Who was known as a pioneer in aviation and disappeared over the mid-Pacific in 1937?
Answer
Amelia Earhart
1252 World Trivia Questions with Answers
1252 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who was in charge of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?
Answer
Hermann Goering
Who was first chosen to be Nasser's Vice President and was once President?
Answer
Anwar Sadat
Who was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman better known as?
Answer
Nellie Bly
Who took over as the top civilian administrator of Iraq in May 2003?
Answer
Paul Bremer
Who succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister in 1940?
Answer
Winston Churchill
Who succeeded Gamal Abdel Nasser as Egyptian leader?
Answer
Anwar Al Sadat
Who signed the German surrender in World War II?
Answer
Alfred Jodl
Who set a record for days in space by a woman in 1995?
Answer
Elena Kondova
Who ruled as Soviet dictator from 1924 until 1953?
Answer
Josef Stalin
Who put forth the Theory of Relativity in 1905?
Answer
Albert Einstein
Who promoted the development of the Volkswagen "Beetle"?
Answer
Adolf Hitler
Who preceded Fidel Castro as political leader of Cuba?
Answer
Fulgencio Batista
Who named a urinal "Fountain" and exhibited it in 1917?
Answer
Marcel Duchamp
Who killed the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521?
Answer
Lapu-Lapu
Who is the Viking that landed in Newfoundland in 1002?
Answer
Leif Ericson
Who is the Roman God of War?
Answer
Mars
Who is Temujin better known as?
Answer
Genghis Khan
Who is considered the father of the modern Italian language?
Answer
Dante Alighieri
Who invaded South Korea in 1950 to begin the Korean War?
Answer
North Korea
Who introduced potatoes into Ireland?
Answer
Sir Walter Raleigh
Who first flew an airplane nonstop across the Atlantic?
Answer
John Alcock And Arthur Brown
Who discovered the Straits of Magellan?
Answer
Magellan
Who discovered the island of Tierra del Fuego?
Answer
Ferdinand Magellan
Who did South Africa release in 1990 after over 27 years of imprisonment?
Answer
Nelson Mandela
Who did Mao Zedong lead in the "Long March" in 1934-35?
Answer
Chinese Red Army
Who did Churchill call the "American Carnot" in WWII?
Answer
George Marshall
Who developed the M16/AR15 weapon system?
Answer
Eugene Stoner
Who commanded the Allied forces for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944?
Answer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who became the new Pope on April 24, 2005?
Answer
Pope Benedict XVI
Who became Romanian President after the 1989 Revolution?
Answer
Ion Iliescu
Who became Germany's leader upon the death of Adolf Hitler?
Answer
Admiral Karl Doenitz
Who assumed power as Prime Minister of Libya in 1970?
Answer
Muammar Al-Gaddafi
Which was the last province to enter confederation in Canada?
Answer
Newfoundland
Which was the last major offensive operation undertaken by elite German paratroopers in WWII?
Answer
Attack Against Crete
Which war was concluded by the Treaty of Utrecht?
Answer
War Of Spanish Succession
Which volcano erupted from January 18-21, 1951, causing over 3,000 deaths?
Answer
Mt. Lamington, Papua New Guinea
Which two nations signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987?
Answer
United States And Soviet Union
Which two nations occupy the island of Hispaniola?
Answer
Haiti And The Dominican Republic
Which two nations fought for control of North America in the French and Indian War?
Answer
England And France
Which two bodies of water are in contact with each other?
Answer
Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea