General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which 1951 Tony winner for Best Musical had its music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and included such characters as Nathan Detroit, Miss Adelaide, and Sky Masterson?
- After gaining 30 pounds and donning a set of prosthetic teeth, Charlize Theron teamed up with Christina Ricci and won a 2003 Academy Award for Best Actress in the biographical, crime, thriller movie titled Monster. What real life serial killer and prostitute did Charlize portray in this film?
- Also the name of a famous vodka, Finlandia was a symphonic poem first written in 1899 by what Finnish composer?
- What first full admiral of the Navy, uttered the famous phrase, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!, during the American Civil War at the Battle of Mobile Bay?
- Name the creator of The Prelude, who was the Poet Laureate in England from 1843 to 1850 and comprised a group known as the Lake Poets with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.
- Named after a 19th century British surgeon and anatomist, the Bowmans capsule is located in which organ/s of the human body?
- What famous Israeli liqueur comes in a genie shaped bottle and has a distinctive chocolate/orange flavor?
- What name was given to the monster created in Mary Shelleys classic novel subtitled The Modern Prometheus?
- This heavy metal has the symbol Pb. It is a poisonous neurotoxin that can cause brain and blood disorders.
- Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky in 1921, this The Dirty Dozen and Rider on the Rain actor was known in Italy as Il Brutto (The Ugly One).
- Actors Dolph Lundgren, Lena Olin, and Ann Margaret hail from this Scandinavian country that joined the European Union in 1995.
- What is the name for a layer of gasses that surround a large object and are held in place by the objects gravity?
- Author Dean Koontz was so upset with the 1996 film version of this book that he has demanded creative control over every film based on one of his books.
- This singer sang Etta James song A Sunday Kind of Love on the TV show Star Search in 1990. She hosted a 2004 Saturday Night Live episode featuring a Sex and the City parody, where she played Samantha Jones and revealed she was a man.
- These omnivorous mammals are native to North America. They carry their young for 65 days and give birth to up to five babies. They live up to 16 years, but their average life expectancy is 2 years due to hunting and traffic deaths.
- Shortly after WWII, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was founded in this city that hosted the 1939 premiere of Gone With the Wind.
- Relying on a hand crank for power, this gun is considered the first machine gun since it could fire continuously.
- This NFL team, established in 1933, plays its home games in Heinz Field. In 2008, ESPN.com ranked this teams fans as the best in the NFL partly due to their sellout streak of 299 consecutive games.
- Which one of the Great Lakes is situated entirely within the United States?
- Which of these islands is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
- This Greek philosopher is known for writing about the fabled land of Atlantis.
- What year did the United States boycott the International Olympic Games?
- Who or what is Vinson Massif?
- In the 1989 movie Bill Teds Excellent Adventure, which historical figure do the boys NOT bring back for their history presentation?
- When a contestant selects the Daily Double on the game show Jeopardy! what is the least amount the player can wager?
- This Greek goddess, daughter of Zeus and Metis, is the virgin patron of Athens. The Parthenon was built as her temple.
- This is the 3rd largest city in Germany and the capital of its largest state, Bavaria.
- This word is Sanskrit for Great Soul, and is used like the title Saint. Some believe that it was first used in 1915 when speaking of Ghandi.
- This 61* and The Punisher actor was born Thomas Elliott III in Baltimore, MD. He studied at the Lee Strasburg Theatre Institute in Hollywood. He married actress Patricia Arquette in 2004.
- The weekly news magazine Newsweek was launched in 1933. It has a worldwide circulation of over 4 million, and is printed in Japanese, Korean, Arabic, English, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. Where is the magazine published?