General Knowledge trivia questions
7652 multiple-choice General Knowledge trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In Hindu thought, how was Krishna killed?
- Which U.S. writer of detective fiction worked for the famous Pinkerton National Detective Agency?
- Which is the Sanskrit word for “union?”
- The poor man! He was diagnosed a bilateeral perobital hematoma. What does he have?
- What did boxer Jack Johnson, Charlie Chaplin and actor, Errol Flynn all have in common?
- Where did Copenhagen meet Marengo?
- Which country had the largest prison population for 2006?
- Who was given a Honorary Academy Award in 1967?
- What was the name of Thailand before it was called Thailand?
- From which radio station was the first national US broadcast made?
- Who was the only congressman to vote against going to war against Japan on December 8, 1941?
- Rudolph Abel, considered the greatest Russian spy, was caught in the USA and arrested. What event led to his capture?
- For whom was US pilot, Francis Gary Powers traded?
- Who was the first non-Muslim to make the journey from mecca to Medina?
- What was the last name of the six brothers Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettore and Ernesto, who were all involved with automobiles?
- What business did the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, operate before beginning their aeronautical work?
- Which of the Bronte sisters wrote only one novel, which was published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell?
- Name the actors who portrayed the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, in the 2005 movie of the same name.
- Which of Johann Strauss Is sons became known as The Waltz King and was instrumental in popularizing the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century?
- This filmmaker, famous for directing Runaway Train and Tango Cash, is the brother of Academy Award-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov.
- After fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered outside his Miami home, his sister Donatella stepped in as creative director of the fashion label. What is the name of Versaces older brother who became CEO of Gianni Versace S.p.A.?
- Which one of Marie Curies two daughters, Irene and Eve, followed in her mothers footsteps and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
- What Academy Award-winning movie, directed by the Coen Brothers, features a pregnant small-town police chief?
- Which one of the Kennedy brothers became known as The Lion of the Senate?
- What popular gun was invented by General John T. Thompson?
- Which is an example of a spoonerism?
- Which of these is a malapropism?
- Which of the following is an eponym meaning a traitor to his country?
- This simple but powerful bomb made out of a gas filled bottle was named after a Soviet politician and diplomat.
- An eponym that describes a mens style is derived from the name of this Union general.