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WorksheetsGeneral Knowledge 2
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Acadia was the original name of which Canadian province?
a)
Nova Scotia
b)
Ontario
c)
Manitoba
d)
Saskatchewan
2.
Despite being fought by European countries, what modern-day country did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham take place?
a)
South Africa
b)
Canada
c)
United States of America
d)
Argentina
3.
During what war did hundreds of soldiers spend the winter in Valley Forge?
a)
World War II
b)
American War of Independence
c)
American Revolution
d)
Crimean
4.
During what war did Nathan Hale become a national hero?
a)
Crimean
b)
World War II
c)
American War of Independence
d)
American Revolution
5.
For what crime was Al Capone finally sent to prison for in 1931?
a)
Tax evasion
b)
Jay Walking
c)
Parking Tickets
d)
Domestic Abuse
6.
Gandhi's famous march to Dandi in 1930 was an act to protest against Great Britain's tax on what?
a)
Land
b)
Salt
c)
Rice
d)
Sugar
7.
George III of the United Kingdom was given what nickname?
a)
Mad King
b)
Geo!
c)
Farmer George
d)
Fat King
8.
How did Ponce de Leon, Claudius, and Tycho Brahe all die?
a)
They were all at Pompeii
b)
They were all beheaded
c)
They were all stabbed
d)
They were poisoned
9.
How long did New York City's first subway system take to build?
a)
Four years
b)
Five years
c)
Six Years
d)
Seven Years
10.
How many main islands make up the state of Hawaii?
a)
Seven
b)
Eight
c)
Nine
d)
Ten
11.
How old was Buffalo Bill when he died?
a)
65
b)
70
c)
75
d)
80
12.
In 1879 James Ritty invented what?
a)
iPad
b)
Batteries
c)
Cash Register
d)
Typewriter
13.
In 1973 Roland Ohisson was buried in a coffin made of what?
a)
Wood
b)
Clay
c)
A whale carcass
d)
Chocolate
14.
In the port of which city was the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior sunk in 1985?
a)
Auckland
b)
Liverpool
c)
Tehran
d)
Miami
15.
In what country was Albert Einstein born?
a)
Austria
b)
Germany
c)
Belgium
d)
Poland
16.
In what month did Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans?
a)
June
b)
July
c)
August
d)
September
17.
In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
a)
1933
b)
1934
c)
1935
d)
1936
18.
Joan of Arc won several victories for France in which European war?
a)
Hundred Year's War
b)
Punic Wars
c)
Napoleonic Wars
d)
French Revolutionary Wars
19.
John Augustus Larson invented what in 1921?
a)
Microwave
b)
Lie detector (Polygraph)
c)
Radar
d)
Flat Pack Furniture
20.
On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
a)
Jersey
b)
Gibraltar
c)
Corsica
d)
Ireland
21.
Shakespeare mentioned his wife only once in his will, making her the odd bequest of his "second best" what?
a)
Spoon
b)
Quill
c)
Desk
d)
Bed
22.
The "Sherwood Forest Plantation" was home to which U.S. President?
a)
John Tyler
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Ronald Regan
d)
Richard Nixon
23.
The 13 stripes on the US Flag represent what?
a)
The number of years of the war of independence
b)
The 13 original colonies
c)
The months of the year if all months had 4 weeks
d)
The 13 native american tribes
24.
The 16th Constitutional Amendment, enacted in 1913 allowed the US federal government to do what?
a)
Leave the gold standard
b)
Remove guns
c)
Tax personal income
d)
Reclaim land
25.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought outside of which North American city?
a)
Toronto
b)
Washington DC
c)
Dallas
d)
Quebec City
26.
The Bolshevik Revolution is sometimes known by the name of what month in which it began?
a)
October
b)
November
c)
December
d)
January
27.
The first cable car in the world began service in 1873 in what city?
a)
The Alps
b)
Zurich
c)
San Francisco
d)
Boulder
28.
The State of Washington was originally going to be called what?
a)
New Wales
b)
Jefferson
c)
Alaska
d)
Columbia
29.
US flags flew at half-staff following the assassination of what Israeli prime minister in 1995?
a)
Yitzhak Rabin
b)
Ehud Barak
c)
Shimon Peres
d)
Ariel Sharon
30.
What "trail" did thousands of pioneers follow to Oregon during the 1800s?
a)
Texan Trail
b)
Oregon Trail
c)
California Trail
d)
Of breadcrumbs
31.
What billionaire piloted the first hot-air balloon ever to cross the Atlantic?
a)
Bill Gates
b)
Alan Sugar
c)
Richard Branson
d)
Donald Trump
32.
What character was invented to respond to questions from Gold Medal Flour customers?
a)
Aunt Bessie
b)
Pillsbury Doughboy
c)
Dr Oteker
d)
Betty Crocker
33.
What Chilean president was overthrown in 1973 when Augusto Pinochet took power?
a)
Salvadore Allende
b)
Sebastián Piñera
c)
Bartolomé Blanche
d)
Patricio Aylwin
34.
What Christian movement was founded by George Fox?
a)
Mormons
b)
Quakers
c)
Amish
d)
Lutherian
35.
What city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympic Games?
a)
Montreal
b)
Madrid
c)
Barcelona
d)
San Francisco
36.
What civil rights activist was born Malcolm Little?
a)
Jeremy Corbyn
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Malcolm X
37.
What country once technically fought a war against a species of bird?
a)
Australia
b)
America
c)
China
d)
Russia
38.
What dam was built during the 1930s, creating Lake Mead?
a)
Three Gorges Dam
b)
Hoover Dam
c)
Monticello Dam
d)
Gordon Dam
39.
What does the Russian space station's name "Mir" mean in English?
a)
Hope
b)
Love
c)
Peace
d)
Unity
40.
What English legal document was signed in 1215?
a)
Constitution
b)
First Act of Parliament
c)
First MP Expense Claim
d)
Magna Carta
41.
What famous horse belonged to Caligula?
a)
Incitatus
b)
Red Rum
c)
Secretariat
d)
Phar Lap
42.
What French impressionist painter died in 1926
a)
Camille Pissaro
b)
Claude Monet
c)
Edgar Degas
d)
Paul Cezanne
43.
What great Onondaga orator persuaded five Indian nations to form the Iroquois Confederacy?
a)
Pocahontas
b)
Squanto
c)
Hiawatha
d)
Geronimo
44.
What is the first word of the text of the US Constitution?
a)
I
b)
You
c)
Our
d)
We
45.
What is the practical purpose of the Pharos of Alexandria?
a)
Lighthouse
b)
Tombs
c)
Decorative
d)
Spaceship Landing Pads
46.
What kind of natural disaster destroyed three of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
a)
Flood
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Volcano Eruptions
d)
Tsunami
47.
What New York building, completed in 1931, was at the time the world's tallest?
a)
Statue of Liberty
b)
World Trade Center
c)
Empire State Building
d)
Bank of America Tower
48.
What Norse explorer introduced Christianity to Greenland around 1000 A.D.?
a)
Hagar The Horrible
b)
Erik the Red
c)
Ivor Ikea
d)
Leif Erikson
49.
What Shakespearean king was actually king of Scotland for 17 years?
a)
Macbeth
b)
King Lear
c)
Henry
d)
Othello
50.
What slogan did Nancy Reagan create for her drug awareness campaign?
a)
Don’t Do It
b)
Just Say No
c)
Drug Use = Brain Rot
d)
No Good Drugs
51.
What typewriter key was introduced by Remington in 1878, ending the need for two keys for each letter?
a)
Tab
b)
Caps Lock
c)
Shift key
d)
Return
52.
What US city hosted the 1932 Summer Olympics?
a)
London
b)
Berlin
c)
Madrid
d)
Los Angeles
53.
What US state has been led by William McKinley and Salmon P. Chase?
a)
Ohio
b)
Texas
c)
Florida
d)
New York
54.
What was led to Gold Meir's resignation as prime minister of Israel?
a)
Six-Day War
b)
The Yom Kippur War
c)
Arab-Israeli War
d)
Lebanon War
55.
What was the agora in an ancient Greek city?
a)
Parks
b)
Places of Worship
c)
Marketplace
d)
School
56.
What was the birth name of sharpshooter Annie Oakley?
a)
Annie Oakley
b)
Margaret Oakley
c)
Susan Pearce
d)
Phoebe Ann Mosey
57.
What was the name of Adolf Hitler's political party (abbr.)?
a)
NSDAP
b)
NAZI
c)
JPF
d)
TRLA
58.
What was the real name of the gangster known as Pretty Boy Floyd?
a)
Floyd Mayweather
b)
Charles Floyd
c)
Pink Floyd
d)
Floyd Cardoz
59.
What were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde?
a)
Carter and Knowles
b)
Cheech and Chong
c)
Parker and Barrow
d)
Lyon and Nelson
60.
What WWII figure was known as "Old Blood and Guts"?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Abdol Hossein Sardari
c)
Rudolph Hess
d)
George Patton
61.
What year did the Bhopal disaster occur?
a)
1984
b)
1985
c)
1986
d)
1987
62.
What year did the construction of the Berlin Wall start?
a)
1960
b)
1961
c)
1962
d)
1963
63.
What year did the Republic of South Sudan gain its independence?
a)
2009
b)
2010
c)
2011
d)
2012
64.
What year did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?
a)
1903
b)
1859
c)
1895
d)
1867
65.
What year were the first Winter Olympic Games held?
a)
1924
b)
1920
c)
1928
d)
1916
66.
When did Vladimir Lenin serve as the head of the Soviet Union?
a)
1915 to 1919
b)
1919 to 1925
c)
1922 to 1924
d)
1925 to 1931
67.
Which amendment to the US Constitution deals with Freedom of Speech?
a)
Third
b)
Second
c)
Fourth
d)
First
68.
Which area of the US was invaded and held by Japan during WWII?
a)
Pearl Harbour
b)
Aleutian Islands
c)
Hawaii
d)
Alaska
69.
Which country hosted the first Olympic Games in 1896?
a)
Germany
b)
Cyprus
c)
Greece
d)
Italy
70.
Which country were the 1952 Winter Olympic Games held in?
a)
Canada
b)
Russia
c)
Austria
d)
Norway
71.
Which former First Lady cowrote the Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations?
a)
Eleanor Roosevelt
b)
Michelle Obama
c)
Nancy Reagan
d)
Betty Ford
72.
Which Greek island was the center of the Minoan civilization?
a)
Rhodes
b)
Crete
c)
Santorini
d)
Mykonos
73.
Which Indian prime minister was assassinated by two of her bodyguards?
a)
Narendra Modi
b)
Rahul Gandhi
c)
Indira Gandhi
d)
Imran Khan
74.
Which leader was renowned for his "Blood and Iron" speech?
a)
Oswald Mosley
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Otto von Bismarck
75.
Which of Henry VIII's wives is buried beside him?
a)
Jane Seymour
b)
Anne of Cleves
c)
Anne Boleyn
d)
Catherine Parr
76.
Which of Hitler's deputies flew to Scotland in 1941 to try and negotiate peace with the UK?
a)
Heinrich Himmler
b)
Rudolf Hess
c)
Hermann Göring
d)
Joseph Goebbels
77.
Which president accepted the Statue of Liberty on behalf of the American people?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Benjamin Harrison
78.
Which South African town was severely damaged by the Boland Earthquake in September 1969?
a)
Cape Town
b)
Durban
c)
Pretoria
d)
Tulbagh
79.
Which two countries took part in the "Turbot War" dispute between 1994 and 1996?
a)
Spain and Canada
b)
Mexico and America
c)
Finland and Sweden
d)
South Korea and North Korea
80.
Which U.S. President ended his country's participation in the Vietnam War?
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Lyndon B. Johnson
d)
John F Kennedy
81.
Which US president signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
James Buchanan
82.
Which US vice president became president when John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
83.
Who became the monarch after Henry VIII?
a)
Edward VI
b)
Edward V
c)
Henry IX
d)
Victoria I
84.
Who conquered the Matterhorn in 1865?
a)
Edmund Hlilary
b)
Edward Whymper
c)
Tenzing Norgay
d)
George Mallory
85.
Who founded the city of Philadelphia?
a)
Ian Philadelphia
b)
Tom Hanks
c)
William Penn
d)
Davey Crocket
86.
Who was called "The Hero of San Juan Hill"?
a)
Warren G. Harding
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
87.
Who was kidnapped on the night of March 1, 1932?
a)
Charles Lindbergh Jr.
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
88.
Who was Strongbow cider named after?
a)
Betty Ford
b)
Richard de Clare
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Winston Churchill
89.
Who was the first European explorer to sail into New York Bay?
a)
Floyd Cardoz
b)
Edward Whymper
c)
Giovanni da Verrazano
d)
Erik the Red
90.
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Alexander Hamilton
c)
George Washington
d)
John Hancock
91.
Who was the only slave ever known to have stayed in John Adams' household?
a)
Sally Hemings
b)
Margaret Oakley
c)
Susan Pearce
d)
Phoebe Ann Mosey
92.
Who was the only son born to Henry Ford that bears his name?
a)
Frank
b)
Edsel
c)
Malcom
d)
Christopher
93.
Who was Tommy Lee Jones' upperclassman roommate at Harvard?
a)
Bill Clinton
b)
Donald Trump
c)
Al Gore
d)
Barack Obama
94.
Who was U.S. President when electricity was installed in the White House, in 1891?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
William Howard Taft
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Benjamin Harrison
95.
Why were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in 1953?
a)
Espionage
b)
Treason
c)
Mass Murder
d)
Stealing Sheep
96.
What did the Romans drink to treat depression?
a)
Turpentine
b)
Wine
c)
Vinegar
d)
Urine
97.
How are you released from the Official Secrets Act
a)
Secret no longer relevant
b)
A Pardon
c)
Death
d)
30 Years
98.
What contains 9 of the 10 amino acids essential to humans?
a)
Multivitamins
b)
Omega3
c)
Seamen
d)
Haribo
99.
How long did it take to build the leaning tower or Pisa?
a)
204 years
b)
205 years
c)
206 year
d)
207 years
100.
What is the language of the earliest known song ever written?
a)
Egyptian
b)
Syrian
c)
Latin
d)
Greek
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