Which mountain is the highest point in Africa, rising 5,895 meters above sea level?
Answer
Mount Kilimanjaro
3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1969 event became the first human-crewed Moon landing?
Answer
Apollo 11
Which civilization built the city of Tikal in the rainforest of present-day Guatemala?
Answer
Maya civilization
What is the name of the strait separating Europe from Africa at Spain and Morocco?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
Who was the first person to step onto the Moon?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
Which treaty, signed in 1494, divided newly encountered lands between Spain and Portugal?
Answer
Treaty of Tordesillas
Which empire built the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as a cathedral completed in 537 CE?
Answer
Byzantine Empire
In which city does the Eiffel Tower stand?
Answer
Paris
Which country has the world’s smallest population and land area?
Answer
Vatican City
Which strait separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey?
Answer
Bosphorus
Which African lake is the world’s largest tropical lake by surface area?
Answer
Lake Victoria
On what date did NASA’s Curiosity rover land on Mars?
Answer
6 August 2012
Which Atlantic sea is defined by ocean currents rather than land boundaries?
Answer
Sargasso Sea
Who was the first human to walk on the Moon during Apollo 11?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
Which meridian was chosen as the prime meridian at the 1884 International Meridian Conference?
Answer
Greenwich meridian
Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
Answer
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Which ancient wonder stood in the city of Alexandria and guided ships into its harbor?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which empire built the road network centered on the capital Tenochtitlan?
Answer
Aztec Empire
What is the world’s largest hot desert by area?
Answer
Sahara Desert
Which river flows through the city of Budapest?
Answer
Danube
Which continent is also classified as the world’s largest desert?
Answer
Antarctica
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria, Egypt?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which empire built the Hagia Sophia’s original sixth-century structure in Constantinople?
Answer
Byzantine Empire
Which country was the first to send a human into space?
Answer
Soviet Union
Which organization has its headquarters in New York City and was founded in 1945?
Answer
United Nations
Which currency is used as Japan’s official money?
Answer
Japanese yen
In which modern city is the Hagia Sophia located?
Answer
Istanbul