89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89685 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which waterfall on Ireland’s River Dargle drops 121 metres in County Wicklow?
Answer
Powerscourt Waterfall
Which Slovenian waterfall is the source of the Savica River and falls about 78 metres?
Answer
Savica Waterfall
Which Canadian waterfall in Yoho National Park drops 373 metres from Daly Glacier?
Answer
Takakkaw Falls
Which waterfall in Jamaica descends in a series of limestone terraces directly into the Caribbean Sea?
Answer
Dunn’s River Falls
Which volcanic caldera in Wyoming formed during a supereruption about 631,000 years ago?
Answer
Yellowstone Caldera
Which volcano in Tonga erupted on 15 January 2022, producing a global atmospheric pressure wave?
Answer
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai
Which New Zealand volcano erupted in 1886, destroying the Pink and White Terraces?
Answer
Mount Tarawera
Which Paralympic sport uses a court divided by a raised net and is played while seated?
Answer
Sitting volleyball
What is the name of the Paralympic sport played on snow with a rifle?
Answer
Para biathlon
Which sport was added to the Paralympic programme at Sydney 2000?
Answer
Wheelchair rugby
Which Paralympic sport uses a bench press as its only competition lift?
Answer
Para powerlifting
Which two characters were the official mascots of the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games?
Answer
Ray of Light and Snowflake
Which athlete won the women’s marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
Answer
Rosa Mota
Which athlete won the 1952 Olympic men’s marathon?
Answer
Emil Zátopek
Who won the 1908 Olympic marathon in London?
Answer
Johnny Hayes
What is the name of the steep climb near the end of the Boston Marathon?
Answer
Heartbreak Hill
Who won the 2014 Boston Marathon, becoming the first American men’s champion since 1983?
Answer
Meb Keflezighi
Which athlete won the men’s marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics?
Answer
Stefano Baldini
Who invented snooker according to the traditional account of its origin?
Answer
Neville Chamberlain
Which snooker player won the 2015 World Championship by defeating Shaun Murphy 18–15?
Answer
Stuart Bingham
Who is credited with inventing snooker?
Answer
Neville Chamberlain
In snooker, what is the term for a break of 147 points?
Answer
A maximum break
Which snooker tournament is one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and was first held in 1927?
Answer
World Snooker Championship
Who won the first Vasaloppet cross-country ski race in 1922?
Answer
Ernst Alm
What is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding?
Answer
International Ski and Snowboard Federation