The World’s Geo Quiz tests your knowledge of world geography, and introduces you to fascinating people and places around the globe. Produced by The World’s David Leveille.
Subscribe and follow:
Geo Quiz
Underwater Volcano in Spain
The Geo Quiz visits the southern-most of the Canary Islands where an underwater volcano is currently erupting 3 miles offshore.
Polo Championship In Argentina
The Geo Quiz is looking for a neighborhood in Buenos Aires where some of the world’s best polo players are currently competing in the Argentina Open Polo Championship.
Bridging the Religious Divide in Thailand
Southern Thailand is riven with clashes between ethnic Malay Muslims and Thai Buddhists. The conflict takes place on a local level but the Muslim imam and the Buddhist abbot in one town are childhood friends.
Pakistan Religious Festival
For the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for the name of the village in Pakistan which just hosted a Tablighi Jamaat gathering.
Sri Lanka Opens First Highway
The Geo Quiz is taking a look at Sri Lanka’s first-ever highway. It runs north-south, connecting two cities 75 miles apart. Can you name those cities?
Paralympic Cyclist Walks Again
The Geo Quiz wants you to find a European country generally considered a good place to cycle. It is the homeland of an extraordinary athlete.
Name That Strait!
This waterway also links the Baffin Sea and the Labrador Sea. These waters are downright chilly and mostly covered with sea ice from December on to June. Northern mariners have long known about the fierce tides here.
UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
For our Geo Quiz today we’re searching for some intangible cultural heritage. That’s how the United Nations cultural body UNESCO refers to traditions around the world worth protecting. These range from Mongolian calligraphy to Armenia’s water festival to Sumatra’s Dance of a Thousand Hands.
Collaborative Painting in North Africa
We’re focusing on art associated with a particular North African country in today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for is the northernmost in Africa and they’ve come up with a style of painting that they call “collaborative painting”…
Cuban Barbers to Gain More Freedoms
We’re taking a little off the top and trimming the sideburns for today’s Geo Quiz. Barbers in the Caribbean city we’re looking for will have a little more freedom come December 1st…
Irish Soccer Fan Finds Unusual Way Into Estonia vs Ireland Game
Tickets to big sporting events can be hard to come by. One Irish soccer fan didn’t let that stop him. He figured out a way to get right up close to the action during a game this week between the national teams of Ireland and Estonia. We spoke with Conor Cunningham from County Cork, Ireland.
Slideshow: An Old Pirate Town on the Adriatic Coast
The place we’re looking for is a resort town on the Adriatic coast. Lesser known than other popular spots on the Adriatic such as Dubrovnik and Budva, it lies near Albania. Many call it the Kosovo Rivera.
Front Row Seat to Erupting Volcano in Congo’s Virunga National Park
When a volcano erupts, perhaps the best advice we’ve heard is … turn around and run! But for today’s Geo Quiz – we’re going in for a closer look. A volcano began putting on a show about a week ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Abundant Microbial Life and Fresh Water Springs
For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for one of the lowest points on the surface of the earth. If you were to stand on the shore of this inland sea, you’d be at 1400 feet below sea level. And this body of water is salty – nearly 10 times saltier than ocean water, so it’s sometimes called the Salt Sea.
Why Some Belgians are Concerned About AB-InBev’s Belgian Beer Cafes
We’re not going to give you very long to guess today’s Geo Quiz. Think Europe and think beer. In fact the country we’re looking for thinks its beer is the best in the world. They believe this so strongly that they’ve bottled it, so to speak.
Additional funding for PRI's The World is provided by:
