General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In 1869 Mendeleev made this classification, which became one of the most useful and important generalizations of chemistry and science.
- This is the man, who invented dynamite in 1866 and instituted a prize, named after him. It is awarded to people who have made achievements in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.
- This artists work Impression: Sunrise, painted in 1874, started a whole new movement in art - Impressionism. Yet, another source of the name of this movement was the press. Journalists called him and his colleagues impressionists because their works were too sketchy, unfinished, and just made an impression.
- This drug was first produced in 1853 by German chemists. The name of this medicine comes from a plant, called spirea, that releases salicylic acid.
- At the age of 10, this actress portrayed the character of Samantha Micelli on the popular 1980s sitcom, Whos the Boss?
- What actor co-starred as Scott Baios wild and crazy friend, Buddy Lembeck, on the sitcom Charles In Charge?
- In the sitcom Mork Mindy, that ran on ABC from 1978 to 1982, which actress played Mindy McConnell?
- This actress won two Emmys for her acting on the sitcom Hazel, where she played the sassy and domineering maid, who worked for the Baxter Family.
- In the ABC TV series Grace Under Fire, this actress portrayed Graces best friend, Nadine.
- Which actress played the gossip-prone neighbor Willona Woods on the 1970s show, Good Times ?
- Who played the wealthy and spoiled Blair Warner in the series The facts of Life, a show about the life at an all-girl boarding school in NY ?
- On the 1960s television show Bewitched, Agnes Moorhead played which character?
- This actress is famous for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s sitcom Rhoda.
- It is the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony, or of Oceanus and a Naiad. and the herdsman of Poseidons seals. He can foretell the future, but will change his shape to avoid having to. He will only answer to someone who is capable of capturing him.
- What was the real name of Baby, one of the main characters in the movie Dirty Dancing?
- This actor was initially offered the role of Johnny in Dirty Dancing, that was eventually played by actor Patrick Swayze.
- What is the name of the summer resort that the Housman family attend in the film Dirty Dancing?
- What is the last name of Johnny, the character portrayed by actor Patrick Swayze in the movie Dirty Dancing?
- What does Johnny say to Babys father right before the final dance scene of the movie Dirty Dancing?
- Actress Jennifer Grey, most famous for her role of Baby in Dirty Dancing, also plays the part of Jeanie in which 1986 film?
- In 1989, this rock singer married actress Cynthia Rhodes, who appeared in the movie Dirty Dancing as Johnnys dance partner, Penny.
- Michelangelo died in the same year that Galileo was born. What famous person was born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, in the year Galileo died?
- What is the official name for a resident of the state of Utah?
- How many dry quarts are in a peck?
- Which animals sees more daylight than any other creature on the planet, thanks to its 19,000 km (12,000 mile) journey to winter in the Antarctic?
- In 1799 Napoleon ordered 10 days of national mourning because of the death if this person.
- What is plumbism?
- The Berlin Wall was one of the most prominent symbols of the Cold War. Its construction commenced on this date.
- At first the wall was made of barbed wire and wire entanglements, but as time passed, it was strengthened to become a frightening concrete monster. It was so enormous, it ran through 32 railway lines, 8 S-Bahn and 3 autobahns. How many streets did it cut through?
- He was born and raised in a family of social-democrats and later helped found the Communist Party. In 1960 he became head of the National Defence Council, which gave him enough power to initiate the construction of the Wall, with Soviet permission of course.