Tag: Trivia Quiz Questions

(This quiz about Alexander III of Macedon (Macedonia) aka Alexander the Great who lived in 4th century BC.) 1) Who of the following philosophers taught Alexander? a) Aristotle b) Plato c) Socrates d) Heraclitus 2) What was Bucephalus? a) Alexander’s cat b) Alexander’s dog c) Alexander’s horse d) Alexander’s parrot 3) How old was Alexander when he became king? a) 10 years b) 15 years c) 20 years d) 40 years

1) When was Yuri Andropov born? a) 31 January 1901 b) 15 June 1914 c) 14 August 1912 d) 21 December 1916 2) Where was Yuri Andropov born? a) Talinn b) Nagutskoye c) Helsinki d) Warsaw 3) On which river did Yuri Andropov work as a boatman? a) Thames b) Danube c) Rhine d) Volga

1. When was Alec Bedser born? a) 5 February 1912 b) 15 May 1916 c) 4 July 1918 d) 12 August 1914 2. Where was Alec Bedser born? a) Bristol b) Reading c) Hampshire d) Frizinghall 3. Against which country did Alec Bedser make Test debut? a) Australia b) India c) New Zealand d) West Indies

1) Which position was held by Warren Hastings in 1758? a) Mayor of Calcutta b) Resident at Murshidabad c) Resident at Hyderabad d) Mayor of Madras 2) When did Warren Hastings become the Governor of Bengal? a) 1757 b) 1764 c) 1769 d) 1772 3) Who is the first Governor General of India? a) Robert Clive b) Warren Hastings c) John Shore d) Charles Cornwallis

1. When was David Lloyd George Prime Minister of UK? a) 1901-1905 b) 1905-1908 c) 1916-1922 d) 1895-1900 2. When was David Lloyd George born? a) 17 January 1863 b) 3 April 1864 c) 14 September 1862 d) 14 October 1861 3. Where was David Lloyd George born? a) Liverpool b) Ipswich c) Manchester d) Glasgow

1) What did Galileo Galilei discover in 1610? a) Two satellites of Uranus b) Four satellites of Jupiter c) Pluto d) Neptune 2) To whom did Galileo Galilei dedicate his book ”Sidereus Nunicius”? a) Nicholas Copernicus b) Isaac Newton c) Alexander VI d) Cosmio II 3) Who published “Against the Earth’s motions” against Galileo Galilei’s discoveries? a) Thomas Harriot b) Lodovico delle Colombe c) Francesco Sizzi d) Christopher Clavius

1. When was Edmond Halley born? a) 9 February1643 b) 5 April 1648 c) 23 July 1652 d) 8 November 1656 2. Where was Edmond Halley born? a) Bristol b) Haggerston c) Cardiff d) Liverpool 3. Which school did Edmond Halley attend? a) St. Paul’s School b) Kilkenny Grammar School c) St. John’s School d) Holy Family School

1) When was Chakravarti Rajagopalachari born? a) 7 May 1961 b) 10 December 1878 c) 14 November 1989 d) 2 January 1990 2) For which post in Congress was Chakravarti Rajagopalachari selected in 1921? a) President b) Treasurer c) General Secretary d) Chairman 3) When was Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Prime Minister? a) 1937-1939 b) 1942-1947 c) 1957-1962 d) 1962-1967

1. When was Yohannes IV emperor of Ethiopia? a) 1815-1830 b) 1855-1868 c) 1848-1856 d) 1872-1889 2. When was Yohannes IV’s original name? a) Ras Tafari b) Idris Pasha c) Kassa Mercha d) Farokh Hassan 3. Who was Yohannes IV’s mail rival to the throne of Ethiopia? a) Sahle Miriam b) Haile Malakot c) Haile Selassie d) Bezebeh

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