423+ World Trivia Questions

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When did the third Punic War end?

146 B.C.

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On which continent is China located?

Asia

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What was the capital of India before New Delhi?

Calcutta

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Which Canadian province is home to the Calgary Stampede?

Alberta

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The "September Massacres" refers to the slaughter of political prisoners in what country?

France

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Where is there a town called Monkey's Eyebrow?

USA

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In what year did Great Britain defeat the Spanish Armada?

1588

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Which country borders 14 nations and crosses 8 time zones?

Russia

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In what nation were the Dead Sea Scrolls found beginning in 1947?

Jordan

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On which continent is Ireland located?

Europe

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In which country in the United Kingdom is the town of Usk located?

Wales

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Who put forth the Theory of Relativity in 1905?

Albert Einstein

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Geneva, the European headquarters of the United Nations, is located in which country?

Switzerland

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What is the world's largest inland lake?

Caspian Sea

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Avarua, the capital of the Cook Islands, is located on which South Pacific atoll?

Rarotonga

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Who set a record for days in space by a woman in 1995?

Elena Kondova

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From which country did the United States purchase Alaska?

Russia

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What Egyptian monster feasts on the heart of someone unworthy of eternal life?

Ammut

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What is the practice of supplying land with water from another place using canals?

Irrigation

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What country, slightly larger than Texas, uses the "kwacha" as its currency?

Zambia

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In what century did Henry VIII take the throne?

16th

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Which world capital city is situated on the Tiber River?

Rome

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What sea does the Jordan River empty into?

Dead Sea

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The "Big Bang" theory, whose name was coined in 1950, has to do with the creation of what?

Universe

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Who were the two leaders of Chile's Independence movement from 1810 until 1818?

Bernardo O'Higgins And Jose De San Martin

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Who was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman better known as?

Nellie Bly

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What is the capital of the Faeroe Islands?

Torshavn

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What is the capital of the Falkland Islands, site of a 1982 conflict between Argentina and the U.K.?

Port Stanley

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Who is considered the father of the modern Italian language?

Dante Alighieri

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Who was the Confederate spy who became a bodyguard for the Pope at the Vatican?

John Surratt

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Bearbrass was once considered as an alternative name for the capital city today known as what?

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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What title does the leader of Canada hold?

Prime Minister

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How many life boats were on board the Titanic?

20

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What was the name of the first atomic powered submarine?

Nautilus

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Where did the IRA declare a cease fire in 1994?

Northern Ireland

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Who was in charge of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?

Hermann Goering

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Which Asian nation fell under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong in 1949?

China

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What was the very first ship sunk in action in WWII?

Athenia

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What is the most populous city in Canada?

Toronto

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In which European capital is the river Aare situated?

Bern

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Which city in Ukraine was once the center of Vladimir I's Viking state?

Kiev

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What was published in Japanese newspapers every month from December 1941 to September 1945?

Declaration Of War

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Kuala Lumpur is the capital of which southeast Asian nation?

Malaysia

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What was the name of the anti-Castro group at the "Bay of Pigs"?

La Brigada

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Which young girl helped drive the English from French soil in the 15th century?

Joan Of Arc

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What is the highest navigable body of water in the world?

Lake Titicaca

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What was the name of Mussolini's Yacht in World War II?

Aurora

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Which nickname was given to the skeleton of the Piltdown Man, discovered in 1912?

Missing Link

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World Trivia

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