Who wrote the play Caesar and Cleopatra, first published in 1901?
Answer
George Bernard Shaw
83042 Easy Trivia Questions
83042 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which final battle in 30 BC preceded the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra?
Answer
Battle of Alexandria
Which actress starred as Cleopatra in the 1963 film Cleopatra?
Answer
Elizabeth Taylor
Which Shakespeare tragedy has Cleopatra and Mark Antony as title characters?
Answer
Antony and Cleopatra
After Cleopatra's death, Egypt became a province of which empire?
Answer
Roman Empire
What was Cleopatra VII's first language?
Answer
Koine Greek
What Royal Mint post did Newton take in 1699 after Thomas Neale died?
Answer
Master of the Mint
What type of plague closed Cambridge in 1665, sending Newton back to Woolsthorpe?
Answer
Bubonic plague
Which painter made the 1689 Portrait of Isaac Newton?
Answer
Godfrey Kneller
During which king's reign did Newton become Warden of the Mint in 1696?
Answer
King William III
What was the given name of Isaac Newton's father?
Answer
Isaac
In which London area did Isaac Newton die?
Answer
Kensington
In which English county was Isaac Newton born?
Answer
Lincolnshire
Which religion did Genghis Khan personally follow?
Answer
Tengrism
Which grandson of Genghis Khan founded the Ilkhanate in Persia?
Answer
Hulagu Khan
How tall is Mongolia's equestrian statue of Genghis Khan?
Answer
40 metres
In which month of 1227 did Genghis Khan die?
Answer
August
Who was Genghis Khan's mother?
Answer
Hö'elün
Which battle in 732 was won by Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel?
Answer
Battle of Tours
Which caliph sent the elephant Abul-Abbas to Charlemagne?
Answer
Harun al-Rashid
What epic poem features Roland, a commander in Charlemagne's rear guard?
Answer
The Song of Roland
Which wife of Charlemagne was the mother of Louis the Pious?
Answer
Hildegard
The English name Charlemagne comes from a French phrase meaning what?
Answer
Charles the Great
Charlemagne was named after which grandfather?
Answer
Charles Martel
What royal title did Charlemagne hold from 768?
Answer
King of the Franks
Which planet is named on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque?
Answer
Earth
What was Buzz Aldrin's first name at birth?
Answer
Edwin
Who took the famous Apollo 11 photo of Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon?
Answer
Neil Armstrong
On what date did Apollo 11 launch from Kennedy Space Center?
Answer
July 16, 1969
Which Apollo 11 spacecraft part housed all three astronauts?
Answer
Command module
What branch does the Apollo 11 insignia eagle hold?
Answer
Olive branch
What bird is shown on Apollo 11's mission insignia?
Answer
Bald eagle
Which NASA space center launched Apollo 11?
Answer
Kennedy Space Center
Which U.S. president set the Moon-landing goal fulfilled by Apollo 11?
Answer
John F. Kennedy