3394 World Trivia Questions with Answers
3394 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which treaty divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
Answer
Treaty of Tordesillas
Who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer
Marie Curie
Who completed the first circumnavigation of Earth after Magellan's expedition began it?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which stone, found in Egypt in 1799, helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Answer
Rosetta Stone
According to the 2020 survey, what is Mount Everest's official height?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Who made the first successful powered flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk?
Answer
Wright brothers
Which dynasty built most of the surviving sections of the Great Wall of China?
Answer
Ming dynasty
Which planet in the Solar System has the shortest year?
Answer
Mercury
In the first circumnavigation of Earth, who completed the voyage after Magellan's death?
Answer
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Which African wetland is the world’s largest inland river delta?
Answer
Okavango Delta
Which pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Answer
Great Pyramid of Giza
In which city is the International Court of Justice headquartered?
Answer
The Hague
Which treaty, signed in 1959, governs international activity in Antarctica?
Answer
Antarctic Treaty
Which waterfall has the world’s highest uninterrupted drop?
Answer
Angel Falls
Which city has been Australia’s national capital since 1913?
Answer
Canberra
Which country is the world’s largest by total land area?
Answer
Russia
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and was destroyed by earthquakes?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Which strait separates the European and African continents at the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer
Strait of Gibraltar
What is the name of the world’s largest hot desert?
Answer
Sahara Desert
Who was the first human to walk on the Moon?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
Which continent is the coldest place on Earth?
Answer
Antarctica
What is the official height of Mount Everest above sea level?
Answer
8,848.86 metres
Which empire built the ancient road network known as the Royal Road?
Answer
Achaemenid Empire
Which scientist proposed the three laws of planetary motion?
Answer
Johannes Kepler
Which invention is Johannes Gutenberg most associated with in Europe?
Answer
The printing press
Which treaty adopted in 1997 set binding targets for greenhouse-gas reductions?
Answer
Kyoto Protocol
Which spacecraft first carried humans to the Moon and back?
Answer
Apollo 8
Which strait separates the European and Asian sides of Istanbul?
Answer
Bosporus
Which ocean contains the Mariana Trench?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which country was formerly known as Ceylon?
Answer
Sri Lanka
What is the world's largest desert by total area?
Answer
Antarctic Desert
Which ancient wonder is the only one still largely standing today?
Answer
Great Pyramid of Giza
Which ocean is the deepest on Earth, containing the Mariana Trench?
Answer
Pacific Ocean
Which moon is the largest satellite in the Solar System?
Answer
Ganymede