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Where in the world answers

September 2024

August 2024

Where in the world gained independence in 1902?

Where in the world August 2024

Answer: Cuba


July 2024

Where is the world has its own alphabet?

Where in the world July 2024

Answer: Armenia


June 2024

Where in the world is bordered by 6 countries?

Where in the world June 2024

Answer: Iraq


May 2024

Where in the world is made up of more than 300 islands?

Straw huts on a grassy mountain where in the world
Image: Shutterstock

Answer: Fiji


April 2024

Where in the world celebrates it’s independence on 14 August?

Where in the world image april 2024

Answer: Pakistan


March 2024

Where in the world do sheep outnumber people four to one?

A lighthouse on a cliff overlooking a bay at sunset where in the world

Answer: Wales


February 2024

Where in the world borders five countries and one ocean?

Busy city centre with mountains in the background and a tall plinth

Answer: Argentina


January 2024

Where in the world is home to part of the world’s second-largest lake?

Savannah where in the world

Answer: Tanzania


December 2023

Where in the world is home to more than 1,000 brown bears?

Castle on a grassy hill next to a crystal blue lake

Answer: Slovenia


November 2023

Where in the world has about 70 per cent of its population living in urban areas?

Where in the world November 2023

Answer: Panama


October 2023

Where in the world has only 0.8 per cent of it’s land covered by forest?

Desert scenery, trees, sand dunes and cliffs

Answer: Algeria


September 2023

Where in the world is home to 18 World Heritage sites?

A river running through a leafy green rocky canyon

Answer: Montenegro


August 2023

Where in the world – Country

Rice fields and a hut in Vietnam

Answer: Vietnam


July 2023

Where in the world – Hot springs

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

1) Blue Lagoon, Iceland; Champagne Pool, New Zealand; Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming, USA; jigokudani Yaen Koen, Japan


June 2023

Where in the world – crater lakes

Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

1) Lake Atitlán, Guatemala; 2) Crater Lake, Oregon, USA; 3) Lake Pinatubo, the Philippines; 4) Kurile Lake, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia


May 2023

Where in the world – Rock art

Carvings on a rock twyfelfontein Namibia

1) Twyfelfontein, Namibia; 2) Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah, USA; 3) Raft Point, Kimberley, Australia; 4) Lascaux Caves, France


April 2023

Where in the world – Deserts

A view of the mountains and dunes in Death Valley, Mojave Desert

1) Death Valley, Mojave Desert, USA; 2) Big Red, Simpson Desert, Australia; 3: Skeleton Coast, Namib Desert, Namibia; 4) Gobi Desert, Mongolia


March 2023

Where in the world – Bird colonies

A group of king penguins in south africa

1) King penguins, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; 2) Northern gannets, Bass Rock, Scotland; 3) Lesser flamingos, Lake Natron, Tanzania; 4) Black-browed albatrosses, Falkland Islands


February 2023

Where in the World – River deltas

A crocodile perching on a log in the Mississippi delta

1) Mississippi delta, USA; 2) Mekong Delta, Vietnam; 3) Carmargue, Rhône Delta, France; 4) Sundarban, Ganges (Megnha) Delta, India and Bangladesh


January 2023

Where in the world – Beaches

A view of whitehaven beach in australia

1) Whitehaven Beach, Australia; 2) Copacabana Beach, Brazil; 3) Patong Beach, Thailand; 4) Anse Source d’Argent, Seychelles


21st November 2022

Where in the world – iconic trees

A Banyan tree grows out of an old ruin building in Angkor Wat, Cambodia

1) Banyan, Angkor Wat, Cambodia; 2) baobabs, Avenue of Baobabs, Madagascar; 3) dragon’s blood trees, Socotra, Yemen; 4) sequoias, Sequoia National Park, California, USA


24th October 2022

Where in the world – Canyons

Inside the rocky and orange antelope canyon, arizona, usa

1) Antelope Canyon, USA; 2) Itaimbezinho Canyon, Brazil; 3) Stuðlagil Canyon, Iceland; 4) Fish River Canyon, Namibia


26th September 2022

Where in the world – Ancient sites

Aerial view of Stonehenge

1) Stonehenge, UK; 2) Gobekli Tepe, Turkey; 3) Chichen Itza, Mexico; 4) Petra, Jordan


23rd August 2022

Where in the world – Castles and walled cities

Neushwanstein castle amongst trees and mountains in the background

1) Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany; 2) Dubrovnik, Croatia; 3) Leeds Castle, Kent, UK; 4) Carcassonne, France


18th July 2022

Where in the world – Volcanoes

1) Mount Fuji, Japan; 2) Mount Vesuvius, Italy; 3) Krakatoa, Indonesia; 4) Mount St Helens, USA


13 July 2022

Where in the world – Palaces

1) Versailles, France; 2) Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia; 3) Doge’s Palace, Venice, Italy; 4) Summer Palace, Beijing, China


8th June 2022

Where in the world – Coastal locations

1) Durdle Door, Dorset, UK; 2) The Palm, Dubai, UAE; 3) Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4) Big Sur, California


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