General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This era lasted from 251 million to 65 million years ago.
- Who coined the term Dinosauria in 1842?
- During what geological period did the first dinosaurs evolve?
- This pterosaur lived during the late Cretaceous and was the largest flying animal of all time with a wingspan of 39 feet.
- The pubis of which of these dinosaurs points forward?
- The skeleton of this dinosaur was found in Mongolia entangled with a Protoceratops skeleton.
- The Devonian period lasted from 417 million to ___ million years ago.
- The Carboniferous period is divided into two separate periods. What are they known as?
- What does the word Carboniferous mean?
- This person described both the Silurian and Permian systems during the 19th century.
- A monumental mass extinction event occurred at the end of the Permian period. Approximately what percent of all life died out during this event?
- The oldest known rocks come from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt and are approximately how old?
- This era lasted from 543 million to 251 million years ago.
- This geological period lasted from 543 million to 490 million years ago.
- What term refers to a raise in biodiversity which occurred during the Cambrian period?
- This ocean existed throughout the Paleozoic in the northern hemisphere and is now represented by the Pacific Ocean.
- What geological period followed the Cambrian and lasted from 490 million to 443 million years ago?
- What science deals with the study of ancient life, the evolution of organisms, and paleoenvironments?
- What is a fossil?
- Scientists generally recognized how many major mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth?
- When is it believed that the Earth formed?
- Approximately what age are the oldest fossils now known?
- What is the largest interval of time on most geologic time scales?
- What time units are shorter than epochs in geologic time scales?
- This early super-continent formed during the Mesoproterozoic era.
- He is the caretaker of Hogwarts and his final act in the Harry Potter series is to oversee the evacuation of younger students.
- In the Harry Potter series, Sybill Patricia Trelawney is the great-great-granddaughter of what celebrated seer?
- What is the first name of Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter series?
- Name the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher during Harrys third year who resigned after the revelation that he is a werewolf.
- This character makes his first appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets when he arrives at Hogwarts to take Hagrid to Azkaban.