Are You a World Geography GENIUS? Take This Test!
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- How many of these 50 world geography questions can you answer correctly?
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This is a geography quiz for Americans.
Yes! Kids (from private schools and from outside the USA) find this very easy.
Yeah don't lay awake at night worrying about that
@@rescuingmodernitydepends on what state. I knew most of these, 48, from public middle school.
And yet The United States has more influence over international geopolitics than any country for the last 70 years, perhaps it's because we know didactically force-feeding kids rote facts doesn't inherently make them smarter.
im from the US and still got 41/50
50 / 42 . I am 14 year old boy from Sri Lanka.I got 97 marks for the Geography paper.It is my most favourite subject.
Fantastic! You should be so proud. Greetings from Idaho, USA. 😀🇺🇸
Passed in geography, failed in math 🐸
42/50 ✓
@@teenagegamer2843 No need to be rude. You can tell others their mistakes in more respectful manner.
@@teenagegamer2843 maybe you failed in reading lol
3:36- Actually, the Cape of Good Hope is the SouthWESTERN most point of Africa. However, the actual southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas located 34 miles [54 kilometers] south of the iconic landmark.
👍. You mean 34 miles= 54 km
@@RiadhSridi You're right. Sorry, I'm still haven't got the hang of the metric system.
Moins de 10 fautes
@@wardarcade7452 You must be American then!
@@RootlessNZ I could be a very stubborn English holdout but you guessed correctly!
48/50, I did think that the Yuan was the currency of China though.
Yuan = RMB = Renminbi = 人民币
Fun fact: 人民币 translates to “the people’s currency” in Mandarin
@@ThePersistentKoala Do I get a point for yuan then?😀
@@CatherineDoverI said the same thing! 😢
Renminbi is the whole currency. The Yuan is the main unit of currency. A bit like ‘Sterling’ and ‘Pound’.
@@CatherineDover It was not one of the available choices. Yen was available but it is used in Japan, not China. Renmenbi is the official name. Yuan is the historical name and still used today. Kuai is the colloquial name.
My father was a cartographer and as a result, I was always interested in all aspects of geography. He remapped an entire country back in the mid sixties and did tell me how difficult it was to map a 3-D image onto a 2-D map without intoducing too many distortions. Loved the quiz and got an A*.
Sounds fascinating!!!
A very good quiz with sensible, well thought out questions. Unlike some others I've come across.
Only for americans. In my country this is for 8 year olds
I got a C. It was fun and got me thinking. Thanks for the reminder to keep learning about our amazing world.
Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed the quiz!
I grew up learning that China was the largest country by population. I guess now India has finally caught up to them!
As off 2022
After Covid, India surpassed China.
Always has been a battle between India 🇮🇳 and China 🇨🇳 few years each country and then back to the other
Not really something to be proud off! In both these countries, the majority of people, citizens, live below the poverty line! That is, they go to sleep, hungry or at best under fed, and do so, not sleeping in a bed, but a makeshift dwelling!!!
This decade
Another excellent quiz. Thanks Brian, keep up the great work. I live in Australia and am 56. I scored 48/50.
Wow great score- and thanks for your comment!
Geography is more than just knowing state capitals, rivers and mountain ranges. It’s thing like alluvial plains, rainfall / precipitation and things that overlap with other fields such as geology.
Yeah... very few of these questions were related to actual geography. When I studied the subject I don't think capital cities (i.e. cartography-related) were mentioned once. I was really excited about learning geography when I went up to secondary school but it was all about things like farming, climate and glaciation! Having said that, I got 3 wrong on this test, which was fun. 😀
@@RustyPettersonin school we learn physical geography, whereas political geography is way more interesting
Cape Agulhas is the geographic southern tip of Africa and the beginning of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans according to the International Hydrographic Organization. It is approximately half a degree of latitude, or 55 kilometres (34 mi), further south than the Cape of Good Hope. ( Wikipedia : Cape Agulhas)
As a seaman who has personally navigated around the southern tip of Africa , I can verify it is most deffinetly Cape Aghullas NOT the Cape of Good Hope. I have just posted a correction in the comments - landlubbers !
I’m so proud of myself!😅 Thanks Brian💕
Really enjoy the quizzes.
Suggestion: for those of us who listen while driving, if you spoke the answer it would help me keep my eyes on the road.
unless it is directions or a call, you should be focusing on the road while driving
@@andypham1636if it included answers being spoken it would basically be like a call
Yeah I’m trying to focus on my dinner lol, same problem
@@andypham1636 you can focus on the road while listening to something you know 😅
@@andypham1636i guess you’re someone who never listens to your car radio
45 year old American from LA.
Got 47/50 correct. No thanks to my public school education with no college. Just love geography
Hey, just a quick correction. The southernmost point of mainland Africa is actually Cape Agulhas, not the Cape of Good Hope. People often mix the two up.
Well, when I visited South Africa that is what they say that Cape of Good Hope is the one.
Q 27 has two correct answers. The Colorado River also serves as a short segment of the US/Mexico border at the SW corner of Arizona.
Yep, right south of Yuma, Arizona. It’s a small span, but the Colorado does serve as the border between Mexico and the US.
hence the term wet backs
Yeah, that's correct. All of the border between California and Mexico is the Colorado River.
@denisphelan8987 No. None of the Cal/Mex border is the Colorado River. A small part (less than 25 miles) of Arizona/Mex border is.
No it’s not a river between CA and MX. Every been to San Diego? Trust me : there’s a wall. And that wall marks a straight line from the pacific to AZ
No. 18 - I was taught in school the are four. Then I read there's something called the Southern Ocean...
Me too
This is a fair point. As of 2024, almost all countries recognize 5 oceans- but the Southern Ocean is a fairly recent addition to the list.
Live In Australia, can definitely vouch there is the Great Southern Ocean.
It’s on many maps.
I'm in NZ, the Southern Ocean is alive and well. Yes, it's a more recent addition to the long term four we were taught as children.
It is just the southernmost ends of the Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans
I enjoyed the quiz very much. 43/50, Grade A.
A word to the wise, the Cliffs of Moher. Moher is pronounced Mow (mowing the lawn)-her.
Yeah, I got an A too. I picked Lake Superior over The Caspian Sea....which should not count as it is a SEA. And made other silly mistakes. Oh well.....that's lunch now I suppose. 🙂
I wouldn’t call myself a world geography genius but I was able to answer all 50 correctly before hearing the multiple choice answers. Great job @BrianWilesLanguages. For questions like Turkey’s capital I would include Istanbul as a choice similar to how you did the New Zealand capital question.
Ye idk why I thought this would be hard
Congratulations! (The one about La Paz was not easy!)
Having grown up with an encyclopedia and library-worthy world atlas outside my bedroom door this was a pretty easy 50/50. Living abroad from my central NY birthplace for the last 25 years has also reinforced my knowledge and more, given me the privileged experience of having worked with more than 100 nationalities and learning from each of them.
If you got all fifty questions right BEFORE hearing the options, then face it. You ARE a geography genius.
@@rescuingmodernity, actually La Paz world record is quite well known (and I tested it directly when there: in the airport area, on top of the plateau, you do feel a bit of difficulty in breathing after some time); I was tricked only by the Algeria question
8:15 While England, Scotland, and Wales are Constituent countries, Northern Ireland is a region. Therefore, the correct answer is 3.
Highly debatable.
I also answered 3 because Northern Ireland isn't a country per se.
I answered 3, as it’s 3
See is Cornwall.
Also stormont has it's own parliament,unlike Cornwall and England
Most of the questions were so easy that i felt dumb for answering correct
Let’s make it more exciting for you: The correct phrasing of your sentence was “…for answering correctly.”
Exactly. For all the Americans, it’s a walk in the park.
Hey I really like this concept but the pictures gave it away half of the time, like with the map of spain, the vatican and the tibetan flag. I would also like a more challenging option for multiple choice for example for the capital of turkey you couldve mentioned Istanbul and Antalya for the other options instead of Warsaw and Sofia .
Overall great video and I got an A, I thought china had more unesco world heritage sites and I thought Sardinia was bigger than sicily in size. I also didn't now that India passed china in terms of population gain but that makes sense in hindsight I forgot to look at the date of the upload before answering the questions. :)
Overall great video!
1. The Cape of Good Hope is NOT the southern-most point on the African continent. There are at least six other capes or points that are further south. The southern-most pont of Africa is Cape Aghulas.
2. The Angel Falls is NOT the largest waterfall on the planet. That largest by volume is the Livingstone Falls on the Congo River in Africa. The largest by width is the Khone Phapheng Falls on the Mekong River in Asia. The Angel Falls is the highest or tallest on the planet with a single drop.
Victoria falls
Yeah don't forget Iguazu in southern Brasil where Brasil, Argentina & Paraguay all meet.
From Cairo Egypt got an A .Hey Brian we miss you! Hoping to see you soon.
As a 17 years old boy I got 44/50 as a Geography Lover 🌏 so I got A Grade 😭👍 Love from India 🇮🇳❤
I got 45 4 yrs younger than you but you're still better at geography than my entire family so congratulations! 🎉
turning 18 next month, got 46 heheh
@@winstonzhou4595 👍
47 I'm 14
50 , i am 26
As a non-American I got all of them correct because we actually learn Geography at school, I answered 48 before the options came up and only waited for two to be sure.
Also, the person below is correct about the Cape of Good Hope answer.
49/50, missed the 'Cape of Good Hope' to get a 50, great video by the way! From Pakistan 🇵🇰
Don't feel bad, that "correct" answer was actually wrong, Cape Agulhas it's the southernmost point in Africa
45/50. I too would expect the Yuan to be the currency of China, unless that's very recently changed; and the Colorado River does form the border between the US and MEX at Yuma AZ. I'm glad the questions were not all US-oriented, and that they were not all country-border based.
The Iguazu/Iguaçu Falls in Brazil and Argentina are the world's largest waterfall system. Stretching for almost 3km along the border of Argentina and Brazil, the falls are made up of roughly 275 different vertical drops with heights varying from 60 to 82 meters (210-270 ft). This makes the Iguazu Falls taller than Niagara Falls and twice as wide.
I think he meant the tallest. And that is for sure the Angel waterfall with almost 1km
@@salakamen1113 That's what it looks like yup
Mosi-oa-Tunya aka. Victoria Falls is also the largest in the world, but that is if you combine the height and the width.
@@Aoderic Mosi-oa-Tunya is the largest by volume it is the largest curtain of falling water in the world.
The name Iguazu is Tupi-Guarani it means Great Water
#37 The UK is a union of 4 countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Stonehenge is located just west of Amesbury, England.
Glaze
1:25...mmmh... Greenland belongs to...Denmark...for now...
haha trump on its way lol 😂
We will never be part of USA. Got it right
Correct answer… MERCA!
😂
Actually it is non negotiable, Denmark is renowating air base on the island and will send fighter jets there just to be sure the message is clear in delusional states of America/Trumpland
this is my first comment at your channel . i got A grade in geography thank you
41 right. Lots of tricky questions mixed in with easy ones. I can't believe I missed the memo about Indiana overtaking China in population!
Indiana has overtaken China in population?!? Surely you jest.
India has over 1.4 Billion people in a country that is less than half the size of Australia. And millions of Americans think global warming is a hoax. Duh.
Wow. What is the population of Indianapolis now?
You know he/she meant the country of India not the state of Indiana.
@@maudnxumalo9560 Am I supposed to be a mind reader?
50/50...only one that baffled me a little the number of Indonesia islands....but over all a pretty easy geography test. Actually I was expecting tougher questions...
First try got 50 out of 50. NOW I can finally call myself a geography master at the age of 14
Wow I am also 14 but I got some incorrect I didn’t keep score tho cuz I was a little too lazy lol😭
Ma jeste.
I'm 13. 48 correct. Again first try. Are we both too addicted? Lol 🗿
Same
You are either 1) very naturally smart, 2) attend a terrific private school, or 3) BOTH. (Methinks it’s both!)
There should be no multiple choice, just a question, to really gauge your knowledge. Some may have guessed it right because you have 33.3% chance on one out of 3 choices or 50% on two choices in getting the right answer,
Missed one. Was thinking of the Yuan and it said Yen, which is Japan's currency. Didn't know the official name is Renminbi. Most questions were quite easy, but I'm a geography teacher.
Yuan And remembi are interchangeable
Fun and pretty easy for a lifelong geography/cartography buff. 50/50 BTW, I went to your downloads and the "A+" certificate needs correction as it shows the same grade range (44-48) as the "A" certificate.
49/50.
I want to thank you for stating correctly that the Potala Palace is indeed in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, occupied by a
the foreign hostile so called “People’s Liberation Army”….
FREE TIBET!
There is nothing you can do about the fact that Tibet is China or Crimea and Donbass is Russia. Nothing🤷♂️
Liar
@@mayakstudios7292 Only occupied by China's Army.
cope
Free Tibet 🤫
I was pretty good in geography in grade school and a lot of that knowledge has stuck with me all these years. The first half was pretty easy, but the second half tripped me up a bit. But overall, I got 41/50 right. Not too bad, methinks.
Good quiz!
The southernmost tip of Africa is Cape Agulhas.
The name Agulhas is Portuguese it means Needles
Thank you brother 🙏❤!
I had only 4 wrong.
I love trivia.
More, please! 😃
🇨🇦
49/50
The last question I guessed Scotland... Few others required guesswork but most questions were straightforward.
33/50. Could've been better, so I guess I have some geography learning to do.
i also got 33! thought i was decent at geography until now lol
I say getting 33/50 is quite good! 👏
Yep, 33/50 is better than most.
I got 35 the comments made me feel like I’m stupid
If it makes you feel better, I got 29/50 lol
Got 45 out of 50. Nice geography quiz, good job Brian!
Thank you Brian.❤ Perhaps one small correction, its nowadays Turkiye not Turkey.
Thanks for this note, Maria!
I know Turkiye wants English speakers to call it by its native name (so as to avoid association with a certain bird) but old habits die hard, English speakers will still be calling it Turkey for years to come especially since the name change was rather recent.
@@nicholasharvey1232 I know Turkey wants us to use their the native name for their country but that makes no sense for English speakers. We do not call Spain Espana, Italy Italia or Germany Deutschland and so forth, so why should we not continue to use the English word for this particular country?
@@Rob-t4z7x Agreed! I don't think it'll ever catch on. Ain't nöbödy got time to go searching for umlauts on their keyboard haha.
IDC, I still call it Turkey
Didn’t do nearly as well as I thought I would! BUT I learned things I didn’t know. That’s always a success. I also have always loved maps and when google earth came out was in 7th heaven. Always looking at it. Even over the oceans. Judy fascinating. Google did a really good job with tat even if there are some errors.
It appears that ‘B’ was the correct answer 80% of the time…
I got an A. I have an habit kf looking at the world map for hours. Andthat alone helped me answer many of the questions, ans with little more searching and learning, one can answer most questions.
Number 17 is wrong. Cape Agulgas is further south than the Cape of Good Hope
Exactly
wrong
I hear too that Agulhas is a bit further south.
The name Agulhas means Needles in Portuguese
Thank you. Scored A, however 31 the waterfalls are not the greatest but the highest.
Good job Brian❤❤
Keep up the good work 🎉
18 year old egyptian and i got 46, i think it's alright
That's amazing, Alonzo!
Great work love your positive comment instead of bagging another nation.
35/50, my geography teacher in school was very strict, and I still loved the subject
Chinese currency is yuan
China actually has 2 currencies, one for domestic use, and one for "foreign" use (convertible with other currencies).
Missed 3, love these quizzes!
12-year-old me from 🇮🇳,got 44/50.And I bet if he asks about country's flags I would got even more points.
Exaclly
Stop lying kid 😂
@@junelinn9161 bark loudly if u can't believe me and only gays don't believe me....
Congrats! You beat this old lady by 1!
Jealous much@@junelinn9161
39/50 I'm in 3rd grade and I live in India and English is not my First language so I'm Proud of myself.
wow! You are on your way to becoming very good at geography
You are too young to be on youtube.
Suggest you re-title this quiz as Geography quiz for beginners!!
Would you be happier with Quantum Physics 101 ? It's just a bit of fun.
Omg ur mi hero
Geography quiz for Americans!
45 correct answers. Thanks Brian.
1:39 This is wrong, it's Shanghai, not Tokyo. Look it up.
As of 2024, Japan's capital, Tokyo, is the most populous city in the world, with over 37 million inhabitants.
India's New Delhi and China's Shanghai occupy the 2nd and 3rd spots.
…they’re talking metropolitan population
Shanghai is 3rd now after Tokyo and Delhi
44/50 And probably 40 out of 50 I know the answers without even getting the choices. It will be nice to have a bit more explanation for some of the answers.
The Caspian Sea question is debatable. It is considered a lake by some, but not by everybody. It has the characteristics of both of lake and an ocean. I think that it is much more similar to something like the Black Sea vs. something like Lake Superior.
it’s a lake
There is no debate about caspian sea. It's a lake and no it has nothing in common with black seas except for being close to each other.
@@orange._.persik4006 what about being salted?
@@reaperzwei845 there are dozens of salt lakes all around the world. Salt has nothing to do with the definitions of sea and lake.
@@orange._.persik4006 Fair enough.
I got B level. I must get better indeed ! Thanks for the test
the chinese currency is called the yuan most officially.
Exactly. Yen is Japan’s
I SNORT LAUGHED when I saw the topic of this vid..!! 70 yo here - I'm not EVEN gonna try. If my husband were still alive, I'd take it just so he could be entertained. I once drew him a map of the world according to me on a napkin.. he ended up keeping it in his wallet. ❤❤❤
No. 17 is incorrect. Answer is Cape Agulhas.
Yep you're right 👍🏻
I got 49 out of 50! I feel a little lucky as I lived in 3 different parts of the world for many years each.
Some of the questions are phrased wrong though, for instance the largest falls are Niagara, Angel waterfalls are the tallest 😊 but good video, thanks
Cut er? 2:12
also rio grand...
It's pronounced katr, with only one vowel.
@@chunkylafangaa Originally in Arabic there's two short vowels
Thanks ❤❤❤
32 - C 🤧🤧
43/50. NICE QUIZ ! THANK YOU!
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Both Rio Grande and Colorado River make up part of the border with Mexico. Arizona/Baja California with San Luis
8:18 there’s no countries in the UK, it cannot contain itself and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland are not countries recognized by the UN.
But they are separate countries recognized by FIFA (for example during the World Cup) and other international organizations, mostly having to do with sports. 😉
@@pdruiz2005 Yeah but they don’t have their own governments or land they are apart of the UK which governs them all, they are more like provinces
@@pdruiz2005 Lol right? So does it mean that Gibraltar and the Faroe Islands are also "countries"? 🤔🤔
@@Redstoner34526 i see what you mean but literally everyone knows them as countries and calls them countries, it's a sort of convention. it's also historical: they were separate countries and joined to form the UK
@@martinusv7433gebeltahir is a British overseas territory
49/50 💁🏻♂️ quite simple and straightforward really
You certainly don’t have to be a geography genius to answer these questions on elementary school level.
49/50
I'm pretty sure the bar for genius has been significantly lowered over the years.
Wow, I lost count of how many I didn't know, but I certainly have learned a lot
لماد لا تتكلم ب للغة العربية❤❤
@@Carlos_ff209 اعتقد لن لازم يتكلم بي الانجليزي في مقاطع لغات لنة لو تكلم مصري مو كل ناس راح تفهمة
Cape peninsula is NOT the southernmost point in Africa. It is Cape Aghulas.
Question #27- the Colorado River does form part of the boundary near Yuma, AZ, so two correct answers.
Question 37 has an incorrect answer, the UK is not a country. The correct answer would be England.
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country/political union made up of other countries/nations (England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland)
the UK is a country with countries out of it. if you want to be more specific, Stonehenge is in Scotland, not England
@@andypham1636England is a country , wales and Scotland aren’t
@@dwaynekeenum1916 that's false, with no racism
Stonehenge is in England @@andypham1636
I DID THE SAME QUIZ 3 WEEKS AGO😄 I GOT BETTER! 43 CORRECT ANSWERS NOW, COMPARES TO 35 PREVIOUSLY
Brian Wiles, Angkor rhymes with 'anchor'; more specifically, ANG-core. Istanbul = ee-STAHN-bull? First time I've heard it pronounced that way; I've always heard it
ISS-tan-bull, and I've always seen the accent fall on syllable 1 in Stonehenge.
I thought the answer is Challenger Deep.
That was fun, thanks.
40/50, not a nerd, but love to know more abt geography from youtubers and intellect people around me. So fair result
I missed 3, for 47/50 ... an A. Interesting quiz, thanks for posting it.
I got 45/50!! I love geography 🌎
Impressed you pronounced Qatar as "cutter", which is how I was taught to say it by somebody who had lived there. I missed 3 questions. Nice quiz!
But that pronunciation is wrong, though.
38_42, Thanks for refreshing my memory. I'm salvadoran by the way.
50/50. Funny enough the one that nearly threw me off was how many countries make up the United Kingdom as I couldn’t recall if the Isle of Man was considered a country. Greetings from NZL
Fun quiz with some tricky questions I didn’t know
Did well until the end… was riding on only missing the Spanish steps question until the last 10 or so questions and missed several in a row! Can’t complain about 44/50 though!
3:09 With huge confidence,i really thought it was india gate
I saw it on google it is arc de triophe located in paris
44/50
Got the seas one wrong, the math wasn't mathing and chose 6 as it was the closest to "the 7 seas".
The Indonesia one was a guess.
Chose China on the UNESCO one, should've known it would be Italy because of the Roman Empire though.
Got the Potala Palace one wrong.
Thought the Chinese currency was the Yuan, so I went with the Yen because I thought it was a misspelling (and yes, I know the Yen is Japan's currency, but I still thought autocorrect changed Yuan to Yen or sth).
Didn't think the Caspian Sea was actually a lake, but looking back at it it makes sense.
1:22 the answer to that question is now more important than ever
47/50 jsst 3 points but still great quiz question 😊
47 / 50 ....did it well man..❤
Quite simple, but a missed the waterfall. By not thinking! BTW, Cape Agulhas is the true southernmost point, but not in common speech. An NI can be argued, as it is a province more than a separate country. But - again - four is the number in common speech. The Caspian is often regarded as an inland saline sea, not a lake, but i took my chance and did not choose Lake Superior, the largest fresh water lake. Still, should have gotten the waterfall ...