World Trivia Questions For Seniors with Answers
What was an official language in 87 nations and territories, by
1994?
A: English.
What's the third-largest continent in square miles?
A: North America.
What is the capital of Kuwait?
A: Kuwait City.
What town name did residents of a
Florida retirement
community switch to because they found Sunset Depressing?
A: Sunrise.
What's the second most populous continent?
A: Europe.
What finally went out of
fashion in
ancient Rome, prompting people
to begin wearing short pants called feminalia?
A: The Toga.
What southwestern U.S. state has the highest percentage of
non-English speakers?
A: New Mexico.
What M-word did Texas citizens choose as a town name that would
"attract" folks?
A: Magnet.
What state leads the U.S. with 15 tons of solid waste per citizen
each year?
A: California.
Which is further from the equator, Tasmania,
Tanzania, or
Transylvania?
A: Transylvania.
What eastern town is home for a service academy and the U.S.
Silver
Depository?
A: West Point.
What's the University of Paris more commonly called?
A: The Sorbonne.
What two French cities are connected by the planet's fastest
passenger train?
A: Paris and Lyons.
What religion has the most adherents, Buddhism, Christianity or
Islam?
A: Christianity.
What U.S. state boasts a town called Captain Cook?
A: Hawaii.
What's the Greek name for
Hell?
A: Hades.
What European country does Aruba maintain the strongest ties to?
A: The Netherlands.
What do the Chinese call kwai-tsze, or "quick little
fellows"?
A: Chopsticks.
What European country uses its Latin name, Helvetia, on its stamps?
A: Switzerland.
What British university boasts and endowment called the Jackie
Mason Lectureship in Contemporary Judaism?
A: Oxford.
What country did Greek historian Herodotus dub "the gift of
the Nile"?
A: Egypt.
What country is only bordered by
Spain?
A: Portugal.
What's the flattest U.S. state?
A: Florida.
What U.S. state, after much debate, made the bizcochito the
official state cookie?
A: New Mexico.
What Australian city boasts the largest Greek population in the
world outside of Greece?
A: Melbourne.
What U.S. state boasts the towns of Gulf Stream, Lakebreeze and
Frostproof?
A: Florida.
What country has bee the
planet's largest aid donor since
1991?
A: Japan.
What island nation is a must for anyone wishing to see 40 species
of lemours?
A: Madagascar.
What country is almost twice as large as either the U.S. or China?
A: Russia.
What South Asian city is the planet's biggest feature film producer?
A: Bombay.
How many Great Lakes do not border
Michigan?
A: One.
What cowboy tune is the official song of
Kansas?
A: Home on the Range.
What continent boasts the most
telephone lines?
A: Europe.
What do Texas
beef partisans call "wool on a stick"?
A: Lamb.
What South American country was home to the early human 'Patagnian
giants"?
A: Argentina.
What Western Hemisphere people spoke Nahuatl?
A: The Aztecs.
What New Orleans soup has a name derived from the Bantu word for
okra?
A: Gumbo.
What Pacific atoll got its name from its location between the Americas and Asia?
A: The Midway Islands.
What state volunteered to drop the moniker Hog and Hominy State?
A: Tennessee.
What regional accent did Americans deem sexiest, most liked and
most recognizable?
A: Southern.
What interstate highway connects
Boston and Seattle?
A: I-90.