Which person was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer
Marie Curie
3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the deepest known oceanic trench on Earth?
Answer
Mariana Trench
Which empire built the road network centered on Cuzco and Machu Picchu?
Answer
Inca Empire
Who chaired the 1884–1885 Berlin Conference on the European colonization of Africa?
Answer
Otto von Bismarck
Who commanded Apollo 11 when it made the first crewed Moon landing?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
What is the name of the strait separating Europe from Africa at Spain’s southern tip?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
Which civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?
Answer
Inca civilization
What is the capital of Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom?
Answer
Thimphu
Which volcano is the highest mountain in the solar system, rising on Mars?
Answer
Olympus Mons
Which astronomer first published the laws of planetary motion?
Answer
Johannes Kepler
What is the national capital of Bhutan?
Answer
Thimphu
Which ocean contains the Mariana Trench, the deepest known part of Earth's oceans?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which meridian is used as the main reference for the International Date Line?
Answer
180th meridian
Which country contains Yellowstone National Park, the world’s first national park?
Answer
United States
Which ocean did Ferdinand Magellan name after finding its waters unusually calm?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
In which country is the archaeological site of Angkor Wat?
Answer
Cambodia
In which city is UNESCO’s headquarters located?
Answer
Paris
Which two seas does the Suez Canal connect?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Which artist painted The Starry Night in 1889 while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum?
Answer
Vincent van Gogh
Which river flows through the cities of London, Oxford, and Reading?
Answer
River Thames
Who was the first person to orbit Earth in space?
Answer
Yuri Gagarin
In which city is the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat located?
Answer
Siem Reap
Which volcano destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE?
Answer
Mount Vesuvius
Which language has the largest number of native speakers worldwide?
Answer
Mandarin Chinese
Which empire built the road network centered on the city of Rome?
Answer
Roman Empire
Which capital city stands on two continents, Europe and Asia?
Answer
Istanbul
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and used a tower to guide ships into Egypt’s harbor?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which civilization built Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains of present-day Peru?
Answer
Inca civilization
Who painted the anti-war artwork Guernica in 1937?
Answer
Pablo Picasso
In which country is the ancient rock city of Petra?
Answer
Jordan
Which country gave women the right to vote nationally first, in 1893?
Answer
New Zealand