Which meridian is internationally recognized as 0° longitude?
Answer
Prime Meridian
3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who became the first woman in space in 1963?
Answer
Valentina Tereshkova
Who received the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which expedition became the first to circumnavigate the Earth?
Answer
Magellan expedition
Which 1884 conference established the rules for European colonization of Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Which spacecraft first landed humans on the Moon?
Answer
Apollo 11
What is the smallest country in South America by land area?
Answer
Suriname
Which space telescope, launched in 1990, transformed astronomy with deep images of distant galaxies?
Answer
Hubble Space Telescope
Which 1953 agreement ended the Korean War’s active fighting without a formal peace treaty?
Answer
Korean Armistice Agreement
Which 1889 Paris landmark was designed by engineer Gustave Eiffel?
Answer
Eiffel Tower
Which country is home to most of the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer
Australia
Who is traditionally credited with inventing the movable-type printing press in Europe?
Answer
Johannes Gutenberg
Which ancient civilization created the Rosetta Stone inscription?
Answer
Ptolemaic Egypt
Which civilization built Machu Picchu in Peru?
Answer
Inca civilization
Which ancient writing system was deciphered after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone?
Answer
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Which ancient wonder was located at Olympia and built to honor Zeus?
Answer
Statue of Zeus
Which mathematician and astronomer published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium in 1543?
Answer
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which ancient wonder stood in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and was built on Pharos Island?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which gas makes up the largest share of Earth's atmosphere?
Answer
Nitrogen
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
Which canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Central America?
Answer
Panama Canal
Who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent civil rights leadership?
Answer
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which explorer’s expedition first reached the South Pole?
Answer
Roald Amundsen
Which explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate Earth, although he died before it finished?
Answer
Ferdinand Magellan
Which ancient wonder was located in Alexandria and traditionally said to guide ships into its harbor?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria