41 multiple choice trivia questions

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

1. John Glenn
2. Yuri Gagarin
3. Neil Armstrong
4. Buzz Aldrin

Which European explorer reached India by sailing around Africa in 1498?

1. Vasco da Gama
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Bartolomeu Dias
4. Christopher Columbus

Which peace treaty was signed on 28 June 1919?

1. The Treaty of Utrecht
2. The Treaty of Tordesillas
3. The Treaty of Versailles
4. The Treaty of Ghent

What code name was used for the Allied invasion of Normandy?

1. Operation Market Garden
2. Operation Barbarossa
3. Operation Overlord
4. Operation Torch

Which film features a yellow brick road leading to the Emerald City?

1. The Sound of Music
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. Gone with the Wind
4. The Wizard of Oz

Who directed Jurassic Park in 1993?

1. Steven Spielberg
2. James Cameron
3. Ridley Scott
4. George Lucas

Which Alfred Hitchcock film is famous for its shower scene?

1. Rear Window
2. Psycho
3. The Birds
4. Vertigo

Which band recorded Hey Jude?

1. The Beach Boys
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. The Who

Who sang Rolling in the Deep?

1. Duffy
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Adele
4. Florence Welch

Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

1. Antonio Vivaldi
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. George Frideric Handel
4. Johann Sebastian Bach

How many players does a soccer team field at the start of a match?

1. Nine
2. Ten
3. Eleven
4. Twelve

Which country’s rugby team is called the All Blacks?

1. New Zealand
2. Wales
3. Australia
4. South Africa

Which country hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup?

1. Italy
2. Brazil
3. Argentina
4. Uruguay

Which pasta name translates from Italian as little tongues?

1. Farfalle
2. Orecchiette
3. Linguine
4. Fusilli

Which French cooking term means everything in its place?

1. Mise en place
2. Sous vide
3. Bain-marie
4. Amuse-bouche

Which cheese is traditionally used in a Greek salad?

1. Parmesan
2. Feta
3. Halloumi
4. Mozzarella

Which mammals can truly fly rather than just glide?

1. Sugar gliders
2. Bats
3. Flying squirrels
4. Colugos

How many hearts does an octopus have?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

What color is a polar bear’s skin under its fur?

1. Black
2. Pink
3. Yellow
4. White

Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

1. Jupiter
2. Mars
3. Neptune
4. Saturn

What is the closest star to the Sun?

1. Proxima Centauri
2. Betelgeuse
3. Polaris
4. Sirius

What was the first artificial satellite?

1. Telstar 1
2. Explorer 1
3. Sputnik 1
4. Vanguard 1

Which language is primarily spoken in Brazil?

1. French
2. Italian
3. Spanish
4. Portuguese

What name is given to words such as buzz and hiss that imitate sounds?

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Metaphor
3. Alliteration
4. Hyperbole

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

1. Steve Jobs
2. Tim Berners-Lee
3. Bill Gates
4. Vint Cerf

Who invented the phonograph in 1877?

1. Alexander Graham Bell
2. Guglielmo Marconi
3. Thomas Edison
4. Nikola Tesla

What was Velcro inspired by in nature?

1. Spider silk
2. Burdock burrs
3. Gecko feet
4. Pine cones

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Sandro Botticelli
3. Michelangelo
4. Raphael

Which artist painted The Starry Night?

1. Paul Cézanne
2. Paul Gauguin
3. Claude Monet
4. Vincent van Gogh

Which Japanese printmaker created The Great Wave off Kanagawa?

1. Hiroshige
2. Kuniyoshi
3. Utamaro
4. Hokusai

Which Egyptian god is often shown with a jackal’s head?

1. Anubis
2. Thoth
3. Ra
4. Horus

Name the winged horse born from Medusa’s blood.

1. Bucephalus
2. Arion
3. Sleipnir
4. Pegasus

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

1. The Atlantic Ocean
2. The Arctic Ocean
3. The Indian Ocean
4. The Pacific Ocean

What is the capital of Brazil?

1. Salvador
2. Rio de Janeiro
3. São Paulo
4. Brasília

What is the capital of Canada?

1. Ottawa
2. Montreal
3. Toronto
4. Vancouver

How many items are in a baker’s dozen?

1. Twelve
2. Thirteen
3. Fourteen
4. Fifteen

Which element has the symbol Au?

1. Silver
2. Aluminum
3. Argon
4. Gold

Which two metals are the main constituents of brass?

1. Iron and carbon
2. Lead and tin
3. Copper and zinc
4. Copper and tin

What is the smallest U.S. state by area?

1. Connecticut
2. Delaware
3. Rhode Island
4. New Jersey

Who wrote the novella A Christmas Carol?

1. Lewis Carroll
2. Mark Twain
3. Jane Austen
4. Charles Dickens

Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker?

1. Sergei Rachmaninoff
2. Igor Stravinsky
3. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
4. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky