Quiz Questions With Answers

100 Fun Trivia and Quiz Questions With Answers

Which is the only American state to begin with the letter ‘p’? Pennsylvania.
Name the world’s biggest island. Greenland.
What is the world’s longest river? Amazon.
Name the world’s largest ocean. Pacific.
What is the diameter of Earth? 8,000 miles.
Where would you find the world’s most ancient forest? Daintree Forest north of Cairns, Australia.
Which four British cities have underground rail systems? Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and London.
What is the capital city of Spain? Madrid.
Which country is Prague in? Czech Republic.
Which English town was a forerunner of the Parks Movement and the first city in Europe to have a street tram system? Birkenhead.

Name the actor who starred in 142 films including The Quiet Man, The Shootist, The Searchers and Stagecoach. John Wayne.
Name the film noir actress who starred in I Married a Witch, The Glass Key, So Proudly We Hail! and Sullivan’s Travels. Veronica Lake.
What is the oldest film ever made, and when was it made? Roundhay Garden Scene made in 1888.
Which actress has won the most Oscars? Katharine Hepburn, with 4 Oscars and 12 nominations.
Which actress said, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night,” in All About Eve? Bette Davis (as Margo Channing.)
Name the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson.
Who played Neo in The Matrix? Keanu Reeves.
Name the actress whose career began at the age of 3, and who went on to star in films such as Contact, Maverick and The Silence of the Lambs? Jodie Foster.
Bray Studios, near Windsor in Berkshire, was home to which famous brand of horror films? Hammer Horror.
In which film did Humphrey Bogart say, “We’ll always have Paris?” Casablanca

By what name is Lancelot Brown more usually known? Capability Brown.
Name the world famous gardens situated ten miles outside of London, close to the River Thames. Kew Gardens.
Which popular gardener created Barnsdale Gardens and was the author of many books such as The Ornamental Kitchen Garden, ‘Gardeners World’ Practical Gardening Course and Paradise Gardens? Geoff Hamilton.
Which garden is considered to be among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What colour is a Welsh poppy? Yellow.
What colour is a Himalayan poppy? Blue.
Name the organic gardener who is almost as famous for his long blond plait as he is for his books such as Going Organic and The Gourmet Gardener and his regular appearances on the BBC radio’s Gardener’s Question Time. Bob Flowerdew.
Give the alternative name for a Mountain Ash tree. Rowan.
Which kind of bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency? Tulips.

What colour jersey is worn by the winners of each stage of the Tour De France? Yellow.
Name the only heavyweight boxing champion to finish his career of 49 fights without ever having been defeated? Rocky Marciano.
Which sport does Constantino Rocca play? Golf.
Name the country where you would find the Cresta Run. Switzerland.
How many times was the Men’s Tennis Singles at Wimbledon won by Bjorn Borg? Five.
In 2011, which country hosted a Formula 1 race for the first time? India.
Name the game played on a lawn called a ‘crown green’. Bowls.
Which chess piece can only move diagonally? A bishop.
Name the only footballer to have played for Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and Manchester United. Peter Beardsley.
In football, who was nicknamed ‘The Divine Ponytail’? Roberto Baggio.

When was William Shakespeare born? 23rd April 1564.
On what date did the Battle of Culloden take place? 16th April 1746.
Who was Henry VIll’s first wife? Catherine of Aragon.
Which famous battle between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy took place on 21st October 1805? Battle of Trafalgar.
Who became the British Prime Minister after Winston Churchill in 1955? Sir Robert Anthony Eden, The 1st Earl of Avon.
When did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister? 1979.
When did the Cold War end? 1989.
Who was the architect who designed the Millennium Dome? Richard Rogers.
When did the Eurostar train service between Britain and France start running? 14th November 1994.
When was the euro introduced as legal currency on the world market? 1st January 1999.

What is the oldest surviving printed book in the world? The Diamond Sutra, dated at 868 AD.
In publishing, what does POD mean? Print on demand.
Name the author of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Dr No and Thunderball, among others. Ian Fleming.
Which Shakespeare play features Shylock? The Merchant of Venice.
Who wrote the novel Death in Venice, which was later made into a film of the same name? Thomas Mann.
Who wrote the Vampire Chronicles, which include the novels Armand, Blood and Gold and Interview with the Vampire? Anne Rice.
What is an e-book? A book available in a digital, rather than printed, format.
How tall would a double elephant folio book be? 50 inches.
Who wrote the contemporary children’s books about mermaids set on the coast of Cornwall? Helen Dunmore.
How old is the world’s oldest dictionary? Cuneiform tablets with bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian word-lists have been dated to 2300 BC.