People trivia questions
2356 multiple-choice People trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What predominant type of weapons was used by the Somali pirates?
- On 28 January 2009, Japan announced its intention of sending a naval task force to support the international forces fighting against Somalian piracy. Why was this decision unusual for Japan?
- When did the UN Security Council adopt a resolution allowing international land and sea occupations in the pursuit of pirates?
- What was the name of the anti-piracy campaign of the European Union that started on 2 January 2009 with the capturing of eight Somali pirates?
- The 2008 book Love Letters of Great Men plays a key role in the plot of this movie.
- In the movie Message in a Bottle, what is the occupation of Theresa Osborne, who becomes fascinated by a mysterious, intriguing love letter, found in a bottle in the sand?
- In The Police song Message in a Bottle, a castaway on an island sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. What does he find on the shore a year later?
- What famous person wrote a love letter that contains the line, Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart?
- This Irish author wrote to his wife Nora Barnacle You are my only love. You have me completely in your power. They had their first romantic liaison on June 14 1904, the date that is the setting of one of his most notable novels.
- Passionate love letters were part of this couples timeless romance. They sometimes addressed each other as Dearest Scrupelshrumpilstilskin and Dearest Hubs.
- This US President and his wife, Abigail, exchanged over 1,100 letters.
- Which Queen of England received from her future husband Henry VIII a love letter that contained the following line:My mistress and friend: I and my heart put ourselves in your hands..?
- This Hollywood legend wrote to his girlfriend Barbara Glenn, Darling I havent written because I have fallen in love and then went on to say that he was referring to his horse Cisco the kid.
- What actress said this: “Its going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.”
- “The 100% American is 99% an idiot.” was a remark made by this non-American playwright.
- “How can I lose to such an idiot?” was a shout by this master of chess.
- “While time, the endless idiot, runs screaming round the world.” was said by this American writer of poetry, plays and essays.
- Which famous comedian of silent films said: “Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.”?
- Name the Austrian journalist, writer, satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet who said, “Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.”
- Which famous composer of the 17th 18th century said “If I decide to be an idiot, then Ill be an idiot on my own accord.”?
- “Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them” was uttered by this writer and Broadway critic.
- Which one of the Beatles said this: “I resent performing for frisking idiots who dont know anything.”?
- Which American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist wrote “April comes like an idiot, babbling and stewing flowers.”
- This poet, painter and printmaker said, “What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.”
- What famous playwright wrote: “Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”?
- “Cluelessness - There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.” is a quote by this American sociologist and author.
- “The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.” is a quote from this winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
- In what century did Greek philosopher Plato live?
- According to Plato, the structure of society corresponds to the structure of which of the following?
- In Plato’s opinion, human society should be governed by people who possess these main virtues.