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WorksheetsTrivia Night
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
How many women have won a Nobel Prize?
35
43
52
64
Who is credited as the designer of the many statues which decorated the Parthenon?
Hesiod
Phidias
Praxiteles
Scopas
Who is the Greek goddess of of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly?
Hecate
Até
Circe
Artemis
The citadel Machu Picchu is located at which Latin American Country?
Columbia
Brazil
Peru
Chile
There have been five eras since the Earth’s beginning. What is the name of the era we are living in?
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
Proterozoic
Who was the emperor of Rome from A.D. 54 – A.D. 68?
Caligula
Zeno
Vespasian
Nero
In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers successfully trialled a hot-air balloon flight in France using which animals?
fox, hen, and hare
rooster, sheep, and duck
mouse and goat
mouse and rat
Which famous novel is based on the French Revolution?
The Tale of Two Cities
The Awakening
Les Misérables
Le Pere Goriot
How many astronauts have walked on the moon as of 2020?
12
14
10
8
Which country was the first to allow women to vote?
Australia
United States
Finland
New Zealand
If you fly from LAX to LHR, and then to BKK, which three cities have you visited?
United States, England, and Thailand
Canada, Argentina, and India
Philippines, Germany, and Chad
Italy, China, and Australia
How many miles of roads are in the United States?
7.2 million
2.5 million
3.9 million
5.5 million
Biodiesel was invented in the ____ by Rudolph Diesel, when he created the diesel engine that could run on a variety of fuels including peanut oil.
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
____ is a small, two-wheeled cart with two long poles pulled by one or two people.
Ricksha
Velocipede
Chariot
Pedalo
How many U.S. presidents have been elected for two terms?
15
19
21
27
What was Marie Curie known for?
For her research in radiation phenomena
For her discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen
For the synthesis of new radioactive elements
For the discovery of the elements polonium and radium
Where was Cleopatra’s birthplace?
Alexandria, Egypt
Cario, Egypt
Athens, Greece
Megara, Greece
Who did the United States acquire Alaska from?
Britain
France
Spain
Russia
When was the television invented?
1918
1923
1927
1931
What was the first city to reach a population of 1 million?
Alexandria
Hangzhou
London
Rome
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War in Greece?
Greece and Persia
Macedon and Samos
Athens and Sparta
Arcadia and Sparta
The deepest anyone has safely gone underwater is ____.
18,810 ft
26,930 ft
31,490 ft
35,820 ft
NASA originally named a 1976 space shuttle Constitution, but after a write-in campaign it was renamed _____.
Atlantis
Enterprise
Columbia
Discovery
The first stop sign in the U.S. was put up in what city?
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Chicago
The standard width between railroad tracks is?
3 feet 3.5 inches
3 feet 6 inches
4 feet 0 inches
4 feet 8.5 inches
Who was the first woman to be elected into the U.S. Congress?
Jeannette Rankin
Mae Ella Nolan
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt
Emily Taft Douglas
What was the previous name for New York?
New Netherland
New Amsterdam
New England
New France
Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented?
Rubber band
Dishwasher
Chewing gum
Cash register
Which of the following empires had no written language?
Aztec Empire
Incan Empire
Tang Dynasty
Roman Empire
When was the elevator invented?
470 BC
230 BC
1880
1901
