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Geo Quiz

The Geo Quiz from PRI's The World challenges your knowledge of people and places, geography and culture. Created by journalists in the newsroom, each Geo Quiz question comes with its own answer, a fascinating report or interview that reveals a mystery location. Subscribe to the podcast: RSS
Finance Minister — and national celebrity — Martin Lousteau arrives at the session of the Development Committee during the last day of the spring IMF-World Bank meeting.
Geo Quiz
Some of this country’s biggest celebrities are economists — really
Vietnamese immigrants pray to a small shrine erected five years ago. The area was once littered, covered in graffiti, and a frequent stop for the city's public works department. But after one neighborhood resident placed the statue on the corner, local Vi
Geo Quiz
Can you name the West Coast city where a Buddhist shrine turned a neighborhood around?
Single malt whisky is seen in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Geo Quiz
This country has passed Scotland in the world whisky ranks. Can you name it?
A booth serving Chifa booth at a food conference.
Geo Quiz
Name a South American city that has a thriving Asian fusion food scene
People ride bicycles across the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, the city’s main canal.
Geo Quiz
Which American city could potentially adopt a canal system to combat rising tides?
A girl rides a bicycle on a balcony in the "Tower of David" skyscraper.
Development
This South American city is home to the ‘world’s tallest squat’
The Mexican polka-influenced band, Polka Madre.
Geo Quiz
The music of this European region is unexpectedly popular in Mexico
Pipers from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo Massed Pipes and Drums perform during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival parade in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Geo Quiz
Which country, aside from Scotland, manufactures most of the world’s bagpipes?
Emilio Basilius of the Coral Reef Research Foundation holds up one of the hundreds of samples of marine organisms for the National Cancer Institute in the US.
Geo Quiz
Which Indo-Pacific island’s waters are host to potentially cancer-fighting molecules?
The village of Arinagour on the remote Scottish island.
Geo Quiz
This tiny Scottish island is an unplugged getaway — can you name it?
Sergei Dovlatov in 1980.
Books
Which New York City borough will soon be home Sergei Dovlatov Way?
Sille Kongstad's bicycle-powered hearse.
Culture
Which European city has recently adopted the bicycle-powered hearse?
Francesco Papa, a prisoner on the penal colony, walks between rows of grapevines.
Food
Name the Italian island known for its prisoner-produced wine
Temple and cemetery of Confucius.
Culture
Name the city in China where Confucius lived?
Every year, a jousting tournament is held at Kaltenburg Castle.
Geo Quiz
Fancy a joust? Name the German state that hosts a medieval-style jousting tournament
Every year, a jousting tournament is held at Kaltenburg Castle.
Geo Quiz
Fancy a joust? Name the German state that hosts a medieval-style jousting tournament
Waves at the North Sea are pictured at a quay wall in Cuxhaven, Germany.
Environment
Name the lost landmass that once bridged the UK and Europe
Global Politics
It was once the world’s most important political border — now it’s a bike path
Dhalpurie roti served with pumpkin, potato and goat meat curry.
Lifestyle & Belief
What Caribbean island is known for its traditional bread dish, roti?
USS Frank E. Evans
Conflict & Justice
US military rules have kept the names of 74 sailors off the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lifestyle & Belief
Name a Mexican city famous for its hot peppers
Sports
In a Scotland village, skipping rocks is more than just a hobby. It’s a tourist attraction
Sports
Which World Cup team are you cheering for and why?
Arts, Culture & Media
This way to a bowl of sancocho
Arts, Culture & Media
One show in the United Arab Emirates is turning poets into millionaires
Molitor bikini
Arts, Culture & Media
What do bikinis, Tarzan and ‘Life of Pi’ have in common?
Lifestyle & Belief
Which came first? Mexico’s famous drink, or the town that distills it?
Cecile and Stan at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center.
Environment
This African country is home to a chimpanzee rescue center
Cecile and Stan at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center.
Environment
This African country is home to a chimpanzee rescue center
Environment
It’s puny, it’s purple, it’s Putnisite. So where was the new mineral discovered?
Arts, Culture & Media
The country’s name means hippo and its capital translates to crocodile’s back
Arts, Culture & Media
Find the geographic link between the Crimean War and blues guitar?
Arts, Culture & Media
Find the geographic link between the Crimean War and blues guitar?
Hookah
Arts, Culture & Media
Name a largely Arab American city where hookah smoking is on the rise
Colorado River Delta taken by the Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), flying aboard the Terra spacecraft, irrigation and urban sprawl now prevent the river from reaching its final destination.
Environment
Restoring a once mighty river that has slowed to a trickle
Sports
Snowshoeing and snow snaking are favorites at the Arctic Winter Games
Natalia Antonova at the beach in Crimea with her child, 2011.
Lifestyle & Belief
Want to know one of Crimea’s best-kept secrets? Nude beaches
Natalia Antonova at the beach in Crimea with her child, 2011.
Lifestyle & Belief
Want to know one of Crimea’s best-kept secrets? Nude beaches
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and members of his cabinet pose with President Giorgio Napolitano.
Global Politics
Lawmakers in this European country are considering a ‘pink quota’ to achieve gender parity in politics
Lifestyle & Belief
This Canadian artist prefers to snap sounds — not photos
Skier Yohan Goncalves Goutt of the Timor-Leste Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Sports
Can you name this Olympic skier and his snowless country?
Arts, Culture & Media
An American teacher in India enjoys the traditions of a Bengali wedding
Palatschinke, sprinkled with sugar.
Arts, Culture & Media
Can you name the place where 2 of my favorite treats, palatschinken and palinkas, are from?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Sydney Harbour Bridge offers tourists an unusual birds’ eye view
Global Politics
Can you name the five remaining communist countries in the world?
The ZipFlyer in Nepal features speeds upwards of 80 miles an hour
Sports
Take a ride on one of the world’s most extreme zip lines
The Baiterek in Kazakhstan's capital
Arts, Culture & Media
In this city, you can see a presidential palace in one direction and the largest tent in the world in the other
Lifestyle & Belief
World Quiz — Where’s a post office with a view… of penguins?
Lion close up GeoQuiz
Environment
This is how close we got to the King of the Jungle
Aerial photo of Middle Island, Ontario Canada
Arts, Culture & Media
Of the following US states: Connecticut, Nebraska, and California, which ones fall entirely south of Canada’s southernmost border?
Hyundai's i30 Tourer - where's the cigarette lighter jack?
Environment
Hyundai looks to put an unceremonious end to in-car cigarette lighter jacks
La Sagrada Familia
Arts, Culture & Media
The coolest video you will ever see of the tallest church on earth
Taxis, buses and other cars stuck in the honking traffic in Kolkata, India
Environment
Bicyclists in crowded Indian city fight to take back the streets
Barilla pasta on Marco's shelf
Business, Economics and Jobs
I never thought twice about my Barilla pasta, until now
Lifestyle & Belief
German Hipsters Not Winning Friends in Berlin
Lifestyle & Belief
Art Nabbed a Parking Spot in Ireland’s Busiest City
Arts, Culture & Media
Artists’ sand silhouettes depict war dead from Normandy invasion
Isabelle Levy
Environment
Will the French ban on fracking crack under industry pressure?
Germans gather for a HipsterAlarm meeting.
Arts, Culture & Media
Expat Hipsters Not Winning Friends in Berlin
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the world was at Furnace Creek, in California's Death Valley. (Photo: Wiki Commons)
Environment
Where in the World has the Hottest Temperature Been Recorded?