General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming race?
- In which of the two swimming strokes can the flip turn be used in competitions?
- How many meters can be swum underwater in swimming races from the start and from each turn?
- During which Olympics were swimming goggles first used?
- In what order are the strokes in Individual Medley swum?
- In a relay race, which swimmer is called an anchor?
- Who is the first swimmer in history to have won eight gold medals in a single Olympics?
- At the age of 14 she became the youngest-ever female Olympic champion in swimming. She is the first female swimmer to have ever won the same swimming event at 3 consecutive Summer Olympics.
- What painter wrote the following lines to describe to his brother Theo how he composed a sky, The dark blue sky is spotted with clouds of an even darker blue than the fundamental blue of intense cobalt, and others of a lighter blue, like the bluish white of the Milky Way..?
- In what sci-fi comedy series is the Hooloovoo described as a superintelligent shade of the color blue that participated in the construction of the starship Heart of Gold?
- Who composed The Blue Danube waltz, which has become a sort of unofficial Austrian national anthem?
- The term blue blood was originally used to refer to the the pale skin and prominent blue veins of nobles from this country.
- What expression was used in the 18th century for women who cared about culture and intellectual life and disregarded fashion?
- Which of these popular types of cheese is not blue?
- What countrys National Football Team wear blue in honour of the royal House of Savoy which unified the country?
- What people of Africa are also known as the Blue People due to the indigo colour of their veils?
- What blue movie is not correctly matched with the starring actors?
- Where is the color blue located on the optical spectrum?
- What disease is named after the main character of an epic poem by Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro?
- The word maverick refers to a person who refuses to abide by the dictates of a group and was derived from the name of Samuel Maverick. Who was he?
- What technology term comes from the epithet of a king who united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom?
- What clothing item was named after a British Army Major General who commanded the Light Brigade during the Crimean War?
- What word supposedly originated from the name of a soldier who was ridiculed because of his excessive devotion to Napoleon?
- What plant was named after a French ambassador who was sent to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old Princess Marguerite de Valois?
- The term masochism is derived from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian writer who penned this novel.
- What word originated from the name of a French finance minister whose name became eponymous with anything done or made cheaply?
- The term lynching derives from the name of Virginia planter Charles Lynch who headed an irregular court during this war.
- What snack was named after a British Earl was so keen on gambling that he would refuse to leave the table even to have a meal?
- What is the occupation of the beautiful and mysterious Catherine Tramell, who is the prime suspect in the thriller Basic Instinct?
- In the movie L.A Confidential, Kim Basinger portrays a prostitute who is this actress look-alike.