General knowledge trivia questions.
What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor whose multicolored,
rotatable cube became a world cult?
A: Rubik.
How long is the appointed term of office of the secretary general of
the United Nations?
A: Five years.
What is thrown backhand by the people who contest the championships
of the World Flying Disc Association held in the USA?
A: Frisbee.
What is the term for a person with assets of over 1,000 million
dollars?
A: Billionaire.
Carlo Collodi wrote a story about a wooden puppet which became human.
What is its title?
A: The Adventures of Pinocchio.
What is the acronym for the agency set up in 1923 to provide
co-operation between police forces worldwide?
A: Interpol.
What was the surname of Charles, the dog expert, who organized his
first dog show in 1886?
A: Cruft.
What is the term used to denote the unauthorized and illegal
accessing of computer programs, often with criminal intent?
A: Hacking.
On which spring day is a hoax victim referred to as a 'gowk' in
Scotland and a poisson d'arvril in France?
A: April Fool's Day / 1 April.
What stands 320 meters tall in the Champ de Mars and was designed for
the 1889 Parts Exhibition?
A: Eiffel Tower.
Which Italian city was buried, along with Herculaneum, when Vesuvius
erupted in AD 79?
A: Pompeii.
What is the official monetary unit of the European Community?
A: ECU.
What are the Long Man of Wilmington and the Cerne Abbas Giant?
A: Hill figures.
Whose unsuccessful challenge for the Conservative Party leadership in
1990 brought down Margaret Thatcher?
A: Michael Heseltine.
What was Michelangelo's first name?
A: Michelangelo.
Which instrument does James Galway play?
A: Flute.
The failure of which crop caused famine in Ireland in 1845?
A: Potato.
Who lives at number 11 Downing Street?
A: the chancellor of the Exchequer.
Which International sport uses rings and parallel bars?
A: Gymnastics.
Which is the smallest breed of dog?
A: Chihuahua.
Which small shark is served in fish and chpo shops as 'rock-eel' or
'rock salmon'?
A: Dogfish.
In which war was the Battle of Naseby fought?
A: English Civil War.
What is the normal color of the gem sapphire?
A: Blue.
Whose first holiday camp opened at Skegness in 1935?
A: Billy Butlin.
Which Australian outlaw wore home-made armor?
A: Ned Kelly.
What was the nickname of the World 'war I 'German aviator Manfred von
Richthofen?
A: The Red Baron.
In which West Indian dance does the dancer pass under a low pole?
A: Limbo.
Who was Moby-Dick?
A: A whale.
How many milliliters are there in one cubic centimeter?
A: One.
What unit of area was originally the
size that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day?
A: Acre.
What sort of woolen headgear was
named after a battle of the Crimean War?
A: Balaclava helmet.
What is the name common in three
Scottish kings, eight popes, and three Tsars of Russia?
A: Alexander.
Whose tomb is situated in Arlington
Cemetery, Washington, at the Arc de Triumphe, Paris, and in Westminster
Abbey, London?
A: The Tomb of the Unknown.
Who said “That’s one small step for a
man, one giant leap for mankind” on 20th July 1969?
A: Neil Armstrong.
What is the Latin word for
‘elsewhere’ which we use to mean that the person under suspicion was
somewhere else when the crime was committed?
A: Alibi.
