International Trivia Questions - Locations and Places
What central African state boasts a big "R" in the middle of its
flag?
A: Rwanda.
What's the most popular honeymoon destination outside the
contiguous 48 states for U.S. couples, according to Modern Bride?
A: Hawaii.
What Kentucky tourist attraction's entrance was allegedly
discovered by a hunter while tracking a wounded
bear?
A: Mammoth Cave's.
What three European countries formed an economic union called
Benelux in 1958?
A: Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands.
What's the only U.S. state never to have banned prostitution?
A: Nevada.
What do Texas
beef partisans call "wool on a stick"?
A: Lamb.
What mountain range's name is Sanskrit for "abode of
snow"?
A: The Himalayas'.
What country boasts the world's oldest active brewery, dating
back to 1040 A.D,.?
A: Germany.
What's the main mode of transport for the nomads who make up half
of Somalia's population?
A: Camel.
What Western Hemisphere people spoke Nahuatl?
A: The Aztecs.
What U.S. state was once called West New Jersy?
A: Pennsylvania.
What city is home to the busiest stock exchange?
A: Tokyo.
What Central American country is bordered by
Honduras and Costa
Rica?
A: Nicaragua.
What Minnesota town boasts an annual celebration called Wrong
Day?
A: Wright.
What two nations are alluded to in the first line of the
Marine
Hymn?
A: Mexico, Libya.
What's the only U.S. state to border
Maine?
A: New Hampshire.
What peppery spice shares its name with the capital of French
Guiana?
A: Cayenne.
What two countries border the highest mountain in the Western
Hemisphere?
A: Argentina and Chile.
What country in Eastern Europe has a name that means "people from
Rome"?
A: Romania.
What South American country comes last alphabetically?
A: Venezuela.
What U.K. principality has its capital in Cardiff?
A: Wales.
What two countries are separated by the Tortilla Curtain?
A: Mexico and the U.S.
What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S.
Atlantic seaboard?
A: Michigan.
What mountains do the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus
rivers begin
in?
A: The Himalayas.
What nation will need an estimated 4,300 years to remove the 10
million land mines left there by the Soviet Army?
A: Afghanistan.
What U.S. state has the most unemployed
dancers?
A: Nevada.
What was dedicated in 1982 when veteran Ian Scruggs said: "Thank
you America...for finally remembering us"?
A: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
What nation boasts northern towns called Resolute, Eureka and
Alert?
A: Canada.
What river do Mexicans call Rio Bravo?
A: The Rio Grande.
What was the city of Edo renamed in 1869?
A: Tokyo.
What European museum opened a controversial metal-and-glass
pyramid entrance in 1989?
A: The Louvre.
What major city is close to the middle of the Iberian Peninsula?
A: Madrid.
What country is bordered on the west by Germany and on the est by
Ukraine and Belarus?
A: Poland.
