World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which country name does NOT contain a color?
- What is the origin of the name of Tanzania?
- Many Caribbean nations are named after a saint. Which saint country is fictional?
- Which African nation is country of the blacks?
- In this four-mile area know as the strip one can find a replica of the Statue of Liberty, gondolas floating on canals, the castles of Camelot, and a replica of the Eiffel Tower. Best of all what happens in this city stays in this city.
- Which was the first US state to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
- People in which country used to decorate Christmas trees with artificial roses and set them on fire?
- Which of these was a traditional Christmas dinner in early England?
- Who was the first United States President to decorate an official White House Christmas tree?
- The song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was introduced in which Broadway musical?
- When listing all the U.S. states in alphabetical order, which state capital comes first?
- How many U.S. state capitals have the word city included in their name?
- Which is the only state that has the word Saint (St.) in its state capital?
- How many U.S. state capitals have two words in their name?
- How many U.S. states that begin with the letter M, have state capitals that also start with the letter M?
- How many U.S. state capitals share the same first letter with their state?
- You wouldnt want to be a bride in this country - the honey moon lasts three months and according to custom, the bride covers all expenses.
- There is a strange tradition in this Spanish town which involves geese. During the fiesta men try to pull the neck off a goose while repeatedly plunging into the water.
- This peculiar tradition takes place in Spain too. Right at the peak of the tomato season a wild tomato battle develops as people pelt each other with ripe tomatoes. Rivers of tomato sauce run down the streets.
- Sending these items for Christmas is considered bad manners in Japan.
- It is customary in this country to put an artificial spider and a web on the Christmas tree.
- According to beliefs in Poland, swallowing a willow catkin from a branch consecrated by a priest would bring good health. When does this event take place?
- July 7th-14th is the time when youd better stay out of the streets in Pamplona, Spain. A herd of fighting bulls are let loose onto the streets, after a crowd of young men. A lot of injuries occur during this famous fiesta.
- Russians have the strange custom of fighting these wild animals. After a hunt, the fighter combats this type of animal either with his bare hands or using a pitchfork.
- Russians have another strange tradition for men. They get together and prepare a bottle of vodka for every three men. Then they drink until this happens.
- According to tradition, passengers of the train passing over the Jamuna river in India, should give tribute to the river by throwing this in it.
- Folk hero Santa Claus is a variant of a European folk tale based on the historical figure of Saint Nicholas, who lived on the territory of what present-day country?
- According to the myth, what do the children on Santas bad list often receive, instead of presents?
- The original versioan of the popular Christmas song, Silent night was what language?
- In what major European city was the first commercial Christmas card introduced?