2259 General Trivia Questions with Answers
2259 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
The Godfather was written in 1969 by what author?
Answer
Mario Puzo
The four colored seas in the world are?
Answer
Red White Black Yellow
The food pierogi comes from what country?
Answer
Poland
The first vaccine targeted which disease?
Answer
Smallpox
The first non-axis jet plane to see combat was?
Answer
Gloster Meteor
The figures in Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" worked as what?
Answer
City Guards
The fashion icon born in 1939 as Ralph Lifshitz is better known as what?
Answer
Ralph Lauren
The diameter of an atom is measured in which units?
Answer
Angstroms
The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
Answer
The Louvre
The Da Nang International Airport is in which country?
Answer
Vietnam
The country Columbia was named for what famous explorer?
Answer
Christopher Columbus
The club steak is also known by what other name?
Answer
Delmonico Steak
The Carvel ice cream company is named for which man?
Answer
Thomas A. Carvelas
The book "The Yearling" was authored by who?
Answer
Marjorie Rawlings
The book "The Time Machine" was written by whom?
Answer
H G Wells
The book "The Puppet Masters" was written by whom?
Answer
Robert A Heinlein
The book "The Martian Chronicles" was written by whom?
Answer
Ray Bradbury
The book "The Dispossessed" was written by whom?
Answer
Ursula K Le Guin
The book "Lord of Light", was written by whom?
Answer
Roger Zelazny
The book "I, Robot" was written by whom?
Answer
Isaac Asimov
The book "Earthman, Come Home" was written by whom?
Answer
James Blish
The book "Dangerous Visions" was written by whom?
Answer
Harlan Ellison
The book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was written by whom?
Answer
Jules Verne
The Bernoulli Effect concerns what physical system?
Answer
A Moving Fluid
The beautiful Nefertiti was the wife of what Pharaoh?
Answer
Akhenaten
The "Baker Rifle" was developed and used during which military action?
Answer
The Napoleonic Wars
The Australian federation was formed on what date?
Answer
January 1st, 1901
The Astronomical Unit (AU) is a unit of measurement based on the average distance between what two bodies?
Answer
The Earth And The Sun
The assassination of which heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne precipitated World War I?
Answer
Archduke Franz Ferdinand