Free Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers - People Trivia

   

Which architect coined the term 'international style'?
A: Philip Cortelyou Johnson.

Which monarch said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children?"
A:Edward VIII.

In whose play did Dustin Hoffman appear on Broadway in 1984?
A: Arthur Miller.

What was the real name of the Pope who succeeded John Paul I?
A: Karol Wojtyla.

In which city did the composer of The Entertainer chiefly perform?
A: Chicago.

How was actor William Beedle better known?
A: William Holden.

Which character name was shared by Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain and Ian McShane in Dallas?
A: Don Lockwood.

What was Jack Kerouac's follow-up to The Town And The City?
A: On The Road.

In which town was Charles Hardin Holley born?
A: Lubbock, Texas (Buddy Holly).

Who joined the American Ballet Theater in 1974 after appearing with the New York City Ballet?
A: Gelsey Kirkland.

Who became Nixon's national security adviser in 1969?
A: Henry Kissinger.

Who was mayor of New York from 1933 to 1945?
A: Fiorello La Guardia.

Who was elected senator for New York in 1964?
A: Bobby Kennedy.

For how long were Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorced before she died?
A: One Year.

Which Olympic athlete was born on the same day as Princess Diana?
A: Carl Lewis.

What relation was China's Jiang Zemin to LI Xiannian?
A: Son in Law.

Who did the first black heavyweight champion boxer lose his world heavyweight title to?
A: Jess Willard.

Who did Gary Kasparov take the world title from in 1985?
A: Anatoly Karpov.

Who set up the Securities and exchange Commission for President Franklin D Roosevelt?
A: Joseph Kennedy.

Who did Colonel Gaddafi succeed in 1969?
A: King Idris.

Who became leader of the Khmer Rouge in 1985?
A: Khieu Samphan.

Who succeeded Khrushchev as Soviet premier?
A: Kosygin.

In which movie did Alan Ladd have his first lead role?
A: This Gun For HIre.

Har Gobind Khorana won the 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine for research into what?
A: Genetics.

How was William Henry Pratt better known?
A: Boris Karloff.