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Trivia Night

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many women have won a Nobel Prize?

a)

35

b)

43

c)

52

d)

64

2.

Who is credited as the designer of the many statues which decorated the Parthenon?

a)

Hesiod

b)

Phidias

c)

Praxiteles

d)

Scopas

3.

Who is the Greek goddess of of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly?

a)

Hecate

b)

Até

c)

Circe

d)

Artemis

4.

The citadel Machu Picchu is located at which Latin American Country?

a)

Columbia

b)

Brazil

c)

Peru

d)

Chile

5.

There have been five eras since the Earth’s beginning. What is the name of the era we are living in?

a)

Mesozoic

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Cenozoic

d)

Proterozoic

6.

Who was the emperor of Rome from A.D. 54 – A.D. 68?

a)

Caligula

b)

Zeno

c)

Vespasian

d)

Nero

7.

In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers successfully trialled a hot-air balloon flight in France using which animals?

a)

fox, hen, and hare

b)

rooster, sheep, and duck

c)

mouse and goat

d)

mouse and rat

8.

Which famous novel is based on the French Revolution?

a)

The Tale of Two Cities

b)

The Awakening

c)

Les Misérables

d)

Le Pere Goriot

9.

How many astronauts have walked on the moon as of 2020?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

10

d)

8

10.

Which country was the first to allow women to vote?

a)

Australia

b)

United States

c)

Finland

d)

New Zealand

11.

If you fly from LAX to LHR, and then to BKK, which three cities have you visited?

a)

United States, England, and Thailand

b)

Canada, Argentina, and India

c)

Philippines, Germany, and Chad

d)

Italy, China, and Australia

12.

How many miles of roads are in the United States?

a)

7.2 million

b)

2.5 million

c)

3.9 million

d)

5.5 million

13.

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.

a)

1880s

b)

1890s

c)

1900s

d)

1910s

14.

____ is a small, two-wheeled cart with two long poles pulled by one or two people.

a)

Ricksha

b)

Velocipede

c)

Chariot

d)

Pedalo

15.

How many U.S. presidents have been elected for two terms?

a)

15

b)

19

c)

21

d)

27

16.

What was Marie Curie known for?

a)

For her research in radiation phenomena

b)

For her discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen

c)

For the synthesis of new radioactive elements

d)

For the discovery of the elements polonium and radium

17.

Where was Cleopatra’s birthplace?

a)

Alexandria, Egypt

b)

Cario, Egypt

c)

Athens, Greece

d)

Megara, Greece

18.

Who did the United States acquire Alaska from?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Russia

19.

When was the television invented?

a)

1918

b)

1923

c)

1927

d)

1931

20.

What was the first city to reach a population of 1 million?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Hangzhou

c)

London

d)

Rome

21.

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War in Greece?

a)

Greece and Persia

b)

Macedon and Samos

c)

Athens and Sparta

d)

Arcadia and Sparta

22.

The deepest anyone has safely gone underwater is ____.

a)

18,810 ft

b)

26,930 ft

c)

31,490 ft

d)

35,820 ft

23.

NASA originally named a 1976 space shuttle Constitution, but after a write-in campaign it was renamed _____.

a)

Atlantis

b)

Enterprise

c)

Columbia

d)

Discovery

24.

The first stop sign in the U.S. was put up in what city?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Detroit

c)

New York

d)

Chicago

25.

The standard width between railroad tracks is?

a)

3 feet 3.5 inches

b)

3 feet 6 inches

c)

4 feet 0 inches

d)

4 feet 8.5 inches

26.

Who was the first woman to be elected into the U.S. Congress?

a)

Jeannette Rankin

b)

Mae Ella Nolan

c)

Ruth Sears Baker Pratt

d)

Emily Taft Douglas

27.

What was the previous name for New York?

a)

New Netherland

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

New England

d)

New France

28.

Which of the following inventions was the first to be patented?

a)

Rubber band

b)

Dishwasher

c)

Chewing gum

d)

Cash register

29.

Which of the following empires had no written language?

a)

Aztec Empire

b)

Incan Empire

c)

Tang Dynasty

d)

Roman Empire

30.

When was the elevator invented?

a)

470 BC

b)

230 BC

c)

1880

d)

1901