World Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers
What nation's population, on the average, takes the most
time to eat their meals?
A: French
In what city is Schipol airport?
A: Amsterdam
Scotland exports what to
Saudi Arabia?
A: Sand
English ships carried limes to protect the crew against
scurvy. What did US ships carry?
A: Cranberries
In the city of Paris, what are FD Roosevelt, Stalingrad and
Louis Blanc?
A: Metro Stations
In June 1906, where was the world's first grand prix held?
A: Le Mans in France
What makes the city of La Paz in Bolivia safe from
fire?
A: Too high in altitude - Not enough air to burn.
Where did coffee originally from?
A: Ethiopia
For the first time, in 1986, what was used at Wimbledon?
A: Yellow tennis balls
Britain, Ireland, and what other country joined the EEC
simultaneously?
A: Denmark
The Academie Francaise ensures the purity of what?
A: The French language
The people of which European
country consume the most
calories per capita?
A: Ireland
What country has the most daily
newspapers in the world?
A: India
What Olympic event was dropped in 1920?
A: Tug of War -1900 to 1920
The Dolomites are mountains in what country?
A: Italy
What country is Dacca the capital of?
A: Bangladesh
What's the name of the Irish writer who appeared on the
Irish £ 10 note?
A: James Joyce
Ancient Carthage is located in what modern country?
A: Tunisia
Where could you find the Lutine Bell?
A: Lloyds of London
In what area of Africa do the Kung San people live?
A: Kalahari Desert in Botswana
Somalia is boarded to the west and north by what?
A: The Indian Ocean.
It is separated from Socotra by what?
A: The Guardafui Channel in the northeast and from the Seychelles by the Somali Sea.
Somalia has the longest coastline on what?
A: Africa's mainland.
Somalia’s terrain consists mainly of what?
A: Plateaus, plains and highlands.
In terms of culture, religion, ethnicity and linguistics, it has been described as what?
A: The "only" and the "most" homogeneous country in Africa.
What is Somalia’s population?
A: Around 14.3 million.
Around 85% of its residents are what?
A: Ethnic Somalis, who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country.
Ethnic minorities are largely concentrated in what regions?
A: The southern regions.
What are the official languages of Somalia?
A: Somali and Arabic, both of which belong to the Afroasiatic family.
Most people in the country are of what faith?
A: Muslim, with the majority being Sunni.
Where is Ireland?
A: Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic.
It is separated from Great Britain to its east by what?
A: The North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel.
How big is the island of Ireland?
A: Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.
Politically, Ireland is divided between what?
A: The Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.
In 2011 what was the population of Ireland?
A: It was about 6.6 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain.
The island's geography comprises what?
A: Relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain, with several navigable
rivers extending inland.
Its lush vegetation is a product of its what?
A: Mild but changeable climate which is free of extremes in temperature.
Much of Ireland was woodland until when?
A: The end of the Middle Ages.
Today, woodland makes up about what percentage of the island?
A: 10%, compared with a European average of over 33%, and most of it is non-native conifer plantations.
How many extant mammal species are native to Ireland?
A: There are twenty-six.
The Irish climate is influenced by the Atlantic
Ocean and thus what?
A: Very moderate, and winters are milder than expected for such a northerly area, although
summers are cooler than those in continental Europe.
Rainfall and cloud cover are what?
A: Abundant.
Where is Estonia?
A: Estonia is a country in Northern Europe.
It is bordered to the north by what?
A: The Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side.
It is bordered to the west by what?
A: The Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side.
The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and how many islands?
A: 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea.
What is the total area in square miles?
A: 17,462 sq miles.
What is the official language of the country?
A: Estonian, which is the second most spoken Finnic language.
The territory of Estonia has been inhabited since when?
A: Since at least 9,000 B. C.
Ancient Estonians were some of the last European pagans to be what?
A: Christianized, following the Livonian Crusade in the 13th century.
After centuries of successive rule by Germans, Danes, Swedes, Poles and Russians, when did a distinct Estonian national identity began to emerge?
A: In the 19th and early 20th centuries.
This culminated in independence from
Russia in 1920 after what?
A: A brief War of Independence at the end of World War I.
During World War II (1939–1945), Estonia was repeatedly contested and occupied by whom?
A: The Soviet Union and Germany.
Estonia was ultimately incorporated into the Soviet Union as what?
A: The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.
After the loss of its de facto independence, Estonia's de jure state continuity was preserved by what?
A: Diplomatic representatives and the government-in-exile.
In 1987 the peaceful Singing Revolution began against Soviet rule, resulting in what?
A: The restoration of de facto independence on 20 August
1991.
What is its capital and largest city?
A: Tallinn.