Trivias of the Month

From the page on world news of the the history pages
  1. Where is the largest solar plant in the world?
  2. Which country has the highest trade surplus?
  3. How long would the Strategic Petroleum Reserve of the USA last if all oil imports came to a halt?
  4. What was the total amount of interest-rate, currency, and credit derivatives outstanding at the end of 2007?
  5. Which country had the highest percentage of college graduates in 2008? Click here for the answer
  6. Which country had the best Internet infrastructure in 2007? Click here for the answer
  7. Which European country has the highest numbers of out of wedlock births? Click here for the answer
  8. Which country has the highest number of AIDS cases in Western Europe? Click here for the answer
  9. Which country has the highest military expenditures as a percentage of GDP? Click here for the answer
  10. Which country has the highest percentage of attorneys? Click here for the answer
  11. Which Western country has the highest percentage of police officers? Click here for the answer
  12. Which Western country is number one in wiretapping? Click here for the answer
  13. Which is the largest ethnic group in the USA? Click here for the answer
  14. Which country has the larger naval force, Japan or Britain? Click here for the answer
  15. Which country has the biggest gap between the poor and the rich? Click here for the answer
  16. How much do USA citizens spend on their pets? Click here for the answer
  17. Which country spends the most for health care per person? Click here for the answer
  18. How many aircraft carriers are there in the world? Click here for the answer
  19. Which countries have the highest number of Shiites? Click here for the answer
  20. Which country is the most innovative in the world? Click here for the answer
  21. Who is the main seller of weapons to third-world countries? Click here for the answer
  22. How many billionaires are there in the world? Click here for the answer
  23. How many times are you more likely to be killed by a gun in the USA than in Canada? Click here for the answer
  24. Which countries execute more people in the world? Click here for the answer
  25. Which country has the largest number of prisoners? Click here for the answer
  26. In which country are people most generous towards charities? Click here for the answer
  27. What is the most expensive city in the world in 2007? Click here for the answer
  28. Which country has forecasted to have the highest growth rate in the world in 2007? Click here for the answer
  29. What is the country with the highest percentage of female representation in Parliament? Click here for the answer
  30. What is the largest cash crop in the USA? Click here for the answer
  31. What is the most widely spoken language in the world? Click here for the answer
  32. How many jobs were created in the USA from 2001 to 2005, excluding the health care sector? Click here for the answer
  33. Is the USA share of carbon emissions increasing or decreasing? Click here for the answer
  34. Which are the largest oil companies in the world? Click here for the answer
  35. Which country receives the highest number of tourists? Click here for the answer
  36. Which country has the highest percentage of exports? Click here for the answer
  37. Which western country is most opposed to Muslim immigration? Click here for the answer
  38. Which is the country with the lowest employment in the West (and perhaps the entire world)? Click here for the answer
  39. Which country has the largest jail population in the world? Click here for the answer
  40. Who is the the main customer of USA military sales? Click here for the answer
  41. What grew faster in 2005, the GDP of the USA or the GDP of the rest of the world? Click here for the answer
  42. What is the number of Jews in the entire Arab world? Click here for the answer
  43. Which lake holds more than 20% of the Earth's nonfrozen fresh water? Click here for the answer
  44. Which sector had the best worldwide stock-market performance between 2000 and 2005? Click here for the answer
  45. Who is the longest serving ambassador in Washington? Click here for the answer
  46. In which western country did carbon-dioxide emissions increase the most since 1990? Click here for the answer
  47. Which western country works the most hours in a year? Click here for the answer
  48. Which country has the highest murder rate in the world? Click here for the answer
  49. Which country is the biggest exporter in the world? Click here for the answer
  50. Which country has the highest gasoline prices in the world? Click here for the answer
  51. Which country spends the most time reading books? Click here for the answer
  52. Which country is more popular in Europe, the USA or China (Beijing)? Click here for the answer
  53. Which was the first country to drop a bomb from an airplane? Click here for the answer
  54. Which country invests more in research in Asia? Click here for the answer
  55. How many countries allow the USA to maintain military bases on their soil? Click here for the answer
  56. Are Iraqis richer or poorer than they were one year ago (2003)? Click here for the answer
  57. Is gasoline more expensive today than 30 years ago, compared with income? Click here for the answer
  58. As energy spending in the USA increased or decreased as % of GDP? Click here for the answer
  59. Which country carries out the most executions in the world? Click here for the answer
  60. Which country has the lowest infant mortality in the world? Click here for the answer
  61. How much money does the USA borrow from foreigners every day? Click here for the answer
  62. How many children die of starvation every year? Click here for the answer
  63. How many children work full-time in the world? Click here for the answer
  64. What city is projected to have the world's largest revenues from gambling in 2005? Click here for the answer
  65. Life expectancy is 77 in the USA. What is the life expectancy in Zimbabwe? Click here for the answer
  66. Who is more productive, the French or the American citizen? Click here for the answer
  67. Which is the bestselling nonfiction book in the history of publishing? Click here for the answer
  68. Which country has never had a woman running for president, Afghanistan or the USA? Click here for the answer
  69. Which country has the highest private-pension fund investment? Click here for the answer
  70. Which country has 17 of the top 20 universities in the world, according to a study done in China in 2004? Click here for the answer
  71. By how much has sea level risen in the last century? Click here for the answer
  72. How much greenhouse gases does the average USA household emit in the atmosphere? Click here for the answer
  73. How many dollars have the Asian countries accumulated between 2001 and 2004 thanks to exports to the USA? Click here for the answer
  74. Which country has the highest fertility (birth rate), the USA or China? And which of the two countries has the highest percentage of contraception use among married couples? Click here for the answer
  75. Which country has the highest murder rate in the world? Click here for the answer
  76. Which country has had the highest increase in nuclear power energy over the last ten years? Click here for the answer
  77. Which country has 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities? Which country has the world's most polluted river? Which country has acid rain falling on 30% of its total land area due to sulfur dioxide and soot from coal combustion? Click here for the answer
  78. Who said "[Our nation] wants peace because of its fundamental convictions... The principal effect of every war is to destroy the flower of the nation... [Our nation] needs peace and desires peace"? Click here for the answer