89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89685 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the name of the Roman army’s elite personal guard for the emperor?
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Praetorian Guard
Which Roman city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius alongside Pompeii in 79 CE?
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Herculaneum
Which treaty established the basic international boundary rules for the Great Lakes?
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Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
Which Great Lake contains the North American Great Lakes’ largest bay?
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Lake Huron
Which Great Lake has the largest watershed?
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Lake Huron
Which Great Lake is known by the Ojibwe-derived name meaning “great lake”?
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Lake Michigan
What is the approximate surface area of Lake Huron?
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23,000 square miles
How many U.S. states border at least one Great Lake?
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Eight
Which Greek peninsula contains Mount Pelion and the ancient city of Iolcos near modern Volos?
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Pelion Peninsula
Which Italian peninsula in Apulia contains the Gargano National Park and the Foresta Umbra?
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Gargano Peninsula
Which U.S. peninsula spans Delaware, Maryland and Virginia around Chesapeake Bay?
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Delmarva Peninsula
Which South American peninsula in Colombia and Venezuela contains the Guajira Desert?
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La Guajira Peninsula
Which New Zealand peninsula contains Dunedin’s Otago Harbour and Taiaroa Head?
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Otago Peninsula
Which Russian peninsula lies between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov?
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Taman Peninsula
Which Japanese peninsula occupies the central part of Honshu’s Kii region?
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Kii Peninsula
Which channel separates Scotland from Northern Ireland?
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North Channel
Which strait lies between the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sulawesi?
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Makassar Strait
Which strait connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aqaba?
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Strait of Tiran
Which strait separates Greenland from Baffin Island?
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Davis Strait
Which strait lies between Greenland and Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic?
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Nares Strait
Which channel separates England’s Isle of Wight from the mainland?
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The Solent
Which Tibetan landmark in Lhasa was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas?
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Potala Palace
Which landmark in Rome is the world’s smallest country’s central basilica and was completed in 1626?
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St. Peter’s Basilica
Which London landmark is the world’s oldest underground railway, opened in 1863?
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London Underground
Which landmark in Agra contains the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah and is nicknamed the Baby Taj?
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Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb
Which Icelandic president was the country’s first, serving from 1944 to 1952?
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Sveinn Björnsson
Which Norwegian explorer led the first expedition to navigate the Northwest Passage?
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Roald Amundsen
Which Swedish writer became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Selma Lagerlöf
Which is Sweden’s largest lake by surface area?
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Lake Vänern
Which Swedish canal links Lake Vänern with the Baltic Sea?
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Göta Canal
Which Norwegian island is home to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?
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Spitsbergen
Which Himalayan peak is the easternmost of the world’s 14 eight-thousanders?
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Kangchenjunga