3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which scientist discovered the first pulsar in 1967 as a doctoral student?
Answer
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Which Inca citadel in Peru is often called the “Lost City of the Incas”?
Answer
Machu Picchu
What is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more than 30% of the planet’s surface?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which ancient wonder stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes?
Answer
Colossus of Rhodes
What is the official height of Mount Everest recognized by Nepal and China?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Which conference in 1884–1885 set rules for European colonization in Africa?
Answer
Berlin Conference
Which country uses the yen as its official currency?
Answer
Japan
Which empire built Machu Picchu in the Andes?
Answer
Inca Empire
Which 1494 treaty divided overseas territories between Spain and Portugal?
Answer
Treaty of Tordesillas
What is the world's largest inland delta?
Answer
Okavango Delta
Which two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?
Answer
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Which strait separates Asia from North America at its narrowest point?
Answer
Bering Strait
Which two oceans are connected by the Panama Canal?
Answer
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Which desert covers much of northern Africa and is the largest hot desert on Earth?
Answer
Sahara Desert
Which ocean does the Mariana Trench lie in?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
What is the longest river in South America, flowing through the Amazon Basin?
Answer
Amazon River
Which strait separates Russia from Alaska?
Answer
Bering Strait
What is the smallest country in South America by total area?
Answer
Suriname
Which empire built Machu Picchu in the Andes during the 15th century?
Answer
Inca Empire
Which mathematician is credited with proving Fermat’s Last Theorem in 1994?
Answer
Andrew Wiles
Which river flows through Budapest before emptying into the Black Sea?
Answer
Danube River
Which mountain is the highest point in Africa, rising to 5,895 metres?
Answer
Mount Kilimanjaro
Which ocean contains Point Nemo, the location farthest from any land?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
What is the longest known defensive wall system in the world, extending over 21,000 kilometres in China?
Answer
Great Wall of China
Which expedition became the first to circumnavigate Earth, completing the voyage in 1522?
Answer
Magellan expedition
What is the world’s deepest freshwater lake, reaching about 1,642 metres?
Answer
Lake Baikal