3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which continent is the world’s largest desert, Antarctica, located on?
Answer
Antarctica
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was built as a lighthouse?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude around Earth?
Answer
The Equator
Which ancient script was deciphered using the Rosetta Stone?
Answer
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Which civilization built the city of Angkor Thom in Cambodia?
Answer
Khmer Empire
Which ancient Inca site stands high in the Andes of Peru?
Answer
Machu Picchu
Who won the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer
Bertha von Suttner
Which ancient civilization created the Nazca Lines in Peru's coastal desert?
Answer
Nazca culture
Which strait separates Asia from North America between Russia and the United States?
Answer
Bering Strait
Which mountain is the highest above sea level, rising 8,849 metres in the Himalayas?
Answer
Mount Everest
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was one of the tallest structures of the ancient world?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which civilization built Machu Picchu high in Peru's Andes during the 15th century?
Answer
Inca civilization
Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Southern Ocean?
Answer
Indian Ocean
What is the longest defensive wall in the world, built across northern China?
Answer
Great Wall of China
What ancient device, discovered in 1901, is often called the world’s first computer?
Answer
Antikythera mechanism
Which two oceans are linked by the Panama Canal?
Answer
Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Which country is home to the ancient Great Wall?
Answer
China
Which sea separates Saudi Arabia from the African continent?
Answer
Red Sea
Which physicist discovered the neutron in 1932?
Answer
James Chadwick
Which ocean surrounds the Maldives?
Answer
Indian Ocean
Which river flows through Baghdad before reaching the Shatt al-Arab?
Answer
The Tigris
Which mountain has the highest summit above sea level?
Answer
Mount Everest
In which country is Angkor Wat located?
Answer
Cambodia
In which country is most of the Great Wall located?
Answer
China
Which treaty formally ended the First World War with Germany?
Answer
Treaty of Versailles
Which country contains most of the Sahara Desert?
Answer
Algeria
Which city is the principal headquarters of the United Nations?
Answer
New York City
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was traditionally said to be about 100 meters tall?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
What is the largest desert in the world, covering much of Antarctica?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
Which artifact helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Answer
Rosetta Stone
Which country contains the ancient Nazca Lines?
Answer
Peru