3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which waterfall system lies on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?
Answer
Victoria Falls
Which lake is the world’s deepest natural freshwater lake?
Answer
Lake Baikal
What is the capital city of Mongolia, located near the Tuul River?
Answer
Ulaanbaatar
Which empire built Machu Picchu in the fifteenth century?
Answer
Inca Empire
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and guided ships with a famous lighthouse?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which two bodies of water are connected by Egypt’s Suez Canal?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Which ancient civilization built the Colosseum in Rome?
Answer
Romans
Which continent contains the world’s largest desert by area?
Answer
Antarctica
Who was the first person to travel into outer space?
Answer
Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first mountaineer to climb all 14 mountains higher than 8,000 metres?
Answer
Reinhold Messner
Which sea receives the Nile River at its northern end?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea
Which sea contains the lowest exposed land point on Earth?
Answer
Dead Sea
Which ocean contains the Mariana Trench, the deepest known oceanic trench?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which 1884 conference set rules for European claims in Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
In which museum is Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa displayed?
Answer
Louvre Museum
Which country first used an atomic bomb in warfare?
Answer
United States
Which continent is the driest on Earth by average precipitation?
Answer
Antarctica
What is the highest officially measured elevation of Mount Everest?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Which treaty established the European Union in 1993?
Answer
Maastricht Treaty
Which Egyptian town gave the Rosetta Stone its English name?
Answer
Rosetta
Which scientist developed the three laws of planetary motion?
Answer
Johannes Kepler
Where was the Antarctic Treaty signed in 1959?
Answer
Washington, D.C.
Which city is known as the southernmost national capital in the world?
Answer
Wellington
What is Mount Everest’s official surveyed height?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Which sea is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal?
Answer
Red Sea
Which country was formerly known as Persia?
Answer
Iran