Name that Capital by Clue
Asia ➣ BTS ➣ Korean War
Seoul, South Korea
Which two rivers located in modern day Iraq were the center of civilization for ancient Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is country is known as the smallest in the world and is completely surrounded by the city of Rome?
Vatican City or The Vatican
What country shares the world’s longest international land border with the United States?
Canada
Despite being covered in ice, which continent is actually the largest desert on Earth?
Antarctica
Africa ➣ Apartheid ➣ Afrikaans
Capetown/Pretoria/Bloemfontein, South Africa
What mountain, located in Alaska, boasts the title of the largest in North America?
Mount Denali or Mount McKinley (former name)
What English speaking Caribbean country has a similar name that is often mistaken for the Dominican Republic?
Dominica
What European island is divided between a country of the same name and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom?
Ireland (Bonus if you can tell me the name of the main island: Ulster)
What enormous European country stretches across 11 different time zones?
Russia
Oceania ➣ Steve Irwin ➣ Aboriginals
Canberra, Australia
What river has the namesake of two countries and is the second largest river in Africa?
Congo River
What European grand duchy is one of the world's smallest countries and is bordered by Belgium, Germany, and France?
Luxembourg
Located on the northern coast of South America, what country is home to Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, and also has the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world?
Venezuela
Greenland often looks almost as large as this continent on some maps, but in reality what continent is about 14 times larger than Greenland?
Africa (Bonus: name the map projection that perpetuates this idea: Mercator Projection)
North America ➣ Fidel Castro ➣ Largest Caribbean Island
Havana, Cuba
What strait, located in the Persian Gulf, has been a spectacle in the recent political dispute between the United States and Iran?
Strait of Hormuz
What Oceanic country usually sees the sun rise before any other?
Kiribati
What African Horn country maintained its independence during the European "Scramble for Africa", aside from a period of Italian occupation from 1936 to 1941?
Ethiopia
Thanks to the Aleutian Islands crossing the 180° meridian, this U.S. state is technically both the westernmost AND easternmost state in the U.S.?
Alaska
South America ➣ Galápagos Islands ➣ Andes Mountain Range
Quito, Ecuador
What desert is located primarily in northern Chile?
Atacama Desert
What landlocked Central Asian country borders China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, with Its capital being Bishkek?
Kyrgyztsan
What Oceanic islands that are now part of this Pacific nation saw fighting during World War II's Pacific Theater, including on the island of Pohnpei and in the Chuuk Lagoon area?
Federal States of Micronesia
Because of French Guiana, France's longest international land border is actually with which South American country?
Brazil