1252 World Trivia Questions with Answers
1252 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Where did Britain restore parliamentary powers after Sinn Fein agreed to disarm?
Answer
Northern Ireland
Where can you find the Chartres Cathedral?
Answer
France
When was the Battle of Hastings?
Answer
1066
When it's 9 PM in New York on Tuesday, what time is it in Echuca, Australia?
Answer
11 AM Wednesday
When did the third Punic War end?
Answer
146 B.C.
What year did the Hindenburg disaster occur?
Answer
1937
What world leader was nicknamed "The Iron Lady"?
Answer
Margaret Thatcher
What were the two sides in World War II known as?
Answer
Allies And Axis
What were famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly's last words?
Answer
Such Is Life
What were Carrot, Goat, and Onion in WWII?
Answer
British Explosives
What weapon dominated the Battle of Agincourt?
Answer
Longbow
What was the Western front called in WWI?
Answer
The Sausage Machine
What was the very first ship sunk in action in WWII?
Answer
Athenia
What was the U.S. Hush Hush in WWII?
Answer
Admiral Nimitz's Jeep
What was the period when machines took the place of hand tools called?
Answer
Industrial Revolution
What was the period of rapid modernization in Japan in the 1800's called?
Answer
The Meiji Restoration
What was the original purpose of the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Answer
Bell Tower
What was the original name of Burkina Faso?
Answer
Upper Volta
What was the Opium War between China and Britain fought over?
Answer
Opium Imports
What was the name of the world's first computer?
Answer
ENIAC
What was the name of the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Answer
Enola Gay B-29
What was the name of the first atomic powered submarine?
Answer
Nautilus
What was the name of Mussolini's Yacht in World War II?
Answer
Aurora
What was the motto of the Hitler Youth in World War II?
Answer
Blood And Honor
What was the most important celestial object for the Aztecs?
Answer
The Sun
What was the main focus of the Marshall Plan which was proposed in 1947?
Answer
Postwar Economic Recovery
What was the last territory to join Canada?
Answer
Nunavut
What was the infamous Bloody Mary's occupation?
Answer
Queen
What was the first seaplane carrier sunk in WW1?
Answer
Hermes
What was the first Christian country in Africa?
Answer
Ethiopia
What was the family name of Mary Queen of Scots?
Answer
Stuart
What was the code name for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies?
Answer
Operation Overlord
What was the capital of India before New Delhi?
Answer
Calcutta
What was published in Japanese newspapers every month from December 1941 to September 1945?
Answer
Declaration Of War
What was Mercator's profession?
Answer
Cartographer
What was Mahatma Gandhi's actual first name?
Answer
Mohandas
What was Josef Stalin's nationality?
Answer
Georgian