Category: General Knowledge Quizzes

John Ray Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was John Ray born? a) 5 March 1634 b) 4 April 1630 c) 31 August 1628 d) 29 November 1627 2. Where was John Ray born? a) Cardiff b) Black Notley c) Ipswich d) Amsterdam 3. Where did John Ray matriculate? a) Rugby School b) St. Catherine’s Hall c) St. Paul’s School d) Winchester College

1. Who named the continent Antarctica? a) John George Bartholomew b) James Cook c) Mikhail Lazarev d) Nathaniel Palmer 2. Antarctica has two meanings. One is ‘Opposite to the Arctic’. Which is the second meaning? a) Opposite to the east b) Opposite to the north c) Opposite to the south d) Opposite to the west 3. When did James Cook first cross the Antarctic Circle? a) 17 January 1773 b) 7 February 1821 c) 18 September 1774 d) 16 November 1776

1. When was NATO founded? a) 17 January 1954 b) 4 April 1949 c) 3 July 1948 d) 24 November 1946 2. Where was NATO founded? a) London b) Amsterdam c) Oslo d) Washington 3. Which of the following countries is a founding member of NATO? a) Greece b) Spain c) Luxembourg d) Turkey

1) Who won the Football World Cup in 1982? a) Brazil b) Argentina c) Germany d) Italy 2) Which country is known as Suomi? a) France b) Finland c) Italy d) Norway 3) Who was the Roman Emperor in 41-54 AD? a) Titus b) Caligula c) Claudius d) Nero

1. What was Lee Kuan Yew’s original name? a) Lee Yuan Tseh b) Harry Lee Kuan Yew c) David Lee d) Robert Edward Lee 2. When was Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister of independent Singapore? a) 1965-1990 b) 1959-1963 c) 1990-2004 d) 2004-2011 3. When was Lee Kuan Yew born? a) 9 February 1934 b) 6 April 1929 c) 16 September 1923 d) 11 November 1918

1. What was Zalman King’ original name? a) John King b) Joshua Reynolds c) Hubert Humphrey d) Zalman Lefkovitz 2. When was Zalman King born? a) 15 March 1936 b) 23 May 1942 c) 4 July 1946 d) 7 November 1938 3. Where was Zalman King born? a) Trenton b) Albany c) Sacramento d) New Orleans

Equatorial Guinea Quiz Questions 1. When did Equatorial Guinea become independent? a) 3 February 1964 b) 17 June 1976 c) 17 August 1960 d) 12 October 1968 2. How was Equatorial Guinea formerly known? a) Spanish Sahara b) Spanish Guinea c) Bohemia d) Transylvania 3. Which is the capital of Equatorial Guinea? a) Kogo b) Luba c) Malabo d) Bata

Nobel Prize 2015 Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1) Who won Nobel Prize 2015 for Medicine? a) William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, Youyou Tu b) Edgar Douglas Adrian, Charles Sherrington c) Henrik Dam d) Max Theiler 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2015 for Medicine given? a) Discoveries regarding function of neurons b) Development of Ivermectin and Artemisinin c) Yellow fever discoveries d) Discover of Vitamin K 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2015 for Physics? a) NASA b) Takaaki Kajita, Arthur McDonald c) John William Strutt d) Johannes Stark 4) For what was Nobel Prize 2015 for Physics given? a) ... Read more

Titanic Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Where was the Titanic built? a) Belfast b) London c) Dover d) Southampton 2. Which firm built the Titanic? a) Jones and Burton b) Morgan and Son c) Harland and Wolff d) Drake Brothers 3. What was the Titanic’s gross registered tonnage? a) 54,221 tons b) 46,329 tons c) 50,248 tons d) 42,432 tons

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