several places the crew visited along what iconic American road?
Answer: Route 66

Question: The volcanic island of Surtsey that started forming in the 1960s attracting worldwide scientific attention is nearest to what country?
Answer: Iceland

Question: Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia is adjacent with what other park that is also named for a famed attraction?
Answer: Victoria Falls

Question: Going-to-the-Sun Road is a prominent pathway in an American national park named for what geographical feature?
Answer: Glacier

Question: Tafilalt in Morocco, Chebika in Tunisia and Huacachina in Peru are some of what? You are sure to quench your thirst at these locales!
Answer: Oases

Question: Aokigahara forest in Japan is noted as a place where many people go for what purpose?
Answer: Commit suicide

Question: If Sahel refers to the strip of land in Africa to the south of Sahara, Sahul refers to the landmass in Pleistocene era that is now primarily what area?
Answer: Australia including New Guinea and Tasmania

Question: A custom known as the kula exchange or kula ring where great risks are taken to exchange gifts is prevalent in what part of the world?
Answer: Papua New Guinea

Question: Any quizzer worth his salt knows that the major part of the Yucatan peninsula is Mexico. What are the other two countries that also occupy a small part of it?
Answer: Guatemala and Belize

Question: A mine in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland that attracts millions of visitors is known for having produced what for centuries?
Answer: Salt

Question: Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand are the three vertices of a hypothetical triangle used to designate what geographic region/area?
Answer: Polynesia

Question: What city landmark in the western hemisphere gets its name from its resemblance to the traditional form of a sweet substance before its granulated and cube varieties were introduced?
Answer: Sugarloaf mountain in Rio

Question: What waterway of South America that has the name of a robust wine is the largest tributary of Amazon?
Answer: Madeira river

Question: The Galata bridge spans what water body that is part of the Bosphorous strait and that has been a subject of numerous works of art?
Answer: Golden Horn

Question: What is the only U.S. state flag to feature the Union Jack?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: In the list of countries that border only one other country, there are 2 pairs that border each other. One of them is United Kingdom and Ireland, what is the other pair?
Answer: Haiti and Dominican Republic

Question: After Russia, what European country has the most land borders with other countries?
Answer: Germany (9)

Question: The northern component of what enchanting geographic term is accepted as the Rock of Gibraltar but the southern component disputed and at various times claimed as Monte Hacho (in Ceuta) or Jebel Musa (in Morocco)?
Answer: Pillars of Hercules

Question: Name 2 of the 3 countries that had the most victims due to the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
Answer: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India

Question: The Muslim observance of Arba'een attracts millions of visitors annually to what Iraqi city?
Answer: Karbala

Question: Aguada, Varca, Vagator, Colva, Calangute, and Anjuna are some of the beaches in what state of India known for its Portuguese influence and for its spicy vindaloo?
Answer: Goa

Question: Fans of the band The Clash should know that what word meaning 'citadel' in Arabic refers to any walled enclosure but is mostly used for a specific area of Algiers?
Answer: Casbah

Question: Petaloudes Valley, whose name translates to Valley of the Butterflies in Greek is a tourist attraction of what 'wondrous' Dodecanese island?
Answer: Rhodes

Question: The historic Charles Bridge that crosses the Vlatava river connects which city's castle to its old town?
Answer: Prague

Question: The Hiram Bingham luxury train has what magnificent location as its destination?
Answer: Machu Picchu

Question: The 2000-yr old Banaue rice terraces built largely by hand in the Ifugao mountains that cover 4000 square miles are in which country?
Answer: The Philippines

Question: Of the twenty two members of the Arab league, only three maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. They are Egypt, Palestine and what other country?
Answer: Jordan

Question: Tourists to the town of Oświęcim in Poland are most likely headed to see what?
Answer: Auschwitz

Question: What is the name of the 212-foot Ferris wheel in Vienna that appears in a key scene in The Third Man and in several other movies?
Answer: Riesenrad or Wiener Riesenrad

Question: What is the only national capital in the title of any Shakespearean play?
Answer: Athens (Timon of Athens)

Question: When the pioneering English settler John Smith explored the coastline of the region north of Virginia in 1614, what did he call the area?
Answer: New England

Question: If all the languages of the world are listed by the highest number of speakers, what is the first name that is not an official language of the UN?
Answer: Hindi

Question: The Sherlock Holmes Society in London is known to arrange tours to the scenes of the detective's adventures. Notable on the itinerary is what Alpine location near the town of Meiringen in Switzerland where an enactment of a fight is usually staged?
Answer: Reichenbach Falls, site of Holmes' final fight with Moriarty

Question: The ships Nimrod in 1908 and Fram in 1910 sailed (under different captains) for what particular objective?
Answer: Find the South Pole