Nature, earth, and environment trivia quiz questions.
- What is the name given to the geological time period of 363-290
million years ago during which coal measures were formed?
- Which is further north, the tropic of cancer or the tropic of
Capricorn?
- What name is given to your angular distance on the Earth's surface
relative to the equator?
- Which landlocked Asian country is described as the world's 'highest
rubbish dump' because of all the refuse left behind by expeditions?
- What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
- When and where was the Mount Pinatubo eruption?
- What name is given to the layer of the atmosphere closest to the
surface of the Earth?
- What name is given to the Earth's single continent, which existed 250
million years ago?
- What component of CFCs causes destruction of ozone?
- Why is lead in petrol dangerous?
- What does a barometer measure?
- What is the basic chemical composition of malachite?
- What is the term for a fold of the Earth's crust in which the layers
of rock dip inwards?
- Which clouds only occur above 10,000 meters?
- What is the name of the organization which controls whaling?
- How large is the area seated within the project BioSphere 2?
- What kind of a person might study a podzol?
- Where might you find an aurora?
- Which gas in the atmosphere can be turned into fertilizer by some
microbes?
- Which layer of the Earth is believed to be formed of molten iron and
nickel?
- Which is the world's largest nature reserve?
- What is the collective noun for rhinoceri?
- What type of rock is formed by the rapid cooling of molten lava?
- What name is given to the rock formations used as a source of water?
- How long does it take for
the Earth to spin once on its axis?
- What is a very hard,
naturally-occurring mineral, of which ruby and sapphire are gem quality
varieties?
- Which common mineral is
used to make casts, moulds, blackboard chalk and plaster of Paris?
- Corundum is a mineral
oxide of which metal?
Answers to Quiz #83 - Earth and Nature Trivia Quiz
- Carboniferous.
- Tropic of Cancer.
- Latitude.
- Nepal.
- In erosion, particles of rock are transported away by wind or rain.
- In the Philippines, north of Manila, in 1991.
- Troposphere.
- Pangaea.
- Chlorine.
- It can affect the development of the nervous system, especially in
children.
- Atmospheric pressure.
- Copper carbonate.
- Syncline.
- Cirrus.
- The International Whaling Commission or IWC.
- 3.5 acres.
- A soil scientist.
- The polar skies.
- Nitrogen.
- Outer core.
- Etosha Reserve in Namibia.
- Crash.
- Obsidian.
- Aquifers.
- One day.
- Corundum.
- Gypsum.
- Aluminum.
Nature and environment trivia quiz questions.
- Which Indian state is at the eastern end of the Himalayas?
- What is the name of the atmospheric gas which screens out the sun's
harmful ultraviolet radiation?
- What is the world's deepest ocean?
- Which is the largest animal ever to have inhabited the Earth?
- What once covered 14% of the Earth's land area, but by 1991 over half
had been destroyed?
- Which inland sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is fast
disappearing because the rivers that feed it have been diverted and
dammed?
- The damaged Chernobyl nuclear power station is situated in which
country?
- What type of rock is granite?
- What type of rock is basalt?
- What is the main constituent of natural gas?
- What is the term for nutrient enrichment of lakes?
- Which of the Earth's atmospheric layers reflects radio waves?
- Which gas forms 80% of Earth's atmosphere?
- In which mountain chain would you find Mount Everest?
- What is the collective term for substances such as coal, oil and
natural gas, the burning of which produces carbon dioxide?
- What contributes to the greenhouse effect at lower atmospheric
levels, but in the upper atmosphere protects life on Earth?
- What is the name of the process by which substances are washed out of
the soil?
- Who was director of the environmental pressure group Friends of the
Earth 1984 - 90?
- Which European country is committed to decommissioning all of its
nuclear reactors?
- Which Canadian city gave its name to the 1987world agreement on
protection of the ozone layer?
- Five-legged creatures have damaged which 1250 mile long wonder of the
world?
- The dodo was a native bird of which island?
- What is the name given to the study of earthquakes?
- How do igneous rocks form?
- How many carats is pure gold?
- Marble is formed by the metamorphosis of which rock?
- Which common water pollutant is believed to be harmful to newborn
babies?
- Which radioactive substance sometimes occurs naturally in spring
water?
- What natural feature covers approximately 6% of the Earth's land
surface, and harbors 40% of the Earth's species?
- What name is given to the huge growths of algae sometimes seen in
polluted lakes and rivers?
- What was the name of the dioxin-containing defoliant used during the
Vietnam war by the USA army?
- In which area of the world do tropical rainforests occur?
- CITES is an international agreement on which environmental problem?
- What is the approximate circumference of the earth?
- What prevents the earth's atmosphere from floating out into space?
- What element give amethyst its violet color?
- Which of the emissions from cars are acidic?
- Which quarry in the Italian region of Tuscany is renowned for the
quality of its marble?
Answers to Quiz #82- Nature and Environment Trivia Answers
- Assam.
- Ozone.
- Pacific.
- Blue Whale.
- Rainforest.
- Aral Sea.
- Ukraine.
- Igneous.
- Igneous.
- Methane.
- Eutrophication.
- Ionosphere.
- Nitrogen.
- Himalayas.
- Fossil fuel.
- Ozone.
- Leaching.
- Jonathon Porritt.
- Sweden.
- Montreal.
- Great Barrier Reef.
- Mauritius.
- Seismology.
- From cooling volcanic lava.
- 24.
- Limestone.
- Nitrate.
- Radon.
- Tropical rainforest.
- A bloom.
- Agent Orange.
- On or near the equator.
- The trade in endangered species.
- 24,900 miles.
- Gravity.
- Manganese.
- Nitrogen oxides.
- Carrara.
Earth, nature, and environment trivia quiz questions.
- Which gas released by car exhausts, stops the blood hemoglobin from
working correctly?
- What name is given to the hard white material of elephant tusks?
- What device is added to a car's exhaust system to reduce pollution?
- Which Australian mammal lays eggs?
- What is the term for something that will break down naturally?
- Which is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
- Which fuel is formed by the fossilization of plants?
- Oxygen forms approximately what proportion of the atmosphere?
- What kind of tide appears at full Moon?
- What is the term given to the study of the weather?
- What is the second most common gas in the atmosphere?
- What is the name given to the outermost layer of the Earth?
- Which country produces the world's largest quantity of municipal
waste per person per year?
- Which is the largest national park in Europe?
- Which sea is so highly polluted that the Barcelona Convention was set
up in 976 to try and clean it up?
- What was the viral disease controversially introduced into Britain
during the 1950s to reduce the rabbit population?
- What is the collective noun for larks?
- What is the scientific scale for measuring the hardness of rocks?
- What is the world's smallest continent?
- Which gas forms approximately 1% of the atmosphere?
- What is the term for the energy obtained from hot, underground rocks?
- What name is given to the rocks swallowed by dinosaurs to assist
their digestion?
- Which animal has been hunted almost to extinction because of its
horn?
- Which chemical, commonly used to increase crop yield, sometimes
contaminates drinking water?
- Where is the Glacier Bay national park?
- When you recycle a drink can, which metal is it you are recovering?
- What is the earth's core made of?
- What is the name of the liquid rock which pours from a volcano?
- What is the term applied to the process of gathering together weather
forecasts from various recording stations?
- What kind of natural phenomenon 'meanders'?
- What is a cloud?
- What is the collective name for rain hail, snow, and sleet?
- What is the hardest natural substance known?
- What was the name of the ship that spilt 85,000 tons of oil off the
Shetland Islands in 1993?
- What is the collective noun for crows?
- What are the three main greenhouse gases?
- 25% of which traditional British feature was cut down between 1945
and 1985 because of agricultural mechanization?
- What is the maximum speed of a garden snail: 0.03 mph, 0.3 mph, or 3
mph?
- Someone who studies tectonics is probably an expert in which field?
- What common mineral is formed by the fossilization of vegetation?
- Which theory compares the Earth to a living organism?
- In which part of the atmosphere is the ozone layer?
- Where are you likely to come across a laccolith?
Answers to Quiz #81 - Nature and Earth Trivia Answers
- Carbon Monoxide.
- Ivory.
- Catalytic converter.
- Duck-billed platypus.
- Biodegradable.
- Nitrogen.
- Coal.
- 20%.
- Spring tide.
- Meteorology.
- Oxygen.
- Crust.
- USA.
- Hobe Tauern in Austria.
- Mediterranean Sea.
- Myxomatosis.
- Exhalation.
- Mohs' scale.
- Australia.
- Argon.
- Geothermal.
- Gastroliths.
- Rhinoceros.
- Nitrate.
- S E Alaska.
- Aluminum.
- Molten iron and nickel.
- Lava.
- Synoptic forecasting.
- A river.
- Water vapor condensed into droplets.
- Precipitation.
- Diamond.
- Braer.
- Murder.
- Carbon dioxide; methane; chlorofluorocarbons.
- Hedges / hedgrerows.
- 0.03 mph.
- Movement of continental plates.
- Coal.
- Gala hypothesis.
- Stratosphere.
- In igneous rock.
Human body science trivia quiz questions
- Which parts of the body are formed by the bones of the metatarsals
and phalanges?
- What is the fluid that lubricates and cushions the movable joints
between the bones?
- What is the oxygen-carrying protein found in the red blood cells of
the body?
- What are the chemicals produced by the endocrine glands to control
body functions?
- Where in the human body do you find the alveoli?
- What name is given to the genetic make-up of an individual?
- A bone is joined to a muscle by which structure?
- What is the biggest bone in the body?
- Which of the retina's cells can distinguish between different
wavelengths of light?
- What is the name of the large buttock and thigh muscle?
- Which hormone causes male sexual development?
- Which part of the brain controls the heart rate?
- How many genes are there in the human genome?
- When the egg is released from the ovary, what is left behind?
- What is an overgrowth of fibrous tissue, usually produced at the site
of a scar?
- Which is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood?
- Which human body organ weighs about 2 kilos?
- What is the threshold of noise-induced pain, measured in decibels?
- Which name is given to the heart chamber which receives blood?
- Which organ makes bile?
- What kind of joint is the hip?
- What term is given to the lymphocytes which mature in the thymus?
- Where is the sinoatrial node?
- What is the substance that the body over-produces in an allergic
reaction to pollen?
- Where is the pituitary gland?
- Which organ of the body secretes insulin?
- Where are the semicircular canals?
- Which part of the gut absorbs water from thje food?
- Where would you find the islets of Langerhans?
- What is the colored muscle that responds involuntarily to light?
- What is the name of the enzyme produced in the mouth?
- Which glands secrete estrogen?
- The pituitary controls many hormones, but what controls the
pituitary?
- What is the pigment that colors skin?
- Which tissue secretes progesterone during the second half of the
menstrual cycle?
- Which gland secretes the corticosteroids?
- What are the natural pain-killing substances produced in the brain
and pituitary gland?
- In which organ are the feces formed?
- What is the function of the islets of Langerhans?
- What is the scientific name for the heart's pacemaker?
- Which hormone helps control ovulation?
- What hormone was discovered by John Jacob Abel?
- What is the substance produced by hard exercise and oxygen debt,
causing stiffness in the muscles?
- Where would you find the carotid arteries?
- Of what do we have 52 in a lifetime, 20 of which are deciduous?
- Which protein forms hair and nails?
Answers to Quiz #80 - Human Body Trivia Answers
- Feet.
- Synovial fluid.
- Hemoglobin.
- Hormones.
- Lung.
- Genotype.
- Tendon.
- Femur.
- Cone cells.
- Gluteus maximus.
- Testosterone.
- Medulla oblongata.
- 80,000.
- Corpus luteum.
- Keloid.
- Pulmonary vein.
- Liver.
- 140db.
- Atrium.
- Liver.
- Ball-and-socket.
- T cells.
- Heart.
- Histamine.
- In the brain.
- Pancreas.
- The inner ear.
- Colon.
- Pancreas.
- Iris.
- Salivary amylase.
- Ovaries.
- Hypothalamus.
- Melanin.
- Corpus luteum.
- Adrenal.
- Endorphins.
- Colon.
- They secrete insulin.
- Sinoatrial node.
- Luteinizing hormone.
- Adrenaline.
- Lactic acid.
- Neck.
- Teeth.
- Keratin.
Human body trivia quiz questions
- Which part of the brain regulates physiological stability in the
body?
- Which organ is responsible for regulating the blood sugar level?
- Which organ makes urine?
- What is the scapula?
- What is the scientific name for the human ''tail'?
- Where are the ossicles?
- When might a person show rapid eye movement (REM)?
- Which organ removes excess water from the blood?
- Which is the most acidic part of the digestive system?
- A deficiency of which vitamin can cause scurvy?
- What is the average human body temperature when taken by a
thermometer under the tongue.
- What are the two main veins in the neck, returning blood from the
brain to the heart?
- What is the term fro a series of uncontrollable intakes of air
caused by sudden spasms of the diaphragm?
- Which part of the eye contains about 137 million light-sensitive
cells in one square inch?
- What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane?
- What is the name for a red blood cell?
- What is the scientific name for the windpipe?
- Where do the Graafian follicles develop?
- Which part of the body produces the excretory product urea?
- Where would you find the pisiform bone?
- What is the scientific name for the kneecap?
- What is protected by the cranium?
- What is the name of the large muscle just beneath the lungs?
- Where in the body is the thyroid?
- Which glands secrete adrenaline?
- Which organ in the body stores excess sugar as glycogen?
- What name is given to the small bones which form the spinal column?
- Which teeth are the third molars, and are always the last to0 erupt?
- What is secreted by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar levels?
- Where in the body are the cerebellum, the medulla and the
hypothalamus?
- What makes up 60-70% of human body weight?
- What beats more than 2,000 million times during an average lifetime -
or about 72 beats per minute?
- What are the very narrow blood vessels which form a network between
arteries and veins?
- What is the name of the membrane enclosing the fluid around the
fetus?
- What is the ring of bones at the hip called?
- What is the colorless liquid, consisting of plasma and white cells,
which bathes the body tissues?
- What tube connects the kidney to the bladder?
- What is the name of the structural tissue found in the ear, the nose,
and in between the vertebral discs?
- Which artery supplies the kidney with blood?
- Which organ destroys old red blood cells?
- Which three bones are collectively known as the auditory ossicles?
- How many chambers has the heart?
- How many ventricles are there in the human heart?
- What is the scientific name for the tube connecting the mouth with
the stomach?
Answers to Quiz #79 - Human Body Trivia Answers
- Hypothalamus.
- Pancreas.
- Kidney.
- Shoulder blade.
- Coccyx.
- In the ear.
- During sleep.
- Kidney.
- Stomach.
- Vitamin C.
- 98.4 degrees F.
- Jugular veins.
- Hiccups.
- Retina.
- Ear drum.
- Erythrocyte.
- Trachea.
- Ovaries.
- Liver.
- Wrist.
- Patella.
- Brain.
- Diaphragm.
- The neck.
- Adrenal glands.
- Liver.
- Vertebrae.
- Wisdom teeth.
- Insulin.
- Brain.
- Water.
- Heart.
- Capillaries.
- Amnion; amniotic membrane.
- Pelvic girdle.
- Lymph.
- Ureter.
- Cartilage.
- Renal artery.
- Spleen.
- Hammer; anvil; stirrup.
- Four.
- Two.
- Oesophagus.
Science trivia quiz - questions about plants, animals, insects, fungus and more.
- Which family of insects has species named 'drivers', 'weavers', 'and
even individuals called 'soldiers'?
- Which South American vulture can have a wing span of up to 3 meters
and a body weight of up to 13 kilos?
- What name is given to the study of animal behavior?
- Which part of a beetle's body is a skeleton?
- Mosses are classified as belonging to which part of the plant
kingdom?
- What is the name of the structures which allow leaves to breathe?
- In what state is a 'sessile' animal likely to be?
- Which rodent rears its young, called kittens, in a nest called a drey?
- Which sub-division of plants is named after their practice of forming
'naked seeds'?
- The maidenhair tree is the sole survivor of which class of plant?
- What is the state of inactivity through the dry, summer season, as
hibernation is the dormancy of the winter months?
- Which insects' larvae secrete blobs of froth called 'cuckoo spit'?
- What kind of a creature is a scorpion?
- Which part of the common valerian is used to make a sedative?
- What is the name of the structures which allow stems to breathe?
- What has a central vein called a midrib?
- Which mammal constructs a lodge in which to store food, rear young,
and pass the winter?
- Which acid is contained in rhubarb leaves, making them poisonous to
eat?
- What is a tragopan?
- What kind of an organism causes a 'rust' attack on plants?
- Which is the dominant generation in the ferns?
- Which is the biggest flower in the world?
- What is the name of the lustrous substance that forms pearl and
mother-of-pearl?
- Which beautiful youth from mythology has a plant named after him?
- What is the name of the so-called 'first-bird'?
- What do amoebas do by binary fission?
- What is the Latin word for 'liquid' which we use to mean the fluid
produced by the tree Ficus elastica?
- What is the generic word for plants that grow in water or
water-logged conditions?
- What is the main use of the tree Citrus bergamia?
- In animal classification, how are the phyla subdivided?
- Which physician developed a type of remedy involving wild flowers?
- What kind of specialist would study storm petrels?
- The best longbows were constructed from which wood?
- How many species of domestic dog are found today?
- What kind of creature is a barnacle?
- Machiavelli used which plant's name as the title of one of his books?
- What is the name of the evolutionary theory suggesting that evolution
has an uneven pace?
- Which step in photosynthesis is responsible for splitting water
molecules?
- Which kind of organisms are likely to show a 'taxis'?
Answers to Quiz #78 - Science Trivia Answers
- Ant.
- Condor.
- Ethology.
- The outside.
- Bryophyta.
- Stomata.
- Stationary.
- Squirrel.
- Gymnosperms.
- Ginko.
- Aestivation.
- Froghopper / spittlebug.
- Arachnid.
- Root.
- Lenticels.
- Leaf.
- Beaver.
- Oxalic acid.
- A Himalayan pheasant.
- Fungus.
- Sporophyte.
- Fafflesia arnoldiana or stinking corpse lily.
- Nacre.
- Narcissus.
- Archaeopteryx.
- Reproduce.
- Latex.
- Hydrophytes.
- Perfume.
- Classes.
- Bach.
- An ornithologist.
- Yew.
- One.
- A crustacean.
- Mandrake.
- Punctuated equilibrium.
- Light reaction.
- Protozoa.
Science trivia quiz questions about plants and animals.
- What is the favorite food of the giant panda?
- What leaves does a silkworm prefer to eat?
- How long is a giraffe's neck, approximately?
- What kind of an animal is a marmoset?
- Which plant has flowers but no proper leaves?
- What name is given to animals that eat both flesh and plant material?
- Which flightless marine birds of the southern hemisphere live in
rookeries?
- Which species of decapod has varieties called "fiddler', 'spider' and
'hermit'?
- What is the name of the seasonal journey undertaken by many animals
to distant feeding band breeding grounds?
- Which digestive organ is well-developed in grass-eating herbivores,
but is only vestigial in humans?
- Which are the only birds able to fly backwards?
- Photosynthesis is carried out in which part of the cell?
- What is the name of the protective outer layer of trees?
- What liquid do plants need for photosynthesis?
- What is the fastest animal on two legs?
- What is the green pigment used by plants to trap sunlight?
- What are the young of bats called?
- Which plant has flowers but no proper leaves?
- What is the larva of a toad called?
- Which bird, a member of the cuckoo family, is often seen dashing
along the highways of the southern USA and Mexico... hence its name?
- What grow as parasites and saprotrophs, contain no chlorophyll, and
reproduce by means of spores?
- Why do fish have gills?
- Which animal can move by jet propulsion?
- Which acid is produced in large quantities by lemon trees?
- What id the name given to the study of birds?
- What name is given to the microscopic plants found in great numbers
in rivers, lakes, and oceans?
- Of which reptile are there only two species, one living in the
Mississippi and the other in China?
- What are the nocturnal, herding herbivores of Australia, Tasmania,
and New Guinea?
- What type of seaweed grows up to 100 meters in length, and is farmed
for its alginates?
- Where in an animal would you find a mandible?
- Which vertebrates have a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone?
- Which European tree lives the longest?
- What is a beaver's home called?
- Which tissue carries sugary sap around the plant?
- Which cells form the middle layer of plant leaves?
- How long is the gestation period of a duck-billed platypus?
- Which antipodean bird is the largest member of the kingfisher family?
- Which microscopic organisms form the basis of marine and freshwater
food chains?
- Which bird feeds with its head upside-down and its beak held
horizontally beneath the water?
- Where in a vertebrate would you find the protein myoglobin?
- What kind of a tongue does the okapi have?
- What do baleen whales eat?
- What is the name of the food storage organ found in many birds?
- What is the most abundant substance in the plant kingdom, which no
mammal produces the enzyme to digest?
Answers to Quiz #77 - Science Trivia Answers
- Bamboo shoots.
- Mulberry.
- 3 meters.
- An American monkey.
- Cactus.
- Omnivores.
- Penguins.
- Crab.
- Migration.
- Appendix.
- Hummingbirds.
- Chloroplast.
- Bark.
- Water.
- An Ostrich.
- Chlorophyll.
- Pups.
- Cactus.
- Tadpole.
- Roadrunner.
- Fungi.
- To absorb oxygen.
- Octopus.
- Citric Acid.
- Ornithology.
- Algae.
- Alligator.
- Kangaroos.
- Kelp.
- Skull.
- Sharks.
- Yew.
- Lodge.
- Phloem.
- Mesophyll.
- It doesn't have one.
- Kookaburra.
- Plankton.
- Flamingo.
- Muscle tissue.
- Prehensile.
- Krill.
- Crop.
- Cellulose.
Science Physics trivia quiz questions complete with the answers.
- Which Swedish scientist had a temperature scale named after him?
- How many colors are there in the spectrum when white light is
separated?
- What is the term used to denote the tendency of an object to remain
in a state of rest until acted upon by an external force?
- The discovery of which law provoked the surprised cry 'Eureka!'?
- What is measured by the SI unit called a 'henry'?
- What is the force that opposes the relative motion of two bodies that
are in contact?
- What is the study and use of frequencies above 20 khz?
- What is an unchanging position in which forces cancel each other out?
- Which physicist's law states that equal volumes of all gases,
measured at the same temperature and pressure, contain the same number
of molecules?
- What is the ability of fluids to offer resistance to flow?
- What was invented by Dennis Gabor in 1947, winning him a Nobel prize
in 1971?
- What is described as an ionized gas with approximately equal numbers
of positive and negative charges?
- What name is given to the very serious chain of events which can
follow the failure of the cooling system in a nuclear reactor?
- Which electronic device magnifies the strength of a signal?
- What was the name of the unit of heat now replaced by the joule?
- What does c represent in the equation e = mc*2?
- What is commonly used in a rectifier to convert alternating current
to direct current?
- What is a cylindrical coil of wire in which a magnetic field is
created when an electric current is passed though it?
- What describes a substance that exists in more than one form,
differing in physical rather than chemical properties?
- Whose 'unified field theory' tried to explain the four fundamental
forces in terms of a single, unified force?
- In Britain, how many lines makeup the picture on a TV screen?
- What diverges rays of light, if it is concave?
- What can be expressed as the number of cycles of a vibration
occurring per unit of time?
- What is the product of the mass of a body and its linear velocity?
- Which quantity has direction as well as magnitude?
- What is the SI unit of magnetic flux density, named after a Croatian
electrical engineer?
- What does the abbreviation STP stand for?
- What is studied in the science of cryogenics?
- What does the acronym maser stand for?
Answers to Quiz #76 - Science Trivia Answers
- Anders Celsius.
- Seven.
- Inertia.
- Archimedes Principle.
- Inductance.
- Friction.
- Ultrasonic's.
- Equilibrium.
- Amadeo Avogadro.
- Viscosity.
- Holography / Holograms.
- Plasma.
- Meltdown.
- Amplifier.
- Calorie.
- Speed of light.
- Diode.
- Solenoid.
- Allotropic.
- Einstein.
- 625.
- Lens.
- Frequency.
- Momentum.
- Vector quantity.
- Tesla.
- Standard Temperature and Pressure.
- Very low temperature.
- Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
Science trivia quiz questions complete with the answers.
- What type of coal is brown and fibrous?
- What is the sticky wax obtained from sheep?
- What is the trade name for the non-stick material used for coating
cooking pans?
- What name is given to the brittle kind of iron used for making engine
blocks and manhole covers?
- Which scientific unit gives a measure of loudness?
- The behavior of sound in rooms and concert halls is a separate
science. what is its name?
- What kind of animal is an iguana?
- Camera film bears an ISO number. What does ISO stand for?
- What is the name given to the molten rock beneath the surface of the
Earth?
- Which disease is spread in minute water drops?
- What raw material is used for making glass?
- What is the strong inelastic material found in a human tendon?
- What material forms the hard outermost layer of a human tooth?
- Snowflakes are symmetrical. How many sides do they have?
- What name is given to an atomic particle carrying a negative charge?
- DNA is found in which part of the cell?
- By which name is the drug acetylsalicylic acid better known?
- How many legs has an insect?
- What kind of an organism is a truffle?
- Where in the body does a cataract form?
- What is the most abundant element in the universe?
- Which flower has the same name as a diaphragm in the eye?
- What is the name of the strong material found in plant cell walls?
- Which animals are arthropods and have eight legs?
- Which is the modern scientific unit of work and energy?
- Chlorine, fluorine and bromine belong to which family of elements?
- What name is given to the change of state from liquid to gas?
- Who pioneered the airship?
- What in genetics, is the term denoting the transmission of traits and
characteristics from parents of offspring?
- Which scientist discovered the neutron?
- Which was the first antibiotic to be discovered?
- What is oncology?
- What is the boiling point of water?
- Ascorbic acid is which vitamin?
- What, specifically, are the metals amalgam, solder, pewter and steel?
- What is the generic term for the mechanical, electrical and
electronic components of a computer?
- Whose research on X-ray diffraction of ?DNA crystals helped Crick and
Watson during the race to discover the structure of DNA?
- Heisenberg is most associated with which branch of physics?
- What did Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes discover?
- What science is the study of missiles in motion?
- Which branch of science has four fundamental principles: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- What kind of elements are found in a pure state in nature?
- What are classified by their measurement in degrees as "right",
"reflex", "obtuse", or "acute"?
- What is the name given to the longest side of a right-angled
triangle?
Answers to Quiz #75 - Science Trivia Answers
- Lignite.
- Lanolin.
- Teflon.
- Cast Iron.
- Decibel.
- Acoustics.
- Reptile.
- International Standards Organization.
- Magma.
- Legionnaire's disease.
- Sand.
- Collagen.
- Enamel.
- Six.
- Electron.
- Nucleus.
- Aspirin.
- Six.
- Fungus.
- The eye.
- Hydrogen.
- Iris.
- Cellulose.
- Arachnids.
- Joule.
- Halogens.
- Evaporation.
- Count Von Zeppelin.
- Heredity / inheritance.
- James Chadwick.
- Penicillin.
- Branch of medicine concerning cancer.
- 100 degrees Celsius.
- Vitamin C.
- Alloys.
- Hardware.
- Rosalind Franklin.
- Quantum Mechanics.
- Superconductivity.
- Ballistics.
- Arithmetic.
- Native elements.
- Angles.
- Hypotenuse.
Trivia Quiz questions about Famous People
- Who was Pope for only 33 days in 1978?
- Who was lead singer with the group Queen?
- Which author had the real name Charles Dodgson?
- Who introduced the potato and tobacco to Europe.
- Who was the Lord Chancellor beheaded for refusing to recognize Henry
VIII as head of the church?
- In which of the arts did Vaslav Nijinsky and Margot Fonteyn excel?
- Who led the Free French forces during World War II?
- Which battle of 1876 was Custer's last stand?
- Which actor, comedian and singer was born David Daniel Kaminski?
- Which builder of steam engines formed a successful partnership with
Matthew Boulton?
- What nationality was the spy Mata Hari?
- Who said: "The customer is always right"?
- Which Russian goldsmith became famous for his jeweled eggs?
- What pen name was used by the Spanish orator Dolores Ibarruri, who
said "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"?
- For what purpose did Melvil Dewey devise his decimal system in 1876?
- Who was the king of rock and roll?
- Who was Sherlock Holmes' assistant?
- What are the indigenous people of new Zealand called?
- Who was the film star who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco?
- What was the first name of the politician Gladstone, the composer
Walton, and the reformer Wilberforce?
- Of which tribe was Goliath the champion?
- What was the nickname of the French singer Edith Piaf?
- What nickname was given to General Thomas Jackson because of his
stern defense at the battle of Bull Run?
- Whose birthday is celebrated by a public holiday on the third Monday
in January in the USA?
- Which Christian martyr was first bishop of Rome?
- Who was the most famous of English lexicographers?
- In which of the arts has Richard Avedon distinguished himself?
- Which religious grou0p migrated westward to the Great Salt Lake,
Utah, in 1847?
- Which 18th-century dictionary compiler defined himself as a "harmless
drudge"?
- Who was president of the USSR from 1985-91?
- What was the name of the Thracian slave who led an ultimately
unsuccessful gladiator revolt against Rome in 73 BC?
- Which English king abdicated and became Duke of Windsor?
- Who was the first man in space in 1961?
- Who was the American politician who made wild claims of communist
infiltration in the 1950s?
- What invention made the fortune of Alfred Noel, founder of the Nobel
prize?
- Whose circus did General Tom Thumb join at the age of five in 1843?
- Which building is the official residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen
Mother?
- Of which country was de Valera the prime minister, and later the
president?
- Which actress starred opposite Alan Ladd in the film "The Blue
Dahlia"?
- Which French fashion designer created the "Little black dress"?
Answers to Quiz #74 - Famous People Trivia Answers
- John Paul I.
- Freddie Mercury.
- Lewis Carroll.
- Sir Walter Raleigh.
- Thomas More.
- Ballet.
- Charles de Gaulle.
- Little Bighorn.
- Danny Kaye.
- James Watt.
- Dutch.
- Harry Gordon Selfridge.
- Peter Faberge.
- La Pasionaria.
- Classifying books.
- Elvis Presley.
- Dr. Watson.
- Maoris.
- Grace Kelly.
- William.
- Philistines.
- The "Little Sparrow".
- Stonewall.
- Martin Luther King.
- St. Peter.
- Samuel Johnson.
- Photography.
- Mormons.
- Samuel Johnson.
- Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Spartacus.
- Edward VIII.
- Yuri Gagarin.
- Joe McCarthy.
- Dynamite.
- P T Barnum.
- Clarence House.
- Ireland.
- Veronica Lake.
- Coco Chanel.
Trivia Quiz questions about Politics
- What was the racial segregation policy practiced by South
Africa's National Party until 1994?
- Which party was led by Adolf Hitler from 1921 to 1945?
- How old must you be to vote in a British parliamentary election?
- How many readings does an act of Parliament have in the House of
Commons before being given royal assent?
- In which city did Karl Marx write Das Kapital?
- What was the former name of the British Green Party?
- Which party did F W de Klerk represent as South African president?
- What is the term used when a sitting MP is removed as the candidate
for a forthcoming election?
- Who played the part of Piers Fletcher Dervish, personal assistant to
MP Alan B'stard, in the television comedy series The New Statesman?
- Which MP entered Parliament as a Tory in 1833, but became Liberal
prime minister in 1868?
- What was the British government forced to abolish in 1991, replacing
it with the council tax?
- Who was the last foreign secretary to serve in Margaret Thatcher's
cabinet, an MP who also contested the leadership after her resignation?
- Which publication documents all proceedings of the British
parliament?
- Which British minister of health inaugurated the National Health
Service?
- Who were the two prime ministers of Britain during World War II?
- What is the name for the group of opposition spokesmen who comment on
the policies of government ministers?
- Who was "Britain's first ever Labour prime minister in 1924?
- Which politician has been referred to as "Red Ken"?
- What became known s "the F-word" at the 1991 Maastricht summit, where
Britain wanted it removed from the treaty?
- Which British actress won the Hampstead and Highgate seat for Labour
in the 1992 General Election?
- Whose book Inside NO 10 described Harold Wilson's Downing Street
years?
- What is the name of the Welsh nationalist party?
- What is the Swedish name of the official who acts for the private
citizen in complaints against the government?
- Which US president introduced the New Deal in 1933 to counter the
depression?
- Mario Soares became the first socialist president of which country in
1986?
- Which policy helped Pierre Trudeau to a landslide victory in the
Canadian presidential election of 1980?
- What is the title of the member of the upper house equivalent to that
of the Speaker in the lower house?
- Who was the first president of France's Fifth Republic?
- Who was dismissed from office as Australian prime minister in 1975
after refusing to call a general election?
- Which government office was held successively by Geoffrey Howe, Nigel
Lasson, and John Major?
- What is the more common name of the "simple plurality" system of
voting?
- Which word, meaning "I forbid" in Latin, means the right to prevent a
law being enacted or an action being taken?
- What collective name is given to the first ten amendments to the US
constitution?
- What is the collective name of the international agreements signed by
all the member states of the European Community?
- In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev resign as Soviet president?
- Which political commentator has presented both Weekend World and A
Week in Politics?
- How many countries are there in the British Commonwealth?
- What is the Irish house of representatives called?
- What word for unthinking patriotism is derived from the name of one
of Napoleon's admirers?
Answers to Quiz #73 - Political Trivia Answers
- Apartheid.
- Nazi Party.
- 18.
- Three.
- London.
- Ecology Party.
- National Party.
- Deselection.
- Michael Troughton.
- Gladstone.
- Poll tax / community charge.
- Douglas Hurd.
- Hansard.
- Aneurin Bevan.
- Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.
- Shadow cabinet.
- James Ramsey MacDonald.
- Ken Livingstone.
- Federalism.
- Glenda Jackson.
- Lady Falkender.
- Plaid Cyumru.
- Ombudsman.
- Franklin Roosevelt.
- Portugal.
- Opposing Quebec separatism.
- Lord Chancellor.
- Charles de Gaulle.
- Gough Whitlam.
- Chauvinism.
- First past the post.
- Veto.
- Bill of Rights.
- Treaties of Rome.
- 1991.
- Peter Jay.
- 50.
- Dáil Éireann
- Chauvinism.
Trivia Quiz questions about Politics
- What is the official residence of the president of France?
- Who set out his political ideas in Mein Kampf?
- Who preceded Ronald Reagan as American president?
- In which year was Ulster incorporated into the UK, under the Home
Rule Act?
- What name is shared by the chairs of the UK House of Commons and the
US House of Representatives?
- Which is the lower house of the British parliament?
- Of what electoral system are "single transferable vote" and "party
list" forms?
- Who was the USA's vice president in 1990?
- Which prime minister took Britain into the European Community in
1973?
- Which publication was the vehicle for John 'Wilkes's attacks on the
Tories for which he was imprisoned in 1768?
- How did the suffragette Emily Davison meet her death in 1913?
- What was enforced by Parliament in 1379 and was the trigger that
caused the Peasants' Revolt?
- In which country did Pol Pot lead the feared Khmer Rouge?
- How often are American presidential elections held?
- Israel was proclaimed an independent state in 1948. Who was its prime
minister from then until 1963?
- Who did Margaret Thatcher succeed as leader of the Conservative
Party?
- Who said 'A week is a long time in politics'?
- In which parliament has the UK 87 seats for members who are elected
for a five0-year term?
- What name is given to the series of strikes in the winter of 1978-79
that led to the defeat of the Labour government?
- Which Elizabethan politician, philosopher and essayist was fined
L40,000 for taking bribes?
- Who succeeded Clement Attlee as Labour Party leader in 1955?
- Whose book Sexual Politics was a landmark in feminist thinking?
- Which American economist is the foremost advocate of monetarism?
- In what year did the Representation of the People Act give the vote
to all women over 21?
- Who was Italy's Fascist lender from 1925-43?
- Which human-rights organization campaigns for the release of
political prisoners worldwide?|
- Which British company was effectively the ruler of much of India
until the India Act of 1858?
- What offence was former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega tried for in
the USA?
- Which are the two main political parties in the USA?
- What do the British call the person other countries might call
minister of the interior?
- Who was the youngest ever leader of the Labour Party, elected in
1983?
- Which party leader was a Royal Marine commando?
- Which British prime minister fell from office because of his repeal
of the Corn Laws?
- Which Conservative MP was a middle-distance runner who won two
Olympic gold medals and set eleven world records during the 1970s and
1980s?
Answers to Quiz #72 - Political Trivia Answers
- Elysee Palace.
- Adolf Hitler.
- Jimmy Carter.
- 1920.
- Speaker.
- House of Commons.
- Proportional representation.
- Dan Quayle.
- Edward Heath.
- The North Briton.
- She threw herself under the king's horse in the Derby.
- Poll tax.
- Cambodia.
- Every four years.
- Ben-Gurion.
- Edward Heath.
- Harold Wilson.
- European Parliament.
- Winter of Discontent.
- Frances Bacon.
- Hugh Gaitskell.
- Kate Millett.
- Milton Friedman.
- 1928.
- Mussolini.
- Amnesty International.
- East India Company.
- Drug Trafficking.
- Democrats and Republicans.
- Home Secretary.
- Neil Kinnock
- Paddy Ashdown.
- Robert Peel.
- Sebastian Coe.
Trivia Quiz questions about Europe and European History
- What year saw the nationalization of British Railways?
- Who are the only two English sovereigns from whom Prince Charles is
not descended?
- Who succeeded the Roman emperor, Trajan?
- In which country is the castle that gives the Habsburg dynasty its
name?
- Who was the admiral of the French fleet defeated by Nelson at the
Battle of Trafalgar?
- During which war was the Battle of Blenheim?
- Which royal house consisted of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI?
- In which Indian city did British troops open fire without warning on
a crowd of 10,000 in 1919?
- In which war was the Battle of Ramillies?
- Which sultan of Egypt, who precipitated the third Crusade,
subsequently made peace with Richard I?
- In which naval battle did Rome decisively defeat the forces of Antony
and Cleopatra?
- Which new policy in 1958 was an attempt to achieve "true communism"
in China?
- Who was appointed successor to Hitler in 1939 but expelled from the
Nazi party six years later?
- What was ceded to Britain in 1713 as part of the settlement of the
War of Spanish Succession?
- Which people did Alaric lead in the capture of Rome in 410?
- Who was the queen of the British king, Charles I?
- Whom did Charles V confront at the Diet of Worms in 1521?
- What was the name of the Libyan king deposed by Colonel Kaddafi in
1969?
- Who were the victors of the Battle of Austerlitz?
- What was the first considerable engagement in the American
Revolution?
- Who succeeded Henry I as king of England in 1135?
- Which treaty after World War I established the League of Nations?
Answers to Quiz #71 - European Historical Trivia Answers
- 1948.
- Charles II and James II.
- Hadrian.
- Switzerland.
- Pierre de Villeneuve.
- War of Spanish Succession.
- House of Lancaster.
- Amritsar.
- War of Spanish Succession.
- Saladin.
- Battle of Actium.
- The Great Leap Forward.
- Hermann Goering.
- Gibraltar.
- A: Visigoths.
- Henrietta (Maria).
- Marin Luther.
- King Idris.
- The French under Napoleon.
- Bunker Hill.
- Stephan.
- Versailles.
Trivia Quiz questions about History and Historical Topics
- What year saw the nationalization of British Railways?
- Who are the only two English sovereigns from whom Prince Charles is
not descended?
- Who succeeded the Roman emperor, Trajan?
- In which country is the castle that gives the Habsburg dynasty its
name?
- Who was the admiral of the French fleet defeated by Nelson at the
Battle of Trafalgar?
- During which war was the Battle of Blenheim?
- Which royal house consisted of Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI?
- In which Indian city did British troops open fire without warning on
a crowd of 10,000 in 1919?
- In which war was the Battle of Ramillies?
- Which sultan of Egypt, who precipitated the third Crusade,
subsequently made peace with Richard I?
- In which year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
- In which naval battle did Rome decisively defeat the forces of Antony
and Cleopatra?
- Which new policy in 1958 was an attempt to achieve "true communism"
in China?
- Who was appointed successor to Hitler in 1939 but expelled from the
Nazi party six years later?
- What was ceded to Britain in 1713 as part of the settlement of the
War of Spanish Succession?
- Which three states did the USA gain after the Mexican war?
- Which people did Alaric lead in the capture of Rome in 410?
- Who was the queen of the British king, Charles I?
- Where did George Washington's army endure the winter of 1777-78?
- Whom did Charles V confront at the Diet of Worms in 1521?
- What was the name of the Libyan king deposed by Colonel Kaddafi in
1969?
- Who were the victors of the Battle of Austerlitz?
- Which US president ended his country's participation in the Vietnam
War?
- What was the first considerable engagement in the American
Revolution?
- Who succeeded Henry I as king of England in 1135?
- In which war was the Battle of Shiloh?
- Which treaty after World War I established the League of Nations?
- In which year did the Korean War break out?
Answers to Quiz #70 - Historical Trivia Answers
- 1948.
- Charles II and James II.
- Hadrian.
- Switzerland.
- Pierre de Villeneuve.
- War of Spanish Succession.
- House of Lancaster.
- Amritsar.
- War of Spanish Succession.
- Saladin.
- 1941.
- Battle of Actium.
- The Great Leap Forward.
- Hermann Goering.
- Gibraltar.
- New Mexico, California, and Texas.
- A: Visigoths.
- Henrietta (Maria).
- Valley Forge.
- Marin Luther.
- King Idris.
- The French under Napoleon.
- Richard Nixon.
- Bunker Hill.
- Stephan.
- American Civil War.
- Versailles.
- 1950.
Trivia Quiz questions about History and Historical Topics
- Which country first tried unsuccessfully to build the Panama Canal?
- Which family ruled Florence for three centuries from 1434?
- Who were the Celtic-speaking peoples living in France and Belgium
during Roman times?
- Which king of England had a mother and a son who were both beheaded?
- Which battle of 1746 ended the Jacobite revolution?
- What Soviet "man of steel" was educated for the priesthood but was
expelled from the seminary?
- In which year did Brunei gain independence fro Britain?
- What country sold land including the present-day states of Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Oklahoma to the USA in 1803?
- Which British monarch married Anne of Denmark?
- In which year did Dublin's Easter Rising take place?
- Which US president was shot five days after the end of the American
Civil War?
- In which battle did Harold II, the last Saxon king, lose his life?
- "What was the name of the Austrian-born dictator who succeeded
Hindenburg as Germany's head of state?
- Who was the black educationist who was born a slave but became a
leader in the search for civil rights in the early 1900s?
- Which French revolutionary was nicknamed "the Incorruptible"?
- Where did Florence Nightingale establish a hospital to treat
casualties of the Crimean War?
- Which rebellion was effectively ended by the Battle of Culloden?
- What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World, now
in ruins?
- Who was the first president of independent Kenya?|
- Who proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949?
- Which country was ruled by the Romanov dynasty 1613-1917?
- Which country's liberalization program was halted by the invasion of
600,000 Soviet troops in 1968?
- Which Axis Power changed sides during World War II, declaring war on
Germany in October 1943?
- Who was the first democratically elected Marxist head of state?
- What was the name of the basalt slab that became the key for
deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics?
- What title did Charlemagne, already king of the Franks, acquire in
800?
- In which industrial process was the inventor Joseph Arkwright
responsible for an important breakthrough in 1768?
- What is the name of the British political regime 1649-60 established
by Oliver Cromwell?
- Which wife of Henry VIII had already married twice before she became
queen, and married for a fourth time after Henry's death?
- What was the name of the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, fought
in 1485?
- Who was the prime minister of South Africa who was assassinated in
1966?
- Which 17th-century king of Sweden was known as the "Lion of the
North"?
Answers to Quiz #69 - Historical Trivia Answers
- France.
- Medici.
- Gauls.
- James I.
- Culloden.
- Joseph Stalin.
- 1984.
- France.
- James I.
- 1816.
- Abraham Lincoln.
- Battle of Hastings.
- Adolf Hitler.
- Booker T. Washington.
- Robespierre.
- Scutari.
- Jacobite rebellion.
- Jamestown.
- Jomo Kenyatta.
- Mao Zedong.
- Russia.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Italy.
- Salvador Allende.
- Rosetta Stone.
- Holy Roman Emperor.
- Spinning Cotton.
- The Commonwealth.
- Catherine Parr.
- Battle of Bosworth.
- Hendrik Verwoerd.
- Gustavus Adolphus.
Trivia Quiz questions about Asia.
- Is the Great Wall of China 650, 1,450 or 2,050 miles long?
- Where did the Gang of Four try to size power in 1976?
- Which Asian city hosted the 1988 Olympic Games?
- Who was emperor of Japan during world War II?
- What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
- Of which country is Vientiane the capital?
- Who was the Mongol ruler who conquered Persia, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
and Georgia in the 14th Century?
- Which two Middle-Eastern countries fought a war from 1980 to 1988?
- Which sea lies between china and Korea?
- In which modern country are the ports of Sidon and Tyer?
- What is the name of the mountain pass which lies between Pakistan and
Afghanistan?
- The West Bank of which river has been occupied by Israel since 1967?
- Which 15th-century navigator discovered the sea route from Europe to
India by the Cape of Good Hope?
- What is the name of the group of 1,196 islands in the North Indian
Ocean, none bigger than five square miles?
- What did Burma change its name to in 1989?
- A 25 km causeway, the longest in the world, links Saudi Arabia with
which other country?
- Beside which river are the Indian cities of Delhi and Agra?
- On which inland sea do the ports of Astrakhan and Baku lie?
- Of which state in India is Lucknow the capital?
- Which country was suspended from the Arab League for ten years from
1979?
- With what is the Japanese art of bonsai concerned?
- By what name was Thailand known until 1939?
- What kind of wild cattle with shaggy coats and upturned horns live in
the mountains of Tibet?
- Which 13th-century Mongol warlord controlled probably a larger area
than anyone in history, from the Yellow Sea to the Black Sea?
- Which country is bounded by Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Gulf of Aden, and
the Red Sea?
- Which is the largest city in India?
- Which is the principal island of Japan?
- What distinguished the Japanese tanker Shin-Attoku-Maru, launched in
1980?
- What is the dominant classical language of the Indian subcontinent?
- In which 1954 battle did the Vietminh defeat the French and end their
influence in Indochina?
- What nationality are the Gurkhas, who have fought for the British and
Indian armies since 1815?
- Which major export of Bangladesh is used to make sacking?
- What was the former name of Iran?
- Which river runs 1,560 miles to the Bay of Bengal?
- Which sheikhdom is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
- Which native East Asian plant is the richest natural vegetable food?
- What is the capital of Hong Kong?
- Which Syrian city is said to be the oldest continually inhabited city
in the world?
- Who founded the modern republic of Turkey and, in 1934, took a name
meaning "Father of the Turks"?
- What is the Japanese product kakiemon?
- Which river with a vast delta to the South china Sea rises as the Za
Qu in Tibet?
- Isfahan is a major city in which country?
- Which Indian poet and philosopher was the first Asian to win the
Nobel Prize for Literature?
- In which square in Beijing did troops massacre ore than 1,000
demonstrators in 1989?
- Who was supposed to have told the Arabian Nights tales?
Answers to Quiz #67 - Asia Trivia Answers
- 1,450.
- China.
- Seoul.
- Hirohito.
- Riyadh.
- Laos.
- Tamerlane.
- Iran and Iraq.
- Yellow Sea.
- Lebanon.
- Khyber pass.
- Jordan.
- Vasco da Gama.
- Maldives.
- Myanmar.
- Bahrain.
- Jumna.
- Caspian Sea.
- Uttah Pradesh.
- Egypt.
- Miniature Trees.
- Siam.
- Yak.
- Genghis Khan.
- Yemen.
- Calcutta.
- Honshu.
- Assisted by wind.
- Sanskrit.
- Dien Bien Phu.
- Nepalese.
- Jute.
- Persia.
- Ganges.
- Abu Dhabi.
- Soya.
- Victoria.
- Damascus.
- Kemal Ataturk.
- Porcelain.
- Mekong.
- Iran.
- Rabindranath Tagoe.
- Tiananmen Square.
- Scheherazade.
Trivia Quiz questions about miscellaneous European topics.
- In 1997 which airline replaced the flag on its tail fin with ethnic designs
from around the world?
- Where did Anne Frank die?
- According to the British Bishop Mervyn Stockwood, who would "go to the
Follies Bergere and look at the audience?
- In which city was the peace treaty ending the Vietnam war signed?
- What was Scotland's answer to California's Silicon Valley called?
- What was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century?
- What is London's biggest airport called?
- Which country is locked within Belgium, Germany and France?
- Which two national teams made the first flight over Everest in a hot air
balloon?
- In which category did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize?
- The fastest man on land at the beginning of this century came from which
country?
- In which country were motorized ambulances first used?
- What is the largest inland port in Europe?
- Which company manufactured the first car to run on diesel?
- In 1939 who described the actions of Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery
inside an enigma?"
- In Nazi Germany, what was Endloslung?
- Who was Hitler's Prime Minister in Prussia?
- Vehicles from which country use the international registration letter L?
- Where in England is the location of the Glastonbury Festival?
- The Channel Islands are in which Channel?
- The French region of Grasse is famous for making what?
- Which was the last country in mainland Europe to switch from driving on the
left?
- By the end of the 80s, what percentage of British households had two cars?
- In which city was the first Model T produced outside the USA?
- Who became mayor of Cologne in 1945?
- Who was Churchill referring to when he said "never was so much owed by so
many to so few?
- In which year did Britain's lease on Hong Kong officially expire?
- Which Norwegian explorer did Robert Feary beat to the North Pole?
- What is the Pacific terminus of the Trans Siberian Railway?
- In what year did the millionth Volkswagen roll off the assembly line?
- A bridge too far" referred to airborne landings in which country?
- Who founded the Cubism movement with Picasso?
Answers to Quiz #65 - Miscellaneous European Trivia Answers
- British Airways.
- Belsen.
- A psychiatrist.
- Paris.
- Silicon Glen.
- Leningrad.
- Heathrow.
- Luxembourg.
- Australia/UK.
- Chemistry.
- Belgium.
- France.
- Hamburg, Germany.
- Mercedes Benz.
- Winston Churchill.
- The Final Solution.
- Goering.
- Luxembourg.
- Pilton.
- English Channel.
- Perfume.
- Sweden.
- 20%
- Manchester.
- Konrad Adenauer.
- RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain.
- 1997.
- Roald Amundsen.
- Vladivostok.
- 1955.
- Netherlands.
- Braque.
Trivia Quiz questions about Europe and European things.
- In 1997 which airline replaced the flag on its tail fin with ethnic designs
from around the world?
- Where did Anne Frank die?
- According to the British Bishop Mervyn Stockwood, who would "go to the
Follies Bergere and look at the audience?
- In which city was the peace treaty ending the Vietnam war signed?
- What was Scotland's answer to California's Silicon Valley called?
- What was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century?
- What is London's biggest airport called?
- Which country is locked within Belgium, Germany and France?
- Which two national teams made the first flight over Everest in a hot air
balloon?
- In which category did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize?
- The fastest man on land at the beginning of this century came from which
country?
- In which country were motorized ambulances first used?
- What is the largest inland port in Europe?
- Which company manufactured the first car to run on diesel?
- In 1939 who described the actions of Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery
inside an enigma?"
- In Nazi Germany, what was Endloslung?
- Who was Hitler's Prime Minister in Prussia?
- Vehicles from which country use the international registration letter L?
- Where in England is the location of the Glastonbury Festival?
- The Channel Islands are in which Channel?
- The French region of Grasse is famous for making what?
- Which was the last country in mainland Europe to switch from driving on the
left?
- By the end of the 80s, what percentage of British households had two cars?
- In which city was the first Model T produced outside the USA?
- Who became mayor of Cologne in 1945?
- Who was Churchill referring to when he said "never was so much owed by so
many to so few?
- In which year did Britain's lease on Hong Kong officially expire?
- Which Norwegian explorer did Robert Feary beat to the North Pole?
- What is the Pacific terminus of the Trans Siberian Railway?
- In what year did the millionth Volkswagen roll off the assembly line?
- "A bridge too far" referred to airborne landings in which country?
- Who founded the Cubism movement with Picasso?
Answers to Quiz #64 - European Trivia Answers
- British Airways.
- Belsen.
- A psychiatrist.
- Paris.
- Silicon Glen.
- Leningrad.
- Heathrow.
- Luxembourg.
- Australia/UK.
- Chemistry.
- Belgium.
- France.
- Hamburg, Germany.
- Mercedes Benz.
- Winston Churchill.
- The Final Solution.
- Goering.
- Luxembourg.
- Pilton.
- English Channel.
- Perfume.
- Sweden.
- 20%
- Manchester.
- Konrad Adenauer.
- RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain.
- 1997.
- Roald Amundsen.
- Vladivostok.
- 1955.
- Netherlands.
- Braque.
Trivia Quiz questions about Entertainment.
- In Chaplin's The Great Dictator, what was the dictator's name?
- To which conductor did Vaughan Williams dedicate his 8th Symphony?
- What did critic John Mason Brown describe as "chewing gum for the eyes?"
- Who wrote the book on which the musical Whistle Down the Wind was based?
- In what country was British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton born?
- Which orchestral conductor was married to one of the subjects of the film
Hillary and Jackie?
- Which director's autobiography was called The Name Above the Title?
- Where was blues singer Leadbelly when he was 'discovered' musically?
- Most of the Three Tenors come from which country?
- Who is taller, Holly Hunter or Madonna?
- What is Ryan O'Neal's real first name?
- Who wrote the song Mad Dogs And Englishmen?
- Who wrote the children's classic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?
- The first Miss World came from which country?
- Which writer and politician became Lord Tweedsmuir?
- Who directed the 1980 film of Popeye?
- For which movie did Spielberg win his first Oscar?
- Which part did Michael Jackson play in The Wiz?
- What was advertised by Rod Stewart and Tina Turner's version of It Takes Two?
- Which brothers bought Shepperton movie studios in 1994?
- Which studios did the Rank Organization open in 1936?
- Who made the film Renaldo and Clara with Bob Dylan?
- Which British composer wrote the theme music for the film Murder on the
Orient Express?
- The expression Great White Hope was used to describe which black boxer's
opponents?
- Which Dallas actress was born on exactly the same day as singer / songwriter
Stephen Stills?
- Which Bond girl was played by Diana Rigg?
- Who was the German soldier in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In?
- In which decade was Kim Basinger born?
- Who had a 1980s No 1 hit with Shakedown?
- What food has sexual overtones in Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris?
- On whose life was the short-lived musical Winnie based?
- How many Gilbert & Sullivan operas are there?
- Who said, "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle?"
- About whom did Kenneth Tynan say, "What one sees in other women
drunk, one sees in... sober?"
- Which pop star went on The Serious Tour?
- In what year was the first Tarzan novel published?
- Michael Jackson's Will You Be There came from which movie?
- Who had a 60s No 1 hit with The Theme From a Summer Place?
- What was Blossom's last name in the comedy series?
- Who won the Best Director Oscar for Platoon?
- In which decade of the 20th century was Jessica Lange born?
- The first great rock charity show was in aid of the people of which country?
- Which film poster included the line "I told you... you know nothing about
wickedness?"
- Who wrote the very last episode of Seinfeld?
Answers to Quiz #63 - Enterainment Trivia Answers
- Adenoid Hynkel.
- Barbirolli.
- TV.
- Mary Hayley Bell.
- Ecuador.
- Daniel Barenboim.
- Frank Capra.
- Prison.
- Spain.
- Madonna.
- Patrick.
- Noel Coward.
- C. S. Lewis.
- Sweden.
- John Buchan.
- Robert Altman.
- Schindler's List.
- The Scarecrow.
- Pepsi.
- Scott.
- Pinewood.
- Joan Baez.
- Richard Rodney Bennett.
- Jack Johnson.
- Victoria Principal.
- Tracy Vincenzo.
- Artie Johnson.
- 50s.
- Bob Seger.
- Butter.
- Winston Churchill.
- 13.
- Bob Hope.
- Greta Garbo.
- Phil Collins.
- 1914.
- Free Willy.
- Percy Faith.
- Russo.
- Oliver Stone.
- 1940s.
- Bangladesh.
- The Lady From Shanghai.
- Larry David.