Top 30 GK Question

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1. Which Dutch painter cut off part of his ear?

  • Vincent van Gogh

2. In which country is the Great Barrier Reef?

  • Australia

3. What color is chlorophyll?

  •  Green

4. What is the capital of Thailand?

  •  Bangkok

5. How many points are scored for a touchdown in American football?

  • Six

6. Which soft green egg-shaped fruit comes from New Zealand?

  • The Kiwi fruit

7. Who was the youngest Beatle?

  • George Harrison

8. What language do the people of Brazil speak?

  • Portuguese

9. Who lives at number four, Privet Drive?

  • Harry Potter

10. In which city is the cathedral of Nôtre Dame?

  • Paris

11. What color is the middle stripe of the French flag?

  • White

12. Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?

  • Anne Frank

13. Who directed, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and ET?

  • Steven Spielberg

14. Who was the leading actress in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail?

  • Meg Ryan

15. What is the family name of JFK?

  •  Kennedy

16. How many players are there in a baseball team?

  • Nine

17. What is the national sport of Japan ?

  • Sumo wrestling

18. In which country was Buddha born?

  •  Nepal

19. What nationality was Picasso?

  •  Spanish

20. Whose nose grew longer every time he told a lie?

  • Pinocchio

21. On what date did Osama Bin Laden's Al Queda organization attack America?

  • September 11th

22. In which galaxy do we live?

  •  The Milky Way

23. In which year did the Titanic sink?

  • 1912

24. Who painted The Scream?

  •  Edvard Munch

25. Who directed The Seven Samurai?

  • Akira Kurosawa

26. What is the smallest breed of dog?

  •  The Chihuahua

27. Which French wine is released every year on the third Thursday of November?

  • Beaujolais nouveau

28. What does Alice follow down a hole into Wonderland?

  • The White Rabbit

29. On what date do the people of England eat Christmas dinner?

  • December 25th

30. Who sang Yellow Submarine?

  • The Beatles

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