General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which term refers to dreams in which you suddenly realize that you are dreaming?
- This type of dreaming occurs during waking hours when our level of awareness decreases and our mind wanders.
- These are the dreams that repeat night after night with little variation in story or theme. These dreams may be pleasant, but most often they are nightmarish in content.
- Our normal sleep usually goes through the four stages of the sleep cycle. What is the name of the final stage, in which dreaming occurs?
- The Greek goddess of agriculture, Demeter, had a daughter called Persephone. What is the Persephones relation to Hades (the underworld god of wealth)?
- Which of the following is not one of the nine Muses?
- He was the god of the sea.
- One of Zeus lovers was Io. What kind of animal did Io turn into, when she tried to avoid detection?
- Hermes was god of all these except one. Which is it?
- Goddess Aphrodite was born out of this.
- He was the son of Hypnos.
- The change of seasons can be explained with one of the following goddesses.
- Known as the worlds most finicky cat, he became the spokes-cat for Purinas 9 Lives cat food in 1969.
- This cat and Jerry, the ever-dueling duo, have chased each other from the Hollywood Bowl to Hungary, to outer space and back.
- This white Chinchilla longhair became a movie star in such films as Diamonds are Forever and Clockwork Orange.
- Name the fat and lazy cat who hates Mondays.
- This red tabby cat appeared in the movies Breakfast at Tiffanys and The Comedy of Terrors.
- Created by Australian Pat Sullivan, this cat was the star of the first talkie cartoon.
- Which fictional cat was forever chasing Tweety Bird?
- This elegant cartoon Persian cat was created for Walt Disneys 1970 animated feature, The Aristocats.
- The home planet of Ford Prefect (from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) is said to be somewhere in the vicinity of this star. The star is also the second-brightest one in the constellation Orion.
- This is the brightest star in the sky (after the Sun, of course) and is located in the constellation Canis Major.
- On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. This is where he made his first steps.
- The Southern Cross is a well known constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. It was illustrated as part of this constellation for many years, before it was identified as a separate one in 1592.
- The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is visible to the naked eye, but only when the sky is very dark. The Persian astronomer Abd-al-Rahman Al Sufi described it as a small cloud in 964, but years later it became clear that it was a galaxy of this kind.
- This open cluster can be found in the constellation of Taurus, and is known as M45. According to Greek mythology, seven of its brightest stars are sisters.
- Arrange the following stars according to their brightness as seen from Earth, starting with the brightest one: 1) Rigil Kentaurus 2) Procyon 3) Altair 4) Vega
- These birds are so well adapted to flying, that they have been observed flying for days without rest. Landing though seems to be a problem - their landings are often described as semi-controlled crashes.
- The Peregrine Falcon, one of Americas most spectacular flyers, was almost driven to extinction during the 1950s and 1960s. Which of these human activities caused this?
- The Sharp-shinned Hawk, a type of small hawk with short, broad wings and a long square-ended tail, are known for which of this flying abilities?