Category: Geography

Mobile Phones Trivia Round 1

Did you know that wireless telephony has been around for about 100 years now? Check what else you may not know about old mobile telephony with this trivia round.

I am on the market for a new cell phone so I thought it was the perfect time to do a round on mobile phones! For this first round, I dug deep…veeery deep into the history of mobile phones. I will get closer to the present day phones with subsequent rounds. Enjoy!

  1. Which country started testing wireless telephony for their military trains towards the end of World War I? – Germany
  2. What year did Bell Labs introduced a mobile service allowing customers to make calls from their automobiles? – 1946
  3. Which US company commercialized the Mobile Telephone Service standard in 1949? – AT&T
  4. The introduction of the Improved Mobile Telephone Service in 1965 eliminated the need for what component that was vital to many phone services at the time? – Operators
  5. What year was the first handheld mobile phone unveiled, kickstarting a communication revolution? – 1973
  6. What country was the first to deploy an automatic analogue cellular service to its customers in 1979? – Japan
  7. What was the first automatic analogue cellular service system commonly referred to as around the world? – 1G
  8. What year were consumers first able to buy a mobile phone, assuming they had a few thousand dollars to spare? – 1983
  9. Which company was responsible for introducing the first mobile phone and the first commercially available mobile phone? – Motorola
  10. What decade was the first text message sent through a commercially available mobile phone? – 1990s

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Canada Day 150 Trivia Quiz

If Canada is 5 times older than Drake, then how much older is the Hudson’s Bay Company? And much more to celebrate Canada’s 150 this week!

Canada has been around for 150 years now and I wonder if this site will ever reach that mature old age. But I do know one thing – some of the trivia questions below will definitely stump you. Enjoy our country’s 150th and this trivia quiz!

Round 1 – The Basics

  1. On what day does Canada celebrate its birthday? – July 1
  2. Which Quebec city does Canada’s capital border? – Gatineau
  3. What is the name of the highway that travels through all ten Canadian provinces? – Trans-Canada Highway, or Route Transcanadienne
  4. What river separates the cities of Detroit and Windsor? – The Detroit River
  5. What are Canada’s two official sports? – Ice hockey and lacrosse
  6. Which city is home to the Blue Jays baseball team? – Toronto
  7. What is Canada’s $1 coin commonly referred to as? – Loonie
  8. What is the name of the robotic arm used on some of NASA’s Space Shuttle flights? – Canadarm
  9. Musician Drake first gained popularity appearing on which teen TV show? – Degrassi: The Next Generation
  10. Which Toronto street was once thought to be the world’s longest street? – Yonge Street

Round 2 – Something More Advanced

  1. What is Canada’s motto? – From Sea to Sea
  2. For what period of time is the Governor General of Canada appointed? – Unfixed
  3. What was the last Province or Territory that joined Canada? – Nunavut
  4. What year did the last Province or Territory join Canada? – 1999
  5. What does the Calgary Stampede bills itself as? – The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth
  6. In which Canadian city would you find the largest mall in North America? – Edmonton
  7. Which region of Canada would you find Canada’s Technology Triangle? – Waterloo Region
  8. In what decade did Toronto surpass Montreal as the most populous city in Canada? – 1970s
  9. What are the names of the “Trailer Park Boys”? – Ricky, Julian and Bubbles
  10. What is Toronto’s Pearson International Airport code? – YYZ

Round 3 – The Hard Stuff

  1. What three provinces requested a single Dominion be formed in 1867, thus beginning to shape modern Canada? – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada
  2. What type of interchange, that is widely used in North America and in some parts of Europe, did the Ontario Ministry of Transportation invent? – Partial cloverleaf interchange, or Parclo
  3. Which event was Canada’s anthem, “O Canada”, originally commissioned for? – The 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony
  4. What year were the Juno Awards first awarded? 1970
  5. What distiller and entrepreneur founded the town of Walkerville, which is now a heritage neighborhood of Windsor, Ontario? – Hiram Walker
  6. Which large Canadian city is named after a fruit-bearing shrub native to western Canada, Alaska and northern United States? – Saskatoon
  7. What year was Hudson’s Bay Company founded? – 1670
  8. Which city became the first capital of the Province of Canada in 1841? – Kingston, Ontario
  9. Which popular musician did artist Feist, share a Queen West apartment with in the late 1990s? – Peaches
  10. What island is the most populous in Canada? – Island of Montreal

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The Celebration Round – 18 Random Trivia Questions

Celebrating 18,000+ trivia questions with 18 totally random trivia questions!

To celebrate surpassing 18,000 trivia questions, here are 18 totally random questions. One for every 1,000 questions. Check out Random Trivia Generator for all 18,000 questions!

  1. What is the capital of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations? – Providence
  2. In which country would you find the suburb of Mount Austen? – Solomon Islands
  3. What year marked the start of the Sundance Film Festival? – 1978
  4. What company created the pop trio “The Cheetah Girls”? – The Walt Disney Company
  5. Which poet wrote “An Apology for Poetry”? – Philip Sidney
  6. What kind of a fluid is toothpaste? – Non-Newtonian
  7. The musical expression “Mariachi” originates from which country? – Mexico
  8. The beaches of which county were patrolled by the lifeguards of “Baywatch”? – Los Angeles County
  9. The documentary “Chick Norris vs Communism” takes place in what country? – Romania
  10. Which US city did Jack Root fight out of in the early 20th century? – Chicago
  11. What former athlete played the role of Turkish in the 2000 film “Snatch”? – Jason Statham
  12. What box office hit was Eddie Murphy’s debut movie? – 48 Hrs.
  13. In what year was Prince Harry born? – 1984
  14. What year did Nintendo debut the Nintendo DS handheld game console? – 2004
  15. The song “Lucky Star” appears on the 1980’s debut album of which pop heavyweight? – Madonna
  16. Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates co-founded which modern-day software company? – Oracle Corporation
  17. What literary genres does the “Ngaio” award recognize? – Crime, Mystery and Thriller
  18. What year did the Netflix series “House of Cards” debut on the streaming service? – 2013

Now onward to the next 1,000!

Trivia Tuesdays – The Geography Round

Test your geography knowledge this Trivia Tuesday.

Welcome to another round of 10 totally random trivia questions. This round focuses on geography questions. Happy quizzing.

  1. Vilnius is the capital of which European country? – Lithuania
  2. Jungholz, a small exclave of Austria, is only accessible via which other country? – Germany
  3. Which state borders Delaware to the north? – Pennsylvania
  4. Which two water bodies does the Bosphorus connect? – Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  5. The Turkish Straits are comprised of what three waterways? – The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles
  6. Which country completely surrounds Lesotho? – South Africa
  7. How many subprefectures does Tokyo have? – Four
  8. In terms of land area, which Canadian province is the smallest? – Prince Edward Island
  9. Minerva’s Shrine can be found in which European country? – England
  10. Which country borders Cameroon to the west? – Nigeria

Have a great week and good luck quizzing.

Trivia Tuesdays – 10 Random Trivia Questions

This week – “What metals is Bell metal an alloy of?” and 9 more totally random trivia questions.

Welcome to another round of 10 totally random trivia questions. This round is a mixed bag of Random Trivia Generator questions and some brand new ones. Happy quizzing.

  1. What character did Drew Barrymore play in the 1995 film “Boys on the Side”? – Holly Pulchik
  2. As the speed of a body approaches the speed of light, its mass approaches what? – Infinity
  3. Who wrote the novel “The Moneychangers”? – Arthur Hailey
  4. What is the capital of The Gambia? – Banjul
  5. What 16th century physician is often credited for revolutionized anatomy by performing dissections? – Andreas Vesalius
  6. Secretary birds are native to which continent? – Africa
  7. What metals is Bell metal an alloy of? – Tin and copper
  8. Who directed the 1986 film “The Fly”? – David Cronenberg
  9. What semi-autobiographical play did Emlyn Williams write in 1938? – The Corn Is Green
  10. Hydraulics is the study of what? – Fluids

Have a great week and good luck quizzing.