World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Lake Tiberias, Israels largest freshwater lake, is also known by what other name?
- What are the only two colors on the Israeli flag?
- Which desert is situated in the southern part of Israel and covers a large part of Israels official Southern District?
- What are the official languages in the linguistically and culturally diverse community of Israel?
- This river, flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea, forms much of the border between Jordan and Israel.
- There are two main factors for Israels well-developed technology fields, the first being the lands limited natural resources. What is the second factor?
- The Dead Sea, the lowest exposed point on Earths surface, has an average depth of how many feet/meters below sea level?
- The Kibbutz community, which comprises about 5% of the Israeli population, has become best known around the world as an example of what social phenomenon?
- What do you call a trade union that consists of employees of one company?
- Which of the following describes a trade union consisting of people in the same type of craft in different companies?
- What is a closed shop?
- What is a union shop?
- What is the definition of an open shop?
- What is an agency shop?
- What was the name of the first major trade union in the USA which was formed by Uriah Stephens?
- This union leader was President of the United Mine Workers from 1920 to 1960 and played a major role in the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- This movie centered on A. Phillip Randolphs efforts to organize the porters at the Pullman Rail Company.
- In 1965 this man called for a national boycott of grapes because grape pickers were being abused by their employers.
- In 1936 the United Rubber Workers became the first unionists to use this tactic.
- The Philippines was under Spanish colonial rule for how many years?
- What is the oldest university in the Philippines?
- In what year did Gloria Diaz become Miss Universe?
- What was the capital of Hawaii before Honolulu?
- What was the largest ancestry group in Hawaii according to 2000 estimates?
- Which of the following movies was not filmed in Hawaii?
- Which of the following celebrities was not born in Hawaii?
- The periscope is a tube with prisms allowing a view to the surface. Which one of these classes of submarines doesnt have a periscope?
- The first recorded military submarine was designed to attach explosive charges to ships in harbor and was called Turtle. It was invented by David Bushnell in 1775 and was operated by this number of crewmen.
- The design of modern submarines is called teardrop hull and is based on the hydrodynamic body of the whale. This was the first submarine to use a teardrop hull.
- Narcís Monturiol is credited for inventing the first mechanically powered submarine - Ictineu II. It used steam for propulsion and was originally designed to do this.