Here are 50 general knowledge questions along with their answers
- Question: What is the capital of France?
Answer: Paris - Question: Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet”?
Answer: William Shakespeare - Question: In which year did World War I begin?
Answer: 1914 - Question: What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Jupiter - Question: Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci - Question: What is the currency of Japan?
Answer: Japanese Yen - Question: In what year did the United States declare its independence?
Answer: 1776 - Question: Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide - Question: What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: Pacific Ocean - Question: Who is known as the “Father of Computer Science”?
Answer: Alan Turing - Question: Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Answer: Mars - Question: What is the capital of India?
Answer: New Delhi - Question: Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
Answer: Harper Lee - Question: In which year did World War II end?
Answer: 1945 - Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Answer: Au - Question: Which famous scientist developed the theory of general relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein - Question: What is the world’s longest river?
Answer: Amazon River - Question: Who is the author of the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling - Question: What is the capital of China?
Answer: Beijing - Question: What is the largest mammal in the world?
Answer: Blue whale - Question: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: Michelangelo - Question: What is the currency of the United Kingdom?
Answer: British Pound - Question: In which year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas?
Answer: 1492 - Question: What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
Answer: Approximately 299,792 kilometers per second - Question: Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun”?
Answer: Japan - Question: Who is the current President of the United States? (Note: Please verify for the latest information as this may change over time)
Answer: As of my last knowledge update in January 2022, Joe Biden was the President. - Question: What is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Antarctica (technically a cold desert) - Question: Who wrote “1984”?
Answer: George Orwell - Question: Which planet is known as the “Blue Planet”?
Answer: Earth - Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra - Question: Who is the author of “The Great Gatsby”?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald - Question: In which year did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 1912 - Question: What is the chemical symbol for water?
Answer: H2O - Question: Who discovered penicillin?
Answer: Alexander Fleming - Question: What is the currency of Russia?
Answer: Russian Ruble - Question: Which element has the chemical symbol “O”?
Answer: Oxygen - Question: What is the largest continent on Earth?
Answer: Asia - Question: Who is the “Father of the Indian Nation”?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi - Question: What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Answer: Avocado - Question: Which planet is known as the “Giant of the Solar System”?
Answer: Jupiter - Question: What is the capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa - Question: Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
Answer: Jane Austen - Question: In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 1989 - Question: What is the smallest prime number?
Answer: 2 - Question: Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics”?
Answer: Max Planck - Question: Which country is known as the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
Answer: Norway - Question: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Marie Curie - Question: What is the capital of South Africa?
Answer: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein (South Africa has three capitals) - Question: Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?
Answer: J.D. Salinger - Question: In which year did the American Civil War end?
Answer: 1865