Tag: Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers

1) Who conferred the title Defensor Fidei on Henry VIII in 1521? a) Clement VII b) Leo X c) Sixtus V d) Pius XII 2) To whom was Catherine of Aragon first married? a) Arthur b) Edmund c) Francis d) James 3) Who granted dispensation to Henry VIII to marry Catherine of Aragon? a) Julius II b) John XXI c) Martin V d) Paul II

1. What was Marilyn Monroe’s name at the time of her birth? a) Norma Jeane Mortensen b) Marlene Dietrich c) Jane Seymour d) Jill Dando 2. What was Marilyn Monroe’s name at the time of her baptism? a) Norma Jeane Baker b) Elizabeth Smith c) Jane Eyre d) Letitia Bonaparte 3. What was Marilyn Monroe’s character in Niagara? a) Mary Fokker b) Lois Lane c) Rose Loomis d) Lucy Longfellow

1) Which of the following is true of Louis Mountbatten? a) First Attorney General of independent India b) First Governor General of independent India c) First President independent India d) First Prime Minister of independent India 2) When was Louis Mountbatten born? a) 5 March 1896 b) 25 June 1900 c) 3 July 1904 d) 7 December 1902 3) Where was Louis Mountbatten born? a) Hanover b) Berlin c) Dublin d) Windsor

1. When was Edward Teller born? a) 15 February 1908 b) 24 May 1906 c) 26 July 1904 d) 23 October 1902 2. Where was Edward Teller born? a) Amsterdam b) Budapest c) Vienna d) Zagreb 3. At which university did Edward Teller teach in 1931-1933? a) Munich b) Leipzig c) Gottingen d) Karlsruhe

1) Who scored 10 in gymnastics in Montreal Olympics 1976? a) Ion Tiriac b) Cornel Otelea c) Mihai Leu d) Nadia Comaneci 2) Who was the dictator of Romania from 1967 to 1989? a) Petru Groza b) Nicole Ceausescu c) Enver Hoxha d) Chivu Stoica 3) Which is the currency of Romania? a) Euro b) Leu c) Mark d) Guilder

1. When was Ferdinand de Lesseps born? a) 1 January 1801 b) 5 May 1803 c) 22 September 1798 d) 19 November 1805 2. Where was Ferdinand de Lesseps born? a) Rotterdam b) Cairo c) London d) Versailles 3. When did Ferdinand de Lesseps get permission to establish a company to build the Suez Canal? a) 30 November 1854 b) 7 July 1852 c) 1 April 1850 d) 31 March 1848

(This quiz is about the ninth President of USA.) 1) Which college did William Henry Harrison attend? a) William and Mary College b) Hampden-Sydney College c) St. Ignatius College d) St. Albert’s College 2) What was William Henry Harrison’s profession? a) Lawyer b) Professor c) Soldier d) Actor 3) What was William Henry Harrison’s rank in the military when he retired? a) Major General b) Brigadier c) Captain d) Colonel

1. When did Giosue Carducci get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1911 b) 1906 c) 1905 d) 1908 2. When was Giosue Carducci born? a) 9 March 1831 b) 21 April 1836 c) 27 July 1835 d) 27 December 1843 3. Where was Giosue Carducci born? a) Verona b) Turin c) Brescia d) Val di Castello

1) When was William Shakespeare born? a) 23 April 1564 b) 15 July 1580 c) 25 December 1600 d) 1 January 1601 2) Where was William Shakespeare born? a) London b) New York c) Paris d) Stratford-on-Avon 3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry? a) Anne Hathaway b) Mary Tudor c) Jane Grey d) Elizabeth Newson

1. When did Palau become independent? a) 15 March 1982 b) 27 April 1976 c) 6 September 1988 d) 1 October 1994 2. Which is the capital of Palau? a) Angaur b) Melekeok c) Tobi d) Peleliu 3. Which is the currency of Palau? a) Yen b) American Dollar c) British Pound d) Euro