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Fun world and international trivia questions and answers.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the only two independent
nations in the world to be located on the same island. What is the
island called?
A: Hispaniola.
What is the most popular first name in the world?
A: Muhammad.
The Russian Czarevitch, Alexis, inherited Queen Victoria's
hemophilia from his mother's side of the family. Did he eventually
die from the disease?
A: No. He was executed with other members of the royal family in
1918.
What is the name of Moscow's largest department store?
A: GUM.
What is London's Big Ben.
A: The bell in the clock tower of the House of Parliament; not the
clock tower itself, as is usually supposed.
How many diamonds are there on Britain's imperial State Crown,
which is worn by the reigning monarch on state occasions?
A: There are 1,783--including the 309-carat Star of Africa. The
crown also has 277 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, and 5 rubies.
How long did the Trojan War last?
A: Ten years.
How long was the reign of Louis XIV, the French king who
proclaimed, "L'etat, c'est moi"--"I am the state"?
A: Seventy-two years-- he acceded to the throne at age 5, in the year
1643.
What great discovery were Ooqueah, Ootah, Egingwah and Seegloo
part of on April 6, 1909?
A: The discovery of the North Pole. The four Eskimos, with Robert
Peary and his assistant Matthew Henson, were the first men to reach
latitude 90 degrees north.
Where do you have to go to find Le Restaurant de la Tout Eiffel,
which was located on the first level of Paris' landmark Eiffel tower
form 1937 to 1981?
A: To New Orleans, Louisiana where the dismantled restaurant was
reassembled and put back in business in 1986.
In England, what are the five grades of peerage--or
nobility--entitled to seats in the House of Lords?
A: In descending order: duke, marquees, earl, viscount and baron.
What major European country does not belong to the United
Nations?
A: Switzerland, on grounds that membership would jeopardize its
neutrality.
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