Places Trivia Questions
What Memphis mansion was opened to the public in 1982?
A: Graceland.
What U.S. state gave the world Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino,
Mahalia Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton?
A: Louisiana.
What country is central to the books Out of Africa and The Green
Hills of Africa?
A: Kenya.
What country boasts the world's highest paid national
legislators?
A: The U.S..
What southwestern U.S. state adopted the bola tie as its official
state neckwear?
A: Arizona.
What $325 million chateau was finished for Louis XIV of France in
1682?
A: Versailles.
What southeastern state boasts the cities of
Frog Jump, Only, and
Sweet Lips?
What Mississippi town name provides the answer to the Arizona
town of Why?
A: Why Not.
What European country sells an amazing 550 million one-pound cans
of Heinz Baked Beans, or ten per citizen, each year?
A: Britain.
What eastern town is home for a service academy and the U.S.
Silver Depository?
A: West Point.
What ancient African country did the Greeks name for the "sun burnt
faces" of its natives.
A: Ethiopia.
What's the only remaining European territory on the South
American continent?
A: French Guiana.
What nation of over 7,000 islands has two-thirds of its
population living on Luzon and Mindanao?
A: The Philippines.
What country receives 26 percent of all Saudi Exports?
A: The U.S..
What Massachusetts spot is hyped as " America's Hometown"?
A: Plymouth.
What biblical place name means "pleasure"?
A: Eden.
What preceded Tokyo as the capital of Japan?
A: Kyoto.
What nation boasts the cities of Go Cong, Play Cu, Dong Ha and Ha
Dong?
A: Vietnam.
What two U.S. cities have the same name, are the largest cities
in their states, but are not state capitals?
A: Portland, Oregon, and Portland,
Maine.
What Southwestern state are you standing in if you ring a
doorbell in Ding Dong?
A: Texas.
What continent is Greenland a part of?
A: North America.
What southern U.S. state boasts the town of Satellite Beach?
A: Florida.
What country was created in 1920 from the remains of the Hapsburg
Empire?
A: Austria.
What do Southerners call ground hominy with the germ removed?
A: Grits.
What Arab nation has the highest percentage of Christians?
A: Lebanon.
What U.S. state gets raked by the most tornadoes annually?
A: Texas.
What city does the Bible call the City of David.
A: Jerusalem.
What two U.S. states went to court in 1996 over ownership of
historic Ellis Island?
A: New York and New Jersey.
What ice cream factory is the number one tourist attraction in
Vermont?
A: Ben & Jerry's.
What Nebraska city outlawed burping in churches?
A: Omaha.
Which city is farthest west - San Diego, Reno, or
Los Angeles.
A: Reno.
What island calls itself the Republic of China?
A: Taiwan.
What's the only state whose official state song was composed for
a Broadway musical?
A: Oklahoma.
What outfit is known as the Red Crescent in Muslim nations?
A: The Red Cross.
