Popular Trivia Questions

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From 1895 until 1958, the French controlled a number of countries in the western part of what continent?

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Which planet was named for the mythological father of Zeus?

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Female characters in novels or plays: a. James Bond's female enemy in Goldfinger? b. Tomboy heroine of Little Women: c. Hamlet's mother, and Claudius's wife:

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Can you give the specific names of the 3rd and 4th living people mentioned in the Bible, after Adam and Eve?

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The world's longest trade route connected China and India with the Mediterranean. For thousands of years camel caravans moved along this route transporting what most valuable commodity?

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Each of these words has six letters and ends with the letter T: a. Another name for the east b. A tough silver-white metallic element related to iron and nickel c. The name for the two dots found over certain vowels in the German language

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Which comedy actor played the role of a character named Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly in which 1933 comedy with an animal name in the title?

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What was the first name of Abraham Lincoln's wife?

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Which entertainer's brassiere fetched $11,000 at an auction in Michigan in 1991?

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Around the year 1851, three different inventors created a machine called the sewing machine. You should be able to name two of these people. One was Walter Hunt. Who were the other two - more well-known - people?

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Which person revolutionized the mass-production process when, in 1913, he introduced the first moving assembly line?

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The campy gay-influenced late 70's disco group called the Village People had three top 40 hits. One was "YMCA." What were the other two?

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Can you name any three chemical elements named for locations on the earth?

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In which sport, whose name you might have a hard time pronouncing, does the ball move the fastest?

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The subject of algebra was invented around the 9th century by which people?