423+ World Trivia Questions

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Sarajevo is the capital of which country?

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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What was the Soviet bloc's 1954 equivalent to NATO called?

Warsaw Pact

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Who did Churchill call the "American Carnot" in WWII?

George Marshall

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The assassination of which heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne precipitated World War I?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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What airline owned the 747 blown up by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988?

Pan Am

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What volatile gas was responsible for the Hindenburg disaster in 1937?

Hydrogen

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Who became Germany's leader upon the death of Adolf Hitler?

Admiral Karl Doenitz

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Who was the Greek God of Love?

Eros

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What country uses the gourde as its currency?

Haiti

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Asuncion is the capital of what country?

Paraguay

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What country did Iraq invade in 1990, based on claims of disputed oil?

Kuwait

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

Switzerland

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In what year did Israel become an official country?

1948

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Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa on which author of 1988's "The Satanic Verses"?

Salman Rushdie

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Turkey is considered to be part of which continent?

Asia

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On which continent is Japan located?

Asia

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What natural disaster occurred on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883?

Volcano

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What body of water separates Australia and New Zealand?

Tasman Sea

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Who is the Viking that landed in Newfoundland in 1002?

Leif Ericson

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What was dissolved in 1991, with most of it re-forming as the Commonwealth of Independent States?

USSR

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What is the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada?

Fredericton

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In 1999, which city in Europe had the most tourists?

Paris, France

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How many countries border on the Alps?

7

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During which Chinese dynasty was the Great Wall of China built?

Qin Dynasty

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What is the most commonly used oil in Chinese cooking?

Groundnut Or Peanut Oil

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Sofia is the capital of which country?

Bulgaria

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Which country do the Shetland Islands belong to?

United Kingdom

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Who killed the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521?

Lapu-Lapu

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Where was Cibik Ridge in WWII?

Bougainville

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In what country are almost half of the world's pigs kept?

China

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Who was the Roman guardian of entrances and exits?

Janus

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What region makes up 75% of Russia?

Siberia

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In what year did the French Revolution begin?

1789

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At the end of his term in 1963, who was Australia's longest serving Prime Minister?

Robert Menzies

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Cripple Creek is located where?

Colorado

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Where will you find the Crown Jewels of England?

Tower Of London

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What are the two main ingredients in the Scottish dish "stovies"?

Potatoes And Onions

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On which continent is China located?

Asia

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Phoenix Park and St. Stephen's Green are located in what national capital?

Dublin

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In which Arab country do residents traditionally chew Qat, a mild stimulant?

Yemen

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Who did Leonid Brezhnev replace as the Soviet Premier in 1964?

Khrushchev

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Which British royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917?

The Windsors

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When did the third Punic War end?

146 B.C.

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Britain annexed Hong Kong as a result of which war?

Opium War

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Europe's Liechtenstein is sixty percent Swiss Alps and claims which capital city?

Vaduz

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Which monarch in English history had served the longest by the time of his or her death?

Queen Victoria

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What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

Sicily

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What is a "Haricot Vert"?

A Thin, Tender String Bean

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