Largest/Smallest/Highest/Biggest/Oldest/Coldest in the World
LARGEST in World:
1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: b) Jupiter
2. What is the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: d) Pacific Ocean
3. What is the largest mammal on Earth?
Answer: b) Blue Whale
4. What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Answer: d) Russia
5. What is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: a) Sahara Desert
6. What is the largest waterfall in the world by volume?
Answer: c) Angel Falls, Venezuela
7. What is the largest mountain in the world by height?
Answer: b) Mount Everest, Nepal/China
8. What is the largest flower in the world?
Answer: a) Rafflesia arnoldii
9. What is the largest stadium in the world by seating capacity?
Answer: a) Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, North Korea
10. What is the largest lake in the world by surface area?
Answer: b) Caspian Sea, Asia/Europe
SMALLEST in World:
11. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: a) Mercury
12. What is the smallest ocean in the world?
Answer: c) Arctic Ocean
13. What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Answer: b) Bumblebee Bat
14. What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Answer: c) Vatican City
15. What is the smallest desert in the world?
Answer: c) Carcross Desert
16. What is the smallest waterfall in the world by height?
Answer: b) Palouse Falls, USA (61 meters)
17. What is the smallest city in the world by population?
Answer: c) Hum, Croatia (around 20 people)
18. What is the smallest animal on Earth?
Answer: a) Fairy Fly (Insect)
19. What is the smallest island in the world?
Answer: b) Just Room Enough Island, Canada (0.015 hectares)
20. What is the smallest stadium in the world by seating capacity?
Answer: a) Dens Park, UK (11,506)
BIGGEST in World:
21. What is the biggest company in the world by market capitalization (as of 2021)?
Answer: c) Microsoft
22. What is the biggest man-made island in the world?
Answer: b) The World Islands, Dubai, UAE
23. What is the biggest known star in the universe?
Answer: a) UY Scuti
24. What is the biggest coral reef in the world?
Answer: b) Great Barrier Reef, Australia
25. What is the biggest bird in the world by wingspan?
Answer: a) Wandering Albatross
26. What is the biggest known black hole in the universe?
Answer: b) TON 618
27. What is the biggest diamond mine in the world?
Answer: d) Mir Diamond Mine, Russia
28. What is the biggest species of shark?
Answer: c) Whale Shark
29. What is the biggest waterfall in the world by width?
Answer: a) Boyoma Falls (formerly Stanley Falls), Congo River
30. What is the biggest glacier in the world outside of Antarctica and Greenland?
Answer: a) Fedchenko Glacier, Tajikistan
COLDEST in World:
31. What is the coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth?
Answer: b) -89.2°C (-128.6°F)
32. What is the coldest continent on Earth?
Answer: c) Antarctica
33. What is the coldest inhabited place on Earth?
Answer: b) Oymyakon, Russia
34. What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Answer: c) Neptune
35. What is the coldest known moon in our solar system?
Answer: d) Triton (Neptune’s moon)
36. What is the coldest layer of Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: d) Mesosphere
37. What is the coldest ocean in the world?
Answer: d) Arctic Ocean
38. What is the coldest glacier on Earth?
Answer: b) Denman Glacier, Antarctica
39. What is the coldest state in the United States (as of 2021)?
Answer: a) Alaska
40. What is the coldest known star in the universe?
Answer: b) WISE 0855−0714
OLDEST in World:
41. What is the oldest known civilization in the world?
Answer: c) Mesopotamia
42. What is the oldest recorded city in the world?
Answer: b) Jericho, Palestine
43. What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
Answer: b) Damascus, Syria
44. What is the oldest known written language in the world?
Answer: a) Sumerian
45. What is the oldest known book in the world?
Answer: c) The Epic of Gilgamesh
46. What is the oldest known religious text in the world?
Answer: c) The Vedas
47. What is the oldest university in the world?
Answer: c) Al-Qarawiyyin University, Morocco
48. What is the oldest existing musical instrument in the world?
Answer: b) Lyre
49. What is the oldest known artwork in the world?
Answer: b) Venus of Willendorf, Austria
50. What is the oldest known human fossil ever discovered?
Answer: c) Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus)
HIGHEST in World:
51. What is the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: b) Mount Everest, Nepal/China
52. What is the highest point on Earth’s surface?
Answer: a) Mount Everest, Nepal/China
53. What is the highest lake in the world?
Answer: a) Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia
54. What is the highest capital city in the world?
Answer: b) La Paz, Bolivia
55. What is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: c) Angel Falls, Venezuela
56. What is the highest active volcano in the world?
Answer: a) Ojos del Salado, Chile/Argentina
57. What is the highest building in the world (as of 2021)?
Answer: b) Burj Khalifa, UAE
58. What is the highest plateau in the world?
Answer: a) Tibetan Plateau, China
59. What is the highest railway in the world?
Answer: b) Qinghai-Tibet Railway, China
60. What is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer: c) Bharat Ratna
LOWEST in World:
61. What is the lowest point on Earth’s surface?
Answer: c) Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean
62. What is the lowest capital city in the world?
Answer: b) Baku, Azerbaijan
63. What is the lowest lake in the world?
Answer: a) Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan
64. What is the lowest inhabited place on Earth?
Answer: a) Jericho, Palestine
65. What is the lowest recorded temperature on Earth?
Answer: b) -89.2°C (-128.6°F)
66. What is the lowest railway station in the world?
Answer: a) Dallol, Ethiopia
67. What is the lowest point in the United States?
Answer: a) Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California
68. What is the lowest national park in the world?
Answer: c) Death Valley National Park, USA
69. What is the lowest point in Australia?
Answer: b) Lake Eyre, Australia
70. What is the lowest point in Africa?
Answer: a) Lake Assal, Djibouti
OLDEST in World:
71. What is the oldest known musical notation system in the world?
Answer: d) Babylonian music notation
72. What is the oldest surviving mechanical clock in the world?
Answer: a) Prague Astronomical Clock, Czech Republic
73. What is the oldest public museum in the world?
Answer: d) The Capitoline Museums, Italy
74. What is the oldest recorded language in India?
Answer: c) Sanskrit
75. What is the oldest known man-made structure in the world?
Answer: a) Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
76. What is the oldest species of tree in the world?
Answer: b) Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva)
77. What is the oldest bridge in the world?
Answer: c) Arkadiko Bridge, Greece
78. What is the oldest continuously operating hotel in the world?
Answer: a) Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, Japan
79. What is the oldest known cave painting in the world?
Answer: b) Sulawesi Cave Art, Indonesia
80. What is the oldest university in the world?
Answer: c) Al-Qarawiyyin University, Morocco
HIGHEST in World:
81. What is the highest species of penguin?
Answer: a) Emperor Penguin
82. What is the highest waterfall in North America?
Answer: d) Yosemite Falls, USA
83. What is the highest mountain in South America?
Answer: a) Aconcagua, Argentina
84. What is the highest lake in South America?
Answer: c) Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia
85. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: c) Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
86. What is the highest lake in Africa?
Answer: a) Lake Tanganyika
87. What is the highest peak in Europe?
Answer: a) Mount Elbrus, Russia
88. What is the highest waterfall in Europe?
Answer: c) Vinnufossen, Norway
89. What is the highest capital city in Europe?
Answer: a) Madrid, Spain
90. What is the highest lake in North America?
Answer: a) Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia