100 Facts: Most Important World GK Questions
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Curiosity fuels learning. This article brings you 100 facts from around the world—simple, surprising, and full of meaning. Each fact gives you a glimpse into the places, people, and stories that shape our planet. This list is not just trivia. It’s a collection of real, researched insights. You’ll explore facts from the deserts of Namibia, the forests of South America, and the historic cities of Asia. You’ll learn where chocolate and corn were first used, which country has more pyramids than Egypt, and why a small island earns from its “.tv” domain.
To make reading easier, we’ve grouped these facts by region and theme. Whether you love geography, history, nature, or culture, there’s something here for you. Each section helps you move from one part of the world to another, step by step. This guide is perfect for students, teachers, quiz lovers, or anyone who enjoys learning new things. Use it to build your knowledge, prepare for competitions, or just feed your curiosity.
Let these 100 facts open new doors in your mind. Start exploring now—you may be surprised by how much there is to discover.
Table of contents: 100 Facts
- African Facts
- Global Superlatives & Natural Records
- Asia & Middle East
- Europe
- The Americas
- Oceania & Pacific
African Facts
1. What is the most linguistically diverse country in Africa?
Answer: Nigeria (500+ languages)
2. Which African country has the oldest surviving peace treaty?
Answer: Egypt.
3. Which country follows a 13-month calendar and is seven years behind the Gregorian calendar?
Answer: Ethiopia.
4. Which African country has three capital cities?
Answer: South Africa.
5. Where is 90% of the wildlife unique to?
Answer: Madagascar.
6. Which country has more pyramids than Egypt?
Answer: Sudan.
7. Which African country was the first to gain independence?
Answer: Ghana (1957).
8. Where is the world’s oldest university located?
Answer: Morocco (University of Al Quaraouiyine)
9. What is the most resource-rich country in Africa?
Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo.
10. What is the oldest desert in the world?
Answer: Namib Desert, Namibia.
11. Which African country is known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills”?
Answer: Rwanda.
12. What is the only African country that was never colonized?
Answer: Ethiopia.
13. In which country can you find the ancient city of Timbuktu?
Answer: Mali.
14. Which African country is home to the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Answer: South Africa.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
Global Superlatives & Natural Records
1. What is the longest man-made structure in the world?
Answer: The Great Wall of China.
2. What is the largest archipelago in the world?
Answer: Indonesia (17,000+ islands).
3. What is the least densely populated country in the world?
Answer: Mongolia.
4. What is the largest country in the world?
Answer: Russia.
5. Which country has more than 6,000 islands?
Answer: Indonesia.
6. What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City.
7. Which country has the most saunas per capita?
Answer: Finland.
8. What is the largest economy in the world?
Answer: The United States.
9. Where was the hottest temperature recorded?
Answer: Death Valley, USA (56.7°C).
10. Which two countries share the longest border?
Answer: Canada and the USA.
11. What is the longest river in the world?
Answer: The Nile.
12. What is the largest lake by area?
Answer: The Caspian Sea.
13. What is the most spoken language?
Answer: English.
14. What is the newest country in the world?
Answer: South Sudan (2011).
15. What produces 20% of the world’s oxygen?
Answer: The Amazon Rainforest.
16. Which desert is the largest in the world?
Answer: Antarctica.
17. What is the most populous city in the world?
Answer: Tokyo, Japan.
18. What is the national animal of New Zealand?
Answer: The Kiwi.
19. What is the indigenous name for Australia?
Answer: “Terra Australis” or “the Dreamtime land” in Aboriginal culture.
20. What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Answer: Port Moresby.
21. What is the smallest country by land area?
Answer: Vatican City.
22. What is the world’s largest island (not a continent)?
Answer: Greenland.
Asia & Middle East
1. Which country has over 6,800 islands?
Answer: Japan.
2. What is the world’s largest democracy?
Answer: India.
3. Which country has the fastest internet speed?
Answer: United Arab Emirates
4. Which is one of the three city-states in the world, along with Monaco and Vatican City?
Answer: Singapore.
5. Which country was formerly known as Persia?
Answer: Iran.
6. Which Southeast Asian country was never colonized by a European power?
Answer: Thailand.
7. Which country has no rivers?
Answer: Saudi Arabia.
8. What is the most populated country in the world?
Answer: India.
9. Where is the coldest permanently inhabited place?
Answer: Oymyakon, Russia.
10. Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
ANSWER: Japan.
11. What is the highest mountain in the world, and in which two countries is it located?
Answer: Mount Everest, located in Nepal and China.
12. Which country is the world’s largest producer of tea?
Answer: China.
Europe
1. What is the most visited country in the world?
Answer: France.
2. Which European country has no standing army?
Answer: Iceland.
3. Which country introduced salmon sushi to Japan?
Answer: Norway.
4. Which European country has remained neutral in wars since 1815?
Answer: Switzerland.
5. Which country has over 1,500 types of sausages?
Answer: Germany.
6. Where was the world’s first postage stamp issued?
Answer: The United Kingdom (Penny Black, 1840).
7. Which country is famous for having the world’s most castles?
Answer: Germany.
8. What is the busiest airport in Europe?
Answer: London Heathrow Airport.
9. What is the longest river in Europe?
Answer: The Volga River.
10. Which country has the most lakes in the world?
Answer: Canada.
11. What is the tallest mountain in Europe?
Answer: Mount Elbrus, Russia.
The Americas
1. Which country has the longest coastline?
Answer: Canada.
2. Which was the first Caribbean nation to gain independence?
Answer: Haiti (1804).
3. Which Central American country has freshwater sharks?
Answer: Nicaragua.
4. Which Caribbean country has two currencies?
Answer: Cuba.
5. Which country allows you to see the sun rise over the Pacific and set over the Atlantic?
Answer: Panama.
6. Which Central American country has English as its official language?
Answer: Belize.
7. What is the only Central American country without a Caribbean coastline?
Answered Salvador.
8. Which country is the largest coffee producer?
Answer: Brazil.
9. Which country has the widest avenue?
Answer: Argentina (Avenida 9 de Julio).
10. What is the driest place on Earth?
Answer: The Atacama Desert, Chile.
11. Which country is named after the equator?
Answer: Ecuador.
12. Where can you find over 4,000 varieties of potatoes?
Answer: Peru.
13. Which country produces the most emeralds?
Answer: Colombia.
14. What is the world’s highest waterfall?
Answer: Angel Falls, Venezuela.
15. Which country recognizes both Spanish and Guarani as official languages?
Answer: Paraguay.
16. Which South American country fully legalized marijuana first?
Answer: Uruguay.
17. What is the world’s highest capital city?
Answer: La Paz, Bolivia.
18. Which country has the highest number of Spanish speakers in the world?
Answer: Mexico.
19. What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Answer: Denali (Mount McKinley), USA.
20. What is the largest freshwater lake in North America by surface area?
Answer: Lake Superior.
21. Which U.S. state has the most national parks?
Answer: California.
22. What is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name?
Answer: Maine.
22. Which country is home to the world’s largest rodent, the capybara?
Answer: Brazil.
23. What is the southernmost city in the world?
Answer: Puerto Williams, Chile.
24. Which country is home to Machu Picchu?
Answer: Peru.
25. What is the name of the world’s largest salt flat, located in Bolivia?
Answer: Salar de Uyuni.
26. What is the largest coral reef system in the world?
Answer: The Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
27. Which country introduced chocolate, chilli, and corn to the world?
Answer: Mexico.
Oceania & Pacific
1. Which country has more camels than Egypt?
Answer: Australia.
2. Which country has 333 islands, but only 110 are inhabited?
Answer: Fiji.
3. Which country has over 850 languages?
Answer: Papua New Guinea.
4. Which country switched from right-hand to left-hand driving in 2009?
Answer: Samoa.
5. Which Pacific nation was never colonized?
Answer: Tonga.
6. Which country has an underwater post office?
Answer: Vanuatu.
7. Which country earns revenue from its .tv domain?
Answer: Tuvalu.
8. What is the least-visited country in the world?
Answer: Tuvalu.
9. Which country has the strictest marine conservation laws?
Answer: Palau.
10. What is the only country in the world that is also a continent?
Answer: Australia.
11. Which country was the first to allow women to vote?
Answer: New Zealand (1893).
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