It’s vacation season, so here are some travel trivia questions to test your knowledge on sites around the world. These questions make the perfect game for a long road trip or a simple activity for your family or travel group to participate in. They range from easier questions about big cities and landmarks to more obscure questions that only true travel trivia experts would probably know the answer to.
Overall, this simple yet entertaining game allows you to get the fun started even before you have arrived at your destination. Test to see who is the most well-traveled or who paid the most attention in school with these 73 travel trivia questions.
World Travel Trivia Questions
Question: Which city is home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa?
- Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Question: What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
- Answer: Vatican City
Question: Which city is known as the “City of Love”?
- Answer: Paris, France
Question: What is the longest river in the world?
- Answer: The Nile River
Question: Which European city is divided into two parts by the Bosphorus Strait?
- Answer: Istanbul, Turkey
Question: What is the only sea without any coastlines?
- Answer: The Sargasso Sea
Question: Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
- Answer: Japan
Question: What is the largest desert in the world?
- Answer: The Antarctic Desert
Question: In which city would you find the famous Christ the Redeemer statue?
- Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Question: Which country is known for having the most pyramids in the world?
- Answer: Sudan
Question: Which city is famous for its ancient Incan ruins, including Machu Picchu?
- Answer: Cusco, Peru
Question: What is the highest mountain peak in Africa?
- Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
Question: Which country is known as the “Land of the Long White Cloud”?
- Answer: New Zealand
Question: Which European city is divided into 14 islands connected by more than 50 bridges?
- Answer: Stockholm, Sweden
Question: What is the only country in the world that is also a continent?
- Answer: Australia
Question: What is the northernmost capital city in the world?
Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland
Question: Which African country is known as the “Pearl of Africa”?
- Answer: Uganda
Question: What is the longest wall in the world, stretching over 13,000 miles?
- Answer: The Great Wall of China
Question: Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites?
- Answer: Italy with 55 sites.
Question: In which Ocean is the Great Barrier Reef located?
- Answer: The Coral Sea in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Question: What is the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere?
- Answer: Mount Aconcagua in Argentina at 6,960 meters (22,837 ft).
Question: Which city’s full official name is the longest in the world?
- Answer: Bangkok – its full ceremonial name is “Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit”
Which country has the most islands?
- Answer: Indonesia with over 17,000 islands
Question: What is the driest place on Earth?
- Answer: The Atacama Desert in Chile
Question: What is the largest island in the world?
- Answer: Greenland
Question: Which country is home to the ancient city of Petra, known for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system?
- Answer: Jordan
Question: What is the second smallest country in the world after Vatican City?
- Answer: Monaco
Question: Which African country is known for its diverse wildlife and is home to the Maasai Mara National Reserve?
- Answer: Kenya
US Travel Trivia Questions
Question: Which U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon?
- Answer: Arizona
Question: Which national park is known for its stunning rock formations like the Delicate Arch and Balanced Rock?
- Answer: Arches National Park in Utah
Question: What is the tallest mountain peak in North America?
- Answer: Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley), located in Alaska
Question: Which city is home to the iconic Golden Gate Bridge?
- Answer: San Francisco, California
Question: In which U.S. city can you visit the historic sites of the Freedom Trail, including the Paul Revere House and Bunker Hill Monument?
- Answer: Boston, Massachusetts
Question: Which national park is famous for its geothermal features including Old Faithful geyser?
- Answer: Yellowstone National Park (located primarily in Wyoming, with parts in Montana and Idaho)
Question: What is the smallest state in the U.S. by land area?
- Answer: Rhode Island
Question: In which city would you find the famous French Quarter and the annual Mardi Gras celebrations?
- Answer: New Orleans, Louisiana
Question: Which U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State”?
- Answer: Florida
Question: What is the largest national park in the United States?
- Answer: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska
Question: In which city is the famous theme park Disneyland located?
- Answer: Anaheim, California
Question: What is the largest city by population in the state of Texas?
- Answer: Houston
Question: Which iconic American road stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica, covering over 2,400 miles?
- Answer: Route 66
Question: In which U.S. state would you find the historic sites of Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown Settlement?
- Answer: Virginia
Question: What is the nickname of the state of Colorado?
- Answer: The Centennial State
Question: What is the oldest city in the contiguous United States?
- Answer: St. Augustine, Florida founded in 1565
Question: What is the tallest waterfall in the United States?
- Answer: Yosemite Falls located in Yosemite National Park, California
Question: In which city would you find the historic Alamo Mission?
- Answer: San Antonio, Texas
Question: What is the deepest lake in the United States?
- Answer: Crater Lake in Oregon at 1,949 feet (594 m) deep
Question: What is the name of the iconic street in San Francisco known for its steep incline and historic cable cars?
- Answer: Lombard Street
Travel History Questions
Question: What was the name of the ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West, facilitating cultural exchange and commerce?
- Answer: The Silk Road
Question: Which explorer is credited with leading the first circumnavigation of the Earth, proving that the Earth is round?
- Answer: Ferdinand Magellan
Question: What was the primary mode of long-distance travel for most people before the invention of trains and automobiles?
- Answer: Walking or using animals such as horses or camels
Question: Which famous passenger ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 after hitting an iceberg, leading to significant improvements in maritime safety regulations?
- Answer: The RMS Titanic
Question: In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, ultimately reaching the Caribbean islands?
- Answer: 1492
Question: Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel, a crucial development in transportation history?
- Answer: The Mesopotamians
Question: In what year was the first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
- Answer: 1903
Question: Which European explorer reached the southern tip of Africa, which he named the Cape of Good Hope, in 1488, opening up a sea route to Asia?
- Answer: Bartolomeu Dias
Question: Which mode of transportation was revolutionized by the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century?
- Answer: Rail travel (trains)
Question: Which automobile manufacturer introduced the first mass-produced car, the Model T, in 1908, making automobiles more accessible to the general public?
- Answer: Ford Motor Company
Question: What was the name of the historic transatlantic passenger steamship that set a speed record for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1907?
- Answer: RMS Mauretania
Question: In what year was the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight completed by aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown?
- Answer: 1919
Question: In what year was the first scheduled passenger airline flight?
- Answer: 1914, when the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line started operating in Florida.
Question: Who was the first person to travel into outer space?
- Answer: Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, in 1961.
Question: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
- Answer: Amelia Earhart in 1932.
