Where Am I Trivia Questions

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Where Am I Trivia Questions

Ships are lifted through locks to cross here. It opened in 1914. It joins the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Where am I?

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The Panama Canal

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Where am I trivia questions describe a place in three clues, from a hard one to a giveaway. The 64 cards cover countries, cities and landmarks, all listed below.

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Read the first clue and stop. Any team may name a place, but a wrong guess puts it out for that card. No taker? Read the second clue, then the third. Press Show answer when a team has it or the clues run out.

Countries, cities and landmarks

Twenty cards are countries, twenty are cities and twenty-four are landmarks and natural wonders, from the Grand Canyon to Angkor Wat. Easy cards end on a clue most children know. Hard ones, such as Petra or Uluru, stay hard to the last line.

  • For a quiet table, teams write a guess after each clue and may not cross one out.
  • Keep a map or a globe in reach. Half the fun is finding the place after the answer.

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What are where am I trivia questions and answers?

Clue cards that describe a place as if you were standing in it. Each has three clues, hardest first, and the answer is a country, a city or a landmark.

How do you score a where am I round?

Three points for a place named on the first clue, two on the second and one on the third. A wrong guess costs nothing but the team's turn on that card. Rules vary, so say yours first.

Are where am I questions good for kids?

The easy cards are: Italy looks like a boot, and the Statue of Liberty holds a torch. Start children on the easy level and keep the hard cards for adults who know their maps.

Have the answers been checked?

Yes. Each clue was read on October 8, 2026 in an English Wikipedia article on the place. Populations and anything else that changes from year to year were left out.

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Countries 20

  • The capital stands on the site of Aztec Tenochtitlan. The Yucatan Peninsula is in the southeast. The United States is the neighbor to the north. Where am I? Answer: Mexico.
  • The earliest known form of chess was played here. The Ganges flows across the north. The Taj Mahal stands in the city of Agra. Where am I? Answer: India.
  • The equator crosses this country. Its highest mountain shares the country's name. The capital is Nairobi. Where am I? Answer: Kenya.
  • The first modern Olympic Games were held here in 1896. The Parthenon looks down on the capital. That capital is Athens. Where am I? Answer: Greece.
  • The flag here is not a rectangle. Eight of the ten highest mountains on Earth rise here. The capital is Kathmandu. Where am I? Answer: Nepal.
  • The harp is the national symbol here. The island is nicknamed the Emerald Isle. The capital is Dublin. Where am I? Answer: Ireland.
  • The Inca made their capital here, at Cusco. Lake Titicaca lies on the border with Bolivia. Machu Picchu is high in the Andes here. Where am I? Answer: Peru.
  • It borders every South American country but two. People here speak Portuguese. Most of the Amazon rainforest grows here. Where am I? Answer: Brazil.
  • Long, narrow fjords cut into the west coast. In the far north the summer sun does not set. The capital is Oslo. Where am I? Answer: Norway.
  • The Maori were the first people to settle here. It has two main islands, North and South. The capital is Wellington. Where am I? Answer: New Zealand.
  • No country has a longer coastline. English and French are both official languages. The flag shows a red maple leaf. Where am I? Answer: Canada.
  • The parliament here, the Althing, first met in the year 930. Volcanoes and geysers dot the island. The capital is Reykjavik. Where am I? Answer: Iceland.
  • The Strait of Gibraltar lies between this country and Spain. The Atlas Mountains cross it. The capital is Rabat and the biggest city is Casablanca. Where am I? Answer: Morocco.
  • The Suez Canal cuts through the northeast. Nearly everyone lives along the Nile. The pyramids of Giza stand near the capital, Cairo. Where am I? Answer: Egypt.
  • This country fills a whole continent. Its capital is Canberra, not Sydney. Kangaroos and koalas live wild here. Where am I? Answer: Australia.
  • This country is a chain of thousands of islands. Its highest peak is Mount Fuji. The capital is Tokyo. Where am I? Answer: Japan.
  • This country is a long, narrow strip between the Andes and the Pacific. The Atacama Desert is in the north. The capital is Santiago. Where am I? Answer: Chile.
  • This kingdom was called Siam until 1939. No Western power ever colonized it. The capital is Bangkok. Where am I? Answer: Thailand.
  • This landlocked country has four national languages. The Matterhorn stands on its border with Italy. Its square flag is a white cross on red. Where am I? Answer: Switzerland.
  • Two tiny countries lie wholly inside this one. On a map it looks like a boot. The capital is Rome. Where am I? Answer: Italy.

Cities 20

  • A famous church here was begun in 1882. The city is the capital of Catalonia. It is a Spanish port on the Mediterranean. Where am I? Answer: Barcelona, Spain.
  • A flat-topped mountain overlooks this city. Robben Island lies in its bay. It is near the southern tip of Africa. Where am I? Answer: Cape Town, South Africa.
  • By legend, twins raised by a wolf founded this city. A whole country, Vatican City, lies inside it. The Colosseum is here. Where am I? Answer: Rome, Italy.
  • Cable cars climb the steep hills here. The old island prison of Alcatraz sits in the bay. The Golden Gate Bridge is here. Where am I? Answer: San Francisco, California.
  • The Danube flows through this capital. Mozart and Beethoven both worked here. It is the capital of Austria. Where am I? Answer: Vienna, Austria.
  • The first European colony in Australia began here. A steel arch bridge spans the harbor. The opera house here has a roof of giant shells. Where am I? Answer: Sydney, Australia.
  • The name of this city means northern capital. Emperors lived here in the Forbidden City. It is the capital of China. Where am I? Answer: Beijing, China.
  • The Romans founded this city as Londinium. The River Thames runs through it. Big Ben strikes the hours above Parliament. Where am I? Answer: London, England.
  • This capital city is not part of any state. A long park called the National Mall runs through it. The White House is here. Where am I? Answer: Washington, D.C.
  • This capital stands where the Nile starts to fan out into its delta. The pyramids of Giza are at its edge. It is the capital of Egypt. Where am I? Answer: Cairo, Egypt.
  • This city began on an island in the River Seine. The Louvre museum is here. So is the Eiffel Tower. Where am I? Answer: Paris, France.
  • This city is built on more than a hundred small islands. Canals take the place of streets. Gondolas glide along the Grand Canal. Where am I? Answer: Venice, Italy.
  • This city is made of five boroughs. Central Park fills the middle of one of them. The Statue of Liberty stands in the harbor. Where am I? Answer: New York City.
  • This city is named for a dam on the River Amstel. Its rings of canals date from the 1600s. It is the capital of the Netherlands. Where am I? Answer: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • This city is named for the goddess Athena. Democracy began here about 2,500 years ago. The Parthenon stands on its Acropolis. Where am I? Answer: Athens, Greece.
  • This city lies near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Its oldest district is the French Quarter. It is known for jazz and Mardi Gras. Where am I? Answer: New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • This city lies on two continents. A strait called the Bosporus divides it. It was once named Constantinople. Where am I? Answer: Istanbul, Turkey.
  • This city stands on a river of the same name. Red Square is at its heart. Beside the square is the walled Kremlin. Where am I? Answer: Moscow, Russia.
  • This city was called Edo until 1868. The emperor's palace is at its center. It is the capital of Japan. Where am I? Answer: Tokyo, Japan.
  • This city was the capital of Brazil until 1960. Sugarloaf Mountain rises at the mouth of its bay. A giant statue of Christ looks down from a peak. Where am I? Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Landmarks and wonders 24

  • An emperor built this tomb for his wife. It is made of white marble. It stands in Agra, India. Where am I? Answer: The Taj Mahal.
  • The Colorado River carved this place. It is over a mile deep. It is in Arizona. Where am I? Answer: The Grand Canyon.
  • Each carved face here is 60 feet tall. The mountain is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The faces are four US presidents. Where am I? Answer: Mount Rushmore.
  • In 1872 this became the first national park in the United States. Most of it is in Wyoming. A geyser called Old Faithful erupts here. Where am I? Answer: Yellowstone National Park.
  • Local people call this waterfall the smoke that thunders. The Zambezi River plunges over it. It is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Where am I? Answer: Victoria Falls.
  • Nearly a thousand giant stone figures called moai stand here. This Pacific island is far from any other land. It belongs to Chile. Where am I? Answer: Easter Island.
  • Ships are lifted through locks to cross here. It opened in 1914. It joins the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Where am I? Answer: The Panama Canal.
  • Some of the stones here were hauled from Wales. They stand in a ring on Salisbury Plain. The ring is in England and is about 5,000 years old. Where am I? Answer: Stonehenge.
  • This ancient city was carved from rose-colored sandstone. Its best-known front is called the Treasury. It is in Jordan. Where am I? Answer: Petra.
  • This arena was finished in the year 80. Gladiators fought here. It stands in the middle of Rome. Where am I? Answer: The Colosseum.
  • This bell tower began to lean while it was being built. Soft ground under one side is to blame. It stands in the Italian city of Pisa. Where am I? Answer: The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
  • This bridge opened in 1937. Its color is called international orange. It crosses the strait at the mouth of San Francisco Bay. Where am I? Answer: The Golden Gate Bridge.
  • This clock tower was finished in 1859. The tower was renamed for Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. It stands by the Thames in London. Where am I? Answer: Big Ben, in the Elizabeth Tower.
  • This great sandstone rock is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. It rises from flat desert. It is near the center of Australia. Where am I? Answer: Uluru.
  • This iron tower was built for a world's fair in 1889. It is named for the engineer whose company built it. It stands in Paris. Where am I? Answer: The Eiffel Tower.
  • This is the largest coral reef system in the world. It can be seen from space. It lies off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Where am I? Answer: The Great Barrier Reef.
  • This is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built as a tomb for a pharaoh. The Sphinx sits nearby, in Egypt. Where am I? Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza.
  • This peak is on the border of Nepal and China. Climbers first reached the top in 1953. It is the highest mountain on Earth. Where am I? Answer: Mount Everest.
  • This statue was a gift from the people of France. She holds a torch above her head. She stands in New York Harbor. Where am I? Answer: The Statue of Liberty.
  • This stone city dates from the 1400s. It sits on a mountain ridge high in the Andes. The Inca built it, in Peru. Where am I? Answer: Machu Picchu.
  • This temple is pictured on its country's flag. It was built in the 1100s for the Hindu god Vishnu. It is in Cambodia. Where am I? Answer: Angkor Wat.
  • This volcano has three cones. It is the highest mountain in Africa. It is in Tanzania. Where am I? Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • This wall was built to guard a northern border. Its best-known parts date from the Ming dynasty. It crosses the north of China. Where am I? Answer: The Great Wall of China.
  • Three waterfalls share one name here. The river runs from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. One bank is in Canada and the other in New York State. Where am I? Answer: Niagara Falls.