General Trivia
What is the name of the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
What is the better known term for 3.14159?
Pi or ∏
Which war began in 1914
World War I or "The Great War"
Abu Dhabi is the capital of which country?
United Arab Emirates
What city is the capital of Wales?
Cardiff
How many prime numbers are there between 10 and 20?
4
(11, 13, 17, 19)
In which century did the French Revolution happen?
18th Century
(late 1700's)
Which is the fastest bird in the world?
The peregrine falcon (106 kph powered flight)
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What is the longest side of a right triangle called?
Hypotenuse
The Ptolemaic dynasty ruled over what kingdom, now country?
Egypt
How do bees communicate
By dancing
What is the lowest dry land on earth (below sea level)?
The Dead Sea shoreline
What adjective describes an angle smaller than 90º?
Acute
Which Greek writer is known as "the Father of History"?
Herodotus
What capital city opened the first subway in 1863?
London, England
In which country is Mount Aconcagua, the tallest mountain outside Asia?
Argentina
How many sides are there in a Dodecahedron?
12
How many years did the "Hundred Years War" last?
116