3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who completed the first circumnavigation of Earth after Ferdinand Magellan died during the voyage?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
In what year did the Suez Canal officially open?
Answer
1869
What is the name of the world's largest hot desert, spanning much of North Africa?
Answer
Sahara Desert
How high is Mount Everest above sea level in the official 2020 measurement?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
What is the name of the strait separating Europe from Africa at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
Which strait divides the European and Asian sides of Istanbul?
Answer
Bosporus
Which continent is the world’s largest desert, Antarctica or the Sahara?
Answer
Antarctica
Which ancient writing system was deciphered after the Rosetta Stone was found in 1799?
Answer
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Which empire built Machu Picchu in the Andes of present-day Peru?
Answer
Inca Empire
Which language has the most native speakers worldwide, according to Ethnologue estimates?
Answer
Mandarin Chinese
Which sea is the lowest land surface on Earth’s continents?
Answer
Dead Sea
Which expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Answer
Magellan expedition
Which country completely surrounds the independent country of Lesotho?
Answer
South Africa
What is the official height of Mount Everest, agreed by Nepal and China in 2020?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Which 1494 treaty divided overseas spheres of influence between Spain and Portugal?
Answer
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Panama?
Answer
Panama Canal
Which mountain is the tallest from base to summit?
Answer
Mauna Kea
Which country contains the most pyramids?
Answer
Sudan
Which river carries the greatest volume of water into the ocean?
Answer
Amazon River
On what date did the United Nations officially come into existence?
Answer
24 October 1945
Which city is divided by the Bosporus between Europe and Asia?
Answer
Istanbul
Which planet has the fastest rotation in the Solar System?
Answer
Jupiter
What is the tallest freestanding structure in the world?
Answer
Burj Khalifa
Which continent is the driest overall, including its polar desert?
Answer
Antarctica
Which country officially founded the United Nations in 1945?
Answer
No single country