3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who was the world's first female prime minister?
Answer
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Which ancient wonder is the oldest surviving structure?
Answer
Great Pyramid of Giza
In which city was the ancient Olympic Games held in Greece?
Answer
Olympia
What material were most of the moai statues on Rapa Nui carved from?
Answer
Volcanic tuff
Which astronomer formulated the three laws of planetary motion in the early 17th century?
Answer
Johannes Kepler
What imaginary line, near 180 degrees longitude, marks the conventional boundary between calendar dates?
Answer
International Date Line
Which sea receives the Nile River after it crosses northeastern Africa?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea
Which civilization built the city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico?
Answer
Maya civilization
Which desert covers most of Antarctica and is the largest desert on Earth?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
Which ancient civilization held the first recorded Olympic Games?
Answer
Ancient Greece
Which country contains the geographic North Pole?
Answer
No country
Which sea separates the European and African continents at the Strait of Gibraltar?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea
What is the internationally recognized height of Mount Everest?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
What is the name of Earth’s largest desert?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
According to UNESCO’s measured total, how long is the Great Wall of China?
Answer
21,196 kilometres
Which coral reef system is the largest in the world, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres?
Answer
Great Barrier Reef
Which Māori-language treaty was first signed at Waitangi in 1840?
Answer
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Which 1648 peace settlement is commonly associated with ending the Thirty Years’ War in Europe?
Answer
Peace of Westphalia
What is the elevation of Mount Everest’s officially recognised summit?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
On what date did the United Kingdom begin decimal currency?
Answer
15 February 1971
Which chemical element has the atomic number 118?
Answer
Oganesson
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was built to guide ships into Egypt’s harbour?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which 1960 earthquake in Chile is the strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake in history?
Answer
1960 Valdivia earthquake