80 Asian Countries Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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Which Asian country is home to the world’s oldest continuously operating hotel, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan?

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Japan

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Asian country is home to Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776 metres?

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Japan

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Asian country hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first held in the Arab world?

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Qatar

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Which Asian country was the first to adopt Christianity as its state religion, traditionally in AD 301?

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Armenia

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Which Asian country is home to Bagan, an archaeological zone with thousands of Buddhist temples?

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Myanmar

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Which Asian country contains Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple complex?

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Indonesia

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Which Asian country is the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia?

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Laos

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Which Asian country is the world’s lowest-lying country by average ground level?

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Maldives

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Asian country is home to Petra, the ancient city famous for its rock-cut Treasury?

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Jordan

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which Asian country contains the Taj Mahal, the white-marble mausoleum in Agra?

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India

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Which country contains Tanggula railway station, the world’s highest railway station?

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China

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Which Asian country is home to Hōryū-ji, the world’s oldest surviving wooden building complex?

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Japan

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Which country contains the ancient city of Hattusa, capital of the Hittite Empire?

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Turkey

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, held at Olympia?

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Greece

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Which country is home to the ancient city of Ani, known as the “city of 1,001 churches”?

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Turkey

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Which country contains the Taklamakan Desert, one of the world’s largest sandy deserts?

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China

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Which country is home to K2, the world’s second-highest mountain?

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Pakistan

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Which Asian country created Hangul under King Sejong in the 15th century?

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South Korea

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Which country changed its capital’s name from Nur-Sultan back to Astana in 2022?

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Kazakhstan

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Which country is home to the ancient city of Merv, a major Silk Road center?

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Turkmenistan

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Which country is home to Mount Everest’s southern base camp?

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Nepal

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Which country contains the ancient city of Persepolis?

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Iran

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In which country was the modern game of badminton first codified under that name?

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England

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Which country launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957?

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Soviet Union

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country contains Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument?

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Cambodia

Easy Easy difficulty.
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Which country is home to Son Doong, the world’s largest known cave by volume?

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Vietnam

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Which country contains the ancient city of Anuradhapura, a former capital of Sri Lanka?

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Sri Lanka

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What is the national sport of Bhutan?

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Archery

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Which Asian country is the world’s largest landlocked country by area?

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Kazakhstan

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What is the capital city of Thailand?

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Bangkok