World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- One of this citys most prominent landmarks is the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate). It once marked the boundary between East and West Germany.
- This city is famous for its water-channel traffic. It has been designated a World Heritage Site.
- This Peruvian city is stuck between the desert and the sea. It is also known as �The City of the Kings�.
- Which of these U.S. states is not a Four Corners state?
- The Appalachian Trail divides two states as it makes its trek through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Name the states it divides.
- Sullivan street (in Sullivan County) serves as the state line, running east and west, effectively bi-locating this town in two states. Name the city and the two states.
- The town of San Ysidro is located in what state, near what border?
- Although Angel Falls bear the notion of something angelic, the phenomenon is named after Jimmy Angel, a barnstorming pilot from Missouri, who has become a modern legend.
- Mount Fuji is a nearly perfectly shaped volcano. It has been worshipped as a sacred mountain.
- Mount Everest was formed some 50 million years ago. It rises a few meters each year because of geological forces. On the border between which two countries is this mount situated?
- From forest to desert, the Grand Canyon has the most extreme nature climate.
- Through thousands of years in existence, Niagara Falls has been eroding at a rate of 4 feet (1.5 meters) per year.
- The name of mount Kilimanjaro comes from Swahili and means the mountain that glitters.
- The Great Barrier Reef consists of many colonies of corals. That is why it is sometimes referred to as the largest living animal in the world.
- Krakatoa volcano caused the most violent volcanic eruption recorded in worlds history. In 1883, it destroyed 75 % of the territory of its island.
- Local Batonga people had named Victoria Falls Mosi-Oa-Tunya, which stands for �the smoke that thunders�.
- The scientific name for the Northern Lights phenomenon is �Aurora Borealis. They are often mistaken for UFOs. Where do they happen?
- Nicknamed the Grand Canyon State, it entered the Union on Feb 14, 1912.
- This US state, nicknamed The Sunshine State, is famous with its beaches and theme parks.
- Nicknamed the Treasure State, this western US state is fourth largest in area.
- Nicknamed the Ocean State, it is the smallest US state.
- The Beehive State requested admission to the Union in 1849 under the name Deseret. After polygamous marriage practices were discontinued, it was finally admitted in 1896, under what name?
- Nicknamed the Green Mountain State, this eastern US state was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791.
- Nicknamed The Buckeye State, it is the birthplace many former US presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant.
- This US state, known as the Equality State, is home of Devils Tower, featured in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- Home on the Range is the state song of this US mid-western state, known as The Sunflower State.
- This Bluegrass State hosts a famous horserace in Louisville, and is the birthplace of President Abraham Lincoln.
- This volcano, featured in a short 1933 Academy Award-winning movie, is located near the Indonesian island of Rakata, in the Sunda Strait.
- Located in Tanzania, it is Africas highest mountain.
- One of the most intriguing attractions of Venice is Ponte dei Sospiri, which means this in English.