General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This war started in 1701, when the King of France tried to unite both France and Spain under a single Emperor.
- The importance of this empire was said to have ended at the Battle of Poltava in 1709, a major part of the Great Northern War.
- Which great king ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786?
- What event occurred in Paris on the morning of July 14, 1789?
- What Russian monarch abolished slavery in Russia and converted the household slaves into house serfs?
- Charles XII of Sweden fled to the Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeated his army at this battle.
- The Tulip Period, which lasted from 1718 to 1730, is a period of this empires history.
- In the Gregorian calendar, Friday the 13th can occur how many times a year at most?
- Any months 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on this day.
- What term refers to the fear of Friday the 13th?
- Knights of this Western Christian military order were arrested on Friday, October 13, 1307 on accusations of heresy.
- What movie involving cataclysmic events and starring John Cusack was intentionally released on Friday, November 13, 2009?
- Which of these areas was struck by the Friday the 13th Storm on October 13, 2006?
- In Spanish-speaking countries, this day, commonly referred to as Martes y trece, is considered a day of bad luck instead of Friday, the 13th.
- What hurricane made landfall in South Florida on Friday, August 13, 2004?
- How did Jason Voorhees, the son of a camp cook-turned-murderer, die in the slasher movie Friday the 13th?
- What renowned rapper died on Friday, September 13, 1996 following a drive-by shooting?
- What geological epoch began following the end of the Cretaceous period?
- Conditions during this epoch remained much the same as during the Paleocene.
- On what continent did anatomically modern humans evolve?
- How long ago did modern humans (Homo Sapiens) appear?
- Humans (Homo Sapiens) evolved from which hominid species?
- Charles Darwin created a theory based on his studies aboard the HMS Beagle concerning evolution, natural selection, and the geology of the regions he studied. In what book did he publish his studies in 1859?
- The fossils of this arthropod are more abundant than those of any other Burgess shale fauna.
- The name of this super-continent means All land.
- During what period did the first flowering plants evolve?
- A partial skeleton of this dinosaur was discovered in 1900.
- What was the predominant climate type of the Late Cretaceous period?
- How long were dinosaurs the dominant terrestrial animals?
- What does the word trilobite mean?