General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of these was introduced in Britain by Lady Mary Wortley, who was a prolific writer of diaries, essays and poems?
- This island was originally called Van Diemens Land in honor of Anthony van Diemen.
- This statesman, born in Houghton Hall, Norfolk in 1676, is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- This person, who was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014, is popular as the ruler who managed to unify the regional leaders of Ireland, in order to free the land from Danish occupation.
- This book, which bears the printed date 11th May 868, is known as the oldest-dated printed book.
- After three unsuccessful runs, this socialist was elected President in 1970.
- Which 1968 film starred Jane Fonda as a scantily-clad sci-fi heroine?
- What is the more common name for the superfood Vaccinium oxycoccos?
- If bactrian equals two, what equals one?
- In May 2008, this painter set a new world record for sale value of a painting by a living artist when Benefits Supervisor Sleeping was sold for $33.6 million. What is his/her name?
- Which World War One battles were the first ever fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) as a joint force?
- What is the name of the anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear that along with the malleus and stapes allow us to hear?
- What is the name of the second most important vegetable fibre after cotton that is woven to make coarse cloth and sacks?
- Which 1994 film featured Jean Reno as a hitman who worked out of Little Italy in New York City and offered sanctuary to a young girl when her family was murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Agency agents?
- What is the name for a vocal musical composition for between two and eight singers, written in the Renaissance and early Baroque eras and often performed without musical accompaniment?
- For which hobby would you need frames, hoops and canvas?
- What O-word can be added to each of the following to make a new meaningful word: Wit, Board, Field
- The fruit of this deciduous shrub or small tree is a berry 5 - 12 cm (2 – 4.7 inches) in diameter, with thick red skin and about 600 seeds.
- Which actress played the part of Teresa di Vicenzo in the James Bond film On Her Majestys Secret Service?
- What toxic chemical was released in the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo sect in 1995?
- Which character from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers was also known as Fangorn and was the oldest of his kind?
- What commonplace object has parts called stretcher, runner and rib?
- Which country gained independence from the UK and France in 1980 and has a national anthem entitled Yumi, Yumi, Yumi?
- Which actor played the sinister Gabriel Sylar Gray in the TV series Heroes?
- As a child, this singer allegedly witnessed a car accident in the desert, where a family of Native Americans were injured. He considered this incident to be the most impactful event in his life and often referred to it in his poems and songs.
- Name the author of The Asian Saga, a series of six epic novels centering on Europeans in Asia.
- What guitarist and singer fronted a band whose debut album was titled Are You Experienced?
- James Dean received the first official posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in this movie.
- Although this author spent much of his life outside his native Ireland, his landmark novels Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man are set in Dublin.
- Which of these actors, named James, is not correctly matched with an Oscar-nominated role he played?