International Trivia - New Zealand, Bahamas, the Hague, Citroen,  El Salvador, Ganges

 

 

International trivia questions and answers, Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Papua New Guinea.

Where is the White Sea?
A: In northern Russia. It's an almost-landlocked extension of the Arctic Ocean.

What cape is at the southernmost point of Africa?
A: Cape Agulhas. It is about 100 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, which many people mistakenly believe is the answer; The cape was named Agulhas, Portuguese for "needles" for its many saw-edged reefs and sunken rocks.

Why did Flemish artists once belong to the same guild as physicians and pharmacists?
A: Because they used the same grinding and mixing techniques in preparing their pigments and varnishes as doctors and pharmacists used in preparing their salves and potions.

In the Bahamas, what's a banana wind?
A: A strong wind--strong enough to low fruit off the trees, but not as dangerous as a hurricane.

What city is the southernmost national capital in the world?
A: Wellington, New Zealand.

How many judges are on the International Court of Justice, headquartered in The Hague, in the Netherlands?
A: 15. No country can have more than one citizen on the court. Judges are elected by the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council to nine-year terms and are eligible for reelection.

In what village was Leonardo da Vinci born?
A: Vinci, in what is now Italy.

What company produced the world's first front-wheel-drive motor vehicle?
A: Citroen, in 1934.

What is the national bird of India?
A: The peacock.

What is the official language of Andorra, the tiny Pyrenees principality on the French-Spanish border?
A: Catalan.

What country includes the islands of New Britain and New Ireland?
A: Papua New Guinea.

What group of people won the right to vote in India in 1994?
A: Eunuchs.

Which is the only Central American nation that does not border the Caribbean Sea?
A: El Salvador.

What city is home to the International War Crimes Tribunal?
A: The Hague, in the Netherlands.

Who was the first non-head of state--living or dead--to be depicted on a postage stamp?
A: Benjamin Franklin, America's first postmaster general. He was on a U.S. 10-cent stamp issued in July 1847.

How did Russian leader Boris Yeltsin lose the thumb and forefinger of his left hand?
A: In a hand-grenade explosion. AS an 11-year-old, Yeltsin and some friends stole two grenades from a weapons warehouse. One of the grenades detonated when they tried to disassemble it.

Who is the only woman in history to have married the kings of both France and England?
A: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her husbands were Louis VII of France and Henry II of England.

What river did Alexander the Great believe was the boundary of the universe?
A: The Ganges, in India.

What country, after the United States, has the world's greatest number of tornadoes?
A: Australia. It has a few hundred a year--a distant second to the U.S., which has about 1,000 a year.

Who was the last Czar of Russia?
Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov dynasty. He was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.