General Knowledge - Trivia

Philae the spaceprobe thought dead until it re- communicated with controllers in 2015 is on:

Samuel Clemens is better known by what pen name?

Nancy Hanks was the mother of which US President?

What is the capital of Indonesia?

Ireland suffered the Great Famine beginning in 1845 due to the collapse of what crop?

How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015:

Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?

An official investigation as to proof of the US moon landings was demanded in 2015 by:

In 2015 evidence of water was found on:

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?

In what city does SpongeBob SquarePants live?

This is a mythological creature known as a ______?

What global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its competitors?

cartoon character depicted on the sign in Crystal City, Texas, the spinach capital of the world

What city is the capital of India?

Who won the 2015 US Masters Golf Championship with a record 18-below par, and also the US Open?

William Herschel announced the discovery of which planet in our solar system in March 1781?

In which part of the human body is the organ of Corti?

What is the zodiac sign of someone born on the 15th May?

Greenpeace promoted nuclear disarmament in 2015 by flying a large hot-air balloon over:

What is the name of the convenience store in the tv cartoon show ‘The Simpsons’?

When Rugby was first played, how many points did you get for crossing the line?

Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?

The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled:

Which legendary folk singer played his first concert in Vietnam, in April 2011?

Which networking tech corporation bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?

Which Greek godess was the equivalent of the Roman Venus?

Sugar, cotton, corn, coffee, and other grown produce are known in commodity trading as:

In zoology, which order of mammals include apes, monkeys, prosimians and man?

Which blood group is known as the universal donor

The sepals or calyx of a plant initially surround and generally give way to the:

Which tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' intelligent home store in California in 2015?

Jon Snow was killed off in what series in 2015, adapted from 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?

This is the flag of which country?

What is the chemical symbol for Helium?

The 'Save the Children' charity admitted in 2015 it mistakenly awarded a Global Legacy award to

In 2015 Fiji decided to remove what historical feature from its national flag?

Which US city displays a large sign declaring it ‘The Biggest Little City in the World’?

How many spikes are on the crown of The Statue of Liberty in New York USA?

Anime is film animation originating in which country?

Shakespeare was said to have coined the phrase ‘One fell swoop’ in which of his plays?

A Hereford is what breed of animal?

Which 1900s movie franchise correctly predicted automatic self-tightening shoes for 2015?

What reintroduced UK species generated demands for culling in the 2010s due to damage?

What is a straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a circle called?

The Frey Bentos factory of which nation was given UNESCO World Heritage status July 2015:

What is the collective name for a group of toads?

According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular children in the US?

What is triskadekaphobia the fear of?

What is the intense culinary characteristic of the piri piri?

What is the profession of Nick Bottom in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?

Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show:

An internet picture of a dress baffled people in early 2015,What color combinations:

What are the Secret Service names for Barack and Michelle Obama?

12 inches (1 foot) is approximately how many centimeters?

A teetotaler is a person that never drinks what?

John Wayne Airport is in which US state?

What is the largest organ of the human body?

Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what very successful book?

Which planet in our solar system takes the shortest time to orbit the sun?

Who is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill?

A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually:

Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely in the United States of America?

What word makes five new words when prefixing: man, post, nail, bell, and stop?

What type of cat was the official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?

Which fruit is used in making Melba sauce?

Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called:

What was the name of the camp that was set up in Chile when 30 miners where trapped underground

What colour are the stars on the national flag of China?

Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called

Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the:

Astronomers refer to a planetary position enabling Earthlike conditions as the '(What?) Zone'

Which book was famously rejected by 12 publishers before finally being accepted by Bloomsbury?

What feature of tailored clothing has variations described as bound, plain and keyhole?

Which Beatles single was the biggest selling record of the 1960s in the UK?

In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age from what to what:

Gunnar Hansen, who died in November 2015, famously starred in:

For which baseball team did both Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth play?

Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015:

What US city is originally associated with Dixieland (jazz)?

In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in:

The emblem of the Rainforest Alliance, is a green _________

first name of the butler in the tv series ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’, starring Will Smith?

Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open:

The term domicile refers most accurately to a person's country of:

A clarion was the medieval version of which modern day musical instrument?

Which vegetable was the first to be canned?

In the human body, mydriasis is the dilation of what?

What did Russian authorities list as an impairment to safe driving in 2014/15

Texas Hold ‘Em is a variation of which card game?

The world’s highest waterfall is in which country?

Which US state is known as the ‘Beef State’?

How many times zones does Russia have?

How much space debris and dust fall to earth every day?

Our solar system is located in what galaxy?

Love, caddy and apostle are all types of what?

Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?

The original Ghostbusters movie was released in June of what year?

Which children's author wrote the screenplay for the 1967 Bond movie, "You Only Live Twice"?

Which playing card is known as the Snowman?

Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015:

How many US Supreme Court justices are there?

In which US city are the Academy Awards held?

What famous horror film actor - especially for playing Dracula - died age 93 in 2015?

Japan lies in which body of water?

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada during which month of the year?

Facebook welcomed which new member in November 2015:

What is the name of the ship in the novel ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Which Scottish hero was made Guardian of Scotland in 1297?

The Oakland Bay Bridge is in which US city?

The Lion King is based on which Shakespearean play?

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland UK, featured in a popular movie franchise as which institution?

Which American President was assassinated in 1881?

Diamonds are made up almost entirely of what element?

UK's oldest still operating manufacturing company, what does the Whitechapel Foundry make? 1570

What musical does the song 'I feel pretty' come from?

What is the most times a piece of paper can be folded in half?

What is 50 in Roman numerals?

Political fear of communism's potential to spread nation-to-nation is called (What?) Theory?

What company launched the S7 Edge smartphone?

In what year was Nelson Mandela released from prison?

What type of animal is Beatrix Potter’s Mr Tod?

What is an angle called which measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?

The Magna Carta, signed in London, inspiring constitutional rights, was how old in 2015:

How many hydrogen atoms are in one molecule of water?

Fred Dagg had a number 1 song in New Zealand about what item of clothing?

Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

How many finger holes does a penny whistle have?

What does a calorimeter measures?

In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?

Apiculture is the raising and care of which creatures?

At auction in 2015 $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original lyrics for which 1971 big hit song?

Which 1975 film features the character Frank N Furter?

In computers, the X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System is now known as what?

The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as:

FAST is the acronym for recognizing what medical condition?

In a 2015 bio, who was accused of a bizarre initiation ceremony while at Oxford University:

In 'Pride & Prejudice', by Jane Austin, who does Lydia marry?

In humans, otalgia, is the medical term for what?

What type of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge?

The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015:

The gemstone ruby is the birthstone of people born in which month of the year?

Who was the first US President to declare war?

Which US state is known as the ‘Old Line State’?

What is the parasitic insect with the Latin name Pediculus humanus capitas better known as?

Which word can be used for a birthmark, a piece of drilling machinery and a secret agent?

What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?

A new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that Kim Jong-un learned to drive age

Tiger Woods became a professional golfer in what year?