General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- During what year did Samuel Morse come up with the idea of Morse Code?
- Which French phrase can mean tastes differ?
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was the first American women to be awarded what?
- Plato won it twice. Aristotle, Socrates and Alexander the Great are all said to have been keen observers of it. Dioxippus was probably the most famous winner of it. What does this question refer to?
- Former Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, was considered an expert in which of these subjects?
- Who wrote the poem, In The Naked Bed, In Platos Cave
- What is an ordinal number?
- It is the 1954 Cotton Bowl between Rice and Alabama. Rices All-American running back, Dicky Moegle, is leading his team to a crushing of the Bart Starr led Alabama team. On one run, he was stopped on his own 35 yard line, where he was tackled. The referee blew his whistle and awarded a touchdown. Why ?
- Who lost the Battle of Marathon?
- Historians often attribute Napoleons defeat at Waterloo to which of these reasons?
- In Michael Curtizs movie, Casablanca, where were the visas to Portugal hidden ?
- Which of these is a major difference between New World monkeys (Platyrrhines) and Old World Monkeys (Cercopithecidae)?
- Francis Galton, half-cousin of Charles Darwin is credited with doing what, to tremendously help law enforcement agencies?
- Why was the battle of Huai-Hai so important in world history?
- Towards the beginning of the new millennium, who was the oldest person elected US President?
- The famous Statue of Liberty lies between New York and New Jersey. Another, much smaller Statue of Liberty of the same shape is located where?
- Which if these most accurately describes the difference between the words farther and further?
- Prior to his rise to power in Spain, what was Francos job?
- The story of Atlantis dates all the way back to ancient Egypt. The story was first written down by the traveller Solon. But who wrote the only remaining story of the lost continent Atlantis?
- Many sailors have seen the Flying Dutchman, a ship doomed to roam the seas forever. Where did the Flying Dutchman reportedly disappear?
- On May 28, 1875, 50 students from the Vicksburg High School heard a lady in distress screaming; Help me in the name of God, the men are hurting me. Since then, hundreds of people have reported hearing the same voice. With which event is this ghostly voice associated?
- This place is haunted by a man,who was brutally murdered. During his lifetime he reportedly participated in seances to contact his dead son, William. The Dutch Queen Wilhelmina encountered this person in the middle of the night, when she was staying at what place?
- Tower Green - part of the Tower of London complex - is frequented by the ghost of Lady Salisbury. According to witnesses the last moments of her life are re-enacted in this part of the infamous Tower where she met her doom. How did lady Salisbury die?
- Every year in Yatesville, Georgia there is a celebration of chitlins, called the Chitlin Hoedown. What exactly are chitlins?
- Elvis Presley, often referred to as the King of Rock and Roll, was born in which southern state?
- This country music singer known for his songs about family and religion, had his most success with song writing. Writing songs such as Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis, When You Say Nothing At All by Keith Whitley and Love Can Build a Bridge by the Judds. Who is this singer/songwriter?
- In 1897, American scientist John Jacob Abel was able to isolate which of the following?
- Approximately how much whole milk does it take to make one gallon of ice cream?
- Which blood constituent is involved in the formation of blood clots but has a shelf-life of only 5 days?
- Who was originally selected to play Leo Bloom in the 1968 comedy film The Producers written by Mel Brooks?