97036 Intermediate Trivia Questions
97036 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which strait is the narrowest natural point between Africa and Europe?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
What is the westernmost point of mainland Africa?
Answer
Pointe des Almadies
What is the northernmost point of mainland Europe?
Answer
Cape Nordkinn
What is the world's largest archipelago by area?
Answer
Malay Archipelago
What is the largest Maya archaeological site in Belize?
Answer
Caracol
Which Maya codex was formerly known as the Grolier Codex?
Answer
Maya Codex of Mexico
What Long Count period equals 20 tuns, about 19.7 years?
Answer
k'atun
What Long Count unit equals 20 days?
Answer
Winal
Which river flows beside the Maya city of Yaxchilan?
Answer
Usumacinta River
Which surviving Maya codex is also called the Tro-Cortesian Codex?
Answer
Madrid Codex
Which Maya city was called Lakamha in ancient inscriptions?
Answer
Palenque
What is the name of Coba's tallest pyramid?
Answer
Nohoch Mul
Which Maya period is usually dated from about AD 250 to 900?
Answer
Classic period
About how long was the front of the Waterloo battlefield?
Answer
2.5 miles
Which prince's wounding does the Lion's Mound commemorate?
Answer
Prince William of Orange
Who ordered the construction of the Lion's Mound at Waterloo in 1820?
Answer
King William I
Who commanded the French VI Corps reserve at Waterloo?
Answer
Georges Mouton
Which French corps formed Napoleon's right wing at Waterloo?
Answer
I Corps
Which wood lay at the extreme right of the French position at Waterloo?
Answer
Bois de Paris
Which British general was killed shortly after ordering a counterattack?
Answer
Thomas Picton
What was Napoleon's French army called in the Waterloo campaign?
Answer
Army of the North
Which separate battle did Grouchy fight while Waterloo was underway?
Answer
Battle of Wavre
Which village on the French right became the focus of Prussian attacks?
Answer
Plancenoit
Which writer authored Comentarios Reales de los Incas, a major account of Inca history?
Answer
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Which Inca noble led the 1780 uprising against Spanish rule in Peru?
Answer
Túpac Amaru II
Which Inca ruler besieged Cusco against the Spanish in 1536?
Answer
Manco Inca Yupanqui