trivia quiz questions

  • Planet Mercury Quiz – The innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System

    Mercury Quiz Questions

    1) Who is Mercury in mythology?
    a) God of justice
    b) God of war
    c) God of wind
    d) God of commerce (Correct)

    2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury?
    a) 72?C
    b) 0?C
    c) -10?C
    d) -173?C (Correct)

    3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury?
    a) 122?C
    b) 427?C (Correct)
    c) 285?C
    d) 576?C

    4) What is the tilt of axis (degrees) of Mercury?
    a) One
    b) Two
    c) Zero (Correct)
    d) Three

    5) Which spacecraft first visited Mercury?
    a) Pioneer 4
    b) Mariner 8
    c) Ulysses
    d) Mariner 10 (Correct)

    6) Which theory correctly predicted the motions of Mercury?
    a) Gravitational Theory
    b) General Theory of Relativity (Correct)
    c) Theory of Evolution
    d) Heliocentric Theory

    English: Mercury 10 diagram of Mercury 3 Encou...
    English: Mercury 10 diagram of Mercury 3 Encounter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    7) Who determined that Mercury must be tidally locked to the Sun? (This was proved wrong later on.)
    a) John Dyce
    b) Albert Goldstein
    c) Giovanni Schiaparelli (Correct)
    d) James Pettengill

    8) Who of the following believed that Mercury orbited the Sun?
    a) Aristotle
    b) Heraclitus (Correct)
    c) Plato
    d) Socrates

    9) What is Mercury’ rotation period around axis?
    a) 31.25 days
    b) 44.75 days
    c) 58.65 days (Correct)
    d) 71.29 days

    10) What is the length of a year of Mercury?
    a) 92.245 days
    b) 87.969 days (Correct)
    c) 47.701 days
    d) 164.321 days

  • Girolamo Savonarola Quiz

    Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar, Scholastic, religious and political reformer and an influential contributor to the politics of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498

    Girolamo Savonarola Quiz Questions

    1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born?
    a) 4 February 1444
    b) 15 April 1442
    c) 21 September 1452
    d) 30 November 1455

    2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born?
    a) Ferrara
    b) Pisa
    c) Lepanto
    d) Genoa

    3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join?
    a) Augustinian
    b) Capuchin
    c) Dominican
    d) Benedictine

    4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola?
    a) Charles VIII
    b) Philip IV
    c) Henry VI
    d) Edward VI

    5. Which party opposed Girolamo Savonarola?
    a) Jacobin
    b) Conservative
    c) Labour
    d) Arrabbiati
    6. Who ordered Girolamo Savonarola to go to Bologna under pain of excommunication?
    a) Julius II
    b) Leo X
    c) Alexander VI
    d) Urban VIII

    7. Which coalition against France Girolamo Savonarola did not want Florence to join?
    a) Triple Alliance
    b) Holy League
    c) Grand Alliance
    d) Catholic League

    8. Who accepted the challenge of a Franciscan to ordeal by fire on the invalidity of Girolamo Savonarola’s excommunication?
    a) Domenico da Pescia
    b) Giordano Bruno
    c) Lorenzo de Medici
    d) Cesare Borgia

    9. When did Girolamo Savonarola die?
    a) 26 January 1499
    b) 23 May 1498
    c) 11 July 1503
    d) 12 December 1515

    10. Where did Girolamo Savonarola die?
    a) Turin
    b) Berne
    c) Pavia
    d) Florence

    Girolamo Savonarola Quiz Questions with Answers

    1. When was Girolamo Savonarola born?
    c) 21 September 1452

    2. Where was Girolamo Savonarola born?
    a) Ferrara

    3. Which order did Girolamo Savonarola join?
    c) Dominican

    4. Who invaded Florence and overthrew Medici rule in 1494 as predicted by Girolamo Savonarola?
    a) Charles VIII

    5. Which party opposed Girolamo Savonarola?
    d) Arrabbiati

    6. Who ordered Girolamo Savonarola to go to Bologna under pain of excommunication?
    c) Alexander VI

    7. Which coalition against France Girolamo Savonarola did not want Florence to join?
    b) Holy League

    8. Who accepted the challenge of a Franciscan to ordeal by fire on the invalidity of Girolamo Savonarola’s excommunication?
    a) Domenico da Pescia

    9. When did Girolamo Savonarola die?
    b) 23 May 1498

    10. Where did Girolamo Savonarola die?
    d) Florence

  • Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions Answers

    Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions

    1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born?
    a) Trujillo
    b) Barcelona
    c) Madrid
    d) Casablanca

    2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain?
    a) 12 August 1492
    b) 17 June 1536
    c) 22 January 1538
    d) 10 November 1509

    3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific?
    a) Christopher Columbus
    b) Ferdinand Magellan
    c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    d) Vasco da Gama

    4. What was Hernando de Luque, a partner of Francisco Pizarro?
    a) Doctor
    b) Merchant
    c) Priest
    d) Cobbler

    5. Of which province was Francisco Pizarro made governor and captain general on 26 July 1529?
    a) Catalonia
    b) Galicia
    c) Basques
    d) New Castile

    6. When did Francisco Pizarro capture Atahualpa?
    a) 15 March 1526
    b) 26 April 1548
    c) 2 July 1524
    d) 16 November 1532

    7. Which empire was destroyed by Francisco Pizarro?
    a) Mayan
    b) Incan
    c) Mughal
    d) Roman

    8. What did Francisco Pizarro call the city he founded on 18 January 1535?
    a) City of Joy
    b) City of the Kings
    c) City of Misery
    d) City of Hope

    9. When did Francisco Pizarro die?
    a) 4 January 1548
    b) 26 June 1541
    c) 6 August 1545
    d) 9 December 1563

    10. Where did Francisco Pizarro die?
    a) Lima
    b) San Sebastian
    c) Los Alamos
    d) San Domingo

    Francisco Pizarro Quiz Questions with Answers

    1. Where was Francisco Pizarro born?
    a) Trujillo

    2. When did Francisco Pizarro first set sail from Spain?
    d) 10 November 1509

    3. Whom did Francisco Pizarro accompany in the discovery of the Pacific?
    c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    4. What was Hernando de Luque, a partner of Francisco Pizarro?
    c) Priest

    5. Of which province was Francisco Pizarro made governor and captain general on 26 July 1529?
    d) New Castile

    6. When did Francisco Pizarro capture Atahualpa?
    d) 16 November 1532

    7. Which empire was destroyed by Francisco Pizarro?
    b) Incan

    8. What did Francisco Pizarro call the city he founded on 18 January 1535?
    b) City of the Kings

    9. When did Francisco Pizarro die?
    b) 26 June 1541

    10. Where did Francisco Pizarro die?
    a) Lima.