Tag: trivia quizzes

1. What was Rosa Parks’ original name? a) Rosa Cuthbert Guy b) Rosa Louise McCauley c) Rose Fitzmaurice d) Lily White 2. When was Rosa Parks born? a) 4 February 1913 b) 24 June 1912 c) 14 July 1914 d) 17 November 1916 3. Where was Rosa Parks born? a) Birmingham b) Richmond c) Tuskegee d) Springfield

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve? a) One pound a week b) One guinea a week c) Six shillings a week d) Ten shillings a week 2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy? a) Typewriting b) Shorthand c) Telegraph d) Music 3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833? a) Maria Beadnell b) Dora Winter c) Flora Copperfield d) Jill Smith

Louisiana Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Louisiana become a state of USA? a) 4 March 1776 b) 30 April 1812 c) 12 September 1782 d) 8 December 1820 2. Who claimed Louisiana for France in 1682? a) John Law b) Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville c) Rene Robert Cavalier d) Pierre de Troyes 3. Who founded New Orleans? a) Charles Le Moyne b) Jacques Cartier c) Louis Jolliet d) Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

1) Who of the following were put to death together with St. Rufina, 4th century martyr of Sirmium? a) Reginald Pole and John Fisher b) Isaac Jogues and companions c) St. Miguel Pro and companions d) Moderata, Secundus, Romana 2) When is the feast day of St. Rufina, 4th century martyr of Sirmium? a) 9 September b) 6 April c) 3 December d) 14 June 3) Sirmium was part of which Roman province? a) Gaul b) Pannonia c) Egypt d) Greece

1. When was John Dryden born? a) 2 February 1641 b) 15 May 1636 c) 19 August 1631 d) 15 December 1628 2. Where was John Dryden born? a) Aldwinkle b) Cardiff c) Liverpool d) Dorchester 3. Which school did John Dryden attend? a) Shrewsbury School b) Westminster School c) Harrow School d) St. Paul’s School

Manipur Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did Manipur become a state? a) 6 January 1984 b) 2 June 1962 c) 21 July 1972 d) 14 December 1960 2. What does Manipur mean? a) Land of gold b) City of gems c) Pink City d) Land of snow 3. Which state is to the north of Manipur? a) Nagaland b) Tripura c) Mizoram d) Sikkim

1. What did William Harvey discover? a) Blood circulation b) Planetary motions c) Cortisol d) Vitamins 2. When was William Harvey born? a) 31 March 1584 b) 1 April 1578 c) 25 September 1587 d) 30 December 1575 3. Where was William Harvey born? a) Richmond b) Plymouth c) Liverpool d) Folkestone

1. Who won mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan b) Ai Sugiyama, Andre Sa c) Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Mark Knowles d) Alisa Kleybanova, Bruno Soares 2. Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Nadia Petrova, Max Mirnyi b) Vania King, Marcelo Melo c) Sybille Bammer, Lukasz Kubot d) Nathalie Dechy, Andy Ram 3. Who won men’s doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Daniel Nestor, Nenad Zemonjic b) Igor Kunitsyn, Dmitry Tursunov c) Bruno Soares, Kevin Ullyet d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy

1. When was Ludwig van Beethoven born? a) 3 January 1751 b) 15 May 1756 c) 9 August 1766 d) 16 December 1770 2. Where was Ludwig van Beethoven born? a) Bonn b) Munich c) Helsinki d) Stockholm 3. Where was Ludwig van Beethoven’s first public performance? a) Ulm b) Cologne c) Moscow d) Lausanne

1. Who won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound for films of 2008? a) Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp b) Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor c) Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff d) Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo 2. Who won the 14th Critics’ Choice Award for Best Young Actor? a) Brandon Walters b) Dakota Fanning c) David Kross d) Dev Patel 3. Who won the 81st Academy Award for Best Director? a) Stephen Daldry b) Danny Boyle c) Ron Howard d) David ... Read more