General Awareness: Trivia Quiz

1. Before becoming US President in 1981, he was head of a labor union.    

a) Hoover
b) Truman
c) Reagan
d) Johnson

The correct answer is c) Reagan

2. What is the full name of the 33rd US President?

a) Harry S. Truman
b) Harry Shine Truman
c) Harry Simon Truman
d) Harry Simpson Truman

The correct answer is a) Harry S. Truman

3. Gangster Al Capone, popular as "Scarface", was known by what other nickname?    

a) Loverboy
b) The senator
c) Snorky
d) The fox

The correct answer is c) Snorky

4. This amendment of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.    

a) Third Amendment
b) Fourth Amendment
c) Fifth Amendment
d) Sixth Amendment

The correct answer is b) Fourth Amendment

5. This Hungarian-Austrian physician demonstrated that puerperal fever (also known as "childbed fever") was contagious and that its incidence could be considerably reduced by enforcing appropriate hand washing behavior.    

a) Dr. J. Lister
b) Dr. I. Semmelweis
c) Dr. L. Pastuer
d) Dr. J. Kirchner

The correct answer is b) Dr. I. Semmelweis

6. It is generally accepted that the name of these islands of volcanic origin derives from a Latin term, meaning Island of the Dogs.    

a) The Galapagos Islands
b) The Solentiname Islands
c) Corn Islands
d) The Canary Islands

The correct answer is d) The Canary Islands

7. One of the two species, comprising the chimpanzee genus, is the Common Chimpanzee. What is the name of the other species?

a) Kalapuor chimpanzee
b) Highland chimpanzee
c) Lowland chimpanzee
d) Bonobo chimpanzee

The correct answer is d) Bonobo chimpanzee

8. This Hebrew word refers to a non-human, speechless, animated being from Jewish folklore.    

a) Robot
b) Lemech
c) Emes
d) Golem

The correct answer is d) Golem

9. This American actress and stand-up comedian, host of a syndicated talk show, wrote an autobiography, entitled "My Point...And I Do Have One".    

a) Ellen DeGeneres
b) Wanda Sykes
c) Phyillis Diller
d) Joan Rovers

The correct answer is a) Ellen DeGeneres

10. In trigonometry this law, which generalizes the Pythagorean theorem, is a statement about a general triangle, which relates the lengths of its sides to the cosine of a known angle.    

a) The Law of Cosines
b) The Rule of Three
c) The Law of Adjacent Hypotenuses
d) The Archimedean Principle

The correct answer is a) The Law of Cosines