World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This Roman god, usually depicted with two faces looking away from each other, gives the name of one of the months of the year and is a symbol of change and transition.
- The Scottish New Year celebration, whereupon people traditionally sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’, is called what?
- Name the mythical figure, depicted as an old bearded man, dressed in a robe and usually carrying a scythe and an hourglass.
- Each year, on January 1, a New Year concert takes place, presenting mostly music of the Strauss family, broadcast in over 40 countries. In which city does this concert take place?
- This popular annual parade, which originated in 1890, takes place on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California.
- This English Poet Laureate, regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age poetry, wrote the poem, ‘The Death of the Old Year’.
- In this country, New Year, called ‘oshogatsu’, is generally regarded as the most important public holiday. Homes and entrance gates are decorated with ornaments made of pine, bamboo and plum trees.
- This American novelist, author of ‘Life on Mississippi’, made the following humorous remark: ‘New Year’s Day - now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.’
- This ancient legislation, which stood at the foundation of the Roman law, marked the beginning of the Roman legal history.
- This collection of laws, originating from Mesopotamia, is known as one of the earliest sets of laws.
- This legal Latin term, which in English means obvious, denotes evidence that is sufficient to prove a particular fact.
- The United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child, which sets out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children, was adopted by The United Nations General Assembly on what date?
- Which treaty, signed on 7 February, 1992, led to the creation of the European Union?
- The death penalty was abolished in Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Powers) Act in what year?
- In the judicial system of England and Wales this court has two divisions - Civil Division and Criminal Division.
- Clara Shortidge Foltz was the first woman to be admitted to practice law in the State of California. This happened in what year?
- On May 17, 1954 this person announced the decision of the Supreme Court regarding Brown v. Board of Education, a landmark case in the United States legal history.
- This person presided over the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 1987 to 1994, before being elected President of Germany.
- Who had the dubious honor of being Alcatrazs very first inmate?
- When did the US Air Force officially become activated?
- Before becoming a separate entity, the US Air Force existed under this name.
- On what date did the Korean War begin and when did it end?
- The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron are also known as this.
- What was the nickname given to the group of Black pilots in WW II that excelled in aerial combat?
- This monument was built in ancient Egypt, had many rooms and a fantastic maze hidden in a pyramid. Its walls were covered with gigantic figures. It is not certain when exactly it was destroyed, but during Roman times it was repeatedly plundered due to its fine stone.
- This massive step pyramid (about 210 by 150 feet in size) is the most well-preserved monument from the age of the Sumerians. In the 4th century BC the river Euphrates changed its course and the city, in which this pyramid was built, was abandoned.
- This ancient-Greek structure had a single path running to and from the center, in 7 concentric rings. It was burned to the ground in the 15th century.
- It was the most famous artistic work of ancient Greece. The statue was made of gold and ivory and presided over the Olympic games. The games were forbidden, accused of being pagan in the 5th century by Emperor Theodosius I. Later, the statue disappeared and its fate has been unknown since.
- This great marble temple was built in Ephesus. It is famous for being one of the biggest temples the ancient Greeks ever built. It was burned by a madman, who wanted to immortalize his name.
- This was the monumental marble tomb of the Anatolian king Mausolus. 140 feet high, it rivalled even the Egyptian pyramids.