General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Before becoming US President in 1981, he was head of a labor union.
- What is the full name of the 33rd US President?
- Gangster Al Capone, popular as Scarface, was known by what other nickname?
- This amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
- This Hungarian-Austrian physician demonstrated that puerperal fever (also known as childbed fever) was contagious and that its incidence could be considerably reduced by enforcing appropriate hand washing behavior.
- It is generally accepted that the name of these islands of volcanic origin derives from a Latin term, meaning Island of the Dogs.
- One of the two species, comprising the chimpanzee genus, is the Common Chimpanzee. What is the name of the other species?
- This Hebrew word refers to a non-human, speechless, animated being from Jewish folklore.
- This American actress and stand-up comedian, host of a syndicated talk show, wrote an autobiography, entitled My Point...And I Do Have One.
- In trigonometry this law, which generalizes the Pythagorean theorem, is a statement about a general triangle, which relates the lengths of its sides to the cosine of a known angle.
- Jonathan Larson based his rock musical on the opera La Boheme. What rock musical about young artists and musicians and their struggle, hopes and fears made it to # 2 on Entertainment Weeklys New Classics List?
- This 1996 game introduced networked play and 3-D graphics. What game introduced or perfected this landmark first person shooter according to Entertainment Weekly?
- The cow as white as milk The cape as red as blood The hair as yellow as corn And the slipper as pure as gold. So demands the witch. As Entertainment Weekly states Everyone lives happily ever after-till Act 2. In what musical will you find the songs Cinderella at the Grave and Giants in the Sky?
- Gollum was a marvel of computer graphics in The Lord of the Rings. What actor gave Gollum his movements?
- The best thing about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun (fun, fun) This lyric is from the album ranked # 24 On Entertainment Weeklys list of albums. What artist released a 1997 album that became the best selling album ever by a female artist?
- What Victorian poet is the author of Porphyrias Lover, a poem written in the form of a shocking dramatic monologue?
- Which of these songs, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, was not recorded by the singer-songwriter, born Robert Allen Zimmerman?
- Which movie, directed by Academy Award-winning director, Robert Zemeckis, includes the often quoted line Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre gonna get.?
- Which of these actors made his debut at the age of 5 in a movie written and directed by his father?
- What poet noted for his realistic depictions of rural life received four Pulitzer Prizes?
- Which novel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson is set during the War of the Roses?
- What actor won an Academy Award in 1980 for portraying a character who loved the smell of napalm in the morning?
- Robert De Niro won his first Academy Award for the portrayal of this former boxing champion.
- Name the author of the spy thrillers The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, which were adapted into movies starring Matt Damon.
- According to the popular TV show, at what restaurant does Alice work?
- What was the name of George and Louise Jeffersons son on All in the Family?
- Who was the first member of The Monkees to quit, shortly after the bands Far East tour in December 1968?
- Name the Dynasty star featured in the December, 1983 issue of Playboy magazine.
- In the 1983 movie The Big Chill, which famous magazine did Michael work for?
- What was the name of Newsweeks unsuccessful sports publication?