99182 Intermediate Trivia Questions
99182 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who was the father of Cleopatra VII?
Answer
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Which pharaoh built the Red Pyramid at Dahshur?
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Sneferu
What are the two giant stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III called?
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Colossi of Memnon
Which ancient Egyptian temple complex was moved to the island of Agilkia due to the Aswan Dam?
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Temple of Philae
Which pharaoh moved Egypt's capital to the new city of Akhetaten?
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Akhenaten
Who was the first confirmed female pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
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Sobekneferu
What is the name of the step pyramid complex built by Imhotep for Pharaoh Djoser?
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Step Pyramid of Djoser
What material originally covered the outer surface of most Egyptian pyramids?
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White limestone
Which German physicist discovered X-rays in 1895?
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Wilhelm Röntgen
Which German inventor built the first automobile in 1885?
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Karl Benz
Which British civil engineer designed London's modern sewer system after the Great Stink of 1858?
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Joseph Bazalgette
What was the name of the first London Underground line, which opened in 1863?
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Metropolitan Railway
Which British inventor developed an early incandescent light bulb in 1878?
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Joseph Swan
Which British chemist synthesized the first aniline dye, mauveine, in 1856?
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William Henry Perkin
Which steamship laid the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866?
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SS Great Eastern
In what year was the first FA Cup final held?
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1872
Which British golfer won the first Open Championship in 1860?
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Willie Park Sr.
Which British naturalist independently conceived the theory of natural selection alongside Darwin?
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Alfred Russel Wallace
Which British painter created the famous pre-Raphaelite work 'Ophelia' in 1852?
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John Everett Millais
Which British physician introduced the first vaccine for typhoid in 1896?
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Almroth Wright
Which British reformer led the campaign to repeal the Corn Laws?
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Richard Cobden
Which British illustrator famously drew the 'Alice in Wonderland' pictures?
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John Tenniel
Which British chemist discovered the element thallium in 1861?
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William Crookes
What was the name of the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage?
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HMS Beagle
Which British surgeon pioneered antiseptic surgery in 1865?
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Joseph Lister
Which British statesman served as Prime Minister four times during the Victorian era?
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William Ewart Gladstone
Which British explorer named Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria?
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David Livingstone
Which British poet was appointed Poet Laureate in 1850?
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson