What was the Opium War between China and Britain fought over?
Answer
Opium Imports
2259 General Trivia Questions with Answers
2259 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the name of the world's first computer?
Answer
ENIAC
What was the name of the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Answer
Enola Gay B-29
What was the name of the first manned space vehicle?
Answer
Vostok 1
What was the name of the first atomic powered submarine?
Answer
Nautilus
What was the name of Mussolini's Yacht in World War II?
Answer
Aurora
What was the name of Jamie Oliver's live cookery road show?
Answer
Happy Days Tour
What was the motto of the Hitler Youth in World War II?
Answer
Blood And Honor
What was the most important celestial object for the Aztecs?
Answer
The Sun
What was the mission of the Manhattan Project, which was launched in 1941?
Answer
To Build A Nuclear Bomb
What was the main focus of the Marshall Plan which was proposed in 1947?
Answer
Postwar Economic Recovery
What was the last territory to join Canada?
Answer
Nunavut
What was the largest living creature of the twentieth century?
Answer
Blue Whale
What was the infamous Bloody Mary's occupation?
Answer
Queen
What was the first U.S. coin to have "In God We Trust" engraved on it?
Answer
2 Cent Coin Of 1864
What was the first television show Emeril Lagasse created?
Answer
The Essence Of Emeril
What was the first sound-recording device called?
Answer
Phonautograph
What was the first seaplane carrier sunk in WW1?
Answer
Hermes
What was the first probe to land on Venus?
Answer
Venera 7
What was the first Christian country in Africa?
Answer
Ethiopia
What was the first candy bar to combine chocolate with crisped rice?
Answer
Nestle Crunch
What was the family name of Mary Queen of Scots?
Answer
Stuart
What was the element mercury named after?
Answer
The Roman Messenger God
What was the code name for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies?
Answer
Operation Overlord
What was the capital of India before New Delhi?
Answer
Calcutta
What was published in Japanese newspapers every month from December 1941 to September 1945?
Answer
Declaration Of War
What was Orville Wright's brother's name?
Answer
Wilbur
What was Mercator's profession?
Answer
Cartographer
What was Mahatma Gandhi's actual first name?
Answer
Mohandas
What was magnetite called by the early Europeans?
Answer
Lodestone
What was Lamborghini first known for?
Answer
Farm Tractors
What was Josef Stalin's nationality?
Answer
Georgian
What was Ivan Boesky found guilty of in the 1980's?
Answer
Insider Trading
What was eBay.com originally called?
Answer
AuctionWeb