Geography by Letter - P

Can you guess these geographical answers that start with the letter P?
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Last updated: December 13, 2019
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First submittedApril 26, 2013
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Capital of France
Paris
51st U.S. state?
Puerto Rico
Primary language of Brazil
Portuguese
Currency of Mexico
Peso
Currency of the UK
Pound
Prominent London "circus"
Piccadilly
Iran by another name
Persia
Capital of Western Australia
Perth
One of the U.S. states
Pennsylvania
Largest city in that state
Philadelphia
Warsaw is its capital
Poland
Running of the Bulls city
Pamplona
Region of eastern Pakistan and northern India
Punjab
Region of southern Argentina and Chile
Patagonia
Mountain range that divides France and Spain
Pyrenees
Famous temple on the Athens Acropolis
Parthenon
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Palestine
Largest city in Bohemia
Prague
Roman city destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii
Former English name of Beijing
Peking
Ocean inlet that borders Seattle
Puget Sound
Canal that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific
Panama Canal
Body of land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
River that flows past Washington D.C.
Potomac
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Level 64
Aug 21, 2013
Puget Sound represent!
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Level 84
Sep 16, 2013
Took a while for patagonia. Kept thinking pampas, but that's too far east. Great quiz.
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Level 84
Nov 5, 2019
Did the exact same thing. Eventually the light came on.
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Level 56
Dec 26, 2013
100% with 3:01 remaining
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Level 56
Jan 24, 2014
Beat my score - 100% with 3:32 remaining
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Level 73
May 24, 2018
3:50 here -- it's nice when I take one of these and they all spring to mind and I don't have to spend two minutes "trying to remember" something like I do with some of the geography by letter quizzes.
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Level 65
Jun 16, 2019
yes somehow this can be easier than like list all the countries starting with p. Your mind can lock up then sometimes, or just completely be emptied out.
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Level 67
Dec 27, 2013
Just to be a little anal-retentive here, Perth is the capital of Western Australia, not West Australia.
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Level ∞
Dec 28, 2013
Fixed
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Level 52
Dec 28, 2013
Can't believe it took me so long to get Pennsylvania considering that I live there
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Level 67
Mar 17, 2014
Got stuck on Pamplona, like every single time this city comes up on the test. Sigh. Some day I'll manage to remember the English spelling.
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Level 77
Jun 3, 2018
Really? I thought that the English spelling is identical to the Spanish. Ah! I get it! You must be a Basque. Do you want the quizmaster to accept Iruña as an alternative?
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Level 82
Dec 31, 2018
I'm guessing travelfan is French.
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Level 43
Aug 3, 2020
Same. But I kept trying Pomona. Lol
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Level 7
May 22, 2014
Great quiz mate,mind taking my quizzes?
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Level 88
Jul 6, 2014
The Puget Sound is more properly called the "Salish Sea" these days.
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Level ∞
Jul 6, 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound
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Level 51
Jul 13, 2014
Yeah, I think Puget Sound is PART of the Salish Sea, not synonymous with it.
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Level 74
Dec 29, 2018
No one in Washington calls it the Salish Sea. It's the Puget Sound.
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Level 88
Mar 30, 2020
Yeah, okay. Lotsa luck with that.
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Level 32
Feb 15, 2015
It's PUGET SOUND! period!
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Level 81
Feb 17, 2015
it always hurts my belgian heart when i see french fries...
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Level 60
Aug 10, 2022
true me too, me too.
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Level 60
Aug 11, 2023
The exact origin of fries is quite obscure, actually. Was it first invented in France or in Belgium ? And does it matter ? The fact is that fries were popularized in France and Belgium around the same time, and I think both countries can be recognized as the inventors of fries. Then again, I understand that acknowledging only half of that origin by calling them "french" can be annoying to Belgians ;)
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Level 55
Mar 10, 2015
To freak people out you should have made the question "Canal that connects the Atlantic in the North West with the Pacific in the South East"!
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Level 75
Jan 1, 2021
In a quiz of 'P' words I don't think many people are gonna read past the word "canal" before typing the answer...!
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Level 47
Jun 4, 2016
*does the first 8 question*

Me: "This is easy!"

*goes on*

*got 8/24*

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Level 44
Jun 4, 2016
I found the question: "Iran," very confusing. Could you maybe change it to: "The former name of Iran." Otherwise, great quiz! Thanks!
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Level 68
Jan 7, 2017
My hairdresser in New Zealand still calls her homeland Persia.
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Level 60
Jun 24, 2016
I think it's altogether fitting that Philadelphia got 76%.
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Level 66
Aug 28, 2020
75 percent now ):
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Level 68
Jan 7, 2017
I riproared through all the questions, then I hit Canadian french fries, Seattle and Washington D.C. ERGH!
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Level 44
Jun 3, 2017
The official name of the currency of the UK is pound sterling and "Iran" is kind of vague for the Persia question. And I'd appreciate it if these quizzes were less focused on the US (Puget Sound & Potomac seems a little too specific compared to the other questions) and more about international geography.

Apart from that the quiz is really good!

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Level 79
Mar 20, 2019
1. The common name for the pound sterling is the pound.

2. Only 5/24 of these are related to the U.S.

3. This is an American site.

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Level 65
Jun 16, 2019
@3 Where is that stated? On the homepage?, welcome to this american site. Right... it is not...
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Level 82
Aug 18, 2019
it doesn't have to be stated to be true
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Level 82
Aug 18, 2019
America is part of the world, believe it or not. Notice how many Americans are here complaining about there being a question on Piccadilly Circus? You should endeavor to be more like them.
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Level 6
Dec 11, 2017
I only had to use Google for ten of them!
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Level 79
Mar 20, 2019
You're supposed to take the quiz without cheating
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Level 67
Aug 18, 2019
I admit, I had to look up how to spell the mountain range one.
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Level 81
Aug 19, 2019
No one is going to stop you from cheating, but the spirit of the site is to test your knowledge. What do you gain from cheating on a site like this one? It's more fun to see how you compare, learn, and test your knowledge on the next quiz, or the same one later.
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Level 75
Nov 6, 2018
Palmyra Atoll is actually closer to becoming a state because it is the only territory to have ratified the constitution
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Level ∞
Dec 29, 2018
Lol
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Level 56
Jun 12, 2022
I’m an American and never heard of this place. Just spent some interesting time on Google. Thanks.
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Level 65
Jun 16, 2019
phuket instead of puget :( , and only because I saw it on another quiz on this site
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Level 45
Nov 27, 2021
I think Phuket is in Thailand
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Level 67
Aug 18, 2019
I thought the circus one was a joke, so I put parliament.
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2020
haha
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Level 72
May 3, 2022
Please Quizmaster accept this. I tried it too. It would be so funny if you accepted this.
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2020
Got Punjab
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Level 45
Feb 15, 2021
oop I tried Papua New Guinea for the penultimate question
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Level 36
Apr 9, 2021
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Level 36
Apr 9, 2021
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Level 36
Apr 9, 2021
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Level 63
Aug 3, 2021
Not sure what you're trying to do but it's kind of obnoxious.
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Level 70
Aug 6, 2021
you ok mate?
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Level 72
May 3, 2022
This is so unbelievably cryptic even after translating it

I love it here

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Level 32
Sep 27, 2022
For those of you who want to know what it translates to:

First comment: One. Two. Three. [????]. Five. Six.

Second comment: [?????] would like me to introduce you to (A).

Third comment: (A) also wants to introduce you to the [LOCATION], where all ARGs reside.

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Level 39
Jun 13, 2021
Puerto Rico is not a state
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Level 68
Oct 12, 2021
Right… there are 50 US states, and the question says “the 51st US state?”, which means the answer is someplace that will potentially become a state in the future.
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Level 62
Jul 5, 2021
I really thought that the London ¨circus¨was pantomime :( kinda confusing
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Level 83
Oct 26, 2023
Your comment confused me until I remembered that Americans use 'pantomime' to mean a mime show and not a Christmas fairytale comedy play... I guess we're all confused
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Level 52
Jan 24, 2022
portuganish or panish wasnt accepted gor brazil, something is wront
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Level 67
Oct 26, 2023
^
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Level 24
Apr 10, 2022
I knew puget because i lived in oregon for a while and we visited seattle up north
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Level 58
Oct 28, 2022
More people got Piccadilly than Punjab?!?!
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Level 56
Jan 30, 2023
I was about to turn in the quiz with all but the "circus" one but then I stopped and I realized: "Hold on, is it parliament?" It clearly wasn't but that would be a very funny answer.
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Level 58
Nov 19, 2023
I put the same thing, I don’t know much about the uk lol
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Level 67
Oct 26, 2023
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