3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the only sea without a land coastline?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was traditionally described as one of the tallest structures of antiquity?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which ocean surrounds the Maldives, the island nation made up of 26 atolls?
Answer
Indian Ocean
What is the maximum recorded height of Mount Everest above sea level?
Answer
8,848.86 meters
What is the approximate length of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok?
Answer
9,289 kilometers
In which city was the 1884–1885 Berlin Conference held?
Answer
Berlin
What is the deepest lake on Earth by maximum depth?
Answer
Lake Baikal
Which city hosted the first World Expo, held in 1851?
Answer
London
Who completed the first expedition to sail around the world?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate Earth, though he died before it ended?
Answer
Ferdinand Magellan
Which country contains the ancient pyramids of Giza?
Answer
Egypt
What is the capital city of Mongolia, known for its name meaning “Red Hero”?
Answer
Ulaanbaatar
On Earth, which desert is the world's largest by area?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
Which mathematician’s 1859 paper introduced the Riemann hypothesis?
Answer
Bernhard Riemann
What national development philosophy did Bhutan popularize as an alternative to GDP?
Answer
Gross National Happiness
Which ocean is the deepest of Earth’s five oceans?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
What is the oldest known writing system?
Answer
Cuneiform
Which civilization built Machu Picchu in the 15th century?
Answer
The Inca civilization
What is the primary currency of Japan?
Answer
Japanese yen
Which ancient city was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
Answer
Pompeii
Which composer was born in Salzburg in 1756?
Answer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Which sea-level route links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?
Answer
Suez Canal
Which Greenwich site gives its name to the prime meridian?
Answer
Royal Observatory Greenwich
How long is the complete Great Wall of China according to China’s official survey?
Answer
21,196 kilometres