Madrid Pub Quiz · Free Geography Questions

Which three crosses of England, Scotland and Ireland make up the Union Jack?

St George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick

Which Australian city was named after the queen consort to King William IV?

Adelaide, in 1836

The Channel Islands are not part of the UK but Crown Dependencies. Charles Ⅲ is the head of state under which title?

Duke of Normandy

Where would you find the islands of Macaronesia?

Macaronesia is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coasts of the continents of Africa and Europe. Some of the Macaronesian islands belong to Portugal (Madeira and the Azores), some belong to Spain (Canary Islands), and the rest belong to Cape Verde.

The southernmost point and the westernmost point of Spain are less than 20 Kms apart. Where are they?

El Hierro in the Canary Islands. (Southernmost is La Restinga at 27°38′N 17°59′W, and the westernmost is Punta de la Orchilla at 27°43′N 18°09′W).

Which countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast?

France, Spain, and Morocco

The Strait of Otranto separates which two countries?

Italy and Albania

With thanks to Ross Stewart of Auckland, New Zealand, for correcting the question

Which is the smallest independent country in South America?

Suriname

With thanks to Tim Sharples for fine tuning the question

How many points of the compass are there?

32

Which Spanish region has the same name as a region of eastern Europe spanning south-eastern Poland and western Ukraine?

Galicia

Which town in Spain is the self-proclaimed ‘windsurf capital of the world’?

Tarifa

Whose statue is outside the main entrance to the Prado Museum?

Diego Velázquez

With which countries does Spain have a land border (i.e. there is a border post)?

Portugal, France, Andorra, Morocco (Ceuta and Melilla), UK (Gibraltar)

If you travelled due west from Madrid crossed the Atlantic Ocean, which city would you hit?

New York

Which capital city is on the river Tagus?

Lisbon

Valentia Island is off the coast of which European country?

Ireland

With thanks to Gerry O’Sullivan of Killarney for correcting this question

Which country had, until 2011, a flag with only a solid colour?

Libya (the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

With thanks to Jake Whiteman for updating the question

Where are the Tivoli gardens?

Copenhagen (also a less well know one in Ljubljana)

Which river separates Buda from Pest?

The Danube

Abuja is the capital of the seventh most populous country in the world. Which?

Nigeria

The Canary Islands are named after which animal?

Dogs (although it could refer to monk seals, known as ‘sea dogs’ in Latin)

Who was the first president of the Fifth Republic (1958-present) in France?

Charles de Gaulle

Which African city derives its name from ‘Three Cities’?

Tripoli (from ‘Regio Tripolitana’, region of the three cities)

Which country’s flag has a blue 24-spoked wheel in the centre called the Ashoka Chakra?

India

Port Moresby (Pot Mosbi) is the capital city of which country?

Papua New Guinea

Which city in Ireland derives its English name from Blackpool in Irish?

Dublin (Dubh Linn)

In which time zone is Ireland?

WET (Western European Time) which is the same as GMT and UTC. In summer it is WEST (Western European Summer Time) which is GMT/UTC +1.

Which is the only truly African language of the six official working languages of the African Union?

Swahili. (The other five are Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.)

Which country has 37 official languages, more than any other? (The first language mentioned in the constitution and the most widely spoken is Spanish.)

Bolivia. (Bolivian Constitution, Article 5-I: Son idiomas oficiales del Estado el castellano y todos los idiomas de las naciones y pueblos indígena originario campesinos, que son el aymara, araona, baure, bésiro, canichana, cavineño, cayubaba, chácobo, chimán, ese ejja, guaraní, guarasu’we, guarayu, itonama, leco, machajuyai-kallawaya, machineri, maropa, mojeño-trinitario, mojeño-ignaciano, moré, mosetén, movima, pacawara, puquina, quechua, siriona, tacana, tapieté, toromona, uru-chipaya, weenhayek, yawanawa, yuki, yuracaré y zamuco.)

Out of the ten most populous islands in the world, only 2 are outside Asia. Can you name them?

Great Britain (3rd) and Hispaniola (10th)

With which other country did Tanganyika merge to form present day Tanzania in 1964?

Zanzibar

Where would you commonly find the letters BCE, ECB, EZB, EKT and EKP together?

On Euro bank notes (the initials of the European Central Bank in different languages).

Which is the largest country through which the equator passes?

Brazil

The Merlion, an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, is used as the mascot of which island nation?

Singapore

What are the member states of the Swiss Federation known as?

Cantons

How is French Somaliland now known?

Djibouti

Which three countries have a flag which is simply a circle on a solid background?

Japan, Bangladesh, and Palau

With thanks to Neil Robinson in New Zealand for correcting the answer to this question

The Gulf of Bothnia lies between which two countries?

Sweden and Finland

The Juan de Fuca Strait separates which two countries?

Canada and USA (between Washington state and Vancouver Island)

Which European capital is served by Schwechat airport?

Vienna

Which countries use Western European Time?

UK, Ireland, Iceland, and Portugal (plus the Canary Islands and the Faroe Islands)

Which is the only United States territory that drives on the left?

The US Virgin Islands

Which European Union country has the largest army per capita (mainly because of the perceived threat from its larger neighbour)?

Greece

Which mountain range separates the Rhône and Rhine rivers and gives name to a French Department, a Swiss canton, a geologic time period and, indirectly, an Oscar winning film?

The Jura mountains (Jura, Canton of Jura, Jurassic period, and Jurassic Park)

What was the name of the balsa wood raft used by Thor Heyerdahl and his crew to sail across the South Pacific in 1947?

Kon-Tiki

New Zealand is named after which ‘old’ Zealand?

The Dutch province of Zeeland (not the Danish Island of Zealand)

Which is the largest country without an airport?

Andorra (but it has a heliport)

In which desert is Las Vegas?

Mojave

Which is the largest island in the Society Islands?

Tahiti

Which Canadian territory forms most of the border with Alaska?

The Yukon

Between which two cities is the longest railway journey that does not require changing trains?

Moscow and Beijing

Which is the largest state in Mexico?

Chihuahua

What are the official languages of Israel?

Hebrew and Arabic

Which country has the ten highest waterfalls in Europe?

Norway

Which famous building complex lies on the south bank of the Yamuna river near Agra?

The Taj Mahal

In which Comunidad is the northernmost point in Spain ?

Galicia (Cabo de Bares)

Which country officially describes itself as ‘República Oriental’?

Uruguay

Which EU country has a coat of arms with a hammer and a sickle on it?

Austria

Which country occupies practically one half of the land of South America?

Brazil

Which famous bridge nicknamed the ‘Coathanger’ celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007?

Sydney Harbour Bridge

St Patrick is known as the Patron Saint of Ireland but there are others, name at least one.

Brigid of Kildare, Columba of Iona, Kevin of Glendalough

What is the currency of India?

Rupee

Chisinau is the capital of which European country?

Moldova

Which is the world’s smallest republic?

Nauru

Which city in India is now called Chennai?

Madras

Between which two cities is the shortest intercontinental commercial flight?

Gibraltar and Tangier

Cape York is the northernmost point of which country?

Australia

In Germany, a motorway is called an ‘autobahn’. What are they called in Italy?

Autostrada

In which country is Dubrovnik?

Croatia

What are the Dutch East Indies now called?

Indonesia

What is the Kotel or Western Wall of the Second Temple in Jerusalem better known as?

The Wailing Wall

Which two animals appear on the Australian coat of arms?

Kangaroo and emu

Which US city is known as ‘The Big Easy’?

New Orleans

What are Chafarinas, Alhucemas and Vélez de la Gomera?

Spanish islands off the coast of North Africa

Pico Duarte is the highest mountain in the West Indies. In which country is it?

Domincan Republic

In which group of British Islands would you find the port of Sullom Voe?

The Shetlands

Llullaillaco is the world’s highest active volcano. It’s on the border between which two countries?

Argentina and Chile

Paraguay borders which other countries?

Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia

Which sea does the Volga empty into?

The Caspian Sea

How is Portuguese West Africa now known?

Angola

The city of St. Petersburg stands on which river?

Neva

Which animal appears on the national flag of Sri Lanka?

Lion

Which is the longest river in France?

Loire

The Welland Ship Canal links which two great lakes?

Erie and Ontario

In which states is Yellowstone National Park?

Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming

In which Asian city would you find the Potala Palace?

Lhasa, in Tibet

A black letter ‘A’ in a white oval on the back of a car denotes it is from which country?

Austria

Travelling south, after the Atlas and the Middle Atlas, what comes next in North Africa?

The Anti Atlas

Christmas Island is surrounded by which ocean?

The Indian Ocean (however, the island of Kiritimati, in the Pacific Ocean, is also called Christmas Island)

With thanks to Nick Wilde for correcting this question

GBZ denotes cars from where?

Gibraltar

How many stars does the flag of the European Union now have?

12 — the number of stars will not change when new members are admitted (or old ones leave).

How many time zones are there in China?

One

If you crossed the Panama Canal from the Atlantic (Caribbean) to the Pacific, in which general direction would you be going?

South-East (not South-West as might be expected).

If you saw the letters BWI after a country on a postal address, where would you expect the letter to be delivered?

Somewhere in the British West Indies

If you were in Molokai, in which country would you be?

United States (Hawaii)

In Australia, in which month of the year is the longest day?

In December

In which city is Marco Polo airport?

Venice

In which city is the HQ of the Central Bank of China?

Taipei

In which country is Bali?

Indonesia

In which country is water considered so precious that it gives name to the currency: the Pula?

Botswana

In which country would you find the Caprivi Strip?

Namibia. A thin finger of land surrounded by Angola, Zambia and Botswana

In which US state would you find the Everglades?

Florida

India and Pakistan have neighbouring states of the same name, meaning ‘land of five rivers’. Which states are they?

Punjab and Punjab

Jebel Musa is acknowledged to be one of the Pillars of Hercules, the end of the world according to Mediterranean cultures. What is the other one?

Jebel Tarik, better known as Gibraltar

London’s Fleet Street runs from the Strand to Ludgate Circus and is fast becoming the former home of British journalism. What is it named after?

The River Fleet which still flows under the street in the sewers

Minsk is the capital of which country?

Belarus

Monaco has the same flag as which other country?

Indonesia

Name the eastern-most and western-most state in the United States.

Alaska and Alaska. The Aleutians cross the 180 degree line of longitude and are in both the eastern and western hemispheres.

Only three countries (members of the United Nations) have names that start with the letter ‘F’ in English. Which ones?

France, Finland, and Fiji

Some call it Sagarmatha, some call it Chomolunga, and others call it...?

Mount Everest

The Golden Temple at Amritsar is a place of pilgrimage for whom?

Sikhs

The language officially called Putonghua is more commonly known as what?

Mandarin or Chinese

What is the current name of the French Sudan?

Mali

What is the current name of what used to be the German Ocean?

The North Sea

What is the English name for the island of Rapa Nui?

Easter Island

What is the name of the gate in the Tower of London that leads onto the Thames?

Traitor’s Gate

What name was given to New York by Washington Irving in ”Salmagundi” in 1807 and is still a nickname for the city?

Gotham

What time difference is there between Spain and Poland?

None

What’s the difference between an American and a European roulette wheel?

The American has an extra slot for 00

When it’s 4:45 pm in Kathmandu, what time is it in Madrid?

Noon

Where is Dogger Bank?

The North Sea

Where is the Mosquito Coast?

Nicaragua

Where you be if you were at the geographical position 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude?

The Atlantic ocean

Which are the only two Caribbean islands with a land border separating two countries?

Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and St. Martin (France and the Netherlands)

Which country has HK on its aircraft?

Colombia

Which country has RCH on its cars?

Chile

Which country has the highest per capita tea consumption?

Ireland (although Turkey now claims the honour)

Which country has the oldest written constitution still in existence?

The United States

Which country in Europe has the shortest coastline (of those that have a coastline)?

Monaco

Which country’s aircraft registrations start with the letters ‘EC’?

Spain (España Civil)

Which country’s capital city means ‘Red Hero’ in English?

Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар), previously known as Ulan Bator

Which dynasty rules Jordan?

Hashemite

Which European country is not a member of the United Nations?

The Vatican. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino are members.

With thanks to Carter Young for correcting this question

Which is the largest land-locked country in the world?

Kazakhstan

Which is the longest river to flow into the Mediterranean?

The Nile

Which is the most visited paying monument in the world that recorded in December 2002 its 200 millionth visitor?

The Eiffel Tower, 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.

Which is the only country crossed by a tropic and the equator?

Brazil

Which is the only country that has Hinduism as its official religion?

Nepal

Which is the only one of New York’s five boroughs to be located on the mainland?

The Bronx

Which is the second largest country in Europe (by area) after Russia?

Ukraine

Which is the smallest country in mainland Africa?

The Gambia

With thanks to Carter Young for correcting this question

Which is the southernmost capital of continental South America?

Montevideo is 34°53′S; Buenos Aires is further north at 34°36′S

With thanks to Kevin Magill of the Cayman Islands for correcting this question

Which mountain overlooks Cape Town?

Table Mountain

With thanks to Ken G. Fisher of Toronto for correcting this question

Which of the five great lakes in North America is nearest to the sea?

Lake Ontario

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

The Colorado River

Which state is made up of 700 islands, the largest of which is Andros?

Bahamas

With thanks to Alan Chapple for correcting this question

Which three counties of Ulster are not in Northern Ireland?

Cavan, Monaghan, and Donegal

Which two countries in Central America do not have a coastline on both oceans?

Belize and El Salvador

Which two US states are rectangular?

Colorado and Wyoming

Which US city is known as Motown?

Detroit

Which US state has by far the most tornadoes on average?

Texas (4,000 per annum, Oklahoma 2nd with 1,400)

Why is the Empire State Building so called?

Because New York is the Empire State

If you climbed up the Euromast which is in the Europort, which city would you be in?

Rotterdam

If you were to go directly south from Belfast, which is the first major city you would reach?

Oviedo, in Spain

In which county is the northernmost point in Ireland?

Co. Donegal (Malin Head)

In which province is Dublin?

Leinster

In which US state is Panama City?

Florida

On which side of the road do the Japanese drive?

The left

Which are the only two countries that have square flags?

Switzerland and the Vatican

Which people’s republic stands between the Bay of Bengal and the foothills of the Himalayas, bordered by India and Burma?

Bangladesh

Alba is the Celtic name for which country?

Scotland

What in Australia is a Willy-Willy?

A whirlwind

What is the former name of Thailand?

Siam

What is traditionally considered the burial site of St. Peter?

Rome

Which are the last two colonial territories in North America? (Not counting Greenland)

Saint Pierre et Miquelon (France) and Bermuda (UK)

With thanks to Kevin Magill of the Cayman Islands for correcting this question

Which is the ultimate court of appeal in Great Britain and Northern Ireland?

The House of Lords

Where in the world would you find Queen Maude Land, Queen Mary Land, and George Ⅴ Land?

Antarctica

Where did Douglas Corrigan land to end his famous flight from Roosevelt Field, N.Y. to California in 1938?

Dublin. He was henceforth known as ‘Wrongway Corrigan’.

If you looked out to sea in El Dar el Beida, which ocean would you be looking at?

The Atlantic. You are in Casablanca, Morocco

If you were in a place that some of the natives called ‘Aotearoa’, where would you be?

New Zealand

In which continent is the country called Hrvatska in its own language?

Europe (Croatia)

In which country do people speak the language they call Nihongo?

Japan

Only three countries (members of the UN) have names that start with the letter ‘H’ in English. Which ones?

Haiti, Honduras, and Hungary.

The city of Firenze is better known in English as...?

Florence, Italy

What colour are French letter boxes?

Yellow

Which city was built around and on the slopes of Mount-Royal?

Montreal, Canada

Which country has a birth rate of zero?

The Vatican

Which European country is called the ‘Eastern kingdom’ in its own language?

Austria (Österreich)

Which large city is also called the ‘Fragrant Harbour’?

Hong Kong

Which Russian city’s name means ‘Rule the East’ in Russian?

Vladivostok (Владивосто́к)

Which US city’s name means ‘straits’ or ‘channel’ because it is on a channel?

Detroit

What’s the main official residence of the head of state of Canada?

Buckingham Palace (Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of Canada)

Bangladesh is the seventh most populous country in the world and it only has one official language. Which?

Bengali (or Bangla বাংলা)

Which two cities had the first underground railway systems?

London in 1863 and Budapest in 1894

Which are the only two South American countries that do not border Brazil?

Chile and Ecuador

In what language is ‘Switzerland’ written on Swiss stamps and coins?

Latin: Helvetia or Confederatio Helvetica

With thanks to Luke Williams in Switzerland for expanding the answer

Which is the main river that flows into the Dead Sea?

The river Jordan

With thanks to Luke Williams in Switzerland for correcting this question

The Ku’damm (Kurfürstendamm) is one of the main avenues of which city?

Berlin

Which country is the biggest producer of bananas in Europe?

Spain (not Iceland!)

Which street in Manhattan is named after the northern boundary fortifications of the New Amsterdam settlement?

Wall Street

Which street in the City of Westminster (home now to many clubs) is named after a mallet-and-ball game that was played there during the 17th century?

Pall Mall

Which avenue runs for two kilometres through the 8th arrondissement in Paris from Place de la Concorde to Place Charles de Gaulle?

The Champs Élysées

Who’s official residence is called Gracie Mansion?

The Mayor of New York City

The legendary city of Timbuktu is really in which country?

Mali

Which is, by far, the smallest Canadian province in both area and population?

Prince Edward Island (5,660 Km² and approximately 140,000 inhabitants)

Which European Union member country has the lowest high point?

Denmark – Møllehøj at 171m.

Which river flows over Niagara Falls?

The Niagara river

The Tsar-kolokol (Царь–колокол) in the Moscow Kremlin weighs 216 tons and is the world’s largest what?

Bell

Which city of over 3 million inhabitants lies between Table Mountain and Table Bay?

Cape Town

The South Western Township area of Johannesburg is better know as what?

Soweto

Which were the first two Denominaciones de Origen in Spain?

Rioja (1925) and Jerez (1932)

Which are the only three European countries that are neutral?

Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Vatican City

The Mubarak Peace Bridge spans which waterway?

The Suez Canal

Paramaribo is the capital of which South American country?

Suriname

Which is the least populated state of the US with little more than half a million inhabitants (576,850 in 2020)?

Wyoming

Which capital city, famous for its wool and cats, was known as Angora until 1930?

Ankara

Where would you find the Pyramid of the Sun together with the Pyramid of the Moon?

In Teotihuacan, Mexico

Which river flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and forms part of the border between Canada and the USA?

The Niagara river

What is the common name of the currencies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and Seychelles?

The Rupee

Which river originates in a glacier in Switzerland, flows through Lake Geneva and the city of Geneva and in Arles divides into two branches forming the Camargue delta?

The Rhône

Fredericton is the capital of the only officially bilingual Canadian province. Which?

New Brunswick

What was the official name of Burkina Fasso until it was changed in 1984?

Upper Volta (Haute Volta)

In which Indian city would you find the Taj Mahal?

Agra

Canada Post has assigned the post code H0H 0H0 to which location?

The North Pole (for letters to Father Christmas)

Which US city is nicknamed the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ as that is what its name means in Greek?

Philadelphia (Ancient Greek: φίλος phílos (beloved, dear) and ἀδελφός adelphós (brother, brotherly)).

What is the name of the siren in the Rhine that lures sailors to their deaths?

Loreley

In which country would you find the Southern Alps?

New Zealand

In which country would you find the Atacama desert?

Chile

Which Japanese city suffered the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995?

Kobe

Which is the most populous state in the USA?

California with 39.2 million followed by Texas with 29.5 million (2021 estimates of the United States Census Bureau).

Which is the most populous island in the world?

Java (124M followed by Honshu with 103M and Great Britain with 56.8M)

What does GPS stand for?

Global Positioning System

The Jurassic Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Where is it located?

On the English Channel coast of southern England. The site stretches from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset, a distance of 153 kilometres (95 miles).

Shatt al-Arab forms part of the often disputed border between which two countries?

Iran (where it is known as Arvand Rud) and Iraq, it is formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

February the 6th is Waitangi Day which is the national holiday of which country?

New Zealand

What are the Sandwich Islands now called?

Hawaii

Fray Bentos, where a lot of the corned beef came from, is in which country?

Uruguay

If you travel directly East from Cape Horn, what’s the first land you hit?

Cape Horn

If you go directly South from Detroit, which country (other than the US) would you first enter?

Canada

What are the Danish West Indies now known as?

The US Virgin Islands

What lies between Vietnam and the Philippines and between China and Borneo?

The South China Sea

Which region of Europe derives its name from the Arabic word for ‘the west’?

Algarve in Portugal (originally Al-gharb al-andalus)

Guaraní is both the currency and an official language of which country?

Paraguay

Which country’s official languages are: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil?

Singapore

Only one country (member of the UN) has a name that in English starts with the letter ‘Y’.

Yemen

The international license plate code on cars denotes the country the car comes from. A is Austria, B is Belgium and C and D are?

Cuba and Germany

Which city is served by George Best City Airport?

Belfast

Only three countries (members of the UN) have names that in English start with the letter ‘J’.

Jamaica, Japan and Jordan

Part of the border between the US and Mexico is a river known as the Rio Grande in the United States and by what name in Mexico?

Rio Bravo (del Norte)

Christopher Columbus discovered an archipelago in the Leeward islands and named it ‘Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Virgenes’ (Saint Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins). By what name are they now known?

The Virgin Islands

Which is the only official language of the European Union that is not the most widely spoken in any country?

Irish (gaelige)

Which country’s flag is the same as the Irish flag except that it is flown the opposite way around, i.e. with green in the fly and orange in the hoist?

Ivory Coast

Traditionally, Ireland is subdivided into four provinces. Which?

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster

What in shipping is ‘Panamax’?

The maximum size that can go through the Panama Canal (length 294.1m, beam 32.3m, draft 12m, air draft 57.9m which is about 65,000 tons displacement)

Luzon is the largest island in which large archipelago?

The Philippines

La Paz is the world’s highest capital but which is the lowest? (Also the dirtiest according to Forbes)

Baku at −28m (Azerbaijan)

On the 1st of January 2007, the EU adopted a third official alphabet. Which one and due to the admission of which country?

Cyrillic when Bulgaria joined

Which church stands in the Red Square in Moscow and is sometimes mistaken for the Kremlin?

St Basil’s Cathedral

What literally means ‘chief sea’ in Greek but now refers to something in the sea?

The word archipelago is derived from the Ancient Greek ἄρχι-(arkhi-, ‘chief’) and πέλαγος (pélagos, ‘sea’).

Vatican City is one of three countries entirely surrounded by one other. What are the other two?

San Marino and Lesotho

Where or what is Romandy (Romandie)?

The French-speaking part of Switzerland

What are two main tributaries of the Nile?

White Nile and Blue Nile

Which is the only non-American capital of a country named after an American president?

Monrovia

Which river flows through Baghdad?

The Tigris

Which Mediterranean country is called Misr in its own language?

Egypt

Catalan is the official language of Andorra. it is also spoken in parts of three other countries. Which?

Spain, France, and Italy (Alghero or L’Alguer in Sardinia)

On which island is Waikiki Beach?

Oahu in Hawai’i

In which country would you find the Spanish Virgin Islands?

In Puerto Rico (or United States). Also know as the Passage Islands,

On which country’s flag would you see an eagle on a cactus eating a snake?

Mexico

What in Africa is a ‘Bidonville’?

A slum or shanty town

Batavia was the old Dutch name for which modern city?

Jakarta

Which two capital cities (of countries members of the UN) are closest to each other?

Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) and Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) are across the Congo river from each other. Vatican City lies within Rome but is not a member of the UN.

With thanks to Nicola Wood for correcting this question

Which European capital means ‘Merchant’s harbour’ in its original form and was also known as Hafnia to the Romans?

Copenhagen (Kjøbmandehavn)

In memory of whom is the monument in Plaza de Castilla?

José Calvo Sotelo (1893-1936)

Where is Reina Sofia airport?

Tenerife

How do you say ‘journey’ in Swahili?

Safari

The Khyber Pass kinks which two countries?

Pakistan and Afghanistan

The Tower of Hercules (Torre de Hércules) in La Coruña is the oldest what in the world?