32309 Easy Trivia Questions
32309 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which tower is associated with Galileo's gravity experiments?
Answer
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Which university did Galileo attend?
Answer
University of Pisa
How many children did Galileo have?
Answer
Three
What field of science is Louis Pasteur considered one of the founders of?
Answer
Microbiology
Where was Stephen Hawking's memorial service held?
Answer
Westminster Abbey
Which actor portrayed Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film 'The Theory of Everything'?
Answer
Eddie Redmayne
What was the name of the school Stephen Hawking attended?
Answer
St Albans School
What material did the Maya use as a form of currency?
Answer
Cacao beans
What was the main food crop of the ancient Maya?
Answer
Maize
What is the name of the Mayan god of rain?
Answer
Chaac
Which modern country contains the Maya site of Palenque?
Answer
Mexico
What is the title of Leonardo's portrait of a woman known as 'La Belle Ferronnière'?
Answer
La Belle Ferronnière
How many pages does Leonardo's Codex Leicester contain?
Answer
72 pages
What is the title of Leonardo's painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus in a rocky grotto?
Answer
Virgin of the Rocks
What was the name of the Spanish king who sponsored Columbus's voyages?
Answer
Ferdinand II of Aragon
How many children did Albert Einstein have?
Answer
three
What was the name of the journal where Albert Einstein published his 1905 papers?
Answer
Annalen der Physik
What strait at the southern tip of South America did Ferdinand Magellan discover?
Answer
Strait of Magellan
Which Inca emperor was executed by Francisco Pizarro in 1533?
Answer
Atahualpa
What was the name of the Aztec capital conquered by Hernán Cortés?
Answer
Tenochtitlan
Which Aztec emperor ruled when Hernán Cortés arrived in 1519?
Answer
Moctezuma II
What was the name of Christopher Columbus's flagship on his 1492 voyage?
Answer
Santa Maria
What military tactic is named after the Parthian archers who feigned retreat?
Answer
Parthian shot
Which Persian capital was located at modern-day Hamadan, Iran?
Answer
Ecbatana
What river did Cyrus the Great divert to capture Babylon?
Answer
Euphrates
What was the name of the Persian king who died in 530 BC?
Answer
Cyrus the Great
On which British banknote did Charles Darwin's portrait appear?
Answer
£10 note
What was the name of William the Conqueror's wife?
Answer
Matilda of Flanders
Who was the father of William the Conqueror?
Answer
Robert I, Duke of Normandy