General Knowledge trivia questions

7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.

The New York Trilogy, which consists of the novels City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room, is this authors signature work.
This novel by Edith Wharton focuses on an upper-class couple whose impending marriage is threatened by the appearance of a woman plagued by scandal.
What company uses the swoosh as its logo?
Which of the following uncommon musical instruments does not contain strings?
Which U.S. President declared June 14th as Flag Day?
The character Nick Carraway is from which of the following novels?
Which spice is from the mint family?
Approximately how long does it take the sun to reach the Earth?
The volcano known as Eyjafjallajokull is closest to what Icelandic City?
He was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. During his reign he expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire.
He was King of the Franks and co-Emperor with his father, Charlemagne.
Known as the Sun King, his 72-year-reign is the longest in European history.
This King was largely influenced by his chief mistress, Madame de Pompadour. His decisions weakened the French treasury and discredited the absolute monarchy.
This Bourbon King and his Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu are described in Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.
Her three sons, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III reigned as Kings of France during the 16th century, in an age of almost constant civil and religious war.
Famous for her beauty and sense of style, as well as for her scandalous behavior, she married King Henry III of Navarre who finally became King Henri IV of France.
This Queen consort of France was noted for her political intrigues at the French court. Following the assassination of her husband King Henry IV of France, she acted as regent for her son, King Louis XIII of France, until he came of age.
He established the French civil code, which forbade privileges based on birth and allowed freedom of religion. He was quoted as saying My true glory is not to have won 40 battles...Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories. ... But...what will live forever, is my Civil Code.
He is the only King of France ever to be executed. His wife Marie Antoinette shared the same fate.
Following this kings execution, the monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared.
Who became King of England after the monarchy was restored in 1660?
Besides his six marriages, this king is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor and last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. He defeated his opponent Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the penultimate battle of the War of the Roses.
This King of England is featured in three Shakespearean plays. His military successes in the Hundred Years War culminated with his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
He was King of England and disputed King of France. His bouts of insanity eventually required his wife, Margaret of Anjou, to assume control of his kingdom.
With a reign of 326 days, he was one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history. He caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American socialite Wallis Simpson.
He became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha due to anti-Germanic public feeling. he was the first British monarch to deliver a speech on the radio.
He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. During the long reign of his mother, Queen Victoria, he came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.
This king succeeded his brother Edward assuming the regnal name George VI to emphasise continuity with his father. What was George VIs birth name?
The song Ringo was the only ever #1 song by this singer in the year 1964.