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Mega Geography Word Chain

For each hint, enter a place. The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word.
Answer should correspond to the yellow box
Unless otherwise specified, state refers to states of the US
Quiz by BMDragon
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Last updated: August 19, 2023
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First submittedNovember 18, 2022
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The largest and most populous continent
Asia
Continent with the most countries
Africa
Least populous continent
Antarctica
Country that is also a continent and/or island
Australia
First UN member state, alphabetically
Afghanistan
Continent with gila monsters and pronghorn antelopes
North America
Has a flag of a black double-headed eagle on a red field
Albania
Maghreb country with the Emir Abdelkader Mosque
Algeria
Home of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona
Argentina
Country with the exclave of Cabinda
Angola
Country headed by Ilham Aliyev who lives in the Zuğulba Palace
Azerbaijan
Country with a bull sharks in its largest lake of the same name
Nicaragua
Only country with Catalan as an official language
Andorra
Its highest point is Boggy Peak, once called Mount Obama
Antigua and Barbuda
Home of the Schönbrunn palace and Mozart
Austria
Its capital is Yerevan
Armenia
State where MLK led a march from Selma
Alabama
Where Bill Clinton was born and served as Governor
Arkansas
Continent of the Amazon and the Andes
South America
The Last Frontier
Alaska
State with the Petrified Forest and Saguaro National Parks
Arizona
Driest desert in the world
Atacama
Range with resorts at Zermatt, St. Moritz, and Chamonix
Alps
Country with cantons such as Zug and Basel
Switzerland
Country with the cities of Kisangani and Lubumbashi
DR Congo
Country with the Musandam exclave on the Strait of Hormuz
Oman
Country which hosted the 1952 and 1994 Winter Olympics
Norway
Country with Dragon Blood trees on the island of Socotra
Yemen
Hermit kingdom headed by the Kim dynasty
North Korea
Caribbean island with Crocus Hill and capital at The Valley
Anguilla
Province of Banff and Jasper National Parks
Alberta
Landlocked province with capital at Hefei
Anhui
Country of the Deccan Plateau and most of the Thar Desert
India
Highest peak in the Andes
Aconcagua
State capital founded as Fort Orange
Albany
National park of Old Faithful
Yellowstone
Stretches from Gibraltar to Arkhangelsk
Europe
Galapagos islands country
Ecuador
Stretches from Sochi to Magadan
Russia
Host city of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Atlanta
Taj Mahal city
Agra
Most populous city in Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan
Called Aotearoa by the Maori
New Zealand
Country of the Little Mermaid and the original Legoland
Denmark
Its capital changed from Astana to Nur-Sultan, then Astana
Kazakhstan
Only country with a non-rectangular flag
Nepal
Capital is Beirut, has a cedar tree on its flag
Lebanon
Country home to AFC Ajax
Netherlands
The newest UN member state, gained independence in 2011
South Sudan
Pacific Island country devastated by phosphate mining
Nauru
Hosted and won the first World Cup
Uruguay
Longest river that empties into the Pacific
Yangtze
Used to be called Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Largest city on the North Island
Auckland
Shares an island with Haiti
Dominican Republic
Southern country of the Darien Gap
Colombia
Mountain overlooking Yerevan, maybe where Noah's ark landed
Ararat
Country with Phuket and Krung Thep
Thailand
Country at the lowest point of its continent at Lake Assal
Djibouti
Its parliament, the Alþingi (Althing), was founded in 930
Iceland
State with the fewest counties
Delaware
Country on both the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga
Estonia
City of the Parthenon and the Acropolis
Athens
Its capital is Apia
Samoa
Island capital city with Lemurs' Park
Antananarivo
State with two NFL teams: the Browns and Bengals
Ohio
Province that borders 4 of the 5 Great Lakes
Ontario
The Sooner State
Oklahoma
City that once had a famous lighthouse and a library that burned
Alexandria
Capital of Paraguay
Asuncion
Country with the Caprivi Strip
Namibia
Political center of the Frankish Empire, where Charlemagne lived
Aachen
Recently changed its name from a Former Yugoslav Republic
North Macedonia
Second largest city in Peru
Arequipa
Capital of Jordan
Amman
Country of the Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa-Fulani
Nigeria
Largest emirate by area in the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Contains Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
Indonesia
Ocean containing the Sargasso Sea
Atlantic
UN member state that claims the nine-dash line
China
Its capital is Pago Pago
American Samoa
Where the Masters golf tournament is played
Augusta
Largest city in Holland
Amsterdam
Country home to Bikini and Majuro Atolls
Marshall Islands
Country on the Guiana shield with the Coppename river
Suriname
Red Sea country which gained independence in 1991
Eritrea
Virginia suburb where the Pentagon is located
Arlington
Capital of Niger
Niamey
National park of El Capitan and Half Dome
Yosemite
Land of pharaohs
Egypt
Country of Anatolia
Turkey
The final battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown
The Garden State
New Jersey
Crimean city of a World War II conference
Yalta
French city where the Pope lived in the 1300s
Avignon
Province on the east of the Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
City close to Balmoral Castle
Aberdeen
State of Dartmouth College and Phillips Exeter Academy
New Hampshire
Largest constituent country of the United Kingdom
England
Capital of Tajikistan
Dushanbe
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Capital of Scotland
Edinburgh
Fought the Football War against El Salvador
Honduras
Country where ABBA and Ikea are from
Sweden
State of Long Island and Niagara Falls
New York
Country located on the Tian Shan mountains
Kyrgyzstan
State of Duke University and Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
City of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Country with the Danube ends
Romania
Most populous city in Gujarat
Ahmedabad
Capital of Senegal
Dakar
Country led by Paul Kagame from Kigali
Rwanda
Largest city in Guerrero, on a bay of the same name
Acapulco
Trail of American westward expansion
Oregon
Only state where prostitution is legal
Nevada
The 10th highest mountain, either first or second hardest to climb
Annapurna
Northernmost ocean
Arctic
Largest city on the South Island
Christchurch
Country with Lake Balaton and Kékes
Hungary
Ural city where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were killed
Yekaterinburg
Caribbean country invaded by the United States in the 1980s
Grenada
The hub of the world's diamond trade on the river Scheldt
Antwerp
Its capital is Ngerulmud
Palau
Country of Samarkand and Tashkent
Uzbekistan
State that hosts the College World Series
Nebraska
A victory for Napoleon that ended the Holy Roman Empire
Austerlitz
Country famous for hyperinflation under Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe
City of the Oilers (NHL)
Edmonton
State with the cities of Fargo, Grand Forks, and Bismarck
North Dakota
Western Aleutian island occupied by Japan in World War 2
Attu
Country once led by Idi Amin
Uganda
Capital of Ghana
Accra
Setting of Breaking Bad
Albuquerque
It used to be called Swaziland
Eswatini
Country where St. Patrick drove away all the snakes
Ireland
Capital of Timor-Leste
Dili
Country once led by Saddam Hussein and fought in the Gulf War
Iraq
Country that hosted the World Cup in 2022
Qatar
Smallest state by area
Rhode Island
Mountain and national park formerly called McKinley
Denali
Country that claims lineage from the Persian Empires
Iran
State where the first atomic bomb was detonated at Los Alamos
New Mexico
City where the Nobel Peace Prize is handed out
Oslo
Capital city home to the Centre Block on Parliament Hill
Ottawa
Capital of Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Country with the atolls of Nanumea, Nukufetau, and Vaitupu
Tuvalu
Modern day country of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Ukraine
Cleveland's lake
Erie
Malabo is its capital on the island of Bioko
Equatorial Guinea
Has the Golden Temple, the holiest gurdwara of Sikhism
Amritsar
State capital named for Sir Walter
Raleigh
Contains Maui, Oahu, and Kauai
Hawaii
Chicago and Peoria's state
Illinois
City-Country of Marina Bay Sands
Singapore
City of Northwestern University
Evanston
Pacific island special collectivity with capital Noumea
New Caledonia
Capital city after moving from Lagos
Abuja
Gulf connected to the Red Sea by the Bab-el-Mandeb
Aden
Capital city with national park for zebras and giraffes
Nairobi
Potato state of Pocatello
Idaho
Longest river in Venezuela
Orinoco
Inland river delta in Botswana
Okavango
DisneyWorld city
Orlando
Former home of the Raiders, home of the A's
Oakland
The motor city
Detroit
Island country, the origin of bubble tea
Taiwan
Second largest city in Serbia
Novi Sad
Saxon city firebombed by the Allies in WW2
Dresden
City where pizza originated
Naples
Country of Colombo and Kandy
Sri Lanka
French region formerly combined with Lorraine
Alsace
Island where immigrants entered the United States
Ellis
Its capital is Freetown
Sierra Leone
Biggest town in Martha's Vineyard
Edgartown
Largest city in Siberia
Novosibirsk
Made up of the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands
Kiribati
Country once led by Golda Meir and David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Small grand duchy in the Low countries
Luxembourg
Country of the Neandertal Valley and Brandenburg Gate
Germany
Canadian territory of the Klondike Gold Rush
Yukon
Canadian province that names two dog breeds
Newfoundland and Labrador
Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Provincial capital with a 1917 port explosion
Halifax
City of the Terracotta Warriors and the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
Xi'an
Capital of Myanmar/Burma
Naypyidaw
Capital of Poland
Warsaw
Its capital is Cheyenne
Wyoming
Treaty location that ended the War of 1812
Ghent
Metropolitan area with the largest Jewish population
Tel Aviv
Capital of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
Capital of Croatia
Zagreb
City on the Tigris close to the ancient location of Babylon
Baghdad
Capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, has the Rhine Tower
Dusseldorf
Its capital is Suva
Fiji
Location of Seoul's international airport
Incheon
Textile center of Bangladesh
Narayanganj
Only country without red, white, or blue on its flag
Jamaica
Sea that Venice lies on
Adriatic
Country once led by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Caribbean island next to Venezuela with capital at Oranjestad
Aruba
Gulf bordered by Jordan
Aqaba
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Level 89
May 4, 2023
Great quiz.
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Level 62
May 4, 2023
Great quiz!! Really enjoyed it :)
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Level 73
May 4, 2023
Is that constructive criticism?
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Level 85
May 4, 2023
Great quiz! Typo on the "Used to by called Abyssinia" question.
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Level 82
May 4, 2023
Fixed!
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Level 67
May 4, 2023
Great quiz, but a little too long--I get interrupted a lot, I guess.
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Level 76
May 4, 2023
Sri Lanka's flag also has no red, white or blue!
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Level 76
May 4, 2023
I would say that Louisiana has fewer counties than Delaware because it only has parishes!
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Level 59
May 4, 2023
Good quiz it just seems to skew a little towards North America for the really specific questions which seems a bit unbalanced (like universities or teams). Also maybe specify 'state' because its assumed that its always USA but that isn't clear to everyone.