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.
