Category: General Knowledge Quizzes

Yellow Journalism Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Joseph Pulitzer born? a) 14 January 1844 b) 10 April 1847 c) 23 August 1849 d) 30 December 1845 2. When was William Randolph Hearst born? a) 4 February 1874 b) 29 April 1863 c) 15 July 1859 d) 11 November 1855 3. When did Joseph Pulitzer buy New York World? a) 1872 b) 1875 c) 1867 d) 1883

Dollar Quiz Questions with Answers 1. Whose portrait appears on $1 note? a) John Kennedy b) Franklin Roosevelt c) George Washington d) Andrew Johnson 2. Whose portrait appears on $2 note? a) Thomas Jefferson b) Peter Lawford c) John Adams d) Woodrow Wilson 3. Whose portrait appears on $5 note? a) William Cavendish b) Abraham Lincoln c) James Monroe d) Martin Van Buren

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine? Stanley Prusiner William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza Gertrue Elion Edmond Fischer, Edwin KrebsCorrect Answer: William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, Gregg Semenza 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2019 for Medicine given? Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability Discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells Discoveries of important principles for drug treatment Discovery of PrionsCorrect Answer: Discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics? James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz Martin Perl Hugh David Politzer, David ... Read more

11. When was Jacques Chirac President of France? 1995-2007 2012-2017 1981-1988 1974-1991Correct Answer: 1995-2007 12. When was Jacques Chirac born? 9 February 1936 8 April 1940 24 August 1934 29 November 1932Correct Answer: 29 November 1932 13. Where was Jacques Chirac born? Paris Nantes Amiens ToulouseCorrect Answer: Paris 14. When did Jacques Chirac marry Bernadette Chodron de Courcel? 16 March 1956 10 June 1958 28 July 1962 12 December 1964Correct Answer: 16 March 1956 15. Who appointed Jacques Chirac as head of his personal staff in 1962? Rene Coty Georges Pompidou Charles de Gaulle Valery Giscard D’EstaingCorrect Answer: Georges Pompidou ... Read more

William Smellie Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Where was William Smellie born? a) Gloucester b) Edinburgh c) Birmingham d) Falkirk 2. Who asked William Smellie to prepare Encyclopaedia Britannica for the press? a) George Gleig b) James Millar c) Horace Hooper d) Andrew Bell 3. When was William Smellie a founder of Newtonian Society? a) 1748 b) 1760 c) 1752 d) 1756

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine? a) Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael Young b) Nikolaas Tinbergen, Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch c) Niels Ryberg Finsen d) Barbara McClintock 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine given? a) Discovery of genetic transposition b) Contribution to treatment of lupus vulgaris c) Observation of animal behaviour patterns d) Discovery of the molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2017 for Physics? a) Pavel Cherenkov, Ilya Frank, Igor Tamm b) Alfred Kastler c) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, Kip Stephen Thorne d) Donald Arthur Glaser

1. When was Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe? A. 1964-1974 B. 1987-2017 C. 1972-1976 D. 1966-1968 2. When was Robert Mugabe born? A. 21 February 1924 B. 5 April 1920 C. 22 August 1922 D. 28 December 1925 3. Where was Robert Mugabe born? A. Lusaka B. Windhoek C. Kutama D. Durban

Francis Bacon Quiz Questions with Answers (This quiz is about Francis Bacon the author.) 1. When was Francis Bacon born? a) 22 January 1561 b) 4 May 1549 c) 16 July 1548 d) 11 November 1564 2. Where was Francis Bacon born? a) Liverpool b) London c) Cambridge d) Paris 3. Where did Francis Bacon study law? a) Inner Temple b) Middle Temple c) Lincoln’s Inn d) Gray’s Inn

1) What is the specific gravity of Saturn? a) 1 b) 0.7 c) 1.7 d) 7 2) Which is the outermost ring of Saturn? a) A ring b) D ring c) F ring d) E ring 3) Who is Saturn in mythology? a) God of Industry b) Goddess of Earth c) God of Agriculture d) Goddess of Hunting

Sveriges Riksbank Prize Quiz Questions with Answers (This quiz is about Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.) 1. When was Sveriges Riksbank Prize first given? a) 1912 b) 1969 c) 1948 d) 1976 2. Who won Sveriges Riksbank Prize in 1970? a) Paul Samuelson b) Ragnar Frisch c) Jan Tinbergen d) Simon Kuznets 3. When did Leonid Kantorovich win Sveriges Riksbank Prize? a) 1972 b) 1967 c) 1975 d) 1985