General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- I am the only mammal that can fly. I hang upside down and come out at night. What am I?
- What is the full name of the famous British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings?
- Writer J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892 in which country?
- Which of the following literary works was not written by J. R. R. Tolkien?
- J. R. R. Tolkien invented several artificial languages for the characters of his books. What was the name of the Elvish language, based on Greek, Finnish and Latin?
- Which fantasy book by J. R. R. Tolkien, often regarded as a childrens story, was not published posthumously?
- J. R. R. Tolkien was religious and insisted that his wife convert to his faith. What was the religion he was devoted to?
- This word was invented by Tolkien and was subsequently used as an informal name of an extinct human species, discovered in 2004.
- The name of this fictional character was engraved on the gravestone of J. R. R. Tolkien in Oxford.
- Writer J. R. R. Tolkien served in the British army during which war?
- In 2003, BBC viewers voted in a survey called The Big Read to choose the Nations Best-loved Book. What number did Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings reach on the list?
- This US President was forced to give an interview to Anne Royall, the first female professional journalist in the USA, after she learned that he liked skinny-dipping in the Potomac River.
- This singer won an Emmy Award for her performance on the penultimate episode of The Tonight Show in May 1992, during which she sang an emotional song,One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), to host Johnny Carson.
- Why did President John F. Kennedy choose to visit Dallas, Texas on November, 1963?
- Buster Keaton, famous for the deadpan expression on his face, was an influential silent-film comic actor. Who gave him the nickname, Buster?
- Which former Governor of Maryland attacked his political opponents with the phrase, Nattering nabobs of negativism?
- Which definition refers to the word chisenbop, which is believed to be of Korean origin?
- In 1929, the two cousins, Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, began writing detective fiction under what pseudonym?
- On October 2, 1942 this enormous ocean liner collided with the light cruiser Curacoa, splitting the ship in half.
- This former Major League Baseball player was the first pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades.
- This actress and socialite, born in Budapest, Hungary, appeared as dancer Jane Avril in Moulin Rouge (1952).
- This company, founded in Long Island in 1972 by Hyman Golden, Arnold Greenberg and Leonard Marsh, initially offered only carbonated apple soda.
- This scientist, author of the non-fiction book, Three Steps to Victory, contributed considerably to the development of the radar, which became an important tool in warfare.
- This programming language was invented by Grace Murray Hopper, who in 1973 became the first person from the United States and the first woman of any nationality, to be made a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society.
- According to this religion, which originated in the pre-history of South Asia, the universe was never created, nor will it ever cease to exist. One of the most important scriptures of this religion is Tattvartha Sutra.
- This highly symbolic novella, written by Franz Kafka tells the story of a man, who wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect-like creature.
- This art and architecture school was founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany. Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky were among the prominent artists who lectured there.
- Name the first artificial satellite, put in orbit on October 4 in 1957, which marked the beginning of the space race.
- This Major League Baseball player for the Detroit Tigers was given the nickname, The Bird.
- Actor Chuck Connors portrayed Lucas McCain on the television Western series, Rifleman. What else did he do for a living ?