China and which other country have a population of over 1 billion?
India Click to see the answer
What did the Indian city of Bombay officially change name to in 1996?
Mumbai
In which central American country is there a famous canal?
Panama
What percentage of Japanese people live in cities?
90.70%
What is the largest city in Australia by population?
Sydney
Which city was called Leningrad during the Soviet era?
St Petersburg
What is the largest city in China?
Shanghai Click to see the answer
Since the 1920s, Constantinople has been known by which name?
Istanbul
By area, which is the largest Japanese island?
Honshu
The huge Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks which city?
Rio de Janeiro
Which Japanese airport has the code NRT?
Narita
The Mall of America, the US's largest, is in which state?
Minnesota
The shinkansen is which form of transport?
Train
The ancient city of Machu Picchu is in which country?
Peru
In 2014, what percentage of the Japanese population was aged over 60?
33%
Also known as the Holy See, which is the world's smallest country?
Vatican City Click to see the answer
Gatwick and Luton are airports near which major city?
London
Which EU country has the largest population?
Germany
What would a cartographer make?
Maps
The countries which see the highest numbers of deaths from HIV/AIDS are on which continent?
Africa
The Taj Mahal is a marble building in which country?
India
Which Asian country has one of the world's oldest average populations?
Japan
The world's busiest airport is in which US city?
Atlanta
The Ping An Finance center, one of the world's tallest skyscrapers, is in which country?
China
The world's tallest dam is in which country?
China
The world's tallest building is in which Middle Eastern state?
Dubai
What is the approximate population of Japan?
127 million
Which American city was previously known as New Amsterdam and New Orange?
New York
Brazil relocated its capital to Brasilia from which other city in 1960?
Rio de Janeiro
The world's tallest lighthouse, the Jeddah Light, is in which country?
Saudi Arabia
Which Indian city formally changed its name to Chennai in 1996?
Madras Click to see the answer
What percentage of the US population was born overseas?
14%
Favelas are shanty towns primarily found in which country?
Brazil
Globally, what percentage of adults can read and write?
86%
By land area, what is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
Most foreign residents in Japan come from which other country?
China
The Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation has how many residents?
35 million Click to see the answer
Which country produces most of the world's emeralds?
Colombia
How many stations are there on the London Underground network?
270
Keio University is in which large Japanese city?
Tokyo
In South Sudan, only what percentage of adults can read and write?
27%
The connection between dirty water and cholera was made after an outbreak in which city?
London
In which year was there a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant?
2011
The largest building in the world is a factory for which sort of transport?
Aeroplanes
Which country has the world's highest divorce rate, 4.8 divorces by 1000 population?
Russia
The Pan-American highway links the USA with which other country?
Chile Click to see the answer
Which is Africa's most populous city?
Lagos
The first Japanese railway ran from Tokyo to which other city?
Yokohama
The world's largest reservoir by surface area is in which African country?
Ghana
The island nation of Iceland has a population of how many people?
331,000
Which country is the world's largest producer of cotton?
China
The pyramid at Chichen Itza was built by which ancient civilization?
Maya
By route length, which city has the largest metro system?
Shanghai
Japan's population peaked in which year?
2010
Around what percentage of Americans live in towns and cities?
82%
In miles, how long is the Suez Canal?
120
The world's longest road tunnel is in which Northern European country?
Norway
Which is Japan's northernmost prefecture?
Hokkaido
To the nearest million, what is the population of France?
67 million
Kansai airport serves which Japanese city?
Osaka
Since 1918, Australia's population has seen what percentage increase?
400%
Chukyo University is in which Japanese city?
Nagoya
According to the UN, which middle eastern state has the fastest growing population?
Oman
Japan is split into how many prefectures?
47 Click to see the answer
The world's two largest mosques are in which country?
Saudi Arabia
Which discipline is the study of patterns and cause of disease?
Epidemiology
Which country has only 12% of people living in urban areas?
Burundi
Which city has the world's most skyscrapers, with 316?
Hong Kong
Japan's birth rate is one of the lowest in the world with an average of how many children per woman?
1.42
Which Caribbean nation has the highest population?
Cuba Click to see the answer
Which African nation has almost 30% of adults listed as HIV positive?
Swaziland
Asia's largest shanty town is in which country?
Pakistan
There is a barrier to stop flooding on which river, flowing through the UK's capital?
Thames
Europe's tallest church is in which country?
Germany
The world's tallest bridge, at 343m, is in which European country?
France
The Suez canal links the Mediterranean and which other sea?
Red
Which small European state is one of the world's most densely populated?
Monaco
In 2015, which country was home to over 1.8 million refugees?
Turkey
Which is the least populated Japanese prefecture?
Tottori
Which country has the world's largest road network?
United States
Which famous Florida resort city was once called Jernigan?
Orlando
The average age in which African country is 15.3 years?
Niger
By land area, what is the world's largest country?
Russia