World trivia questions
4036 multiple-choice World trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What part did President Andrew Jackson have in destroying Native American life?
- In the late 1800s, the European nations scrambled to acquire colonies in Africa. Which of the following did NOT become a colony of a European country?
- The African Union is a confederation of all African countries except one. Which is the only African country that is NOT a member of the African Union?
- This landlocked African country is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world. Its capital, Bujumbura, is located on Lake Tanganyika.
- This country in the Indian Ocean, comprising some 115 islands, is officially considered an African country.
- This land-locked country is bordered on 3 sides by the Republic of South Africa, and on the east by Mozambique. It has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world at 39% according to 2006 estimates.
- In all of the following countries except one, Muslims comprise more than 85% of the population. Which of the following countries is NOT primarily Muslim?
- How many different languages are spoken in Africa?
- The click languages of Africa (also known as the Khoisan languages) are spoken in all of the following countries except one. In which of these countries is a click language NOT widely spoken?
- Which African country has the highest GDP (gross domestic product) according to 2008 estimates?
- What year did the U.S. Supreme Court install its first photocopy machine?
- What year was the U.S. Supreme Courts website created?
- Who was the second woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
- The Dred Scott case (Scott v. Sandford, 1857) is an infamous U.S. Supreme Court case involving which of the following?
- In the U.S. Supreme Court system, what does the term rule of four mean?
- The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to which of the following?
- What is the original meaning of the term Slip Opinion as applied to the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Where was the first parking meter installed?
- According to a census done in the 1990s, Oklahoma is 2nd to what state in total Native American population?
- Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob is from what Oklahoma city?
- Oklahoma is the birthplace of many famous astronauts, but this one was the first Native American in space.
- Oklahoma has 6 distinct regions for tourism promotion purposes. Which of the following is not an official region?
- Which one of these provinces does not belong to Indonesia?
- What word was commonly used before the 16th century to refer to the autumn season?
- What English Romantic poet wrote the poem To Autumn, which describes the season as a time of mellow fruitfulness but also evokes a sense of melancholy?
- In the Northern Hemisphere, autumn begins in September. When does it begin in the Southern Hemisphere?
- What term refers to the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox?
- In what autumn movie can you see Richard Gere and Winona Ryder walking through a beautiful fall foliage?
- What English novelist and poet, best known for her book Wuthering Heights, wrote a poem containing the verses Every leaf speaks bliss to me/ fluttering from the autumn tree?
- Which of these birds do NOT migrate in autumn?