Which city was the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Answer
Salzburg
3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
On what date did RMS Titanic sink after striking an iceberg?
Answer
April 15, 1912
Which scholar deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?
Answer
Jean-François Champollion
Who was the first climber to summit all 14 eight-thousanders?
Answer
Reinhold Messner
Who was the first person to reach the South Pole, in December 1911?
Answer
Roald Amundsen
What is the only ocean that completely surrounds Antarctica?
Answer
Southern Ocean
Which composer wrote the Ninth Symphony, known for its “Ode to Joy” finale?
Answer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Which ancient ruler commissioned Machu Picchu in the Inca Empire?
Answer
Pachacuti
Which strait separates Asia from North America at Russia’s eastern edge?
Answer
Bering Strait
Which ancient monument is the oldest surviving Wonder of the Ancient World?
Answer
Great Pyramid of Giza
What term describes Bhutan’s national development philosophy measuring collective well-being?
Answer
Gross National Happiness
What is the world’s smallest sovereign state by both area and population?
Answer
Vatican City
What is the deepest lake on Earth, according to the maximum depth recorded?
Answer
Lake Baikal
Which country has Thimphu as its capital city?
Answer
Bhutan
Which 1884 international conference formalized European rules for colonizing Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Which 1884 conference established the rules for dividing much of Africa among European powers?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Who became the first human to orbit Earth during the Vostok 1 mission?
Answer
Yuri Gagarin
What is the official elevation of Mount Everest above sea level, measured in 2020?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
What town in Egypt gave the Rosetta Stone its European name?
Answer
Rosetta
Which explorer completed the first expedition to circumnavigate Earth after Ferdinand Magellan died?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which Inca site in Peru is known as a 15th-century mountain citadel?
Answer
Machu Picchu
Which two bodies of water does the Bosporus connect?
Answer
Black Sea and Sea of Marmara
What is the total measured length of the Great Wall of China?
Answer
21,196 kilometres
Which 1884–1885 conference established rules for European colonization and trade claims in Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees longitude passing through Greenwich, England?
Answer
Prime Meridian