General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- At which battle was J E B Stuart killed?
- Which battle of the American Civil War featured Picketts charge?
- What famous character leaves his family in Gascony and travels to Paris, encountering Milady de Winter on the way?
- What famous author wrote, If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast?
- What novel by Charles Dickens, set before and during the French Revolution, opens with the sentence, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?
- What American author penned the novel The Tropic of Cancer during his nomadic life in Paris?
- What novel by Victor Hugo focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption?
- What American author wrote the novel The American, which is centered around an American businessmans courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family?
- In this novel by Honoré de Balzac, a criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin tells naive law student Eugène de Rastignac that he is making him an offer that he cannot refuse.
- Julien Sorel is the protagonist of this satirical French novel, set during the Bourbon Restoration.
- This novel by American author James Baldwin is noteworthy for bringing complex representations of homosexuality. It follows the events in the life of an American living in Paris.
- What is the pen name of Eric Blair who wrote the memoir Down and Out in Paris and London?
- Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Jonn Jonzz Martian Hunter, Superman and Wonder Woman are from which of these groups?
- Allen Scot, Hal Jorden, John Stewart, Kyle Rainier, Guy Gardner have a costumed identity in common. What is it?
- Cyclops, Beast, The Angel, Iceman and Marvel Girl are from this group.
- Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Timothy Drake were all identified as this same super hero. Can you figure out which one?
- Can you finish this oath? In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight, let those who worship evils might beware my power ....
- Jay Garrick and Barry Allen played the same role as this super hero.
- Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Aqua Lad and Wonder Girl are found in which of these groups?
- Captain America was a hero of World War 2 in the 1960s. He wakes up from a frozen state on board a submarine. What group found him?
- On what planet was the Silver Surfer born?
- Bruce Wayne (Batman) has a butler named Alfred. What is Alfreds nationality?
- In this novel by Norman Mailer, a decorated war-hero and former congressman murders his wife and descends into the underworld of Manhattan jazz clubs and Mafia intrigue.
- This novel, set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, is centered around the daily life of young investment banker Patrick Bateman.
- Some famous assassinations and assassination attempts have been associated with this novel, most of which is set in New York City.
- This is Sylvia Plaths only novel, which was originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The protagonists descent into mental illness parallels Plaths own experiences.
- The ttitle character of this novel, set in the roaring 1920s, is a mysterious host of regular, extravagant parties. He has become an archetype of self-made Americans seeking to join high society.
- Name the author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which are both set in New York City.
- This literary work depicts Holly Golightly, a tenant in a brownstone apartment in Manhattan, who has become an American cultural icon.
- What 1994 novel by Joseph Heller is a sequel to the popular Catch-22?