What is the oldest known mechanical analog computer?
Answer
Antikythera mechanism
3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928 after observing mould inhibit bacterial growth?
Answer
Alexander Fleming
Which physicist formulated the three laws of motion published in 1687?
Answer
Isaac Newton
Which island country was formerly called Ceylon until 1972?
Answer
Sri Lanka
Which river flows through Cairo and forms the Nile Delta?
Answer
Nile River
Which sea has no land coastline and lies within the North Atlantic Ocean?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
What 1884–1885 meeting set rules for European claims in Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Which mission first carried humans to the Moon?
Answer
Apollo 11
How many prefectures make up Japan?
Answer
47
Which continent lies in all four hemispheres?
Answer
Africa
Which space telescope launched in 1990 and produced famous deep-field images of distant galaxies?
Answer
Hubble Space Telescope
Which desert is the largest hot desert on Earth, spanning much of North Africa?
Answer
Sahara Desert
What is the smallest country in the world by area, located entirely within Rome?
Answer
Vatican City
Which sea separates Saudi Arabia from northeastern Africa?
Answer
Red Sea
Which mountain is the highest in Africa, rising 5,895 metres above sea level?
Answer
Mount Kilimanjaro
Which planet is known for having the Great Red Spot?
Answer
Jupiter
What is the only sea in the world with no coastline?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
Which Soviet cosmonaut became the first human to travel into space?
Answer
Yuri Gagarin
Which treaty formally ended World War I between Germany and the Allies?
Answer
Treaty of Versailles
Which ancient wonder was built in Alexandria and served as a lighthouse?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Who founded the Nobel Prize through a bequest in his will?
Answer
Alfred Nobel
Which ancient city was built by the Inca high in Peru’s Andes?
Answer
Machu Picchu
Which strait separates the European country of Spain from Morocco in Africa?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
Which museum in London houses the Rosetta Stone?
Answer
British Museum
Which country has Ulaanbaatar as its capital and largest city?
Answer
Mongolia
What is the name of the world's largest inland body of water by area?
Answer
Caspian Sea