World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Up to the beginning of the 20th century, this number of Amendments were ratified.
- What year did congress approve the Declaration of Independence, making the 13 colonies a land of a sovereign nation?
- One year after the Declaration was approved, the citizens of this city commemorated the event by setting off fireworks, ringing bells and firing their guns.
- Each year a Liberty Medal is given on July 4th to a prominent world leader in honor of Independence Day. Which award is the medal accompanied by?
- How many towns in the USA have liberty in their names?
- In Boston, July 4th replaced this major holiday, as the most celebrated.
- This prominent symbol associated with early American history and the battle for American independence summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1976.
- Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?
- In order to make the Declaration official, this President of the Continental Congress had to sign it.
- On what day did American colonies actually declare their independent from Britain?
- The United States Marine Corps motto, Semper Fidelis means what in Latin?
- What famous U.S. Army general said: If it werent for these crazy, foolhardy, vulgar, wild, gutsy, braggarts who joined the Marine Corps, we would not have a country, a free country. A free country that allows others to call us names. We have protected this country and died for you?
- He was the longest-serving Commandant of the Marine Corps, often referred to as the grand old man of the Marine Corps.
- These are the most elite Special Operation Forces of the US navy. They have fought in major conflicts, including Operation Enduring Freedom - the military response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
- This Special Operation Force of the US Army is officially referred to as the Combat Application Group. It was featured in Ridley Scot’s movie, ‘Black Hawk Down’.
- This specialized paramilitary police unit in the USA, created in the city of Delano, California, in the 1960s, is often called upon for dangerous operations.
- This elite combat frogman force, formerly called Decima Flottiglia MAS, is part of the Italian special forces.
- This unit, formed in 1941, is part of the UK special forces. Its badge depicts a sword with an inscription: ‘Who dares wins’.
- The Foreign Legion, founded in 1831, is an elite rapid deployment force which consists mainly of foreign volunteers. It is a military formation within the army of which country?
- The fictional character John Rambo, portrayed on the big screen by actor Sylvester Stallone, belongs to what US special forces?
- This Australian special force deals with reconnaissance and counter-terrorism. It played a significant role in providing security during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
- GEK Cobra, founded in 1972 to protect Jewish immigrants from Palestinian terrorists, is the counter-terrorist unit of this country.
- The counter-terrorism unit, GSG-9, established on April 17, 1973 and considered to be among the best of such units in the world, is part of the federal police of which country?
- Which of the following African countries gained its independence from the United Kingdom on October 1, 1960?
- On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash together with what other members of his family?
- Which of these members of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd survived the plane crash in Mississippi on October 20, 1977?
- In 2001, RB singer and actress Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash right after take-off in which part of the world?
- The mother of which popular American singer was killed in a plane crash in California on January 6, 1977?
- When did Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, die in a plane crash on a training mission east of Moscow?
- How old was singer Otis Redding when he was killed in a plane crash into Lake Monona, Wisconsin, in 1967?