General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In the movie The Green Mile, Tom Hanks plays Paul Edgecomb, but he was not the first choice for the role. Who was originally considered for the role?
- According to legend, each leaflet of a 4-leaf clover has a meaning. What does the 1st leaf mean?
- Wally the Green Monster is the mascot for which sports team?
- What album was released by the rock band Weezer in 2001?
- What kind of person is described by the expression green around the gills?
- Zoophobias are some of the most widespread abnormal fears. Which of the following is not a fear associated with animals?
- This phobia forces people indoors.
- Arrange the listed phobias in the following order: fear of clowns, fear of speaking in public, fear of smells, fear of needles.
- What does a person who has a gymnophobia fear?
- Three of the following terms mean one and the same thing - fear of storms. Which is the forth one that is related to sleep?
- Which of the following words is a synonym of paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th)?
- Which word refers to the fear of long words?
- Which of the following words is related to phobias?
- Which world denotes a phobia of a small rodent?
- Which of the following terms refers to the fear of being buried alive?
- The Hundred Years War -- a series of related conflicts between France and England, started in 1337 and lasted how many years?
- In the 1957 movie classic, 12 Angry Men, after a preliminary vote it becomes clear that only one of the jurors, Davis, does not see the open and shut nature of the case. What is Davis juror number and what is his profession?
- According to Luke 6:13, Jesus called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Which one did Jesus not choose?
- In 1867, Alfred Nobel introduced the first Pyrotechnic Fuse blasting cap, using what primary explosive to detonate dynamite?
- Buddhism, a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama, traces its origins to which country?
- German-born princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of what country, from June 28, 1762 until her death?
- Until its replacement by the EMS scale, the Medvedev-Sponheuer-Kárník scale was the most commonly applied scale in Europe, used to measure what?
- Name the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.
- In the Spring of 1967, this city was 700 acres of rock and timber. In a little more than 6 months it would be transformed in a high-tech city. It was comissioned by a company, whose mission was simple - to build the biggest and fastest subsonic commercial jetliner ever constructed.
- To build the 747, The Boeing Co. needed to design and construct a large number of tools. Approximately how many?
- The total assembly of the Boeing 747 would require how many individually numbered and catalogued parts?
- The Boeing 747 project was bankrolled by the President of an airline company, when in 1965 a downpayment of $250,000,000 was made. Which was the airline company?
- The incredibles was a term used during the production of 747 referring to what?
- The first 747 was due to roll out of the production line in which year?
- The tail assembly of 747 stands the height of a building of approximately how many stories?