People trivia questions
2356 multiple-choice People trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What English social reformer and teacher invented the postage stamp?
- What is the meaning of the female name Katherine and its versions Catherine, Cathy, Kat, Kate?
- Of what origin is the very popular male name William?
- What is the meaning of the popular name Rachel, derived from the Hebrew name Rahel?
- The names Sean, Shane, Shaine, Shaun, and Shawn all mean what?
- Tthe male name Samuel and its derivatives Sam and Sammie all mean what?
- What do the female names Eve, Evelyn, Evita, Ava, Eva, Evie all mean?
- What is the meaning of the popular female names Sarah, Sara and Sally?
- Of what origin is the male name Jacob and its derivatives James, Jim, Jimmy?
- What is the meaning of the popular male names Richard, Riccardo, Ricky?
- What is the meaning of the very popular male name David and its derivative, Dave?
- Which of the following is not among the categories in which the Nobel Prize is awarded?
- In 1888, a newspaper in this country published an erroneous premature obituary of Alfred Nobel condemning him for his invention of dynamite.
- This American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel Humboldts Gift, was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work.
- What Academy Award-winning movie told the story of John Forbes Nash, the recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics?
- During the first half of the 20th century, four members of the Curie family won 5 Nobel Prizes altogether. Which one of them did not win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
- This prize is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics but unlike the Nobel Prizes it is awarded once every four years.
- Bertha Kinsky, Alfred Nobels secretary and housekeeper, was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in this category.
- Which of the following European dictators was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
- With the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Prizes are presented at an annual ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. In what capital city ise the Nobel Peace Prize presented?
- What year was the Whiskey Rebellion put down by George Washingtons militia force?
- What treaty called for British troops to give up forts in the western frontier in 1796?
- How did George Washington die?
- Which German naturalist, explorer, and geographer introduced a new section in geography called Geography of Plants”?
- This famous Venetian adventurer and author wrote an autobiography, titled Histoire de ma vie.
- Which statement is true about Mata Hari?
- What statement is true about British explorer Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton?
- Time magazine named this person one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century and an Alberto Korda photograph of him was said to be the most famous photograph in the world.
- Name the explorer who captained the ship Calypso from 1951 to 1996.
- She became famous as the woman who captured the heart of Englands naval hero Horatio Nelson.