About this quiz

From the Eiffel Tower to the Moai of Easter Island, the world is full of landmarks almost everyone has seen in photos. This geography quiz names twenty of them and asks you to pick the country each one is in.

It starts with the world’s most famous sights and moves on to places that are easier to picture than to place on a map. Each answer comes with a short fact about the landmark.

Answers explained

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  1. The Eiffel Tower is in which country?

    France. It was built for the 1889 World’s Fair and was only meant to stand for 20 years.

  2. The Colosseum is in which country?

    Italy. The Roman arena could hold around 50,000 spectators.

  3. The Taj Mahal is in which country?

    India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built it as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

  4. The Christ the Redeemer statue is in which country?

    Brazil. It looks out over Rio de Janeiro from the top of Corcovado mountain.

  5. The Sydney Opera House is in which country?

    Australia. Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed it, and it opened in 1973.

  6. The Pyramids of Giza are in which country?

    Egypt. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years.

  7. Stonehenge is in which country?

    England. Some of its smaller stones were brought from the Preseli Hills in Wales, about 150 miles away.

  8. Machu Picchu is in which country?

    Peru. The Inca city sits about 2,400 metres above sea level.

  9. Mount Fuji is in which country?

    Japan. It’s an active volcano that last erupted in 1707.

  10. The Sagrada Família is in which country?

    Spain. Antoni Gaudí’s church in Barcelona has been under construction since 1882.

  11. Neuschwanstein Castle is in which country?

    Germany. The fairytale castle is said to have inspired Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.

  12. Table Mountain is in which country?

    South Africa. The cloud that often covers its flat top is nicknamed “the tablecloth”.

  13. The Little Mermaid statue is in which country?

    Denmark. The Copenhagen statue honours Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and dates from 1913.

  14. Petra is in which country?

    Jordan. The ancient city was carved straight into pink sandstone cliffs.

  15. Chichén Itzá is in which country?

    Mexico. At the spring and autumn equinoxes, shadows make a serpent appear to slither down its main pyramid.

  16. Angkor Wat is in which country?

    Cambodia. It’s the largest religious monument in the world and appears on Cambodia’s flag.

  17. Hagia Sophia is in which country?

    Turkey. Built as a church in 537, it later became a mosque, then a museum, and a mosque again in 2020.

  18. The Alhambra is in which country?

    Spain. Moorish rulers built the palace in Granada, mostly in the 1200s and 1300s.

  19. Ha Long Bay is in which country?

    Vietnam. The bay is dotted with around 1,600 limestone islands and islets.

  20. The Moai statues of Easter Island belong to which country?

    Chile. Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, lies more than 3,500 km off the coast of Chile.