3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
How high is the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building?
Answer
828 metres
Which surviving ancient wonder is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Answer
Great Pyramid of Giza
Who stole Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911?
Answer
Vincenzo Peruggia
Which ocean is the deepest on Earth, reaching the Challenger Deep?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
What is the longest river located entirely in Europe?
Answer
Volga River
What is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, at 979 metres?
Answer
Angel Falls
Which 1884 conference formalized European rules for claiming territory in Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Which explorer led the expedition that first circumnavigated Earth?
Answer
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the official currency of Bhutan?
Answer
Ngultrum
Who completed the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe in 1522?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which desert is the largest on Earth, covering Antarctica’s ice-covered interior?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
What is the name of the deepest point in the oceans?
Answer
Challenger Deep
Who founded the Nobel Prize system through the will that established the awards?
Answer
Alfred Nobel
What is the name of the world’s largest desert by area?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
On Earth, which continent is also the world's largest desert?
Answer
Antarctica
Which river flows through the ancient city of Rome?
Answer
Tiber
Which sea is famous for having no land boundaries?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
Which expedition became the first to complete a circumnavigation of Earth in 1522?
Answer
Magellan expedition
Which constitution, signed in 1787, is the oldest written national constitution still in use?
Answer
United States Constitution
Which two climbers made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest in 1953?
Answer
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Which international treaty, signed in 1957, established the European Economic Community?
Answer
Treaty of Rome
On what date was the United Nations officially founded?
Answer
24 October 1945
Who was the first human to orbit Earth?
Answer
Yuri Gagarin
What is the most widely spoken first language in the world?
Answer
Mandarin Chinese
Which waterfall is the world’s tallest by total vertical drop?
Answer
Angel Falls
Which international agreement created the European Union in its present legal form in 1993?
Answer
Maastricht Treaty
Which river carries the greatest average volume of water to the sea?
Answer
Amazon River
What is the name of the treaty that formally ended World War I with Germany in 1919?
Answer
Treaty of Versailles
Which waterfall has the greatest uninterrupted vertical drop?
Answer
Angel Falls