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Hard Trivia Questions for Adults (General Questions)
Trivia Questions for Adults with Answers
1. The horse and chariot were introduced in Egypt. By whom it was introduced?
Answer: By Hyksos.
2. Which was the only painting sold by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh during his life?
Answer: Red Vine.
3. A Danish astronomer is regarded as the greatest observer of the planets and stars of the pre-telescopic time. Name him:
Answer: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
4. What is cotton fiber made of?
Answer: It is made of pure cellulose.
5. Which gas is evolved if potassium bromide, manganese di-oxide and cone, Sulfuric acid are heated?
Answer: Bromine.
6. What were among the first input devices to hit the computer graphics world?
Answer: Video Digitizers.
7. What is known as a condenser having one set of stationary plates and one set of movable plates?
Answer: Variable condenser.
8. During hydration the space originally occupied by water in the concrete is filled with:
Answer: Lime.
9. What largely determines the magnitude of reduction in the temperatures with increasing altitude or the temperature gradient in the atmosphere?
Answer: Meteorological conditions.
10. Who said the following poetic words: Lest men suspect your tale untrue, keep probability in view”?
Answer: John Gaay.
11. Who invented Diesel Engine?
Answer: Rudolf Diesel.
12. How many engine was used in the aircraft in 1903? How much was the power of the engine?
Answer: One engine and it had the power less than 20 Horse power.
13. By what name the third period in Egyptian history was known?
Answer: Imperial age or the period of New kingdom.
14. The acoustic effects of this monument are so wonderful that any sonic signals or a -clap taken by it are repeated 12 times over. Identify this monument:
Answer: Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur.
15. Who is the first man in the world to run his telescope towards the sky and saw things that no man had seen before?
Answer: The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
Hard Trivia Questions for Adults Part 2 (Questions 16-30)
16. Which wood is used for ship building?
Answer: Teak wood.
17. The elements which show the properties of both metals and non-metals are called what?
Answer: Metalloids.
18. When and where was the origin of Computer Graphics?
Answer: In 1940’s in the U.S. Department of Defense.
19. What is called the device which records sound as magnetic energy and reproduces?
Answer: Tape recorder.
20. Casein paints are used over:
Answer: New plastered surface.
21. What is the name of the atmosphere where ELR is equal to DALR?
Answer: Neutral atmosphere.
22. Which mathematician recited a 400-line poem in which every line rhymed with the name Rosalind?
Answer: J.J. Sylvester.
23. Who discovered Electric Motor (DC)?
Answer: Zénobe Gramme.
24. Where is the headquarters of International Civil Aviation Organisation?
Answer: At Montreal, Canada.
25. Who was called the Napoleon of Egypt?
Answer: Thutmose III.
26. A Buddhist Stupa in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) was larger than some of the Pyramids of Egypt. Where was it?
Answer: At Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of Ceylon.
27. This book of Aryabhata is regarded as a great contribution in astronomy. Name this book:
Answer: Aryabhatteeyam.
28. From where Vincristine, a wonder drug used to treat blood cancer is extracted?
Answer: Vinca Rosea.
29. The solution left behind when potassium has reacted with water has the properties of:
Answer: Alkalis.
30. The sophisticated and impressive use of computer graphics is the production of images that can be manipulated in three dimension. This technique is called:
Answer: 3D Animation.
Hard Trivia Questions for Adults Part 3 (Questions 31-50)
31. What is called x-rays of longer wave length and lesser energy?
Answer: Soft x-rays.
32. The function of a base in paint is:
Answer: To reduce shrinkage cracks in paint film.
33. What is the name of the atmosphere which shall neither resist nor promote any mixing?
Answer: Neutral.
34. Which writer claimed that geometry was the gift of Nile in ancient Egypt?
Answer: Herodotus.
35. Who discovered electronic computer?
Answer: Dr. Alan M. Turing.
36. Scandinavian Airlines System belongs to which country?
Answer: Sweden.
37. Where the Buddha image is believed to have originated?
Answer: At Mathura.
38. What is almost halfway through its 10-billion year life, will expand to become a red giant and then shrink to become a white dwarf?
Answer: The sun.
39. Name two vegetable oils which are used as medicine:
Answer: Caster oil, Mustard oil.
40. The horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table are called what?
Answer: Periods.
41. The technique with which the objects in a 3D environment were created by digitalisation is called:
Answer: (modeled Animation Techniques (MAT).
42. Write an example of a liquid crystal:
Answer: Soap bubble.
43. The crudest form of iron is:
Answer: Pig iron.
44. How many atoms of hydrogen are there in a water molecule?
Answer: Two.
45. Which writer remarked “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write”?
Answer: H.G. Wells.
46. Who invented Electric Motor (AC)?
Answer: Nikola Tesla.
47. What is the full form of B.O.A.C?
Answer: British Overseas Airways Corporation.
48. Along with another famous artist Georges Braque founded a style of painting. Who was the fellow artist and what style did they originate?
Answer: Pablo Picasso – Cubism.
49. What is the richest source in Rice?
Answer: Carbohydrate.
50. In chemistry and atomic physics the elements of the s-block and p-block are together referred to as:
Answer: Representative elements.
