423+ World Trivia Questions

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Which leader nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, instigating an international crisis?

Colonel Nasser

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What country in Africa with Lilongwe as its capital uses kwacha as its currency?

Malawi

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Where is there a town called Monkey's Eyebrow?

USA

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In what country would you find Mont St. Michel?

France

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Two former cities joined by bridges across the Danube, Budapest is the capital of which country?

Hungary

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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 breed of dog was Boatswain, Lord Byron's beloved dog?

Newfoundland

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Havana is the capital of what country?

Cuba

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What two countries share the worlds longest undefended land border?

Canada & The United States

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What was the capital of India before New Delhi?

Calcutta

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Where was Breakneck Ridge in World War II?

The Philippines

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On what date did the Australian colonies federate to form the Commonwealth of Australia?

1 January, 1901

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What country was Mother Teresa born in?

Albania

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Suva is the capital of which country?

Fiji

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In which sea would you find the Cayman Islands?

Caribbean Sea

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What is the attempt to overthrow a government by force or at least interrupt its activities called?

Sedition

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Buenos Aires, which translates to "fair winds", is the capital of which South American country?

Argentina

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

Zambia

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Which country considers itself European even though its capital is in Asia?

Turkey

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What ancient people based their law on Hammurabi's Code?

Mesopotamians

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What country was Marco Polo from?

Italy

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What was the first Christian country in Africa?

Ethiopia

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In 1967 how many days did the Six Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab states last?

6

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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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The Waitemata Harbor is part of which city?

Auckland

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Which civilization came first?

Sumerian

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Which former Soviet Republic was known as the "Bread Basket of the Empire"?

Ukraine

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

Lake Titicaca

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What French heroine was burned at the stake in 1431?

Joan Of Arc

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

Zambia

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In what year did Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, die?

1861

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Where was the treaty signed ending the Russo-Japanese War?

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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In which century was World War I?

20th

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What did the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, signed by 62 nations, denounce?

War

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What period began in Italy in 1325 which was known for its contribution to the arts?

Renaissance

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Who was first chosen to be Nasser's Vice President and was once President?

Anwar Sadat

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What is the term for the objective of not spending more money than is taken in by the government?

Balanced Budget

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Al-Azhar, the oldest University in the Arab world, is located in which country?

Egypt

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Who is the Viking that landed in Newfoundland in 1002?

Leif Ericson

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Who was the Roman guardian of entrances and exits?

Janus

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In England, what is "The Naze"?

Flat, Marshy Headland In Essex

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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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Guatemala is located on which continent?

North America

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What Central American waterway was officially opened in 1914?

Panama Canal

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A former U.S.S.R. Republic, Armenia has which city as its capital?

Yerevan

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What British luxury liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915?

Lusitania

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After Sudan, which Arab country is the largest in Africa?

Algeria

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Which body of water are Madagascar and Sri Lanka located in?

Indian Ocean

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World Trivia

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