Tag: Trivia Quiz Questions

1) When did Grenada become independent? a) 7 February 1974 b) 25 June 1967 c) 29 September 1973 d) 14 December 1976 2) What name did Christopher Columbus give to Grenada? a) Formosa b) Concepcion c) Esmeralda d) Isabella 3) When did Christopher Columbus sight Grenada? a) 8 March 1526 b) 23 May 1527 c) 15 August 1498 d) 12 December 1492

1) From which people Bulgaria has derived its name? a) Bulgars b) Goths c) Huns d) Vandals 2) Which of the following countries is not a neighbour of Bulgaria? a) Greece b) Italy c) Macedonia d) Romania 3) Which is the main river of Bulgaria? a) Maritsa b) Danube c) Tigris d) Nile

1) When was Alexander Solzhenitsyn born? a) 28 June 1914 b) 14 May 1920 c) 7 July 1924 d) 11 December 1918 2) Where was Alexander Solzhenitsyn born? a) Kislovodsk b) Yekatinburg c) St. Petersburg d) Vladivostok 3) What did Alexander Solzhenitsyn study in Rostov University? a) Botany and Zoology b) Mathematics and Physics c) History and Political Science d) Economics and Statistics

1) Which is the capital of Morocco? a) Tripoli b) Rabat c) Khartoum d) Addis Ababa 2) Which territory under Morocco is disputed? a) Abkhazia b) Somaliland c) South Ossetia d) Western Sahara 3) Which famous film has the name of a city of Morocco? a) Casablanca b) New York New York c) Tangier d) Marrakesh

1. When did Henry Dale win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1912 b) 1905 c) 1929 d) 1936 2. When was Henry Dale born? a) 12 October 1885 b) 9 June 1875 c) 2 September 1861 d) 27 January 1862 3. Where was Henry Dale born? a) Bristol b) Manchester c) London d) Ipswich

1. When did Albert Schweitzer get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1948 b) 1952 c) 1956 d) 1964 2. When was Albert Schweitzer born? a) 14 January 1875 b) 11 May 1880 c) 31 July 1882 d) 5 December 1886 3. Where was Albert Schweitzer born? a) Hamburg b) Bremen c) Kayserberg d) Aachen 4. Which university did Albert Schweitzer attend? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Frankfurt d) Strasbourg

1. When did Andrey Sakharov get Nobel Prize for Peace? a) 1946 b) 1957 c) 1975 d) 1979 2. When was Andrey Sakharov born? a) 12 March 1919 b) 21 May 1921 c) 29 July 1912 d) 18 November 1922 3. Where was Andrey Sakharov born? a) Moscow b) Tomsk c) Volgograd d) Astana

1. When did Santiago Ramon y Cajal win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1903 b) 1905 c) 1904 d) 1906 2. When was Santiago Ramon y Cajal born? a) 7 November 1857 b) 1 May 1852 c) 15 September 1859 d) 5 January 1851 3. Where was Santiago Ramon y Cajal born? a) Petilla de Aragon b) La Mancha c) Pamplona d) Salamanca

1. When was Bertrand Russell born? a) 4 March 1868 b) 18 May 1872 c) 9 August 1881 d) 14 November 1869 2. Where was Bertrand Russell born? a) Cardiff b) Greenwich c) Trelleck d) Windsor 3. Which college did Bertrand Russell attend? a) Pembroke College b) Trinity College c) Christ’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

1. Which book won Carl Sandburg Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) Good Morning, America b) The People, Yes c) Abraham Lincoln: The War Years d) The American Songbag 2. When was Carl Sandburg born? a) 6 January 1878 b) 9 April 1882 c) 12 July 1876 d) 18 October 1874 3. Where was Carl Sandburg born? a) Milwaukee b) Galesburg c) Pittsburg d) Gary 4. During which war was Carl Sandburg in the army? a) Mexican b) Vietnam c) Spanish-American d) Korean 5. Of which party was Carl Sandburg member? a) Republican b) Social Democratic c) Green d) Conservative