Trivia From Around the World Trivia

1. The historic meeting between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in in April 2018 was between leaders of which countries?

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 21

Answer: North Korea and South Korea

Kim Jong-un was the first North Korean leader to enter South Korea since the Korean War effectively ended in 1953.

Question by player KentQuizzer

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 20

Answer: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)

Ten years of work prepared the Uniform Commercial Code for its initial release in 1952. (The other three choices are made up, as you may have suspected.). The majority of states' adoption of these model laws into theirs own states' laws has helped avoid unnecessary conflicts and problems for sellers and buyers, even across state lines. 'The Code' remains a work in progress. More than 100 other 'uniform laws' promulgations have been enacted on diverse topics, for example: the Uniform Adoption Act, the Uniform Athlete Agents Act and the Uniform Condominium Act.

Question by player ELJ1

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 19

Answer: Fez

The fez is still part of the traditional clothing of Cyprus today as well as being associated with other countries and with comedian Tommy Cooper who wore one as part of his act. In the Middle East they are often worn by service staff in tourist establishments.

Question by player Mixamatosis

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 18

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt is often remembered for his participation in the Rough Riders, for his Square Deal programme breaking up trusts and regulating railroads, and for his efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War, for which he won a Nobel Prize. What many do not know is that he was an avid naturalist. During his camping trip with John Muir, they discussed what was needed to protect US wilderness areas. In addition to setting aside land for a Grand Canyon National Monument, his administration created many other national parks and monuments, among them Crater Lake, Mesa Verde, the Devil's Tower, Pinnacles, and Chaco Canyon.

Question by player pitegny

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 17

Answer: James Monroe

James Monroe was first elected as the Democratic-Republican candidate in 1816, from the party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In 1820, when Monroe was up for reelection, the rival Federalist Party failed to nominate a Presidential candidate, though the party received 16% of the popular vote. George Washington, who was against party politics in general, was the only other President to be elected without opposition and won every Electoral College vote unanimously in both of his election bids. In 1820, Monroe received all but one Electoral College vote, with the lone ballot going to Monroe's Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. Monroe is notable for the Monroe Doctrine, the foreign policy banning further European colonization in the Americas.

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From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 16

Answer: New Zealand

Built on a dairy farm and land reclaimed from Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport is one of New Zealand's largest employers and contributes about $14 billion annually to the economy. The airport is capable of about 45 flight movements per hour on its main runway, and in 2011 it was the fourth busiest in the whole of Australasia. About 70% of New Zealand's international visitors come through Auckland.

Question by player gracious1

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 15

Answer: Insecticide

"Louie the Fly" was introduced in 1962 as the villainous mascot for Mortein fly-spray. Mortein is an Australian brand fly-spray that was purchased by the British organisation Reckitt. Louie is an animated fly who revels in his lack of cleanliness and his ability to spread disease. And, as he proclaims, he's "afraid of no-one, except the man with the can of Mortein". The jingle was created by Australian author Bryce Courtney, noted for his novel "The Power of One" (1989).

Question by player pollucci19

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 14

Answer: Tony Blair

John Major became Prime Minister in 1990 succeeding Margaret Thatcher. His Conservative party lost the 1997 General Election by a landslide, with Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister. Tony Blair remained in the hot seat until 2007 when he relinquished the post to Gordon Brown. He resigned as a Member of Parliament in that same year and was appointed an envoy to the Middle East by the Quartet (The UN, USA, Russia and the European Union).

Question by player glendathecat

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 13

Answer: New Zealand

Other governments preceded New Zealand in granting the vote to some women but these were territorial or state governments rather than entire self-governing nations. New Zealand granted the franchise in 1893. For example, the Isle of Man, a dependent territory of the UK, granted the vote to adult female real-property owners in 1881. Australia granted the franchise to non-Aboriginal women in 1902. Bhutan granted suffrage in 2008. Saudi Arabia has permitted women to vote in local elections since 2015; it does not conduct national elections.

Question by player FatherSteve

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 12

Answer: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria popularized white wedding dresses when she wore one on her own wedding to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on February 10, 1840. Victoria rejected the ermine-trimmed robes that were a precedent set by past brides such as Princess Charlotte, and instead chose a white silk-satin crinoline-style court wedding dress. The dress was constructed by Mrs. Mary Bettans, and it set a tradition which continues to this day.

Question by player Billkozy

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 11

Answer: Steam

One example of a steam-powered car is the 15hp 1904 Empire Steam Touring Car. It had a 40-gallon water tank for the steam engine, as well as a 15-gallon gas tank. The designer claimed it could run for 40 miles on steam and 125 on gas. Question by player AlexT781.

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 8

Answer: Walt Disney World

The Seven Seas Lagoon was built in the 1960s and opened to the public alongside Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom amusement park in 1971. Guests are transported across the lagoon via ferry boat from the resort's parking lot. The lagoon has a maximum depth of 14 feet.

Question by player Collybird

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 7

Answer: Nabisco

"Biscuit" in the company name maybe a little deceiving for most Americans. It actually comes from the British English and early American English term for cracker and cookie products.

Question by player jasa9092

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 5

Answer: Hawaii

The state flag of Hawaii has the British Union Jack in its upper left-hand corner, because it was a British protectorate from 1794-1843. King Kamehameha flew the Union Jack to show his friendship with King George III.

Question by player lumber78006

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 3

Answer: United States Marine Corps

Semper Fidelis is Latin and is translated into English as "Always Faithful". The United States Marines have used this motto since around 1883.

Question by player ebitt24

From Quiz FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 2

Answer: Cargo/transport

There are two series of aircraft with "C" designations: the first began in May of 1924; the second began in 1962. The earlier scheme was used for Army and Air Force aircraft only; the later scheme embraced all of the branches of the military. The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was in service from 1965 to 2006 and bridged the two lettering schemes; it was replaced by the C-17 Globemaster III. The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military transport aircraft was introduced in 1970. From 1974 to 2017, the Beechcraft C-2 Huron was a much lighter, much smaller plane used by all of the services.

Question by player FatherSteve

From Quiz Chasing the Dragon

Answer: Wales

Also known as Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon featured on the Welsh flag is backed by white and green. It's the busiest in terms of the UK flags listed as incorrect answers since none of the other options feature a complicated graphic; the general Irish flag is tricolour (green, white, orange) while the Northern Irish flag is the Union Jack; the Scottish flag is St Andrew's Cross in blue and white; the English flag is based on Saint George's Cross in red and white. The Welsh flag, however, was adopted in 1959 though the dragon it bears had been used in Welsh folklore for more than a thousand years prior.

From Quiz Missing! Lost in the Mists of Time

Answer: Flor do Mar

The Portuguese ship Flor do Mar (Flower of the Sea) was built in 1502, and was the biggest carrack built at the time. Unfortunately she was also unwieldy and difficult to handle, and had an unfortunate tendency to spring leaks. While stuck in Mozambique on only her second return voyage, bound for Portugal heavy-laden with spices, she was commandeered by Tristao da Cunha for his India Armada. Although she was cumbersome she served during the conquests of Goa and of Malacca, until it was decided she would transport an immense treasure looted from the Sultan of Malacca back to Portugal. She was caught in a storm and sank in November 1511 in the Malaccan Strait. Many, but not all, lives were lost. The wreck and the treasure have never been recovered, but will doubtless be the subject of international disputes should she ever be located. Portugal, Indonesia and Malaysia have all lodged salvage rights for the unfortunate vessel. A replica of the Flor do Mar has been built and is in the Maritime Museum of Malacca.

From Quiz Ten Mixed Questions on World Trivia

Answer: Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium has nine 18 m (60 ft) diameter stainless steel clad spheres. They are linked into the shape of a single cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It was designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak and was erected in 1958 when the World Fair took place in Brussels.

From Quiz Going Nuclear

Answer: University of Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago Pile-1 was located in a squash/racketball court under the stands at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. Cal-Poly has no nuclear history, Collegia Pisa does not exist, and in 1942 Los Alamos was a disused children's summer camp.

From Quiz Do You Know Where I'm Coming From?

Answer: France

Gex is located near France's eastern border with Switzerland. The new French law, passed in February 2016, requires stores to give the unsold food to charities, or to donate it for livestock feed or compost. According to the British paper "The Guardian", the law will have little more than a symbolic effect, because food stores are responsible for only 11% of wasted food. The change is important because the decomposition of food waste is a major contributor to greenhouse gases. This is one of a number of ecological measures being taken. Supermarkets in our area voluntarily stopped providing plastic single-use checkout bags several years ago. As of March 2016, they are officially banned throughout France. Question supplied by pitegny.

From Quiz The Internationals' Games: Which Country?

Answer: Australia

Of course, the kangaroo is the iconic, hopping marsupial which is endemic to Australia, Murray River is Australia's longest river and Uluru, aka Ayers Rock, is the famous rock formation that lies like an island in the sea of the Great Sandy Desert and is sacred to aboriginal people.

From Quiz It's a World First!

Answer: The use of the S.O.S. distress call

On June 6th, 1909, the S.S Slovenia became the first ship to officially use the S.O.S distress call. Three years later, this distress call would be used again when the Titanic sank. The first digital watch was invented in 1972 by the Hamilton Watch Company. The first use of an x-ray machine occured in Germany in 1895. The first nuclear submarines were built in Conneticut, USA, in 1954.

From Quiz X Marks The Spot

Answer: Vietnam

Vietnam hugs the eastern shore of the Malay peninsula like a python. This beautiful country, home to two World Natural Heritage Sites, has much unique biodiversity. The 'vulnerable' sun bear and the 'critically endangered' saolo (aka the Asian Unicorn), live here, though the latter has rarely been seen and the few that have been captured have died. Vietnam has had probably the greatest rate of economic development of any country since the late 1980s. It joined the WTO (World Trade Organisation)in 2007.

From Quiz More For your Money

Answer: Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol's self-portrait is a four-panel acrylic silk screen in various shades of blue and depicts the artist wearing a trench coat and sunglasses. Roy Lichtenstein is an American pop artist (1923 - 1997). Paul Guaguin and Toulouse Lautrec are 19th century French artists.

From Quiz Conspiracy Theories

Answer: Freemasonry

The poor old freemasons have been accused of this many times over the centuries since they first began. That was thought to be in the late 16th century...or was it? Perhaps they began much earlier? The main accusations about them are that they are in league with the horned one, and are secretly sabotaging all religions and governments in order to take over the world. Once they do this, they allegedly plan to run it along Masonic guidelines. Looks like we'll all be riding billygoats to work, folks.

From Quiz Comical Facts From Around The Globe

Answer: One cup of coffee

This is one of those weird findings that makes one wonder more about the person who actually took the time to work out this figure in the first place. Quite disregarding the fact that this yeller would probably be thrown in jail for disturbing the peace in such an unseemly manner, I should imagine that anyone who actually survived for that long would have such a sore throat by the end of it, that a cup of hot coffee would be the last thing they'd be interested in swallowing.

From Quiz Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

Answer: Tokyo

The trick here is that the question asks for the capital, not the country. Nippon is what Japan is referred to in the nation, and its capital is Tokyo.

From Quiz Of All The Trees...

Answer: Maple

The maple tree is well known throughout Canada. It produces a deliciously sweet syrup which is used to make candies, pies, or simply pour over pancakes. In Toronto, the NHL team is called the Maple Leafs.

From Quiz Mishmash A - Part 2

Answer: Afghanistan

In 2000, 28 barbers were jailed in Kabul for promoting "anti-Islamic hairstyles" after copying the hairstyle of Leonardo DiCaprio's character Jack. The Taliban rulers claimed that it interfered with Muslim prayer. Though "Titanic" was banned in this country, it still was seen via videos that were widely accessible.

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