Do you consider yourself a trivia buff? Or maybe you want to become one? It’s time to put your knowledge to the test with these 60 general knowledge questions and answers. From history to geography, pop culture to science, these questions will challenge your brain and help you become a trivia master.
1. Which continent is home to the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Africa
2. Who wrote the novel ‘Oliver Twist’?
Answer: Charles Dickens
3. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
4. Who played Michael Corleone in ‘The Godfather’?
Answer: Al Pacino
5. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
6. Which country hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Answer: South Korea
7. What is the capital city of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
8. In which year was the first iPhone released?
Answer: 2007
9. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong
10. What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City
11. Who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
12. In which country would you find the city of Marrakech?
Answer: Morocco
13. What does the acronym AIDS stand for?
Answer: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
14. Who wrote the poem ‘The Waste Land’?
Answer: T.S. Eliot
15. What is the capital city of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
16. Who sung the hit song ‘Uptown Funk’?
Answer: Bruno Mars
17. What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
Answer: Nile
18. Who directed the movie ‘Schindler’s List’?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
19. What is the name of the first man to climb Mount Everest?
Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary
20. Who composed the opera ‘Carmen’?
Answer: Georges Bizet
21. Who invented the telephone?
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
22. Which is the largest country in the world by surface area?
Answer: Russia
23. In which year did World War II begin?
Answer: 1939
24. What is the capital city of France?
Answer: Paris
25. Who wrote the novel ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’?
Answer: Stieg Larsson
26. What is the name of the longest river in South America?
Answer: Amazon River
27. Who directed the movie ‘Jurassic Park’?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
28. Which country is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Australia
29. Who wrote the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Answer: Harper Lee
30. What is the name of the currency used in Japan?
Answer: Japanese yen
31. What is the name of the famous clock tower in London, England?
Answer: Big Ben
32. Who painted the iconic artwork ‘The Starry Night’?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
33. Which planet is known as the ‘Red Planet’?
Answer: Mars
34. Who wrote the novel ‘1984’?
Answer: George Orwell
35. Who was the first female American astronaut to travel into space?
Answer: Sally Ride
36. What is the capital city of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
37. Who directed the movie ‘The Lion King’?
Answer: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
38. What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
39. Who wrote the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
Answer: Jane Austen
40. Which country won the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: France
41. Who was the first President of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
42. Which country is known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’?
Answer: Japan
43. Who wrote the novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
Answer: J.D. Salinger
44. What is the capital city of Brazil?
Answer: Brasília
45. Who directed the movie ‘Forrest Gump’?
Answer: Robert Zemeckis
46. What is the name of the highest mountain in North America?
Answer: Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley)
47. Who painted the artwork ‘The Persistence of Memory’?
Answer: Salvador Dalí
48. What is the name of the largest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Victoria Falls
49. Who wrote the novel ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’?
Answer: Gabriel García Márquez
50. What is the name of the currency used in the United Kingdom?
Answer: Pound sterling
51. Who was the first person to discover penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
52. Which country is home to the Great Sphinx?
Answer: Egypt
53. Who directed the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’?
Answer: Frank Darabont
54. Which continent is home to the largest population?
Answer: Asia
55. Who wrote the novel ‘War and Peace’?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
56. What is the capital city of Italy?
Answer: Rome
57. Who played the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Robert Downey Jr.
58. What is the name of the largest desert in North America?
Answer: Great Basin Desert
59. Who wrote the novel ‘The Hobbit’?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien
60. What is the name of the largest lake in Africa?
Answer: Lake Victoria
These questions cover a wide range of topics, from history and geography to pop culture and science. Answering them will not only challenge your knowledge but also help you learn new things. So, go ahead and become a trivia master!
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