Tag: Trivia Quiz Questions

1. When was David Livingstone born? a) 19 March 1813 b) 17 June 1810 c) 1 September 1802 d) 5 December 1816 2. Where was David Livingstone born? a) Aberdeen b) Blantyre c) Glasgow d) Edinburgh 3. When did David Livingstone join the London Missionary Society? a) 1852 b) 1846 c) 1838 d) 1832

1. Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift? a) Gulliver’s Travels b) All Quiet on the Western Front c) For whom the bell tolls d) The old man and the sea 2. When was Jonathan Swift born? a) 11 January 1660 b) 14 April 1656 c) 3 June 1663 d) 30 November 1667 3. Where was Jonathan Swift born? a) Belfast b) Dublin c) London d) Paris

1) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine? a) Emil von Behring b) Chalres Richet c) Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak d) Johannes Fibiger 2) For what was Nobel Prize 2009 for Medicine given? a) Work on serum therapy b) Work on Anaphylaxis c) Discovery of a key mechanism in the genetic operatin of cells d) Contributions to cancer research 3) Who won Nobel Prize 2009 for Physics? a) John Rayleigh, William Strutt b) Gabriel Lippmann c) Charles Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George Smith d) Werner Heisenberg

1) Where was Babur born? a) Delhi b) Karachi c) Farghana d) Shiraz 2) When did Babur capture Kabul? a) 1483 b) 1494 c) 1497 d) 1504 3) When was the first battle of Panipat? a) 1511 b) 1526 c) 1556 d) 1761

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He is best known for his novel - "Brave New World". 1. When was Aldous Huxley born? a) 11 March 1884 b) 19 May 1882 c) 26 July 1894 d) 10 October 1895 2. Where was Aldous Huxley born? a) Boston b) Godalming c) Plymouth d) Liverpool 3. Which college did Aldous Huxley attend? a) Christ College b) St. James’ College c) Balliol College d) Trinity College

1. When did Tanganyika become independent? a) 19 March 1958 b) 24 May 1953 c) 18 September 1949 d) 9 December 1961 2. When did Zanzibar become independent? a) 17 February 1948 b) 12 June 1959 c) 28 August 1949 d) 10 December 1963 3. When was Tanzania founded with the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar? a) 1 January 1965 b) 26 April 1964 c) 11 July 1880 d) 12 November 1978

1) What is the feminine of horse? a) Hearse b) Hear c) Hart d) Mare 2) What is the feminine of dog? a) Bock b) Dock c) Dig d) Bitch 3) What is the feminine of lamb? a) Lumber b) Ewe c) Limb d) Lob

1) When did William IV become the King of UK? a) 12 January 1820 b) 26 June 1830 c) 5 July 1826 d) 3 November 1832 2) When was William IV born? a) 12 February 1760 b) 14 May 1750 c) 21 August 1765 d) 11 November 1768 3) Where was William IV born? a) Bristol b) Dublin c) London d) Edinburgh

1) Which country is to the north of Mexico? a) Canada b) Nicaragua c) Venezuela d) USA 2) When was Football World Cup held in Mexico for the second time? a) 1982 b) 1986 c) 1990 d) 1994 3) When was Olympics held in Mexico? a) 1964 b) 1968 c) 1972 d) 1976

1. When was Simon Boliver born? a) 24 July 1783 b) 1 April 1776 c) 14 March 1774 d) 16 December 1780 2. Where was Simon Boliver born? a) Valencia b) Caracas c) Lima d) Madrid 3. Who introduced Simon Boliver to the writings of European rationalist thinkers? a) Francisco Franco b) Felipe Gonzalez c) Simon Rodriguez d) Ferdinand Magellan