World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which group of countries includes Israel’s major international trading partners?
- This is the year of the termination of the British mandate of Palestine and the signing of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.
- In 1991, Israel was attacked and for the first time did not retaliate. Which country was the attacker?
- In 1977, this Arab nation leader signed a peace agreement, known as the Camp David Accords with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
- What happened to the Arabs living in Israel, after the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was signed?
- Which was the second country after Egypt to normalize its relations with Israel with a peace treaty of 1994?
- El Al, which is of major importance in Israel, is actually what kind of organization?
- It was on a hot summer day that the outside world descended on the small town of Dayton, Tennessee to see famed defense lawyer Clarence Darrow take on The Great Commoner William Jennings Bryan in what was known as The Monkey Trial. Who was the defendant?
- Only the little people pay taxes, declared the Queen of Mean. What lady faced charges of tax evasion, mail fraud, extortion and filing false tax returns for over 4 million dollars?
- What Gothic building, regarded as a haunted place, is the burial site of Karl Marx?
- This extraordinary church in Whitby, North Yorkshire inspired Bram Stoker to write his famous book Drakula.
- This simple farm house at the seaside was transformed into a palace for King George IV.
- This house, situated in Westerham, Kent was bought by Winston Churchill in 1922.
- What is the birth place of Queen Victoria?
- These Victorian gardens in Staffordshire represent China, Egypt and a Scottish glen.
- What fountain, sculpted by Thomas Waldo Story, features female figures and cherubs dancing next to a giant shell?
- This coastal defence site was built on the Isle of Wight to protect Great Britain from French invasion.
- Where did the Tour de France start in 2007?
- A Gothic-styled memorial, which opened in 1872, included allegorical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America and was made of granite and marble. It was erected in memory of this Royal person.
- Out of the four original counties of East Jersey, which countys seat is Hackensack?
- Located in South Jersey, this county seat has a name related to a Hebrew word meaning peace.
- This county seat is known as The Military Capital of the Revolution, and contains sites like Fords Mansion and Jockey Hollow. It was where George Washington encamped in the brutal winter of 1777.
- This county, formed in 1714, has Flemington as its county seat.
- This county seat, known as the Silk City, is the home city to famous American actor and comedian Lou Costello.
- Bridgeton, which has the largest historic district of any incorporated town in New Jersey, is the seat of which county?
- What modern-day country includes most of ancient Mesopotamia?
- Of the following 4 civilizations which occupied Mesopotamia, which came first?
- The Behistun Inscription was carved into a cliff wall. It was deciphered by Henry Rawlinson. It contains the same text in 3 different languages. All 3 of the texts, however, are written in the same script. What is this script called?
- Which of the following pairings of ancient civilization and modern-day country is NOT CORRECT?
- Zoroastrianism is a religion which originated with which ancient civilization?