Tag: Trivia Quiz Questions

1. When did Pablo Neruda get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1969 b) 1971 c) 1975 d) 1978 2. What was Pablo Neruda’s original name? a) Jorge Videla b) Agostino Pinochet c) Raul Alfonsin d) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto 3. When was Pablo Neruda born? a) 5 March 1901 b) 24 April 1899 c) 12 July 1904 d) 2 December 1905

1) When was Gregory Peck born? a) 3 January 1911 b) 5 April 1916 c) 28 July 1912 d) 11 December 1921 2) Where was Gregory Peck born? a) Sydney b) New York c) Anchorage d) La Jolla 3) Which was Gregory Peck’s first film as an actor? a) The Gunfighter b) Spellbound c) Days of Glory d) The Dove

1. When was Julian Huxley born? a) 11 March 1884 b) 22 June 1887 c) 26 July 1894 d) 10 October 1895 2. Where was Julian Huxley born? a) London b) Bristol c) Leeds d) Liverpool 3. Which college did Julian Huxley attend? a) Bethany College b) St. James’ College c) Balliol College d) Union College

1) When was Patrick Swayze born? a) 29 February 1948 b) 8 May 1950 c) 18 August 1952 d) 10 October 1954 2) Where was Patrick Swayze born? a) Boston b) Houston c) Atlanta d) New Orleans 3) What was Patrick Swayze’s mother Patsy Swayze? a) Engineer b) Lawyer c) Dance instructor d) Doctor

1) When was Grover Cleveland first sworn in as President of USA? a) 20 September 1885 b) 4 March 1885 c) 20 January 1885 d) 4 November 1886 2) When was Grover Cleveland born? a) 18 March 1837 b) 4 May 1830 c) 12 August 1834 d) 2 October 1848 3) Where was Grover Cleveland born? a) Fairfield b) Caldwell c) San Francisco d) Buffalo

Best Picture “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

1) Who is Mercury in mythology? a) God of justice b) God of war c) God of wind d) God of commerce 2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 72?C b) 0?C c) -10?C d) -173?C 3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 122?C b) 427?C c) 285?C d) 576?C

1. What is Haj? a) Friday sermon b) Pilgrimage to Mecca c) Night prayer d) Sufi shrine 2. Who gives the call for prayer in Islam? a) Khatib b) Ayatollah c) Muezzin d) Talib 3. Which of the following is not one of the five Pillars of Islam? a) Zakat b) Shahadah c) Nikah d) Salat

1. When was Rudolf Abel arrested by FBI? a) 1 January 1949 b) 21 June 1957 c) 12 August 1956 d) 31 December 1948 2. What was Rudolf Abel’s original name? a) William August Fisher b) Ernest Blofeld c) Feliks Dzerzhinnsky d) Nikolay Yezhov 3. When was Rudolf Abel born? a) 3 March 1904 b) 15 April 1902 c) 11 July 1903 d) 14 November 1905

1. When did Turkmenistan proclaim independence? a) 1 January 2001 b) 18 June 1984 c) 31 August 1991 d) 27 October 1991 2. What is to the west of Turkmenistan? a) Black Sea b) Russia c) Caspian Sea d) Iraq 3. Which is the capital of Turkmenistan? a) Ashgabat b) Cheleken c) Tejen d) Gazaniyk