Who was the first European to sail into New York Harbor?
Answer
Giovanni da Verrazzano
2259 General Trivia Questions with Answers
2259 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who was the first Chinese leader to use the term "Emperor" or "Huang Ti"?
Answer
Chin Shih Huang
Who was the first African-American female astronaut?
Answer
Dr. Mae Jemison
Who was the famous Polish female scientist who won a Nobel Prize?
Answer
Marie Curie
Who was the famous botanist who traveled with Captain Cook on his first voyage?
Answer
Joseph Banks
Who was the dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989?
Answer
Ceausescu
Who was the creator of the Mongol empire?
Answer
Genghis Khan
Who was the creator of the "Barbie" doll?
Answer
Ruth Handler
Who was the Confederate spy who became a bodyguard for the Pope at the Vatican?
Answer
John Surratt
Who was the cartoon mascot for Kellogg's "Pop-Tarts" in 1971?
Answer
Milton the Toaster
Who was the captain of the "Pinta" on Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492?
Answer
Martin Alonso Pinzon
Who was the British Navy Minister during WW1?
Answer
Winston Churchill
Who was the American Pop Artist, who lived from 1928-1987?
Answer
Andy Warhol
Who was Prime Minister of Canada during World War II?
Answer
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Who was Odette Sansom in World War II?
Answer
Female British Spy
Who was nicknamed the "Iron Chancellor" and known as the unifier of Germany?
Answer
Otto Von Bismarck
Who was known as the "Mad Monarch"?
Answer
George III
Who was known as a pioneer in aviation and disappeared over the mid-Pacific in 1937?
Answer
Amelia Earhart
Who was in charge of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?
Answer
Hermann Goering
Who was George H. W. Bush's Vice President?
Answer
Dan Quayle
Who was founder and chairman of America Online Corporation?
Answer
Steve Case
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 said "it is far safer to be feared than loved"?
Answer
Niccolo Machiavelli
Who said "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"?
Answer
Alexander Pope
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 painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?
Answer
Michelangelo
Who painted "The Ship of Fools"?
Answer
Hieronymus Bosch
Who painted "The Kiss"?
Answer
Gustav Klimt
Who painted the famous picture of Napoleon crossing the Alps?
Answer
Jacques-Louis David
Who painted a view of Phillies Diner at night?
Answer
Hopper
Who out of the following was famous for his paintings?
Answer
Pablo Picasso
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