General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Sachertorte, a specific type of chocolate cake, was invented by chance in this European city.
- What WWII operation is NOT correctly matched with its code name?
- What European politician and former Prime Minister co-wrote the anthem of a famous football club?
- This country, famous for its fjords, has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.
- Which king was portrayed by Colin Firth in the Oscar-winning movie The Kings Speech?
- What historical figure was played by Brian Keith in the movie The Wind and the Lion, which was loosely based on the Perdicaris incident of 1904?
- In the historical drama Braveheart, Mel Gibson portrays 13th-century Scottish warrior William Wallace who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against this English king.
- What actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen in the 1998 biographical film Elizabeth?
- What English actress has played tragic historical characters such as Isadora Duncan, Anne Boleyn and Mary, Queen of Scots?
- The movie A Man for All Seasons portrays Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England, who refused to take an Oath of Supremacy declaring the monarch the Supreme Head of the Church of England. Who was the monarch?
- Which of these actors has portrayed and Irish revolutionary leader, a German industrialist who employed over 1000 Jews in his factories, and a Scottish hero?
- Judy Dench won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the movie Shakespeare in Love. What other queen did she play in the movie Mrs. Brown?
- Which of the following actors has NOT played King Arthur?
- What actress won an Academy Award for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the movie The Iron Lady?
- What two colors, when mixed together, make the color purple?
- The word serif in the context of typefaces refers to what?
- Where was the idea of making purchases on a credit card first described?
- Where were the 1936 Summer Olympics held?
- What Italian dish consists of salami, anchovies, artichokes, olives, and other appetizers?
- How were presidents Frankin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt related?
- Were was it raining for singer Buddy Holly?
- In 1970, the hit Snowbird launched whose successful career?
- The classic commercial for what product used the line There is a man in the bathtub!
- What term means the possible transformation of harsh environments into ones suited for living?
- The drug Minoxidil was created to treat what?
- Angola won its independence in 1975, from what country?
- What important invention did American Jonas Salk make in 1954?
- What color is powdered caffeine?
- What is significant about the history of the Republic of Armenia?
- World War one broke out in 1914 but the US did not enter the war as a belligerent until what year?