Question: In the list of 25 countries ordered by the highest number of Spanish speakers, what is the only name that is not from the western hemisphere?
Answer: The Philippines

Question: What is the longest country in the world as measured in the north-south direction?
Answer: Chile

Question: What region in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the site of China's nuclear weapons tests?
Answer: Lop Nur

Question: Marangu, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira, Umbwe and Machame are the six official trekking routes for what 'uplifting' activity?
Answer: Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Question: Clue: An important city in world history. Fill in the missing three blanks with the name of religions. Armenian, ___, ___, ___
Answer: Christian, Jewish and Muslim (the four quarters of Jerusalem)

Question: The Propylaea, which has now come to mean any gateway, was originally an entrance to what magnificent ancient construction?
Answer: Acropolis in Athens

Question: What city that is home to Africa's tallest building (the Carlton Centre) is the largest city in the world not on a lake, navigable river or by the coast?
Answer: Johannesburg

Question: A record sure to please its friends and countrymen, what country is home to the most number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Answer: Italy (with 47 sites)

Question: What is the largest island in the world that is named after a person?
Answer: Baffin Island (named after William Baffin)

Question: The name of what able-bodied ethnic group from the mountain regions of Nepal means 'people of the east' in Tibetan?
Answer: Sherpa

Question: What region of China that has a border checkpoint called Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco ('Frontier Post of the Border Gate' in Portuguese) is both the first and last European colony in that country?
Answer: Macau

Question: What is the official language of 26 countries of the world, the third most after English and French?
Answer: Modern Standard Arabic (based on the language of the Qur'an)

Question: The visa that makes travel easy within twenty-six countries of Europe takes its name from an agreement signed in 1985 in what city of Luxembourg?
Answer: Schengen

Question: What Bolivian city lies beneath a mountain dubbed the Cerro Rico ('rich mountain') named so for its famed mines that were a major source of silver for the Spanish Empire of the New World?
Answer: Potosí

Question: Mashair Railway that opened in 2010 connecting the sites of Mina, Muzdalifah and Mount Arafat serves the visitors of what city?
Answer: Mecca (metro)

Question: The Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya is contiguous with what famed national park of Tanzania?
Answer: Serengeti

Question: In 2007, an initiative called New7Wonders of Nature created a list of seven natural wonders that were chosen via a poll. The winners were Amazonia, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island (South Korea), Puerto Princesa Underground River (Philippines), Table Mountain (South Africa) and what Indonesian island known for a very unique form of wildlife?
Answer: Komodo Island (known for its dragon, of course)

Question: What second-most populous nation in Africa is also the most populous landlocked nation in the world?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: The Wagah border often called the 'Berlin wall of Asia' is the only road border crossing between what two countries?
Answer: India and Pakistan

Question: Which city's site was said to have been chosen by monks following the principles of feng shui for King Taejo, founder of the Joseon/Choson dynasty in 1394?
Answer: Seoul

Question: What word for a Portuguese speaker comes from the name of an ancient Roman province that stretched over the Iberian peninsula?
Answer: Lusophone (from Lusitania)

Question: The design of what magnificent 12th century complex, the largest of its kind in the world, represents the home of the Gods in Hindu mythology?
Answer: Angkor Wat

Question: The script of Thuluth, a variety of Islamic calligraphy, is seen on the flag of what country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia

Question: What NATO country with a unique geographic position is the only one with no standing army? No navy either!
Answer: Iceland

Question: Because of changes in the political geography of Africa in 2011, what is now the largest country in that continent?
Answer: Algeria

Question: Nearly ¾ of the Amazon rain-forest is in Brazil (60%) and what other country?
Answer: Peru (13%)

Question: The Kagera river that became known for carrying bodies from the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 is the largest single inflow into what body of water?
Answer: Lake Victoria

Question: Cape Churchill in Wapusk National Park, Canada is renowned as the best location in the world to view what?
Answer: Polar bears

Question: What famed attraction was created in the 1840s with the developer telling the king of Denmark "when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics"?
Answer: Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen

Question: In the list of current UN member states, what are the only 3 countries whose names start with a unique letter i.e., no other country's name starts with the same letter? (hint: all three are in the Middle-East)
Answer: Oman, Qatar and Yemen

Question: Which South Pacific nation that used to market itself as the last place to see the sun set adjusted its clocks and jumped forward by one day in 2011 (omitting Dec 30) and has now become the first country to greet the new day?
Answer: Samoa

Question: The economic grouping acronym BRIC that referred to Brazil, Russia, India and China was changed to BRICS in 2011 to include what country?
Answer: South Africa

Question: With an average ground level of 1.5 meters above sea level, what Asian island nation is the lowest country in the world? (hint: it is also the smallest Asian country in both population and land area)
Answer: Maldives

Question: Kilometre zero that marks the starting point for distances measured on French highways is on a square facing the entrance of what landmark? (hint: perhaps people need to pray before driving)
Answer: Notre Dame cathedral

Question: Among hundreds of animal paintings, the only figure of a human being appears in an engraving called Shaft of the Dead Man at what World Heritage location?
Answer: Lascaux caves

Question: What wild American feature begins at Springer Mountain in Georgia and ends at Katahdin in Maine for a total distance of 2,175 miles?
Answer: Appalachian Trail

Question: Francophonie is an international organization of 56 member states where there is a notable affiliation with the French language. What is the largest country in this group?
Answer: Canada

Question: The artificial Gatun Lake that was created between 1907 and 1913 forms a major component of what water body?
Answer: Panama Canal

Question: A funnel cloud is nothing but condensed water droplets associated with a rotating column of wind which extends from the base of a cloud without touching the ground. If it touches the ground, what is it called?
Answer: Tornado

Question: What is the collective name given to the hundreds of ancient ground drawings found in the namesake desert in Peru that range from simple lines to complex animal shapes?
Answer: Nazca Lines

Question: Juba is the capital of what autonomous African region that became an independent country on 9th July, 2011?
Answer: South Sudan

Question: The plateau 'Cappadocia' with its spectacular landscapes, caves, and fairy chimneys is a popular tourist attraction of which country?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Which navigator is credited with popularizing the name of 'Australia' and has several Australian venues (including a famous sporting one) named for him?
Answer: Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)

Question: What name used for the Western Hemisphere was coined by a Spanish scholar in a letter dated November 1st, 1492 in which he referred to Columbus' first voyage to America?
Answer: New World (novi orbis)