Category: General Knowledge Quizzes

1. When was James Boswell born? a) 14 February 1744 b) 15 June 1742 c) 11 August 1736 d) 29 October 1740 2. Where was James Boswell born? a) Glasgow b) Edinburgh c) Colonsay d) Tiree 3. Whom did James Boswell interview in Corsica? a) Pasquale de Paoli b) Napoleon Bonaparte c) Jean Jacques Rousseau d) Isabelle de Charriere

1. When was Julius Nyerere president of Tanzania? a) 1964-1985 b) 1948-1956 c) 1992-1996 d) 1986-1992 2. Where was Julius Nyerere born? a) Butiama b) Kampala c) Nairobi d) Tripoli 3. Which school did Julius Nyerere attend? a) Immaculate Conception School b) St. Joseph’s School c) Tabora Secondary School d) St. Mary’s School

Albert Einstein Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Albert Einstein win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1922 b) 1928 c) 1921 d) 1926 2. When was Albert Einstein born? a) 14 March 1879 b) 4 June 1878 c) 3 September 1885 d) 3 October 1877 3. Where was Albert Einstein born? a) Hamburg b) Ulm c) Dresden d) Berlin

1. Who after she had a heart-lung transplantation started craving for beer, green peppers and chicken nuggets, favourite foods of her donor, and wrote the book “A Change of Heart”? a) Agatha Christie b) Barbara Cartland c) Claire Syliva d) Jane Austen 2. Who wrote “Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel” and said memories are stored not only in the brain but extend to the whole body? a) Candace Pert b) Nathaniel Hawthorne c) George Bernard Shaw d) Anthony Byron 3. Who are the authors of “The Living Energy Universe” proposing universal living memory? a) Charles ... Read more

1. When was Javier Perez de Cuellar Secretary General of United Nations? a) 1962-1971 b) 1982-1991 c) 1972-1976 d) 1987-2002 2. When was Javier Perez de Cuellar born? a) 19 January 1920 b) 12 June 1918 c) 10 August 1924 d) 26 December 1923 3. Where was Javier Perez de Cuellar born? a) Tarapoto b) Huanuco c) Lima d) Trujillo

1. How many miles is a league? 4 2 3 5Correct Answer: 3 2. How many furlongs is a mile? 6 8 7 9Correct Answer: 8 3. How many yards is a furlong? 220 110 160 120Correct Answer: 220 4. How many feet is a yard? 7 4 5 3Correct Answer: 3 5. How many inches is a foot? 12 10 14 16Correct Answer: 12 6. How many yards is a fathom? 5 2 4 3Correct Answer: 2 7. How many chains is a furlong? 11 10 12 15Correct Answer: 10 8. How many yards is a chain? 18 20 ... Read more

1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh? a) Joseph b) Daniel c) David d) Samuel 2) The flag of which country has the Star of David? a) USA b) Iraq c) Israel d) Nepal 3) In which year was Magna Carta signed? a) 1603 b) 1066 c) 1707 d) 1215 4) When was Carthage destroyed? a) 149 B.C. b) 323 B.C. c) 44 A.D. d) 70 A.D. 5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty for more than two thousand years? a) England b) Persia c) Japan d) Egypt

1) Which of the following is not a leap year? a) 1896 b) 1900 c) 1904 d) 1908 2) Which Indian Prime Minister was born on 29 February? a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Lal Bahadur Shastri c) Morarji Desai d) Inder Kumar Gujral 3) Who took one day from February and added it to July? a) Julius Caesar b) Pompey c) Sulla d) Cato

Niccolo Machiavelli Quiz Questions 1. When was Niccolo Machiavelli born? a) 2 February 1444 b) 3 May 1469 c) 23 August 1449 d) 23 November 1455 2. Where was Niccolo Machiavelli born? a) Florence b) Naples c) Pisa d) Lucca 3. When was Niccolo Machiavelli head of second chancery? a) 1498-1512 b) 1492-1498 c) 1514-1516 d) 1518-1526

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quiz Questions with Answers 1. When was Richard Brinsley Sheridan baptized? a) 21 February 1744 b) 15 May 1752 c) 23 August 1749 d) 4 November 1751 2. Where was Richard Brinsley Sheridan born? a) Belfast b) Dublin c) Kilkenny d) Waterford 3. With whom did Richard Brinsley Sheridan fight two duels? a) Warren Hastings b) Jonathan Swift c) Thomas Mathews d) Oliver Goldsmith