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General Knowledge Trivia Questions #118Printable General Knowledge Trivia QuizClick the question mark found beside each question for the answer.  In a game of standard poker, which of the following is the winning hand?
a. Two Pair
b. Full House c. Four of a Kind d. Straight Flush What oversized, eccentric detective was created by mystery writer Rex Stout in 1934?
a. Philip Marlowe
b. Sam Spade c. Hercule Poirot d. Nero Wolfe Tom Cruise starred in all of these films except one. Can you spot it?
a. Knight and Day
b. Vanilla Sky c. A Few Good Men d. The Peacemaker According to the Guinness Book of World Records, who was the shortest man in recorded history?
a. Junrey Balawing
b. Chandra Bahadur Dangi c. Gul Mohammed d. Jyoti Amge Introduced in 1950, what was the first universal credit card?
a. MasterCard
b. Diners Club c. VISA d. American Express What phobia is defined as the fear of thunder and lightning?
a. Ceraunophobia
b. Theophobia c. Ligyrophobia d. Potophobia According to the geologic time scale, in which Phanerozoic era do we currently live?
a. Cambrian Era
b. Cenozoic Era c. Mesozoic Era d. Paleozoic Era Not only is Rhode Island the smallest state in the US, it also has the shortest state motto at one word. Can you identify it?
a. Courage
b. Hope c. Independence d. Unity Directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1985, who did Oprah Winfrey play in the film "The Color Purple"?
a. Sofia Johnson
b. Miss Millie c. Celie Harris d. Nettie Harris What physical property of a diamond do carats measure?
a. Durability
b. Color c. Mass d. Cut Which of the following Stephen King novels was never released as a movie (2017)?
a. Mercy
b. The Mangler c. Doctor Sleep d. The Mist Which baseball great holds the Major League Baseball record with a hitting streak of 56 consecutive games?
a. Willie Keeler
b. Joe DiMaggio c. Pete Rose d. Ty Cobb Discovered in 1930 and originally considered the ninth planet in the Solar System, in what year was Pluto reclassified to a dwarf planet?
a. 2002
b. 2006 c. 2008 d. 2004 Constructed in 1966, what is the largest opera house in the world with a seating capacity of approximately 3,800?
a. Peabody Opera House
b. Sydney Opera House c. Royal Opera House d. Metropolitan Opera House Fought in June of 1815, who did the Duke of Wellington and the Prince of Wahlstatt defeat at the Battle of Waterloo?
a. Napoleon Bonaparte
b. Alexander the Great c. Georgy Zhukov d. Ulysses S. Grant  Click Here For a Printable Version of This Quiz  Click Here to Play This Quiz Interactively Related Quizzes:
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